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I'm just glad I got to read this comment before r/vegan showed up and downvoted it into oblivion. Such is the current state of discourse around this subject on
by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
I'm just glad I got to read this comment before r/vegan showed up and downvoted it into oblivion. Such is the current state of discourse around this subject on HN.
We need to eat less meat, we need to look after animals better and we need to do it in a much more eco-friendly and sustainable manner. We don't all need to go vegan. Going from one extreme to another is never the answer.
- ha99ja 7y agoIf anything it is the exact opposite. Any mention of the negatives of eating meat will bring a hoard of anti-vegan pro-meat comments. Usually all pushing the same talking points. Most likely employed by the Center for Organizational Research and Education [1] which also astroturfs for pro-tobacco causes. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Organizational_Research_and_Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Organizational_Rese...
- lkbm 7y ago> Going from one extreme to another is never the answer. Why not?
- inawarminister 7y agoBecause humans are adaptable omnivores, who can survive if not thrive with just either plants or animals (cf. Carnivory diet). But most food are cultural specific, and it'd be a shame to lose most of it. To be honest, I'm one of those waiting for my promised future superalgae and Euglina's food pills, so...
- Djvacto 7y agoYou say it'd be a shame to lost most of the cultural foods that use meat, but you want food pills? I think meat substitutes like the Impossible Burger are more likely to preserve cultural heritage in food than a meal replacement, personally.
- sridca 7y ago> We need to eat less meat You might be interested in this submission (which got flagged so as to censor it out of the frontpage at that time): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20029519 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20029519