Why billions of people won't eat pork (or why we don't know)

[haroonhassan]

My man researched all of that just because he was intrigued why his pork videos didn’t do as good as the other ones

[Devlin]

“All religions can make a beautiful website with square space” I’m so sorry to tell you about the Amish Adam...

[margaretmcallister]

Before refrigeration, the rule of thumb in England was not to eat pork in a month which had no R in it i.e. May June July and August, because it was hot weather. Pork goes off quickly in hot weather. It might have been a simple way to avoid food poisoning. Same rule applies for oysters for this same reason. Most strict taboos are in the hotter countries. In the north, it's a guidance rather than an absolute rule.

[lexbel]

“Hey should we eat this animal?”

“Hold on….lemme see his toes”

[guillotineblade]

. I asked a friend from India once and he gave the most insightful, and reasonable, answer. He said, he did not know that pigs were farmed animals (until, he learned about them here) and that in India pigs roam wild (they are not domesticated nor farm raised.) The reason they refuse to eat pork is mostly because: "pigs, in india, eat dead bodies, other dead animals and garbage."

[pancakehoe]

Markiplier's more cultured cousin

[hiro]

i’d argue that humans are the most polarizing meat

[nani-tlzo]

another theory i've heard about avoiding pigs is about them being "only useful dead." cows and goats also produce milk, sheep also have wool, chickens also lay eggs, and so on but humans don't really get anything from a pig while it's alive

[kacimi]

I'm not sure if you're gonna see my comment but in Islam you actually can't eat animals such as goat if their main source of food is filth, nor can you drink their milk unless you put them on a clean diet for a little while, hence the shepherd has to be really careful on what to feed his stock.

[mrgallbladder]

I'm from eastern europe and pork is probably the most commonly consumed meat, especially in rural regions, because it's simply the cheapest meat available. Don't know why, it just is.
In fact, villagers who kept all forms of livestock, would butcher cows and sell them on the market, but leave the pork for themselves, because selling beef made you more money than selling pork, so they ate the cheaper meat and sold the more expensive meat.

[roddy]

Pork is avoided in desert areas because they need a lot of water.There is hardly enough for humans.

[zelh]

The thing I've never understood is when people refer to Leviticus in particular, to explain / defend the pork taboo, is that Leviticus similarly prohibits a whole bunch of other foods that no-one outside of a committed Vegan seems to have a problem with.

[pathologicaldoubt]

Fun fact: Pumba in the original 2D “The Lion King” was a red color, because the animators took a trip to Africa for research before production began and noticed the wild warthogs in the savanna were bright red from rolling around in mud to keep cool. The bright caked mud is why the artists chose that color pallet for the character :)

[KatariaGujjar]

Chicken wasn't a major part of the middleastern diet until recently. The major animal consumed was goat/lamb, cattle, camel, and other birds like quail.

[captnmike]

This was an exceptionally well researched and presented video. The content perfectly aligned with the title of the video. Thank you for doing it.

[studioboman]

Damn that Squarespace plug transition at the end was FLAWLESS! Nice one my guy!

[WhyYouMadBoi]

"Those chickens are eating grains, grains I could be eating instead directly. Those chickens are competing with me!" -Adam Ragusea

[ArkayeCh]

Goat: Is in a circle full of grass.
Also goat: *I will eat outside*

[theshamanite]

Moral of the story: SquareSpace doesn't discriminate

[carlosrendo]

Trichinosis existed in ancient times, trichinosis wasn't known to have been caused by a parasite until the 1830s. 'Unclean' was the best way to have explained something completely misunderstood.