[tantivy]

Raising livestock means using cropland to grow feed. It's hugely less efficient than growing plants for human consumption using the same resources.

If you eat meat, have you ever asked yourself why?

[MrLeftHand]

I am fully aware of this. But instead of going vegan or vegetarian we could put our meat consumption back to a sensible level, where we don't overdo it and raise and slaughter more animals that we can actually eat.

I'm not against being a vegan or vegetarian, but I am against these kind of moves.

There are million other problems that need fixing first and have a bigger impact on carbon emissions then eating meat.

[drivingmenuts]

> If you eat meat, have you ever asked yourself why?

That is exactly the kind of question that is not your concern if we work together. It's potentially intrusive in an area of my life that does not affect the job by causing danger or a hazard in the working environment. You sure as hell don't want to be asking that of a subordinate, due to the power imbalance.

[cyberpunk0]

Because the wild meat I eat would decimate your plants and other parts of the ecosystem if they are not quelled each season.

[paulie_a]

Because it is delicious.

[dabbledash]

Yes. That’s the real answer. In developed countries, most of us kill animals only for pleasure.

And because we want to do that as cheaply as possible, the conditions those animals spend their lives in are pretty bad.

[lstodd]

It's not like plants spend their lives in conditions that are any much better.

[jackfraser]

So?

[adamnemecek]

Does your preference offset the suffering and impact on the environment?

[paulie_a]

I will be totally honest and upfront, yes it does. Humans are meat eaters, I am never going to convert away from that diet

[adamnemecek]

Your ethics are off then.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

"Holier than thou" at its finest.