Seaside donkey owner weighing kids before they ride : andfinally

[–] [email protected] 103 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That seems fair to the donkeys. Overloading pack animals is cruel to them and a serious issue. Humans have weight limits to what they can lift, so it seems right to recognize the animals limits.

[+] [email protected] 70 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Can you ever really own a donkey? I think they largely play along with our nonsense to humour us.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Only if you’re under 38kg.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Can you ever really own a donkey?

Yes.

Thank you for listening to my TED talk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No no, you're thinking of cats.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

No no, I was thinking about ducks.

If someone asks me how many ducks I own, I have tinsay none, because can you ever really own a duck? A live one anyway.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 months ago (1 children)

These are live animals. As long as he isn't mocking these children after they're weighed everyone can fuck off with the complaints.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

All he has to do is stop saying "nyah nyah, scram fattie!" and I'm fine with it. If he would just stop saying that part, I'd be fine with it.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Let's face it, the only people getting upset about this are the land-whales whose obese kids are everybody's fault but theirs

[+] [email protected] -11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

While Limiting weight on a donkey is perfectly reasonable.

Calling people land whales is fucking pathetic. You have fuck all idea of the medical history of these people. And arseholes like you are why folks like this guy suffer.

If little shitheads like you, did not spend their time insulting people who have done fuck all to them. The mental health of these people would mean they are less delicate when real life interferes.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

-"You shouldn't bad talk people"

Continues to bad talk people.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago

Yeah I'm telling my mum

Hold on, no, she died

[+] [email protected] -14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Are you missing a /s?

You know there are many kids who have weight issues due to disability, right? Parents are just trying to have a normal childhood for their kids and are trying to include them as much as possible. It's understandable the donkeys have physical limitations; it's also understandable that parents might be disappointed if their kids don't fit the restrictions. It also sounds like he's rude about it/makes comments when they weigh too much, but the article was hard to read so idk for sure what exactly is going on (popups).

You can be kind to both groups. That you'd talk so badly about heavier people says a lot about you, not them.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If a parent insists on hurting a donkey simply because their kid throws a wobbly, it doesn't matter the reason for their obesity, they're still cunts

So are donkeys mind you.

I'd agree with the guy in the article who has to put up with both types of cunt, day in, day out lol

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago

I never said they deserve to hurt an animal. Just that disappointment is understandable and there's no need to bully them.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is that some american disease where you feed your kids McDonald's and then for some reason it doesn't lose weight? Do these fat kids have some sort of membrane to pull calories out of the air without feeding them? Because that's a crazy superpower.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

Look it up. It's genetic. They constantly feel the hormone ghrelin.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago

Good for him honestly, he shouldn't subject his beautiful animal to weights that may be harmful to its body. If parents don't like it, then don't go to him.

[–] threeduck 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, the guy hasn't "sparked debate". The single complainant cited is from some obesity alliance, who says it's wrong to weigh children in public.

OP SLAMMED for sharing poor quality news.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

It's like how America thinks Meghan Sussex/Markle sparked debate here when people didn't even care that much

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

I would have expected the weight requirement, so they don't have to control the age and height. Interesting that they still have those...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Boy that site is cancerous without ublock

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

That's Reach Plc for you.

Owns every regional news site in the UK. Seemingly publishes shit on random ones, like this which is Wales Online, but apparently fat kids on the opposite side of the country are considered newsworthy.

I'm just glad they got rid of the side swiping on articles, where a clumsy scroll would just load an entirely different page for no fucking reason.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Tall-shaming, too, tsk tsk

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

and age-shaming.

[+] [email protected] -13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Typical fat shaming jackass.

[+] [email protected] -17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How about you stop exploiting donkeys all together for your personal gain?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For the record: no donkeys have been exploited by feddit.uk or at least not by me. I have a dozen ducks on a treadmill powering the site though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I guess they are more reliable than the industry standard hamsters given the British weather?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

IP68 certified

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The water slides right off?

[+] [email protected] -13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, people look at this and think this is some sort of thoughtful and kind decision, when in reality this is a business decision to keep the donkey running. Because at the end of the day this donkey is enslaved for this mans gain.

I wonder how people would feel about a headline that looks like this "slave owner buys high quality tools and proper lifting equipment to help reduce stress from phisical labor for his slaves" what a saint right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mate, if you think running donkey rides is the same as owning slaves then you really need to rethink your world view a bit. I'm all for reducing animal cruelty but I don't think this argument is helping.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, he also didn't buy the donkey high quality equipment right? Have you ever heard of an hyperbole?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago

Yep.

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