What happened in the vegan community?

I hadn’t heard about any of this until seeing that ToS post.

  • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    Vegans do a better job of pissing everyone off about a pretty sensible topic than any community I’ve ever seen

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      1 month ago

      their vitriol is…weird. if they just said “i prefer…” not many would be bothered.

      “you’re a murderer.” does tend to ruffle feathers.

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        1 month ago

        Forreal, longtime vegan here… Vegans (online mostly) annoy me more than most people. I swear we aren’t all jerks! I’m probably a major sell out, I don’t even have a problem with hunters.

        • Cris@lemmy.world
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          Honestly as a linux nerd sometimes I feel like us open source folks have a similar problem

          You do a bunch of work and make sacrifices to accomplish living in a way you feel proud of! Wonderful! And then you turn around and antagonize people who don’t invest all their time and energy in the issue that you personally really connect with…! Oh… Wonderful… 🙃

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            1 month ago

            As someone who’s been working tech for two decades, the more assbaggy the linux user the less they actually know.

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        30 days ago

        Almost like ruffling feathers is the point when you truly believe most people are being murderers. You don’t change society by being polite.

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          30 days ago

          Activism isn’t about being polite as much as effecting change, which vegans are doing the opposite of through much of their online presence.

          Lots of activists change society by passing legislation, organizing political action and peaceful protests.

          Irritating other people with half-baked personal invective won’t get you anywhere productive.

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          29 days ago

          You don’t change society by making yourself look like a dick and making everyone just want to ignore you either

      • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        A lot of us are murderers in that way. Or accomplices, whatever. The thing about vegans specifically is that there’s not any moral need for it. The goodness to animals would make you vegetarian. Not having cheese or eggs is not the slightest bit morally better.

        • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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          1 month ago

          Eh kinda. The working conditions of cows and chickens is pretty horrible. I could see not wanting to be involved in that.

          But personally, I’m going to worry about improving the working conditions of humans first.

            • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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              29 days ago

              But aren’t you the one advocating that this is okay? Why do I need a trigger warning for something so deeply and obviously ethical?

              • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                29 days ago

                your deeply biased YouTube video is notoriously traumatizing, with the production house that made it providing aftercare tips. viewers report sleeplessness, nightmares, vomiting, lack of appetite and depression.

                you are acting irresponsibly

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                29 days ago

                I don’t have a problem with openheart surgery, but I don’t link videos of it without a tag

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                  29 days ago

                  I feel like I’m being trolled right now. It’s a documentary which is expressly about the extensive, systemic animal abuse that happens in the industry, and the first instance of that is over 5 minutes in. Did you not expect gore? Is this not like the most fundamentally obvious thing you could possibly expect from such a documentary?

                  Edit: oh, comment history tells me that I am being trolled. Interesting. Have a nice day.

                  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                    29 days ago

                    I know all about your YouTube video, but unsuspecting people could be triggered, and it is your responsibility to warn others when you endanger them.

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                    29 days ago

                    calling me names doesn’t relieve you of responsibility, nor make anything I’ve said untrue

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      1 month ago

      It’s because they don’t actually give a shit about animals, they just want to feel morally superior.

      Same as anyone wanting to ban x, y, or z “for the children”.

      Same as people who want to stop using a perfectly good term because they think it might be offensive to such-and-such group, despite never actually consulting any members of such-and-such group.

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        30 days ago

        This is an absurd take. Vegans have to sacrifice a lot. I absolutely love animals and it’s insane to me that someone can’t see the amount of torture and murder of animals there is out there.

        I decided to cut out, as much as is reasonably possible, anything that was made by or is these animals. I don’t do this because I want to feel superior, I do it for the animals. Most vegans don’t do this for attention. Just because you see some vegans shouting online doesn’t mean we’re all like that.