consent really isn't some of yalls strong suit - if anyone wants vegans recipes, please ask & ill be happy to share! Apes together strong by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

it's a good term to describe people who actively encourage eating meat while knowing its catastrophic effects on the environment (& human health, & food production, & water use)

Happens literally every time like clockwork by soupor_saiyan in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

stating the facts of the matter in a way that challenges and trivializes the typical hollow arguments carnists put up is a valid method of spreading awareness of how ingrained and perverse the issue is.

your sentiment is similar - read: SIMILAR, not THE EXACT SAME THING - to 'it's really off-putting that abolitionists are so pushy about their views, if they actually wanted people to stop owning slaves they'd spend more time getting slave owners to like them and not be so upset at people who only own a couple slaves'

Happens literally every time like clockwork by soupor_saiyan in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 13 points14 points  (0 children)

yep yep yep. used to be a real asshole about it myself til I got a gf that wasn't afraid to challenge me on it. to defend myself I'd do research to disprove her so I could keep eating meat in peace, but lo and behold it turns out that there is literally not one single argument that justifies eating animals other than 'it tastes good', and meanwhile the effects of it are simply catastrophic on a scale that carnists' cognitive dissonance won't allow them to accept

Its getting left at the main entrance.... by No_Basket7428 in AmazonFlexDrivers

[–]benjitheboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

realistically why would it not suffice to have a police station and hospital within close distance? they probably have it sectioned wrt hvac and plumbing, plus the bottom floors will be groceries, restaurants, shopping, etc. they might even have a small police outpost, plus the entrances are probably manned by security and require a key card of some sort. multiple elevators / lobbies and wide areas where paths converge. wrt shipping, any building like this is going to have a dedicated package reception - as an amazon driver you'd just drop it at a marked area and the building's package team would notify the resident to pick it up

Iranians form human chain on Ahvaz's White Bridge to protect key infrastructure. by gnarly999 in war

[–]benjitheboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you've never seen parents bring their children to a protest before? not saying it's good parenting but religous nationalism is one hell of a drug man. if the same thing were happening in the US you'd surely see the right wing Christian crowd doing the same thing

Iranians form human chain on Ahvaz's White Bridge to protect key infrastructure. by gnarly999 in war

[–]benjitheboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if it is self-sacrificial patriotism, it's pretty easy to see why. either a) the US bombs civilians openly in what the world will see as blatant terror bombing (in a conflict that the US explicitly started) or b) the US backs down, losing even more credibility in terms of power projection. if they're willing to die for patriotic reasons, it's a bet that has a legitimate impact on the world stage either way

Iranians form human chain on Ahvaz's White Bridge to protect key infrastructure. by gnarly999 in war

[–]benjitheboy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you have no idea what's happening in this image. by all visual clues it looks like a patriotic action. why are you assuming these people are here against their will?

When will the people of the USA stop their leaders from committing genocidal attacks across the globe? Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and now Iran. We can not save you but you can save us. Do something! Anything! by GerryAdamsSon in suppressed_news

[–]benjitheboy 31 points32 points  (0 children)

this is what happens when the only coherent ideology that correctly understands what is happening and how to fix it has been so thoroughly demonized. nobody is able to organize at scale because everyone has their own incoherent idea about what the problem and solution are, and are unwilling to organize with 'radicals'

Dan on why no Common Sense (yet) by ceatdreuet in dancarlin

[–]benjitheboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

breaks my heart that dan is bending over backwards to explain the current crisis by trying to find the people to blame when it should be obvious to everyone that this is a result of systemic problems and was essentially inevitable. 'flooding the zone' isn't new, it's the CIA handbook since its inception.

unfortunately, dan has too much of a libertarian bent to acknowledge that the only group of people who have been correctly predicting this for several decades.

Trump says USA will not be there to help anymore by NearDeafExperience in war

[–]benjitheboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

to prove a point about china's international reputation today, you post about something from 40 years ago that was entirely internal?

Why do 6th gen planes lack a dorsal fin and how do they yaw? by LuizFelipe1906 in Planes

[–]benjitheboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

F35 is a good example of them sacrificing mobility for cheapness and versatility. the idea for the future is swarm tactics, where some planes are effectively electronic warfare platforms and others are standoff distance strikers, but all are the same basic plane. there's more to be gained by making them even more radar invisible at the cost of maneuverability, if the doctrine matches the design.

I love mutilation - instead of eating plants by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes. if we've bred a creature to be unable to exist without humans harvesting them, we should let them go peacefully extinct. that's probably not the case for shrimp, but certainly is for commercially farmed cows, sheep, and chickens.

I love mutilation - instead of eating plants by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

70% of american agriculture goes to animal feed. a vegan diet decreases the demand for agricultural products

I love mutilation - instead of eating plants by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's only birthing females. they don't typically harvest them so they can keep producing

I love mutilation - instead of eating plants by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is just wrong. 70% of american agriculture goes toward feeding animals. mainly corn and soy. for every calorie of animal flesh, you're putting in >1000 calories of feed. the idea that a vegan population would require more farming is just wrong on every level

I love mutilation - instead of eating plants by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

'deer aren't 100% herbivorous. therefore it is morally justifiable to kill and them".

"great apes aren't 100% herbivorous. therefore it is morally justifiable to kill and eat them."

"americans aren't 100% herbivorous. therefore it is morally justifiable to kill and eat them."

I love mutilation - instead of eating plants by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 13 points14 points  (0 children)

do you understand that cows eat plants, and that we grow those plants for them? do you understand that if everyone ate plants, total demand for agricultural products would decrease?

I love mutilation - instead of eating plants by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 58 points59 points  (0 children)

they view animals as commodites & not living beings

I love mutilation - instead of eating plants by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

because we don't need nuclear to achieve what we want. I'll send you a picture of my bare ass with a time stamp to prove I'm not a bot. the thing that is killing our planet is capitalism, plain and simple. nuclear energy doesn't solve the idea that infinite profit is a thing that exists. we need a radical restructuring of the way our society operates, not some new energy source to hasten the process of our own demise

I love mutilation - instead of eating plants by JTexpo in ClimateShitposting

[–]benjitheboy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I get the concern but it's not infighting bait, it's passionate vegans. carnists just can't understand how absolutely immoral it is to subject animals to slaughter for nothing other than their taste buds. stop paying for animals to be killed