We can't even talk in this community dedicated to vegans without someone coming along and meatsplaining. - eviltoast
  • jumjummy@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Just curious, do you not see how that would frustrate someone who is not vegan? If your goal is to be confrontational, that little speech definitely hits the mark, but if you’re not, perhaps reflect on the preaching.

    Personally, eat what you want to eat. The more vegans and vegetarians around, the better those food choices will be for everyone.

    • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Why would it be frustrating? It is just true. There’s no personal attack there, I’m not calling someone anything. It’s just reality, if you eat hamburgers that is what happened to get it to your plate. If you don’t think cows have feelings it shouldn’t bother you, if you think cows have feelings but they don’t matter very much it shouldn’t bother you, if you do find it bothersome to think about but eat hamburgers that’s on you not me.

      Quite seriously, either you are ok with what you do or you are not. How is talking about it frustrating or confrontational?

      I don’t feel bad when I prune a tree, and if you talk about rows and rows of fruit trees being pruned and how they’re slathered in nutrients and watered heavily to produce fruit before a harvester violently shakes them I feel neither confronted nor frustrated. I have no reason to even slightly suspect that treatment is wrong. Surely if feedlots and slaughterhouses are morally good or neutral I would at worst seem vaguely silly.

      • jumjummy@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Ok, so I’m sure when you pick up your iPhone you’d love to have someone tell you how much abuse and suffering so many steps in the supply chain involve from the raw material harvesting, terrible working conditions to assemble them, etc.

        Just pointing out that what you are doing is the literal definition of preaching. Not sure why you are surprised.

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          5 months ago

          You know what, I would. If there is a problem that I’m unknowingly part of, it’s better to know and maybe do something about it than to ignore it.

          I can’t say I will go live to a hut im the forest with no technology, but will at least be mindful of it and tried to minimize it. If I could afford a new iPhone, I’d certainly rather buy me a Fairphone. There are options and the options are a spectrum, not one or the other.

        • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          5 months ago

          Yes actually, I don’t deal with problems by ignoring them. That’s uh, why I have a second hand phone.

          See, when something I’m doing upsets me and conflicts with my self image as a person who tries to do good I stop doing that thing. What do you do?