some things you may want to keep to yourself like this for instance
Studies show that serial killers often tortured animals as a child! (And other studies have shown that young teens are idiots!)
I rented a cottage on a farm after college. I was looking at the new kitten, and the young daughter asked her dad something like “So she only had one kitten?”
“Yes - honey - just the one.”
I gave an odd glance to the dad. After the girl left I said “Just one kitten?”
“Well - that’s all she needs to know. Every year the cats’ have one baby, maybe two if a friend wants one. The rest get put in a gunny sack and dumped into the pond.”
My shocked expression caused him to add “We already have a ton of cats around. We aren’t in the city - that’s how we do things.”
I wouldn’t call it torture - but perhaps not the most humane way to kill them. But farmers do have another outlook on things. I was helping a relative out on a ranch and the dog was only using three legs - but could still work those cows.
I asked about his hurt leg.
“Yeah - it got broke.”
“Oh - the vet couldn’t fix it?”
“The vet!? Who’s got time for that? It healed on it’s own.” (Or something very plain and crass like that)
I was pretty surprised, seeing as how well that dog handled the cattle. I would have thought he would have taken better care of such a great “asset”.