28 Responses:

1. mactavish says:

   15 years ago at 3:22 pm

   I'm not giving up poultry, but I think I just permanently, rather than "when I can," changed what poultry I eat.

   • nightrider says:

     15 years ago at 3:53 pm

     ...this is relatively minor example of how consumable animals are treated on high-volume farms.

     There are, of course "kinder" animal product alternatives to be found at places such as Rainbow Grocery; but in the end, they all get their heads chopped off before you eat 'em.

     
     "...off with your head!"
     • jsl32 says:

       15 years ago at 7:03 pm

       eh, so do plenty of veggies. but they don't make any delightful and sympathy-inspiring noises, so that makes it ok, or something.

       • nightrider says:

         15 years ago at 8:49 pm

         "eh, so do plenty of veggies. but they don't make any delightful and sympathy-inspiring noises, so that makes it ok, or something."

         Which is precisely why I'm a Breatharian. Poor, poor, little broccolis. They never even had a chance...

         • jsl32 says:

           15 years ago at 9:21 pm

           you talk good for a dead person.

2. ammutbite says:

   15 years ago at 3:24 pm

   You've gotta tell them!...Soylent Green is Chicken!

3. chuck_lw says:

   15 years ago at 3:42 pm

   That's just a scale-model prototype for what they'll use on US!

   • howie_d_rivet says:

     15 years ago at 1:12 am

     i was just thinking of how this would be pretty effective for riot control.

4. gutbloom says:

   15 years ago at 3:50 pm

   How did this escape the "grim meathook future" tag?

5. doctorfedora says:

   15 years ago at 4:27 pm

   Maybe it makes me a horrible person, but I found it richly amusing when the thing shot the bewildered chickens into the big rack box thing.

   • j_v_lynch says:

     15 years ago at 6:16 pm

     All chickens are bewildered.

6. poopsmoothie says:

   15 years ago at 5:53 pm

   NOT VEGAN

7. lordshell says:

   15 years ago at 7:06 pm

   That hurt my brain.

   You must have a team working for you to find this weird shit, don't you? No one man can find all of this.

   • benediktus says:

     15 years ago at 5:29 am

     maybe it's called boingboing.net....

8. govtpiggy says:

   15 years ago at 11:32 pm

   What efficiency! As an engineer, I'm impressed.

9. marc_lacoste says:

   15 years ago at 1:34 am

   History repeating. This was in one of your comments eighteen months ago.

10. baconmonkey says:

    15 years ago at 3:48 am

    While that robot sucks chickens out of the barn, This robot starts them out, launching chicks into the barn where they may grow up big and strong (in 8 months).

    Also, can we get a bigger one of these for closing time?

    Also, also, someone out there in lazywebland needs to write a screensaver incorporating both of these machines, plus the growth and maturation of the launched chickes into harvest worthy chickens.

    • ritcey says:

      15 years ago at 9:44 am

      Am I a bad person for repeatedly laughing out loud while watching this?

      • cessibaby says:

        15 years ago at 11:25 pm

        it won't be so funny when you're reincarnated as a tortured farm animal will it now.

        • ritcey says:

          15 years ago at 7:41 am

          Just as well, then, that reincarnation isn't one of the doctrines of my religion. Plus I'm unsure how well developed a chicken's sense of humor is nor, as I understand it, would I remember laughing at such a situation when I was in a human incarnation, so the irony would be lost on my chicken-self. And, again, I'm not sure chickens are big on irony. I'll give you that "it won't be so funny when you're reincarnated as 'X'" is a nice all-purpose line that can be used for pretty much any situation that you disapprove of.

          • cessibaby says:

            15 years ago at 8:45 am

            don't condescend please. it's an unattractive quality.

            • ritcey says:

              15 years ago at 9:04 am

              Claiming that, according to your particular religious beliefs, I'm going to be punished in a later life for laughing at this is somehow attractive?

              • cessibaby says:

                15 years ago at 9:12 am

                you're missing my point. the point is not about religious dogma. the point is if you were empathetic to other living creatures, it would cease to be funny.

                • jwz says:

                  15 years ago at 1:04 pm

                  All humor is derived from the suffering of others. And you're a weenie.

11. rapier1 says:

    15 years ago at 9:25 am

    Oh. My. God.

    This makes me so deleriously happy.

12. cessibaby says:

    15 years ago at 11:26 pm

    most of your links are awesome. this is sick and everything thats wrong with our culture.

    • jwz says:

      15 years ago at 1:55 am

      Everything? Really?

      • 205guy says:

        14 years ago at 10:41 am

        I think cessibaby is saying that vacuuous pop singers (and their video producers) are that way because they eat industrial chicken. I think JWZ is saying that sick and culture-warping items make awesome links.

        BTW, after JWZ previous links to sadistic content, I admit I winced when clicking on those links, but I ... just ... couldn't ... resist.