2026-11-04 16:47 UTC
Replies (6)
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@Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2026-11-04 16:53
Nah
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@AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 2026-11-04 18:19
This is the best advice you can give someone imo. Im like 75% vegan, still have eggs and bacon on the weekends, some chicken with dinner, some other stuff here and there. But mostly its beans/tofu and rice with veggies. Some people think they have to give up everything all at once right now and of course that seems overwhelming… because it is.
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@wheez@lemmy.zip 2026-11-05 08:00
While I agree with the sentiment, I still struggle a bit with this rhetoric. When it comes to misogyny or rasicsm you wouldn’t tell someone to just try and do less of it. The meat & dairy industry is still a whole lot of abuse and exploitation, and I think everyone is probably on board with having nothing to do with it. The friction is just too high I guess.
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@some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2026-11-05 08:26
One change I made early on was to look for ways to shorten the distance from my food, become familiar with how it gets to my plate and just keep higher standards overall for things like meat. The experience of buying meat in particular can be heavily abstracted and sanitized. Every big chain supermarket has an area with rows and rows of perfectly packaged cuts. There is not very much information at all about most of it. Pick up a Styrofoam tray of boneless skinless chicken breasts from the one or two giant conglomerates. Each package is wrapped in plastic. They all have very consistent appearance, evenly colored and equally plump. They are completely odorless. It is chicken but it’s very very far away from being a chicken. It’s been through a lot. You’ve already hit a wall, though, because you’re not getting any more information about that meat. You’ve already been sold the idea of it. If you become too curious you likely end up at least consuming less. Contrast that with what’s produced more locally. Try to figure out who in your area is producing with the goal of building up an actual local foodway sustainably. How close can you get to identifiable people actually producing your food? Can you access a co-op, farmers market, CSA? Folks who do things like regenerative farming and try to build up their soil tend to be very passionate and like to share about it. Visit a nearby farm or ranch. Find out the process. If an animal is involved, what kind of life does it experience? Are you willing to meet your food face to face?
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@TheHooligan95@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-11-05 16:55
That’s the thing. If we could use less meat, use less cars, use less fossil fuels, we would all be happier. But me choosing to do these things sounds to people as just bending over for somebody else to use what I don’t use. I just want a happier lifestyle? I’m not doing it for politics or self sacrifice.
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@LsnLDN@sh.itjust.works 2026-11-06 10:25
to a vegan it kinda sounds equivalent to “just don’t be racist most days of the week, thats a good start”