• muddi [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    The problem is that you’re still fixated on the form and experience of meat. A full mindset change is more robust.

    It’s like how fake leather can help replace and reduce real leather usage, but if the trend of desiring leather died out in the first place, the whole problem is dropped altogether

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      1 year ago

      I don’t want to stop eating meat, I want to stop the exploitation and suffering of animals.

      While I want to stop the exploitation of animals more than I want to eat meat, if there is a path that allows me to do both, I will have a preference for that path.

      The same goes for leather. It’s use isn’t worth what has to be done to create it, but it is a fantastic material with a lot of versatility that’s better than near all alternatives in plenty of applications. Fake leather and synthetic leather are wonderful innovations because we can enjoy the benefits without the negatives, and that’s something to be encouraged rather than avoided.

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        1 year ago

        I get it but this is an emotional appeal. I’m just trying to explain the logic of what was being said here

        I like the fake meat stuff too, and often try to make it myself even though I’ve never had meat on purpose in my life and actually throw up if I do accidentally. I just like the kitchen chemistry aspect of it I guess

        I’m not saying we should stop making vegan alternatives to meat. I’m saying people should stop desiring meat or meat alternatives. Because logically that desire of meat is the cause of both meat and meat alternatives. Like how the cure to nicotine addiction isn’t nicotine patches alone

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      1 year ago

      not entirely, as leather is still a wildly useful fabric and material for many uses which synthetic leather can serve(to a greater or lesser extent, granted), but only in specific cases can meat not be replaced/not replaced effectively

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      1 year ago

      You think leather is a desire?

      You think people kill animals to obtain leather because it’s cool?

      Leather has many purposes and advantages, it’s economically and practically sane to use it or mimick its features, even with fake leather.

      A desire, he said… Sometimes I don’t get people anymore.