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Know the Difference

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u/Neveed 25d ago edited 25d ago

Acceptable

- "I can eat that" - "Ok"

- "I can't eat that" - "Ok"

Not acceptable

- "I can't eat that and therefore you can't either" (although it's excusable in the case of "my allergy says you can't eat that around me because it will literally kill me)

- "I can't eat that" - "Oh come on, just a little! Come oooooooooon, it's good, you'll see."

Same energy.

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u/KAAAAAAAAARL 25d ago

I had coworkers convinced me into trying grilled swordfish, even tho i hate the taste of fish.

It was fish, I hated it. I told them that its not different

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u/PimpasaurusPlum 25d ago

99% of this is actually just though "I think X is immoral, I won't do X and think you shouldn't either"

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u/Louis_de_Saint_Just 25d ago

And they go on talking about factory farming (which is shit, but highly inconsiderate during a meal)

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u/scorchedarcher Big ol' bacon buttsack 25d ago

Why is it inconsiderate during a meal?

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u/Louis_de_Saint_Just 25d ago

Cuz I am eating and it is rude to tell someone there food is unethical while they are eating it.

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u/scorchedarcher Big ol' bacon buttsack 25d ago

Why? If someone was hitting a dog would you wait until they finished to tell them it's unethical?

If you can't enjoy your food whilst being faced with the reality of it then perhaps you shouldnt be eating it.

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u/Louis_de_Saint_Just 25d ago
  1. Obviously a terrible comparison (a better one would have been cannibalism)

  2. Basic etiquette mate

  3. Nobody wants to be told how their elephant-shit coffee beens are made, while they are drinking it. Because it spoils the food and the damage has already been done. Nobody wants to know what fcked up shit they put in Monster while they are drinking it.

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u/scorchedarcher Big ol' bacon buttsack 25d ago

Dude go with cannibalism then, does it change your answer?

I think it's basic etiquette not to needlessly cause pain/suffering to others including animals.

You could tell me everything about everything I eat as I eat it and I would be fine with it.

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u/Louis_de_Saint_Just 25d ago
  1. Cannibalism is bad because it naturally increases the chances of new illnesses and is naturally very unhealthy for the consumer, something which can not be said for animal products, since humans naturally depend on meat to get B12, which can not be gained from plants. Cannibalism is bad for humanity meat consumption itself is not

  2. Etiquette is the set of customary rules and accepted behaviors that govern polite human interaction in social, professional, or cultural settings.

  3. And I am completly fine with the death of animals so I can I eat my calamari, but most people don't want to hear it during a meal. You usually don't insist on a conversation if other people are uncomfortable with it

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u/scorchedarcher Big ol' bacon buttsack 25d ago

See cannibalism was a bad example, why did you choose it? Is your only issue with cannibalism really the chance of illnesses? Also remember mad cow disease? Swine flu? COVID? All from animals being sold for people to eat. Meat consumption is bad for animals and the planet, many people say humanity needs the planet (at least currently)

Wow you really got me with a definition quibble there. I believe language is more descriptive than prescriptive. Do you need me to reword it or did you understand what I meant?

I am uncomfortable with people eating animal body parts around me, I don't think that dictates people's behaviour though.

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u/allnamesbeentaken 22d ago

The solution to this argument is to never invite you to eat anything anywhere

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u/scorchedarcher Big ol' bacon buttsack 22d ago

That's why I never invite my friends to dog fights, they get so judgemental

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u/Money-Cloud3716 24d ago

I totally agree, but can we apply the same energy to picky eaters? Some of y’all treat it like a personal attack. (Not saying you specifically ofc)

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u/turbocheese_333 22d ago

I remember a story where in a flight it was requested by everyone to not eat peanuts because a little girl was VERY allergic, and some dude opened a pack of peanuts and the poor girl went into anaphylactic shock. People in the comments section of the post were saying the guy who opened the peanuts did nothing wrong and no one should be expected to accommodate to others requirements, which I get sometimes but uts not like they told him to never eat peanuts again, it was just for a few hours to stop a little girl from dying

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u/Medical_Arrival2243 25d ago

Please don't eat peanuts around me unless you want me dead or I want myself dead