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> The present state of things is the least bad it could be while still allowing us to enjoy the prices we do.

That statement belongs in a dystopian sci-fi novel.

Apt Bojack Horseman quote incoming...

> How do you respond to allegations that factory farming is "torture" or "cruel" or "like a terrifying movie about some strange dystopian society, but in this monster story, the horrifying monsters are us"?

> Relax, Tommy, everything we do is completely legal and FDA-approved, so, therefore, it is fine.

> I have no follow-up questions

Welcome... to the real world.

I'm not sure how you tie levels of pain to prices for eggs. (And I'd strongly dispute that being ground up isn't painful. Call it a hunch)

On the upside, there's research on in-egg sexing.

Without trying to sound cruel, the industrial grinders used for chickens are extremely fast and might act faster than the temporary threshold needed for the pain to be consciously perceived.

I'm not sure what the breakdown of different methods is, but gassing is common as well as simply dumping them into a bin and letting them suffocate each other.

Why would you dispute painful?