So… if you’re not acknowledging where the meat comes from, that’s bad
But if you are acknowledging it, it’s bad as well?
Many people who eat meat do that not while lying to themselves about where it comes from as many vegetarians/vegans assume. They just legitimately do not feel bad for the animals they eat. Just as so many of us don’t feel bad about the clothes they wear or the smartphone batteries they use.
The world is full of abuse, suffering and other such bullshit. You can’t feel bad about all of it, or you’d go insane because you can’t escape it. Besides, the brain just numbs itself at a certain pöint. So you need to allocate your compassion to a few of the sufferings you know of. Many go with animals for that. Many don’t.
So the question isn’t why the person eating meat is heartless, the question is what kind of pity the person not eating meat left out for it.
See this is one of the reasons I started hunting. I figured if I couldn’t morally deal with personally killing and preparing the creature, no more meat. It’s easy to eat meat when it’s a lump in plastic wrap on a store shelf versus when it’s like standing in front of you. (I leave the actual butchering to professionals though). Wasting food hits different when you saw it alive and you’re the one who unalived it.
So… if you’re not acknowledging where the meat comes from, that’s bad
But if you are acknowledging it, it’s bad as well?
Many people who eat meat do that not while lying to themselves about where it comes from as many vegetarians/vegans assume. They just legitimately do not feel bad for the animals they eat. Just as so many of us don’t feel bad about the clothes they wear or the smartphone batteries they use.
The world is full of abuse, suffering and other such bullshit. You can’t feel bad about all of it, or you’d go insane because you can’t escape it. Besides, the brain just numbs itself at a certain pöint. So you need to allocate your compassion to a few of the sufferings you know of. Many go with animals for that. Many don’t.
So the question isn’t why the person eating meat is heartless, the question is what kind of pity the person not eating meat left out for it.
That’s how my mind processes the whole thing.
See this is one of the reasons I started hunting. I figured if I couldn’t morally deal with personally killing and preparing the creature, no more meat. It’s easy to eat meat when it’s a lump in plastic wrap on a store shelf versus when it’s like standing in front of you. (I leave the actual butchering to professionals though). Wasting food hits different when you saw it alive and you’re the one who unalived it.
It’s lemmy, you can say “killed it” here.
This is exactly the reason I want to get into hunting!
This goes well past “acknowledging it”.
You can acknowledge without celebrating.
When there is an expensive steak in front of you, do you just acknowledge it or do you celebrate it?
I’d never spend enough money on food to be in that situation but I’m pretty sure I’d just eat it.
That’s the kind of celebration all food deserves!
It’s not celebrating - it’s gloating in the massive power dynamic. It’s like an adult gleefully telling an infant they’re going to kill them
The sheep have no idea what he’s saying. It’s fine.
It’s fine but it’s weird
Gloating is a much better word for it.