Eating Less Meat Helps Protect the Planet From Climate Change

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Smellyman said:
    brianlux said:
    It's always interesting to me when someone makes a true statement like "Eating less meat helps protect the planet from climate change", and then other people get on the post and start talking about how much they like meat.  Well yeah, OK fine, but what does that have to do with the fact presented in the statement? 
    PJPOWER said:
    My family and most in my neck of the woods use regenerative ranching practices, so I’m going to eat a steak that my family raised tonight and not feel guilty about it in the least:
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilyeoh/2018/04/14/going-vegan-eating-sustainable-beef-can-be-good-for-the-environment/
    I eat meat rarely but when I do, that is what I look for as well.  But the fact remains, eating less meat/ eating lower on the food chain is better for the planet.  If 7.7 billion people ate beef every day, no way would that be sustainable.
    Because people are dicks.

    I am vegan, but never mention I am to people anymore because invariably they start saying 'I am going to eat a burger, love dead cow.  Or bacon give me some pig. hahaha yum yum yum.'


    that's a really juvenile response. how odd. 
    Out of character for Smellyman perhaps, but I can see why he said that.  It's happened here and on another forum site I visit every  time (no exaggeration) a vegan/ vegetarian post is made is. And I say that as someone who is not 100% vegetarian (mostly, but not always).  I totally understand him lashing out.  The same snarky, baiting, replies.  Maybe sometimes they're meant as a joke, but it gets old- especially when the choice of the vegan/vegetarian is made for the good of the planet. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    brianlux said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Smellyman said:
    brianlux said:
    It's always interesting to me when someone makes a true statement like "Eating less meat helps protect the planet from climate change", and then other people get on the post and start talking about how much they like meat.  Well yeah, OK fine, but what does that have to do with the fact presented in the statement? 
    PJPOWER said:
    My family and most in my neck of the woods use regenerative ranching practices, so I’m going to eat a steak that my family raised tonight and not feel guilty about it in the least:
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilyeoh/2018/04/14/going-vegan-eating-sustainable-beef-can-be-good-for-the-environment/
    I eat meat rarely but when I do, that is what I look for as well.  But the fact remains, eating less meat/ eating lower on the food chain is better for the planet.  If 7.7 billion people ate beef every day, no way would that be sustainable.
    Because people are dicks.

    I am vegan, but never mention I am to people anymore because invariably they start saying 'I am going to eat a burger, love dead cow.  Or bacon give me some pig. hahaha yum yum yum.'


    that's a really juvenile response. how odd. 
    Out of character for Smellyman perhaps, but I can see why he said that.  It's happened here and on another forum site I visit every  time (no exaggeration) a vegan/ vegetarian post is made is. And I say that as someone who is not 100% vegetarian (mostly, but not always).  I totally understand him lashing out.  The same snarky, baiting, replies.  Maybe sometimes they're meant as a joke, but it gets old- especially when the choice of the vegan/vegetarian is made for the good of the planet. 
    I was referring to the comments he said he gets when he mentions being vegan. 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Smellyman said:
    brianlux said:
    It's always interesting to me when someone makes a true statement like "Eating less meat helps protect the planet from climate change", and then other people get on the post and start talking about how much they like meat.  Well yeah, OK fine, but what does that have to do with the fact presented in the statement? 
    PJPOWER said:
    My family and most in my neck of the woods use regenerative ranching practices, so I’m going to eat a steak that my family raised tonight and not feel guilty about it in the least:
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilyeoh/2018/04/14/going-vegan-eating-sustainable-beef-can-be-good-for-the-environment/
    I eat meat rarely but when I do, that is what I look for as well.  But the fact remains, eating less meat/ eating lower on the food chain is better for the planet.  If 7.7 billion people ate beef every day, no way would that be sustainable.
    Because people are dicks.

    I am vegan, but never mention I am to people anymore because invariably they start saying 'I am going to eat a burger, love dead cow.  Or bacon give me some pig. hahaha yum yum yum.'


    that's a really juvenile response. how odd. 
    Out of character for Smellyman perhaps, but I can see why he said that.  It's happened here and on another forum site I visit every  time (no exaggeration) a vegan/ vegetarian post is made is. And I say that as someone who is not 100% vegetarian (mostly, but not always).  I totally understand him lashing out.  The same snarky, baiting, replies.  Maybe sometimes they're meant as a joke, but it gets old- especially when the choice of the vegan/vegetarian is made for the good of the planet. 
    I was referring to the comments he said he gets when he mentions being vegan. 
    This:

    "
    Because people are dicks.

    I am vegan, but never mention I am to people anymore because invariably they start saying 'I am going to eat a burger, love dead cow.  Or bacon give me some pig. hahaha yum yum yum.'"

