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22 sats \ 11 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 21 Mar \ parent \ on: Now, THAT'S a Satisfying Chart (Our World in Data, Agricultural Production) econ
well, mje. Given how irrelevant they are objectively speaking (what, 5% of the populatioN?), they punch well above their weight. It's a respectable, even widely admired, stance; and the myriad of Meatless Mondays-type events (or vegetarian "options" on every menu) imma say we're treating this boogeyman roughly with the respect/decency it requires
How do vegetarian options warrant any pushback at all? Why do you care if there’s a menu item that doesn’t interest you?
Also, not even remotely 5% of menu items are vegetarian, at least not here, and the vegetarian sections of grocery stores are tiny and usually shoved out of the way.
I think the big strong lions can survive such impositions.
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surviving/stomach(!) is different from celebrating.
Also, live and let live isn't the same as never object/complain at what you think others do wrong or what's broken in the world.
Plus: not quite the bit I was looking for but something similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TQW4NWdkNY
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You know I'm not above complaining about stuff or criticizing other people's choices. This just really sticks out to me as a bizarre fixation that many people have that's wildly out of proportion to it's actual influence.
Even in the leftiest cities in America, basically nobody's vegan and nobody likes vegans.
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man do I want to hang out in your leftist American cities!
Really not what I'm seeing in and around me... perhaps we're just trailing America by some 10-15 years, and y'alls are already in the future?
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Yeah I agree, Germany is ahead of the US in the push for vegetarian/veganism.
I was in Germany last year and I remember going to a fancy ice cream place. Almost half the options were marked as vegan ice creams.
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The concern over here has always been that we're trailing Europe.
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in what?!
"Vegetable taste like sad anyways. Don't eat vegetable!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGVKpWGFvtE&ab_channel=UncleRogerShorts
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I too know the sadness of produce in the Arctic.
In normal habitable zones, though, bad tasting vegetables are the fault of the chef.
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