Cruelty-free (thelemmy.club)

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[-] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 0 points 32 minutes ago

Butchering animals isn't cruel. We avoid them suffering as much as possible when doing so.

[-] whelk@retrolemmy.com 6 points 7 hours ago

I must have skipped this day in biology class

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 93 points 18 hours ago

You should crosspost this to a boomer humor community, I'm sure they'd love it.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 26 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Right there with standing outside during a cold snap spraying aerosols in the air hoping for global warming.

[-] Bad@jlai.lu 16 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Lemmy users thinking they're better than redditors but upvoting this

[-] moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 33 points 18 hours ago

Essentially the plot of Sausage Party.

[-] big_slap@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

great movie. ending was insane though

[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Well I thought it was funny :(

[-] eneff@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 18 hours ago

The most boring take, ugh.

[+] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com -10 points 18 hours ago

Millions of insects die when growing fruits and vegetables.

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 23 points 17 hours ago

Is it more or less than the amount that die when you grow crops to feed to animals that you then slaughter and eat? It seems like less, but I’m not a math major.

[-] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 17 hours ago

Just throwing in Buddhas dilemma when he wanted to stop eating meat, but realized the insects that die in the process and asking himself does one life form have more value than another?

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago

One life does have more value than another. I'll kill a hundred cows to save a human.

But only if I have to. I won't kill a hundred cows to save the minor inconvenience of finding something different to eat.

[-] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Insects are more important to our ecosystem, yet we don't seem to care about that because they aren't fuzzy and cute.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

"we" care just fine. I don't spray pesticide. I work with my land to keep critters out of my house. Human compassion is not in short supply.

And I'll kill every one of those fuckers if it would save human lives.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Will not eating veggies save them? Or are they dying for other reasons?

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 16 hours ago

But if the answer to that is no, then by eating meat you’re responsible for the death of the animal you eat, plus all the insects that were killed to raise crops to feed it before you ate it. For something like a cow, they’re eating significantly more crops than you would because they weigh like 1000 lbs.

If the answer is yes, then don’t eat the cow, because as far as we can tell it has more awareness and capacity for suffering than a bug.

[-] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 15 hours ago

Some can argue insects are more important to our ecosystem.

Either way, I have personally cut back on eating red meat. Been trying to cut back on meat altogether, but strictly for my health. At this point in the world, I don't have much hope. Climate change will dictate what we eat.

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip -3 points 16 hours ago

Unless you consume the entire animal yourself and refuse to share, the math doesn't check out.

this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026

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