Cuteness

[Lord Carnifex]

Originally Posted by Mark Skarr

I grew up on a farm and I can tell you that, unless the animal did something incredible (saved your life, could play the piano, not that either of those ever came up), when it came time to kill them for food you did. We did, however, save one chicken because she was a very good ratter and would stun the rats in the chickin coup and throw them out for the horses to trample.

Sure, the first few years, it messed me up (I was between 4 and 6), but after that, it was just part of life. There was no "reaction roll" it just was the way it was.

Sure, for people who've never had to raise their own food, I'm sure that it's pretty traumatic and they're not mentally capable of handling it, but I've done it before and I could easily do it again. Just because the baby goat is adorable doesn't mean I'm going to go hungry. They're also incredibly stupid, dirty animals without a chicken's common sense.

And this doesn't just apply to hunters, herders, and other meat eaters. Those who grow their own vegetables and cereal grains can and often do start to see rabbits, deer, songbirds and other adorably cute critters as pests to be eliminated as efficiently as possible lest they destroy a crop.