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[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 64 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Absolutely incredible headline, but kind of a fucked up article. They're hurting camels to win a pagent, what the hell.

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wikipedia recently picked me this article to rabbithole. These bots are supposed to replace child slaves because the usual adult camel riders just doesn't tickle the same, huh

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 5 days ago

The slave is under the robot

[–] NottaLottaOcelot@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

From the same species that brought you rooster fighting, one way tickets to space for dogs, and shark fin soup: Extreme Makeover - Camel Injectables Edition

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Don't forget "driving lemmings over a cliff to make our documentary seem cooler while also spreading wild misinformation about the behavior of lemmings."

[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What the heck! Which documentary was this?

[–] kazerniel@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)
[–] whimsy@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Oh interesting! Thanks for the link!

[–] blarg_dunsen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

The "Family Friendly" Disney documentary from the 1950's.

[–] Town@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago

Did you know the biomass of farmed mammals is 30 times greater than wild mammals? Our industrialized suffering is enormous.

[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My humps my humps, my lovely camel lumps.

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I only clicked here just to make sure this comment got posted.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

The one thing you can rely on humans to be.

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Cue the Black Eyed Peas …

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Beauty pageants are a scourge

[–] mghackerlady@leminal.space 5 points 5 days ago
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

What are you doing? They're goosed, okay?!

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 points 5 days ago

Jesus, those poor animals

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 8 points 5 days ago

You show up to the camel show and your camel's got a body kit, a lift kit, a wing, and 3 fake Nitrous bottles and assure the judges "yeah its stock"

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hump Plumper is a low key insult or props. The tone and context are key.

Hump plumping sounds like part of a job description for a fluffer!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

those camels could ski jump 10m further.

[–] hemmetti@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Best hump plumbs! Hump hump!

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 5 points 5 days ago

Guys will hump anything.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Finally, some news I can use.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 points 5 days ago

What is it about our species that we can’t just keep to ourselves? Was the “pageant” really necessary in the first place?

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 2 points 5 days ago

First the skiers and now this... And they don't even go that fast smh my head 😮‍💨