• Wage_slave@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I don’t eat a lot of meat, but after hearing arguments like these from vegetarians and vegans, I gave up on not eating meat.

    Too expensive to eat vegan and I got really fucking tired of being called fucking stupid for buying meat free alternatives. It’s not worth the effort in the end.

    • DarthFrodo@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I got really fucking tired of being called fucking stupid for buying meat free alternatives.

      Sorry that you met condescending assholes. Some people just have the urge to feel superior over others for absolutely silly reasons. The rise of meat alternatives is one of the few things that make me optimistic for the future, along with renewable energy, electric cars and heat pumps. Factory farms are so much worse for the environment and animals, of course we should embrace alternatives to the worst option.

      Prices also go down with more competition. There basically wasn’t any market for meat alternatives 10 years ago, now it’s growing quite fast. In 5 years, many of them will likely be cheaper than meat.

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      1 year ago

      How many people called you stupid for buying meat free alternatives? I largely do not eat meat and I can count on one hand the number of times it has been mentioned in the past decade. It’s also only comparatively expensive because meat is so subsidized.

      I mostly do not eat meat because it is fucking terrible for the environment.

    • Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      You dodged a bullet, the average vegan eventually goes back to me when their body starts crapping out on them to do lack of protein