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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

being vegan doesn't help the planet at all.

[–] amzd@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

How does reducing land and water use through your food choice not help the planet?

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it doesn't actually reduce the use.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Please don't tell me you're gonna bring up the stupid soy fields in the rain forest argument :'D

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

being vegan doesn't stop soy from being grown in rainforests

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (20 children)

exactly, because almost 100% of that soy is for meat production

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

environmental destruction continues whether you are vegan or not.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yep due to the meat industry keeping going regardless of a fairly small demographic quitting their products

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

so maybe you should stop lying to people about being vegan helping the planet.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It does, if enough people did it.

You're so angry lol

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

what makes you think you can tell anything about my emotional state?

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It does, if enough people did it.

do you have a plan to make that happen? how many people is enough?

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are u moving goal posts to feel like you're winning something or genuinely expect the comment section in an online forum to solve societal issues?

Less meat produced = better.

How much more better things could be a different wat is irrelevant; using that as an excuse to never do anything is actually damaging.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

also what part of my comment prompted you to post that random response?

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[–] fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It takes less land and water to feed someone wheat, soy or corn than to feed them beef, chicken or pork.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

what crops that are fed to beef chicken and pork are parts of plants that people won't eat for the most part. The same fields that grow the soybeans we use for oil are growing soybeans that are used as feed. The same soybeans that are used for oil are used for feed.

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

but beef, chicken, and pork continue to be made in increasing amounts. things are getting worse despite the fact that vegans exist. being vegan doesn't help the planet at all.

[–] fuzzywolf23@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

World population increase + westernization of diets in China outweigh the tiny number of vegans in the western world. Your math doesn't check out.

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