• Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    As much as I admire the morality and overall health of vegetarian/vegan folks, I would also super respect anyone who got all their protein by monstering whole live mice that they caught by hand.

  • Noxy@pawb.social
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    2 months ago

    Vegans: exist

    People like OP: how dare you make your own choices about your own life that don’t hurt anyone in any way whatsoever

  • HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    I’m not even vegan, and I find that this meme both grossly misrepresents what veganism is about, and seems mean spirited.

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      2 months ago

      I can side with the vegans that the meat industry needs to be clamped down on hard

      But eating meat in of itself is not wrong, that is what is natural

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        2 months ago

        Yo this seems to be a bad take

        I think something that defines humanity is that we really try not to follow the “rules of nature”, ie. the rule of the stronger over the weaker

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        2 months ago

        There are plenty of things that are ‘natural’ that are wrong to do, why is eating meat any different?

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            See this is what I told people when they found out I had sex with my dog, and they said I was crazy and abusive! Like, it’s my own choice!

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              >inb4 some child left behind replies with “are you equating eating meat for sustenance with rape?”

              Yes. You could eat something else for sustenance. The reason you choose meat is because it’s a more enjoyable experience for you, despite the inherent harm. That sounds similar to another topic I mentioned in this comment

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        99% of vegans dont say eating meat in itself is wrong and this bullshit narrative needs to stop

        Edit: I wrote “in itself” to make it especially clear, but it seems people are skipping that part. The act of eating meat can not be evil, carnivorous animals do it for survival. The context is always what matters.

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      2 months ago

      Well, the first bullshit here is the word “purely”. While they indeed have a mainly vegan diet, they also opportunistically consume insects and even small mammals.

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        2 months ago

        Please fact check before posting, this is scientificaly inaccurate. Yeah they might eat a bug or two, but gorillas normally don’t eat other mammals.

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      Well if the ants can do it, why can’t we?

      (Btw, I’m opposed to caged chicken egg cultivation, and even had my own chicken in the past before I couldn’t anymore for eggs. Now I just pay the premium and researched which were the most ethical eggs in the store available. Happy hens make better eggs anyway. I’m just pointing out we’re not the only ones that raise animals for consumption in nature).