But... Why was the chicken crossing the road? 🤔
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Deserved... It could be a child instead of chicken.
the first time i read the sentence i thought it said children.
Buk buk.
I was taught by my driving instructor to not try and avoid smaller animals because swerving or sudden breaking would be more likely to result in a major accident than simply plowing through it. Whereas larger animals medium sized dog for example could lead to a wider accident if you hit them.
You should be aware enough of traffic around you to know if slamming the brakes on presents a significant hazard. (And if you can't react to an animal appearing in the road you're likely driving too fast for the visibility and conditions)
Yeah you want to avoid hitting children if you can help it. They are really big and make a mess.
The driver was a first time Skyrim player
AND STAY THE FUCK OUT OF RIVERWOOD!
Lol
lol, her expression says it all, "Worth it, 10/10 would mace that removed again."
Might do a little jail time but the chicken killer will think twice. I mean, christ, you live in Key West. Get on island time already.
The chicken didn't cross the road, but still made it to the other side.
Ok, that wins best chicken crossing the road joke ever.
And then you wonder, "Why was the chicken crossing the road in the first place?"
And what was it wearing?
See you on the Other Side.
Sometimes, animals just don't understand how cars works. I was going to work one morning, and a jackrabbit was in my lane...it ran away, but in a way that would ensure it would get crushed if I sped up. It was only after about quarter of an mile that it decided to leave my lane...only to u-turn back into it.
THUMP
Sometimes, life is fleeting, without reason.
Had a similar thing 30 years ago when I worked 2nd shift, heading home at night. 5 miles from home, empty 2-lane road 55 mph. Little bunny hopping in my lane towards me. I veered left, it followed. I veered right, it followed. No time left to avoid, THUMP! Sad, but I did what I could in the moment…
It took me coming to the comments to notice that the word in the headline was chicken, not children. I was about to go OFF about those cops.
i cannot put into words how much i despise people who don't see anything wrong with crushing animals with their car, it's so fucking gross and IMO should disqualify them from handling a heavy vehicle.
It's no different than shooting animals with a gun (proper or airsoft or whatever), which i think any sensible person would agree should bar you from owning guns.
That's a really weird comment coming from (I assume) a Swede, given the popularity of hunting there.
It's no different than shooting animals with a gun (proper or airsoft or whatever), which i think any sensible person would agree should bar you from owning guns.
I think there's quite a big difference between senselessly running over an animal and shooting one with a gun. I mean hunting for food and animal population control are kinda necessary in a lot of situations, while running over an animal isn't.
Tbf it's also safer to hit the animal in many cases than slam on the brakes and possibly get rear-ended or swerve into possible dangerous hazards like other cars or poles. Many driving schools actually teach that it's often the safest option unless the animal itself is big enough to be a hazard like a deer or moose.
Doing either out of malicious intent is the problem, but then again doing just about anything out of malicious intent is a problem lol. It's more about the intent than the action.
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Not sure I agree with the second take. Anyone that eats meat should be ethically required to take an animals life they will eat at some point so they directly know what it means to eat meat. If someone is uncomfortable with the thought of taking an animals life, why are they eating meat and paying someone else to do their dirty work?
I eat meat, but probably not as much as most people. I have butchered livestock and hunted in the past, taking an animals life is not a pleasant thing to do.
I have butchered livestock
I'm sorry you had to do that. It sounds traumatic.
Animals, especially mammals, have complex inner lives, families, and friends. They experience emotion. They play.
I don't understand how people can look at that and be ok with killing it, and then not think the same thing about the stupider parts of humanity.
I guess people are just less delicious or something. No idea how else it's justified.
I just don't see something intrinsically immoral with killing an animal for food. Circle of life and all that. I don't think anything should suffer unduly so factory farms are a real problem, and there's an arbitrary line of intelligence/sociality that decides whether an animal is close enough to "personhood" that other principles are involved for me, but taking from nature with reverence and respect does not preclude hunting in my opinion.
If you start out raising an animal for food you accept that you will have to kill it or pay someone else to do it.
Not exactly traumatic, but certainly not pleasant to look into somethings eyes and take it's life. A lot of men pretend it's a fun experience to be macho, but I think most people do not enjoy taking an animals life.
Hmmmm... Suspicious amount of people caring about chickens in these comments
Well yeah, it's not like I'd do something sick like pay to have a chicken's beak cut off while it's still alive.
20 years ago I was driving on a 50mph road and there was this group of about 20 birds drinking water around a large puddle right on the side of the road.
Something spooked them just in the moment that I was driving by them. In that split second, they all swarmed right in front of my vehicle smashed into the side and front. As I looked back in the mirror through the feathers floating in the air, I could see at least six or seven birds injured on the road behind me. It made me sick to my stomach and I still have this image in my head years later haunting me.
I can't imagine someone would do that on purpose.
It wasn't your fault. You would have avoided it if you were able. Therefore it is not on your moral plate. Be at peace.
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Aww. That poor chicken.
Yesterday while driving, I hit two different birds in the span of about 15 minutes. I was going under the limit both times and definitely wouldn’t try to hit them. The second one looked like it was going to miss me before it turned and went straight at the windshield. Real tucker and dale moment for me.
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