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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/72584749

One Reddit user spotted an Aliexpress ad for a "pet incinerator" on Instagram, a macabre encounter that raises plenty of questions.

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[–] SpikedIguana@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Okay clearly they're just selling for vets and stuff right?

Kristi Noem starter apartment?

[–] john_tech@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You've heard of the Stephen King book Pet Semetary, right? Well this is the faster option.

[–] kalpol@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Except when the cat comes back its millions of angry particles attacking you, and we call it allergy season

[–] Slashme@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I'm not sure how this is confusing at all. Dead pets get cremated all the time, just like dead people.

[–] eggpl4nt@lemmy.world 67 points 3 days ago

I'm laughing my ass off

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago

Turn the death of a pet from tragedy to opportunity. With this pet incinerator, you will be able to boost your income and recoup your investment in no time at all.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Dude, let people have hobbies!

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, I'm sure Texans could make use of this now that abortion is illegal

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Maybe. I think it's also illegal for women to operate machinery there.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Pulling out in Texas counts as a misdemeanor abortion /s

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Every sperm is sacred.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Cumming into a tissue must be an act of genocide

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So, like, how long do you have to leave it in? Until she gets the curse?

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 1 points 13 hours ago

Until its fully cooked through

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Idk, until Jesus says its okay.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I think it’s okay in Texas as long as they have a note from either their husband or father.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago

Yes. For "pets". Less mess than a guillotine or wood chipper.

[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 0 points 1 day ago

This is where my cat is going if she wakes me up by picking at the mattress and rustling things again.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm gonna need to get a LOT more cats before I can justify this purchase.

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

You could probably cram a small child in there.

I mean, you could fit in there two...just not all at once.

[–] AviAdi@suppo.fi 4 points 2 days ago

So conspiracy theory time: there is a market for these for many Americans connected to the federal government.

Back in 2018 during child migrant separation mandate thousands of children "disappeared into the system". Many migrant parents never saw these kids again.

Well ICE and federal government employees are doing the same thing today. They separate these "illegal" children from their parents and put them into "foster care" and eventually they "lose track" of them. At the same time Americans with money are need to buy these incinerators for.... Reasons?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

The ones I can borrow aren't the ones I need to dispose of :/

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Now that farmers in the USA can slaughter their own livestock for sale, the demand is there.

Nazis killed the Jew's pets.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago