alt Hacker NewsSo you’re voluntarily choosing the higher carbon/infinitly higher cruelty option because… it’s better than beef? I understand beef is the main issue for climate change and that this is a climate change thread, but why not throw some good old compassion into the mix and just stop subjecting billions of animals to the horrors of the industry?
Your numbers for chickens only work if we keep them in the absolute worst conditions for life, jamming them into tight spaces so their carbon footprint is similar to tofu.
JUST EAT THE FUCKING TOFU.
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I get your point but your comment is why people hate us vegans. Stop it.
The literal death camps where we systematically contain, breed and brutally slaughter billions of what sadly are among the most intelligent animals on the planet are a sight to behold. The amount of untold, unimaginable suffering we inflict without even blinking is breathtaking. By far the most psychopathic, murderous intelligence on the planet worries about AI “alignment” and with good reason: we are keenly aware of what a higher intelligence entails.
Swearing and shouting gets you downvoted. Your opinion and life-style do not. Hugs from another pick-me-vegan.
I think you're in a position comparable to me trying to get people to stop throwing their tyres, furniture etc. in the community dumpster (you're supposed to bring them to a municipal recycling center instead).
The people doing it don't care that the HOA (so us) pays a fine for each item and that we were already warned that there will be a doubling or quadrupling of the waste disposal fees. I can ask politely and sometimes it works, but ultimately I can't tell them what to do.
I don't really like tofu and I don't share your values, so I think I'll continue eating chicken breast - just sourced from a place that meets certain standards, as usual.
I don't believe in individual action and regarding eating animals I draw the line at those which don't readily breed in captivity - octopuses for instance.