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[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 185 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My company was discovered using monkeys for emissions tests. They were gassing monkeys, and legitimately used "everyone in the industry does it" as an internal defense to quell upset staff.

Fuck Volkswagen. Straight up. No fucks given, worst job I ever worked.

[–] Chruesimuesi@feddit.ch 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, wtf... Volkswagen killed monkeys in emission tests?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/29/vw-condemned-for-testing-diesel-fumes-on-humans-and-monkeys

Holy fuck you are right. Wtf is wrong with people...

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

The people’s car

[–] ShroOmeric@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jeez.. did that story ever reach the press?!?

[–] MisterChief@lemmy.world 81 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/29/vw-condemned-for-testing-diesel-fumes-on-humans-and-monkeys

It seems to be public knowledge. I hadn't heard of this either. Yet another in a long line of companies doing shitty things and I'm sure a lot of money spent to make sure this didn't become household knowledge.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 1 year ago

a lot of monkey spent

Huehuehehe..., its ok, I'll show myself out...

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

It did in the Netherlands. And then people stopped caring as the next hot article got out.

[–] TemporaryPrimate@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Germans and gas chambers, name a more iconic duo.

Username checks out.

[–] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Reminder that VW was established by Hitler.

[–] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What’s horrifying to me isn’t that VW used ‘everyone does it’ as a defense, it’s that multiple carmakers are apparently gassing monkeys for emission tests.