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[+] -15 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Infinitely incorrect. Not reproducing is the greatest lack of a negative impact a single person can have on the environment (which is all going vegan can do, not eating meat will never have greater than a zero net impact on emissions).

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Infinitely incorrect. Not reproducing is the greatest lack of a negative impact a single person can have on the environment

    Don't stop there. You can end all your emissions now by killing yourself.

    NOTE: I would not like anyone to kill themselves. I am pointing out the logical end to this particularly stupid argument.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Not having children can also at best have a net zero impact. If we're taking opportunity costs for future actions into account, the single highest reduction in emissions for an individual is to die.

    In day to day life, veganism has the single highest impact. Still, I'll never have (non -adopted) children, emissions are a part of it, but mostly because I don't want to bring someone into the world that's so thoroughly fucked at the moment

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Knock it off with the “but it’s better to die than go vegan” argument. It’s rude.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago

    This is a weird thing to get offended on when you’re the one that brought up the thing it’s countering. Anyone saying it is just being pedantic, and while they are technically correct they (usually) aren’t suggesting people kill themselves instead of going vegan. You getting offended at pedantry is… odd.

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