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What a macabre calculation, and as poetic as it is, so befitting its own passage in a Harlan Ellison novel, I feel nothing as I read it. I still like chops.
by brezelgoring 4y ago
What a macabre calculation, and as poetic as it is, so befitting its own passage in a Harlan Ellison novel, I feel nothing as I read it.
I still like chops.
- puchatek 4y agoIt's not weird that you like the taste of meat. But being unable to empathize with the sentient animals that we kill so thoughtlessly, and at such a scale, even when you're confronted with that fact in this poetic yet concise fashion is more than a little callous.
- sillysaurusx 4y agoHappy thanksgiving!
- la64710 4y agohttps://bigthink.com/surprising-science/dissatisfied-with-your-life-try-eating-more-veggies/ https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/dissatisfied-with-yo... Veggies is good
- DonHopkins 4y agoI like to drink tomato juice and pretend it's blood, and eat gumi bears and pretend they're little fetuses, to get all the blood sucking baby eating urges out of my system.
- jjtheblunt 4y agothat has me laughing, so very "just after Halloween".
- whimsicalism 4y ago> I feel nothing as I read it. Honestly, it's a massive win for cultural progress that we have even made the suffering of people with a different skin color intelligible to most people. Intelligibility of the suffering of other species will probably take a considerably longer amount of time.
- sweetheart 4y agoWhen people proudly proclaim that they simply do not care for the suffering of animals, I wonder if they realize that they sound like the millions of people who were on the wrong side of history. The circle of moral consideration in the Western world started generally with land-owning white men, then (still generally speaking) widened to include white men without land, then women, non-white people, etc. The circle of moral consideration is slowly starting to cover non-human animals, though it will take hundreds of years before they are truly protected. The folks who say they do not care about animals join the company of everyone who has historically opposed the widening of that circle, the people who stood against granting basic rights and basic consideration to those who enjoy them today.
- brezelgoring 4y agoI'll agree with the thought of "The folks who say they do not care about animals join the company of everyone who has historically opposed the widening of that circle", I do benefit from the status quo. That being said, it is a huge proposition to proclaim you're on the right side of history, and that others who aren't should either reconsider or live to regret it. Especially when the change you champion will only happen when those that make money from meat no longer do. I'll sooner bet on the grass turning purple.
- whimsicalism 4y agoIt has much more to do with people's consumption patterns and ethical norms than it does that people make money from meat. No matter how much money someone makes from owning a slaughterhouse, they can't make me eat something I don't want to eat.
- sweetheart 4y ago> Especially when the change you champion will only happen when those that make money from meat no longer do. We can all think of a couple historical instances of radical social change which necessitated short-term economic sacrifices and paradigm shifts. Yet, the grass isn't purple.
- TechBro8615 4y agoMe too, but I only order lamb when at a sit-down restaurant where I can enjoy it and finish it all. And I default to chicken over red meat because cows are more complex creatures. Delicious though.