I'm gonna remember this thread for the next time everyone starts going on about how:
"The average person is doing the best they can! Climate change is all the government's and corporation's fault, we literally can't do anything!"
Meanwhile, a post on a vegan community got several people to go out of their way to talk about how cool they are for eating meat. And they got upvoted for it too!
Reminder that:
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meat production is one of the largest producers of CO2 (beef is the biggest, and pork after that)
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most greens are cheaper than meat, pretty much everywhere
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the average person in a western country is typically overweight
"But there's nothing we can do! Don't you see? It's the governments and corporations who have to take action and force me to stop eating meat/insert-other-thing-I-can-do-but-choose-not-to-here! Also, vote for Biden/a-centrist-from-your-country!"
What does being overweight have to do with whether or not people eat meat? Eating excessive calories makes people overweight, and you can sure as hell do that with potato chips.
The average person in America is overweight. Stands to reason an average omnivorous anatomically modern human who is overweight and eats excessively probably eats more than the average amount of meat. Fast food is built around protein staples like beef pork and chicken. Most people eat meat every single day.
As the commenter above you mentioned, meat has extremely negative impacts on the environment and is among the most wasteful things people consume. In particular beef, which is well known to increase risks of cancer and heart disease, is extremely resource and energy intensive to produce. Factory farming and mass beef production have vast consequences for the environment and for our health. Not to mention the many morally objectionable practices that happen in these places.
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While it is nice that all the trolls come out of the wood to get banned in this thread, I will lock it now as this has really run it's course.
The reason for the mother being put in that cage, which in reality wouldnt have ends that look to be a piercing hazard, is because she otherwise would kill the piglets by laying down on them or otherwise harm them
Thanks for showing up in my main feed, and reminding me that I hadn't blocked this mag yet.
Thanks for showing anything from this username is gonna be a waste of everyones time.
