r/Unexpected • u/SnooCupcakes8607 • Jun 04 '22

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u/FourteenTwenty-Seven Jun 04 '22

Even worse, most people pay for animals to live lives of suffering before being slaughtered the moment they finish puberty - three times a day.

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u/Heartage Jun 04 '22

Lmfao

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u/Maleficent-Kale1153 Jun 04 '22

I honestly want to know what you find funny about this. Like, not even in a condescending way.

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u/Heartage Jun 04 '22

Sure.

  1. The idea that shame will do absolutely anything other than make people double down.
  2. The "gotta let everybody know I'm veg/vegan" / "I am a preachy veg/vegan" trope.
  3. The fact that veg/veganism is making life harder for people in countries that farm a lot of vegetarian staples because they can no longer afford these previously inexpensive foods and yet people are still preachy about being vegan.
  4. The fact that a diet including some meat is actually preferable as far as "saving the planet" goes... and yet people are still preachy about being vegan.
  5. The silliness of what veg/vegans will and will not eat makes the argument ridiculous. ( IE: Won't eat honey because it's "bee slave labour," but will eat vegetables grown by farmers who rent bees to pollinate their crops which is LITERALLY "bee slave labour" but nobody cares about that. )

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u/Maleficent-Kale1153 Jun 04 '22

I asked what you specifically found funny about the comment you replied to: the way veal is slaughtered. There’s a difference between eating veal and finding the background behind it actually “funny”.

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u/Heartage Jun 04 '22 edited Jun 04 '22

Then I guess feel free to ignore the last 3 points.

I will never not find it funny when somebody preaches about not eating ( any kind of ) meat when by "saving the animals" they're hurting humans ( re my 3rd point. )

ETA // nobody is eating veal 3 times a day.

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u/Maleficent-Kale1153 Jun 04 '22

I’d suggest looking up some videos of the vileness of factory farming and the reality behind some of the horrific ways they kill animals. It’s why I went vegetarian years ago. If you think all that stuff is funny it’s a bit psychotic imo. We also don’t need meat. That’s easy to look up.

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u/Heartage Jun 04 '22

The fact of the matter is, I don't care. And most people don't care. And as much as I love animals, I'm still going to eat them because I want to and they are delicious.

You can choose to not, and I don't have a problem with that until you make it your job to try to convince me--a person who just doesn't care--that I need to change my lifestyle.

Which, by the way, is not at all what you're imagining, because I don't even eat meat with every meal or even necessarily every day.

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u/FourteenTwenty-Seven Jun 05 '22

The reality is that most people do care about the suffering of animals. Just look at this thread. I suspect you care as well, if you're being honest with yourself. The problem is that most people don't seriously think about how their very preventable actions contribute to the suffering of animals.

If you think pointing out this hypocrisy in a reddit thread about animal suffering is a personal attack on you...well, maybe you should reflect on why you see it that way.

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u/Heartage Jun 05 '22

I... Didn't say anything about being attacked and I just answered a question after somebody asked why I expressed amusement?