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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Chicken legs (March 20, 1920) (midwest.social)

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[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 88 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Amazing how today's discourse for animal wellbeing sounds just like common sense when you read these comics. What the hell happened? We've been aware of the issue for that long and nothing changed?

(The secret ingredient is money, I know)

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 57 points 2 months ago

It was a cause celebre during this period. Mostly due to Upton Sinclair. https://www.history.com/news/upton-sinclair-the-jungle-us-food-safety-reforms