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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Many of us do it for sport tbh. A healthier way to gamify life sorta. I've been vegan since 2015/16 and it does increase the difficulty setting somewhat, but also it's unlocked a million fun mini games for me along the way and provided much needed community.

[–] KeisukeTakatou 17 points 1 year ago (22 children)

I wish I could cope as good as you. Is going vegan the answer?

[–] Chreutz 33 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Reducing your meat consumption is likely the most effective way of lowering your personal climate 'footprint'.

You don't even have to go fully vegan. Use 20%, 30% or 50% less meat and you're already doing a lot.

Also look up climate impact of different types of food (and where it comes from), and use that to prioritize. Chicken, fish and pork are up to 10 times less impactful than beef.

[–] GnothiSeauton 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Reducing your meat consumption is likely the most effective way of lowering your personal climate ‘footprint’.

I hear this a lot, but I think the context of what other actions are available and their relative impact is important in this kind of discussion.

Of course, this is all with the knowledge that trying to put the onus of fixing climate change on the individual is both doomed to fail and a great burden for many. Climate change can only be properly addressed by top-down action, which we should all advocate for.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't like eugenicist propaganda

[–] Kase 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Could you explain how the graph is eugenecist? I would agree if it were targeted toward a specific demographic, but from what I can tell that isn't the case here. /gen

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

it's also worth pointing out that malthusianism is next to eugenics

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

it targets people who are literate in English.

[–] Fedizen 1 points 1 year ago

poor people tend to have more kids, rich people tend to create more waste.

[–] owatnext 0 points 1 year ago

7/11 isn't bad.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Too bad they crammed hard malthusianism at the end of the graph.

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