• juanito_the_great@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    Basic boomer humor. So basic and unfunny that it probably upsets most boomers when associated with it. And I’m not even vegetarian.

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    At my most extreme, I only ate things which were botanically considered fruits. Didn’t even eat lettuce. They kinda have a point, only eat the parts the plants give to you consensually.

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      1 hour ago

      That’s a territory apart from veganism. Plants can’t think and they don’t feel pain, because they don’t have brains or nervous systems. This isn’t a difference in degree; it’s a difference in kind. I’m not saying those people are wrong, but as a moral stance it isn’t a logical extension of veganism.

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        39 minutes ago

        By extension what about the millions of bacteria they kill if they get sick and take antibiotics? Vor any other number of things of that nature.

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    19 hours ago

    There’s a certain style of sign:

    • Centered text
    • Inconsistent capitalization
    • Way more different sizes/fonts/colors than necessary
    • Strange punctuation
    • Usually “Dear <blah>; <insert premise here>; <DRAMATIC REVEAL THAT blah IS STUPID>; <self-congratulatory conclusion>”

    Idk what is broken in people’s brains that makes this specific pattern happen so much.

    Edit:

    Had to track down this sign hanging in my in-laws’ house.

    (We have a house and a kid. We’ve been living together for 14 years. Idk man.)

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    13 hours ago

    Why all the hate downvotes for the post?
    It was new to me, and it wasn’t that horrible. And someone took their time to share it with the community.

    • PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works
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      7 hours ago

      Some anti-vegans legitimately believe that shit (or pretend to, to piss off vegans), it’s not just a joke and it’s the stupidest argument you’ve ever heard.

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        4 hours ago

        This reminds me of the very old picture with cows wearing signs saying: eat more chicken.
        That’s why it doesn’t bother me. If anyone really takes this seriously it is not the joke’s fault. Stupid people will be stupid.
        Btw why the heck are there anti-vegans? What kinda mind twister is this world?

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          49 minutes ago

          If anyone really takes this seriously it is not the joke’s fault.

          Nobody is taking it seriously; it’s basically a dogwhistle to continue abusing animals and shitting on people who don’t want to contribute to unnecessary suffering.

          You get to hide behind the mask of “vegans can’t take a joke” when your ‘joke’ is basically just a list of uninformed opinions to continue animal abuse.