-First, with the whole slaughter house thing, they stun the steers inbetween the eyes first, so I’d say they are pretty unaware of what happens after that point. Interesting tidbit, I worked at a slaughter house last summer, Superior Farms, which process sheep and goats, and they actually use trained sheep to lead the whole lot to the kill floor and up the ramp. Once the first couple sheep start going the rest follow, and the lead sheep will fall back as to avoid an untimely death.

-Secondly, as far as cattle being self-aware and what not, most cattle are somewhat intelligent. From my years of working with Black Angus, I would say their intelligence levels are equal to the canines’. [At least the cattle I have worked with] Most have different personalities and quirks.

He said:
bull= adult fertile male
steer= castrated male
cow= adult female( and namesake)
heifer=unbred female
veal= calf never fed grains or hay(grass) milk fed only

I say:
Calves: Baby cattle (mentioned above, but not explained)

So a bull is a male kept to breed. Usually chosen for its superior traits above other male cattle. He is put in a pen with a bunch of ladies and has his way with them, then is moved to a new pen and has his way with them etc.

Steers are where we get most our meat. They are often castrated by having heavy rubber bands tied around their balls, which squeeze them until they fall off. then we fatten them up and have hamburgers…yum!

Cows are valued for their ability to a. make calves (baby cattle)and their ability to lactate! Then we get to vacuum it from their teats and make cheese, White Russians and chocolate milk…yum!

That is all I wanted to add.

You guys are awesome. But feel free to look into the plethora of source material on this question if you’re interested.

If you’re connected to a router (a box that usually has an antenna on it for wireless connections), it may need to be reset. You can accomplish this by pushing the tiny reset button on the back with a ball point pen, or by unplugging, counting slowly to 20 and plugging it back in.

Not that I mind the tech question or anything, but you probably don’t wanna ask for help like that here, since the chance of an answer is kind of a crap shoot.

I’d recommend calling your local computer tech. If they won’t tell you what I told you for free, they’re likely not worth whatever their price tag says.

… aaaand in the interest of getting back on topic …

Scott, Smitty, you guys are the best. Of course I love the View Askew flicks, and even the worst Smodcast gets repeated on my iTunes list. Thanks for the year+ of Smods.

However, did I hear Kevin correctly? Is Steak Tartare really raw meat and egg? I like steak and eggs as much as the next omnivore, but I can’t see how that combination can be tasty in goo form …

grain is a cows candy they love it put hay and grain in front of them they’ll always eat the grain first

Even if this bullshit was correct the conclusion is sub-retarded. All real medicine is not natural. Living in houses & sleeping in beds is not natural. Any mode of transportation other than barefoot walking is not natural. Electricity is not natural either. Farming vegetables is not natural either. All fruits & vegetables have been changed by man a lot over time making them even further unnatural.

When any living creature can do something that it previously couldn’t do there’s a scientific word for it dipshit —
EVOLUTION!!

Vegans are sub-human. Carnivores & omnivores are at the top of the food chain in every ecosystem. Vegans are by definition lower on the food chain and less evolved so its ok to eat vegans. Vegans, its what for dinner bitches!!!

Violence, slavery and the domination of women came pretty natural to man too. I guess that means Dave G. is pro slavery, violence & dominating women.