• seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    I don’t want better working conditions in the torture-murder factories. I want those factories shut down.

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    honestly the fact that we have artificial meats that are almost as good as proper meat, we should be switching entirely. we are creating and torturing trillions of souls simply so mcdonals can have burgers

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      1 year ago

      I’m down. I eat almost zero meat already, but I’ve never tasted an alternative that tastes like meat yet. Hopefully lab grown is available and affordable soon.

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        If you eat almost zero meat, why do you care whether or not something tastes like meat? Shouldn’t you care whether or not it tastes good?

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          I don’t understand this question.

          I like the taste of meat. It’s really quite delicious. I just don’t eat it often. I also like video games, but I don’t play them often. I enjoy lots of things on occasion.

          I see no reason to avoid meat entirely. That’s my personal choice. And when there’s lab grown meat I won’t have to worry about it. I’ll just buy lab grown.

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            Wait. You see NO REASON? Like in this thread with this article in it you still see no reason to stop eating flesh?

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        I’ve been a meat eater my whole life, and a well made impossible burger is pretty damn close. There’s nothing “not meat-y” about it like I’ve experienced with beyond meat. I even use it to make my biscuits and gravy now because I can’t tell the difference at all in that.

  • PelicanPersuader@beehaw.org
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    People in the comments missing the point completely. The solution to animal cruelty is not human cruelty.

    Yes, eating animals is cruel to animals, but meat eating isn’t going away, and being cruel to the people who work in those places isn’t going to stop the industry. It’s just going to physically and mentally harm a lot of underpaid, overworked, poor, immigrant people. People who don’t have healthcare for the injuries they incur working in hazardous places, for corporations who see them as just replaceable parts of a machine. Being harmed working in these plants isn’t going to result in fewer animals dying or better conditions for the animals we kill. It’s just more senseless harm.

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      1 year ago

      Clarifying question, are you saying shutting down slaughter houses is human cruelty?

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        No. They’re saying that slaughter houses don’t appear to be going away in the near future since there is a still a fervent demand for meat, so the answer of “just shut them down” isn’t a valid solution yet. They should be removed of human cruelty until we can fully remove them.

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          So the answer provided is no answer at all? We need to close any factory that operates with cruelty. There is no acception to be made.

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            Assuming you aren’t being purposefully obtuse, the answer is to make them safe and suitable environments for people to work in. You can figure out a way to punish the company who is creating these conditions, but for the time being, the answer is to make them reasonable to work in.

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          Yes, so wouldnt shutting them down be good? We dont need slaughterhouses. I get meat “isnt going away” but if we should shut down facilities that operate with human cruelty.

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    I’m kind of pissed with people trying to push they mediocre agendas through memes. You have an opinion? Grow a pair and publish it in c/politicalmemes /s