You don’t. You get down from a duck.

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      Down is a type of feather that was used in various (fancy) bedding and clothes. Nowadays synthetic options are significantly more common and anything with real down feathers is quite expensive.

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        Thanks! Doesn’t translate well to German, but I now learned that down has yet another translation (Daune) which was also very commonly used here and still is on occasion.

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          They don’t pluck live ducks (or geese), you know.

          I put it to you that the use of plastic down is much crueler because it kills way more animals.

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            They fucking absolutely do. And even if they didn’t, I’m sorry to tell you, killing animals that don’t want to die is cruel and violent. Doing so for sensory pleasure or wealth is deeply wrong. The animals we create are morally equivalent to our own children and are owed the exact same unconditional love and protection.

            Your second point is speculative. It’s something you clearly don’t know, but you’re choosing to believe because it gives cover and distraction to cruelty and violence.

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              pigs, for example, have the intelligence of a 3-4 year old human (not that that means that lower intelligence means we can kill them) . They can and do solve puzzles etc. They’re really intelligent.

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        Oh. That actually explains a lot (uses to hear the term “down feather” as a kid every now and then)

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        IMO, real down only remains necessary for stuff like backpacking, because it’s lighter and packs smaller than any synthetic of comparable insulation amount. Unless you need that, synthetic is better.

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        Hah, I thought I got it and I still didn’t quite get it. I was thinking of “get down” as in lowering your body. Like, your body is lowered from the act of ducking. Get down from a duck(ing position).

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    Last night I dreamt I ate my pillow.

    When I woke up I was a bit down in the mouth.

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      Didn’t need to click, but I did anyway.

      I was 10 when this aired. I used to watch Soul Train after Saturday morning cartoons.