    ?

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    this:

    they start saying 'I am going to eat a burger, love dead cow.  Or bacon give me some pig. hahaha yum yum yum.'"
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    this:

    they start saying 'I am going to eat a burger, love dead cow.  Or bacon give me some pig. hahaha yum yum yum.'"
    I see, got it, thanks!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I'd never ridicule someone for being vegan or vegetarian or anything else.  Just as I don't appreciate when *some* people like to cry "Murderer!!" to people who eat meat.

    Either way, as Smellyman said, it IS being a dick.
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    The OP of this thread has no problem insulting meat-eaters.  They have done that on many occasions here.  And why do vegans need to tell people they are vegan?  I do not go around advertising I like meat.  My guess vegans who need to tell people they are vegans are just trying to come across as better than others...
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  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    I was a vegan for a year and a vegetarian for two years after that. It was hard to do and what I found the worst was the inconvenience I was to anyone whose house I went to for a meal. My mother in law would always make me a special meal. Got really tired of being a bother. I only eat once a day so my meat is limited. But anything anyone can do to help this planet (cause it needs it bad), I fully support. 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Meltdown99 said:
    The OP of this thread has no problem insulting meat-eaters.  They have done that on many occasions here.  And why do vegans need to tell people they are vegan?  I do not go around advertising I like meat.  My guess vegans who need to tell people they are vegans are just trying to come across as better than others...
    Not all vegans advertise that they are vegans.  Some I know only mention it if they are invited to dinner.

    Some vegans mention it because they want other people to consider eating less or no meat for the sake of the planet.

    Some mention it as a way of passing along health suggestions.  One year a ways back, I ate only raw vegetable and sprouts for three months and I never felt better.  Since then I've done shorter versions of the raw food diet. 

    And a few vegans who are obnoxious about it, but there are a always a few people who are obnoxious about anything you can list.  But I think most vegans are very cool about it all.


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • myoung321
    myoung321 Posts: 2,855
    edited August 2019
    The new generation of plant based "Meats" are game changers... The Beyond Burger is damn good!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    myoung321 said:
    The new generation of plant based "Meats" are game changers... The Beyond Burger is damn good!
    First, my apologies for a little personal rant here.  Mostly I think this is great and a hopeful meat substitute but not for me because yet again, it contains yeast extract which I cannot eat.    What's amazing is that so many things have yeast in them besides bread:

    Almost all canned soup.  Check out the labels.  It's VERY hard to find canned soup without yeast in it.
    Canned re-fried beans.  Same as above.  I looked high and low and finally found one with no yeast.
    Bean burgers.  Home-made, of course, are fine.  But to have on hand for a quick meal- no way!  I have never found one without yeast.
    An amazing number of crackers contain yeast.
    Almost all vegetarian, chicken and beef bullion have yeast added.
    Most prepared humus, dips, gravies, many condiments, etc. contain yeast.

    I could bore you for an hour listing all the things with yeast in them.  I have to read labels like a detective.  Things you would not at all expect contain yeast.  It's weird!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,465
    edited August 2019
    Meltdown99 said:
    The OP of this thread has no problem insulting meat-eaters.  They have done that on many occasions here.  And why do vegans need to tell people they are vegan?  I do not go around advertising I like meat.  My guess vegans who need to tell people they are vegans are just trying to come across as better than others...
    Why should I have a problem insulting "meat-eaters"? You choose to support the slaughter of other living beings when you're out for lunch instead of picking the vegetarian/vegan option and with that not supporting that slaughter. The lack of empathy is apparent enough to warrant insult. It's disgusting.

    And who are these vegans you are talking about that "need to tell people they are vegan"? Or is this just a stereotype you have built up in your angry little head?

    (by the way, vegans are better than you in regards to this topic. Whether they tell you they are vegan or not <3 )
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    The OP of this thread has no problem insulting meat-eaters.  They have done that on many occasions here.  And why do vegans need to tell people they are vegan?  I do not go around advertising I like meat.  My guess vegans who need to tell people they are vegans are just trying to come across as better than others...
    Why should I have a problem insulting "meat-eaters"? You choose to support the slaughter of other living beings when you're out for lunch instead of picking the vegetarian/vegan option and with that not supporting that slaughter. The lack of empathy is apparent enough to warrant insult. It's disgusting.

    And who are these vegans you are talking about that "need to tell people they are vegan"? Or is this just a stereotype you have built up in your angry little head?

