[patrec]

Of the many cows I've met in my life few seemed to be weighed down by the harsh conditions of their existence and burdened by foreknowledge of their early death. Maybe a cow contemplating your existence would similarly wonder how you could possibly bear it?

In any case compared to a lot of life both cows and humans seem to me to be doing pretty well in terms of realistically attainable levels of happiness and life expectancy. We don't die an agonizing death from horrendous facial tumours spread by periodically chewing each others' faces off and being literally eaten alive by our offspring is not the pinnacle of our existence.