• Wage_slave@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I don’t eat a lot of meat, but after hearing arguments like these from vegetarians and vegans, I gave up on not eating meat.

    Too expensive to eat vegan and I got really fucking tired of being called fucking stupid for buying meat free alternatives. It’s not worth the effort in the end.

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      11 months ago

      vegan food isn’t expensive. artificial meat replacements are expensive, because you’re paying someone to chemically torture plants until they vaguely remind you of animals. lentils, beans, and other awesome-tasting protein sources are dirt cheap. vegan-first dishes are great and really cheap.

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        11 months ago

        See, it’s arrogant, and stupid shit like this that makes me wanna go get a burger just to spite ya.

        “Oh fucking no!! I am torturing plants and shit blah blah blah”

        No fucking wonder.

        • ᚲᛇᛚ᛫ᛞᚨᛞᛁ@reddthat.com
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          11 months ago

          Ignoring the obvious joke you missed. If someone being a little rude is enough to make you completely give up on your ethical/moral stance, you need to grow a spine dude .

          If a gay person is an ass to me i dont decide to become homophobic and blame it on them.

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            11 months ago

            I won’t go near the comparison to one’s sexual preference, to another voluntary dietary habits.

            But, you’re not wrong. If this was something that was super important to me and life affecting, then you are completely right.

            Now, as someone who is just trying to not eat meat for personal and whatever reasons, that’s not how you get people into your cause. I am not bound to it, and the perception of the community is something i get to have liberty with.

            How about “well, it’s not an animal. not bad”. Not being me with my kid hearing that her favorite burger patty (the impossible one) is a waste of money and an embarrassment to the real vegans in the middle of the safeway by a random asshole stranger, who had the after thought to explain how tofu is better totally not noticing that his very life is in danger.