• SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    Because people are selfish and shortsighted. I was for most of my life, it wasn’t until this year that my excuses stopped working for me.

    I love cows more than beef. There is a crazy amount of pro-beef propaganda in the comments here. No, most people do not require meat. I hope most people would change their habits if they saw the consequences of their choices.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I’m a native whose culture have hunted and eaten meat for millennia, what propaganda were my ancient ancestors being shown?

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        2 years ago

        What does what your ancestors did have to do with what we now know about modern factory farming? The question was about still eating beef despite what we know today, what does that have to do with your ancestors? Is your comment not the very definition of a strawman?

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            5 days ago

            “We owned slaves for a long time, who are you to tell me it’s wrong?”

            Hello. We are trying to be decent human beings. Please join us in building a better society. I don’t give a shit how many people were wrong for how long, wrong is wrong and we know better now.

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              2 years ago

              The future will absolutely not look down on cultures that have to rely on animals for food. Do we look at native Americans as horrible people because they had to slaughter animals, in a controlled, and relatively well thought out manner?

              Personally I believe the most likely alternative will be bugs. Do bugs not count as an animal? Or would you say bugs shouldn’t be eaten either

  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    Why do people eat food they know isn’t good for their health? Why do people continue to buy products from companies that have proven to only sell bad products or engage in scumbag practices?

    They all have the same answer.

  • johnlobo@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    because not every country produce beef like you westerner. and not everyone eat beef everyday.

    go make your government ban beef like you ban palm oil if you really care about earth.

    • 3volver@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 years ago

      go make your government ban beef

      I would get them to end all subsidies for the beef industry if I could. Unfortunately I’m not in control of that, all I can do is bring up discussion, and I got you to comment, so I succeeded.

  • NeilBrü@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I eat beef (occasionally) due to its excellent flavor, versatility in cuisine, and high complex protein density.

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    2 years ago

    It’s nutritious. Instead of carefully observing some diet you can eat some beef and buckwheat or cabbage or beans, and you’re good.

    That said, I eat meat so rarely that my relatives worry, mainly because it takes some time to cook if you boil it, and I’m lazy and unorganized, and frying it has the potential of, eh, leaving the kitchen for 5 minutes which turn out to be half an hour and returning for the smell.

    Other than that people can’t care about every problem at once.

  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
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    11 months ago

    Oh, that’s an easy one to answer. It’s because it’s fucking delicious and easy to grow.