    (by the way, vegans are better than you in regards to this topic. Whether they tell you they are vegan or not <3 )
    I criticized meat eaters for posting snarky remarks on threads about vegan/vegetarian.  Now we jump to the other extreme and you come on with force admittedly insulting a meat eater.  Is that how you attempt to convince someone to go vegan?  I don't think so.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,830
    brianlux said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    The OP of this thread has no problem insulting meat-eaters.  They have done that on many occasions here.  And why do vegans need to tell people they are vegan?  I do not go around advertising I like meat.  My guess vegans who need to tell people they are vegans are just trying to come across as better than others...
    Why should I have a problem insulting "meat-eaters"? You choose to support the slaughter of other living beings when you're out for lunch instead of picking the vegetarian/vegan option and with that not supporting that slaughter. The lack of empathy is apparent enough to warrant insult. It's disgusting.

    And who are these vegans you are talking about that "need to tell people they are vegan"? Or is this just a stereotype you have built up in your angry little head?

    (by the way, vegans are better than you in regards to this topic. Whether they tell you they are vegan or not <3 )
    I criticized meat eaters for posting snarky remarks on threads about vegan/vegetarian.  Now we jump to the other extreme and you come on with force admittedly insulting a meat eater.  Is that how you attempt to convince someone to go vegan?  I don't think so.
    It’s how he does everything. Always right, everyone else is not only wrong but mentally deficient.  

    Next comes the meme. 
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    cincybearcat said:
    brianlux said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    The OP of this thread has no problem insulting meat-eaters.  They have done that on many occasions here.  And why do vegans need to tell people they are vegan?  I do not go around advertising I like meat.  My guess vegans who need to tell people they are vegans are just trying to come across as better than others...
    Why should I have a problem insulting "meat-eaters"? You choose to support the slaughter of other living beings when you're out for lunch instead of picking the vegetarian/vegan option and with that not supporting that slaughter. The lack of empathy is apparent enough to warrant insult. It's disgusting.

    And who are these vegans you are talking about that "need to tell people they are vegan"? Or is this just a stereotype you have built up in your angry little head?

    (by the way, vegans are better than you in regards to this topic. Whether they tell you they are vegan or not <3 )
    I criticized meat eaters for posting snarky remarks on threads about vegan/vegetarian.  Now we jump to the other extreme and you come on with force admittedly insulting a meat eater.  Is that how you attempt to convince someone to go vegan?  I don't think so.
    It’s how he does everything. Always right, everyone else is not only wrong but mentally deficient.  

    Next comes the meme. 
    Which is a bummer because it detracts from topics worthy of discussion and eventually Kat comes on and tells us to talk about the topic, not each other-- which is probably going to happen in about 5...4...3...2...
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,370
    myoung321 said:
    The new generation of plant based "Meats" are game changers... The Beyond Burger is damn good!
    https://livingmaxwell.com/gmo-impossible-burger-glyphosate?fbclid=IwAR16tjQ_r6fMFgqnOgl24GnwJ5QvDdusEa7vXLHRREyA9ROz6qC7AQGjT7I

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    1 thing...the price of meat here in Canada has to be forcing people to eat less meat.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    mickeyrat said:
    myoung321 said:
    The new generation of plant based "Meats" are game changers... The Beyond Burger is damn good!
    https://livingmaxwell.com/gmo-impossible-burger-glyphosate?fbclid=IwAR16tjQ_r6fMFgqnOgl24GnwJ5QvDdusEa7vXLHRREyA9ROz6qC7AQGjT7I

    Glyphosate, an herbicide, found in this stuff?  No thanks. 

    Besides, what is the point of laboratory food?  What are the long-term effects?  What problems does this solve in the long run?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    cincybearcat said:
    brianlux said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    The OP of this thread has no problem insulting meat-eaters.  They have done that on many occasions here.  And why do vegans need to tell people they are vegan?  I do not go around advertising I like meat.  My guess vegans who need to tell people they are vegans are just trying to come across as better than others...
    Why should I have a problem insulting "meat-eaters"? You choose to support the slaughter of other living beings when you're out for lunch instead of picking the vegetarian/vegan option and with that not supporting that slaughter. The lack of empathy is apparent enough to warrant insult. It's disgusting.

    And who are these vegans you are talking about that "need to tell people they are vegan"? Or is this just a stereotype you have built up in your angry little head?

    (by the way, vegans are better than you in regards to this topic. Whether they tell you they are vegan or not <3 )
    I criticized meat eaters for posting snarky remarks on threads about vegan/vegetarian.  Now we jump to the other extreme and you come on with force admittedly insulting a meat eater.  Is that how you attempt to convince someone to go vegan?  I don't think so.
    It’s how he does everything. Always right, everyone else is not only wrong but mentally deficient.  

    Next comes the meme. 
    That is where the ignore feature comes in handy...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • pearljammr78
    pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    I love Bobs Burgers 🍔 
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