I don't understand how having chickens or burning tires is against the law, but making industrial levels of noise at all times of day is perfectly acceptable.

You can do anything if you can buy the politician.

In a bourgeois state, there is no functional difference between capitalists and politicians. They are the same people.

the having chickens thing is fucked up

@jestdotty Every time it's brought up around here, the same kind of people that have illegally modified motorcycles and loud cars and monster trucks complain that they make too much noise. All while waking people up at 6am on Easter Sunday to go on joy rides.

I cannot fathom how things got to this point.

@cuddlyogre one is an unavoidable byproduct of something productive while other is avoidable unproductive making noise for the sake of making noise.

In what country can’t you have chicken?

@Lensflare Illegally modifying your vehicle to harass as many people as possible is not being productive. Raising chickens is as natural as it gets and enables people to have a level of autonomy that car dopes wished they had.

@Tounai All over the United States, they disallow having chickens and other "livestock" because they make too much noise. But if you ask the local police to stop someone from harassing the entire town at 4am, they'll put you in jail.

Well I think all three suck

@cuddlyogre sounds like you are in a shit city. We can have chickens in Idaho. Is it just a city ordinance?

@Demolishun I agree with your assessment. As far as I know, no city in the state is allowed to have "livestock" within the city limits.

@cuddlyogre emotional support chicken

@cuddlyogre car centric thinking aka "car is good, everything else bad"!

You're free to have chickens in Sweden pretty much just as long as you don't live in the city 🙃

@cuddlyogre US sucks overall

@cuddlyogre

> Illegally modifying your vehicle to harass as many people as possible is not being productive.

Yes. Did I make the impression that I disagree?

@cuddlyogre

So it looks like its mostly by city.

https://omlet.us/guide/chickens/...

California has less restrictions than I would have thought. Kinda wild.

@Lensflare Sorry. I was agitated yesterday. Having your blood filled with adrenaline and cortisol at random is no fun.

don't know about your local laws, but in germany, noise pollution is indeed _not_ allowed. having chickens is, however.

@tosensei maybe you guys should also outlaw regular pollution.

@tosensei except if it‘s necessary for construction work, as long as it‘s at the allowed time of day.
Also, the church and football events get a free pass 🤬

@tosensei what about chickens in an apartment?

@iiii you're allowed to keep chicken, but you _have to_ treat them properly. keeping them in an appartment is not "treating them properly". plus: your landlord can always say "nope".

@tosensei so you can't have chickens in a city ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ

@iiii you also wouldn't want to, unless you want them to suffer.

@tosensei why is it allowed to have a cat and not a chicken? Chickens are great pet

@antigermgerm ask whoever decided to write the laws like that.

probably because historically, cats&dogs have always been _actual pets_ (or at least working animals), while chicken are primarily livestock.

@tosensei me and my chicken friend are discriminated against :(

@tosensei have you watched chicken run?

@tosensei but that makes chicken an even better pet: you can play with it and you can eat it. you can't eat a dog or a cat

@iiii

> you can't eat a dog or a cat

I beg your pardon

@Lensflare well, technically you can, but then a mob will lynch you

@iiii I don’t think so, but I’m not willing to put it to a test.

@Lensflare too bad. that would be a good shawarma