"climbed to the top of the food chain." dude, you didn't climb anywhere. If we would drop you in the middle of Siberia with 50km to the next road, you would be dead in about 5 days and eaten by something.
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Also, the stairs in front of their local McDonald's don't count.
What's with all the carnists in the comments holy fuck go away.
These are all excellent examples.
I'll add one that hopefully is not as bad as those:
Being vegan is hard. I am not sure I'm up to the task
Holy shit this is good.
A woman I knew vaguely that I had on Facebook for a minute told me that I when I went vegan was still practicing animal cruelty because sometimes field nice get hurt in farm machinery. Then she talked about humanely treated meat and then blocked me. It was pretty ridiculous.
You forgot "eating meat put us at the top of the food chain what do u think happens when we stop"
People who post carnist denialism, apologia, or trolling to [email protected] get banned. Hell, I'm going to ban a bunch of the bad posters from [email protected] just to get a head start.
Why are we suddenly calling poeple omnivore/carnivore/herbivores? Why not just: Vegan Average Person Dad at the barbecue
I'm glad I'm not that kind of omnivore.
I'll just straight up say I love the way meat tastes.
Also, arguments about what people eat and why almost never come up.
Unfortunately, it usually comes up if I order a veg option then some friend of a friend proceeds to interrogate me.
They need to grow up.
I might notice it and even ask if they are vegetarian or vegan. Mostly just because if I'm gonna hang around that person again, I can have that information tucked away for future use.
Inevitably, my answer is just "cool" and move on. Eat what you want, dude.
Why do you like hurting animals? Are you a psychopath?
Raised meat animals and hunted for roughly half my life. Coming from that background, I absolutely do not like to see animals suffer. Quick and clean kills. Minimal pain.
Raised poultry for both meat and eggs. When the broilers were ready for slaughter, it was a quick chop of an axe and done.
I've shot several deer over the years. Most dropped dead right on the spot. Only one had to be shot a second time, and it sucked to do. But also overpopulation/starving/eaten alive is objectively worse.
All that said, I fucking LOATHE the modern meat industry. I try and get my meat and eggs from local co-ops or people I know. Locally raised and not in cramped sheds. The butcher is smaller and not just a streamlined kill chute. I try to avoid the big corporate food market when I can.
All that said, it's difficult to explain how I see an animal as food. I know it's a living, breathing thing, but also, it's being raised for food. That's its purpose. I love meat, the way it tastes, and will continue to eat it for the rest of my life.
I'm not trying to convince you anything, just explaining my point of view.
Do I like hurting animals? No.
Am I a psychopath? Don't know. Never been examined.
And what again are you doing in a vegan community then? Why are you so desperate to be heard? We're not here to discuss your "food" choices or moral superiority or why you think it's okay to kill innocent, sentient beings and eat their fucking corpses. Because we already discuss that stuff irl every. single. day. We're here to have some fun with like-minded people and not be reminded of the constant vystopia we're living still in. You're interrupting.
Honestly, I've just accepted, that animals are going to suffer for me to eat them. Now I'd like it, if they could lead happy lifes before I do so. But that is sadly not the world we live in.
Sure, but why eat them?
Why not? There's many benefits.
You already said that they suffer. Isn't that a good reason to not do it? I assume you wouldn't want somebody to kill and eat you, either.
Well yes but I a) ascribe to most animals a lower level of consciousness to humans and b) am very biased when it comes to that in as I don't want for anyone or anything to kill me.
Genuine question, what benefits do you mean? On the health side - since I went vegan + aiming for whole food plant-based, I've been the healthiest I've ever been. I wasn't even anticipating it, but I've lost a great amount of weight without trying and have more energy than ever. Definitely has cemented the switch as one of the best life decisions I've ever made.
I think the book How Not To Die by Dr. Michael Greger explains really well why. It discusses how animal-derived foods straight up are not good for you nutritionally. It also explains the health benefits of various plant-based foods in preventing different illnesses and supporting your immune system. I recommend it.
greger is a quack
...says no credible source
The more meat you eat, THE SOONER YOU DIE.
The more meat you eat, THE MORE MAJOR DISEASES YOU EXPERIENCE BEFORE YOU DIE.
The more meat you eat, THE MORE OF OUR COMMUNAL ENVIRONMENT IS DESTROYED.
You really have to be sticking your head in the ground to ask, "why not?" Like literal psychological denialism. Just look: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=meat+%22all+cause+mortality%22
Most people eat meat because they enjoy doing so... I fall into that camp.
Most people enjoy eating meat because that is what they are used to and what they were raised on. Guess what? Humans come to enjoy eating whatever the fuck they eat regularly. It's such a childish reason to be cruel and violent.
The experiences of animals are real and matter. Their suffering is identical in nature to your own. It harms us when we take pleasure in cruelty and violence.