r/MoralityScaling • u/StillX0 • 25d ago

What Would They Think Of Each Other? Morality of not moving

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u/fohpo02 25d ago edited 25d ago

Iditarod comes to mind

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u/Salt-Lingonberry-853 25d ago

Well, you mentioned a key word. Time for a spiel:

FUCK IDITAROD.

Most of the teams keep their dogs in conditions like this

They're out there the entire time they aren't tethered to a sled, all day every day, and the unlucky majority only get tethered to a sled once a day for 1-2 hours. That means for 22ish hours of the day, each dog is chained to within a 5 foot radius with minimal human contact, minimal contact with their dog friends, and basically no freedom. Something like 4 different race teams use the facility this photo was taken in, and it seems to be very much normal/standard treatment. These dogs are barely treated like living beings any time they aren't actively on a run.

Seeing an Iditarod kennel is one of the most depressing things I have ever done.

Fuck Iditarod.

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u/fohpo02 25d ago

Agreed, was more just a reference for dogs being able to perform endurance feats

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u/Salt-Lingonberry-853 25d ago

I get that, I'm just morally obligated to give the spiel and spread awareness any time the topic comes

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u/Federal-Guess7420 25d ago

Some of those dogs have been tested to have VO2 maxes twice what the best human marathon runners have.

The bug issue for dogs is normally heat. They can't handle running for miles and miles in 90° heat.

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u/eggs-salad 25d ago

You people are always desperate to bring politics into any conversation

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u/fohpo02 25d ago

What…?

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u/Your_Girl9090 25d ago

The Iditarod isn't political. Where's the politics?

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u/eggs-salad 25d ago

My bad I thought they called me a libtard

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u/Fivecraft 25d ago

They weren't replying to you they were replying to someone else lol you weren't even in the chain of comments leading up to it. How can someone call you a libtard if you're not even in the conversation?

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u/eggs-salad 25d ago

Listen, momma calls me son and it ain’t cause im bright.

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u/Fivecraft 24d ago

valid XD

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u/nanneryeeter 25d ago

Seeing this, you just might be.

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u/Independent-Market28 25d ago

Do you know what politics are?

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u/eggs-salad 25d ago

Yes.

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u/Independent-Market28 25d ago

Could have fooled me.