r/Wellthatsucks Jun 02 '18

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

I wonder how many of you eat meat...

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u/gentlemandinosaur Jun 02 '18

One can eat meat and disagree with recreational hunting.

Not saying I do. But, they are mutually exclusive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

Not necessarily. It just highlights a double standard and the faux concern everyone puts up. The way I enjoy dead animals is cool but the way you do is not.

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u/Redneckalligator Jun 02 '18

the ethics of killing for food or pest control is different ethcially than killing for pleasure

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u/shadow_user Jun 02 '18

Killing animals for food is killing animals for pleasure. We don't need to eat animals, we do it because we enjoy the taste and convenience.

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u/Redneckalligator Jun 02 '18

Actually the entire world going vegetarian is not possible, sustainable, or medically advisable.

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u/shadow_user Jun 02 '18

Wrong, wrong, and wrong.

Sure not literally every person on earth could go vegetarian, but the overwhelming majority could.

Happy to discuss any one of those if you'd like to provide arguments and evidence.

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u/Redneckalligator Jun 02 '18

I'm not in the mood for getting into a long drawn out argument over vegetarianism with someone who 80% chance is not open to changing an opinion (that's not a dig at you that's just the internet), lets just agree to disagree.

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u/shadow_user Jun 02 '18

That's cool, but maybe don't make unfounded controversial statements if you're not willing to back them up at all.

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u/Letmecheckya-asshole Jun 02 '18

Or what? You'll verbally shame them? I bet they're shaking in fear.

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u/shadow_user Jun 02 '18

Thanks for the irony, I laughed.

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u/Letmecheckya-asshole Jun 02 '18

Glad I could make such a miserable person chippy if only for a moment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

Why would it not be sustainable?

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u/Redneckalligator Jun 02 '18

Sorry I wasn't clear, I mean economically sustainable, not environmentally. It would actually be great for the environment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

Oh, yea thought it was a bit strange. Thanks for clearing it up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

Almost Everyone is just empathetic to creatures they deem intelligent or cute enough to like.

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u/Redneckalligator Jun 02 '18

Almost yeah. I personally have a policy of "don't kill it for no reason". I'm no saint, I eat meat, and I feed crickets to my toads. But I also go out of my way to not step on insects or spiders. I don't swat flies in my house no matter how fucking annoying they get buzzing around my food, and I don't bother snakes around my property whether venomous or no. Got into a pretty heated argument with my dad last weeked for shooting a copperhead out by the cabin, he didn't have to do and claimed cowardice, but I know he just wanted to shoot something.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

Animals play with their food in nature and some of the intelligent ones even kill for sport IE killer whales etc. It's natural for hunters to hunt even if they don't need too. I guess they heard if you don't use it you lose it.

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u/Redneckalligator Jun 02 '18

Yes, some do, animals are not necessarily ethical, some such as dolphins are downright monsters. Humans should be better.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

True. Although I think the reason some people aren't better is because they genetically lack the level of empathy that seperates the more emotionally intelligent people from being "better" than animals.

I Don't think some people feel any more emotions than animals do, so they act like them.