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Rat-Majesty t1_j3016i8 wrote

Reply to comment by The_Paradoxigm in How many animals do you eat in your lifetime? by ImplementAny4362

If your existence was to be trapped and tortured for the entirety of your life until you’re needlessly slaughtered for the pleasure of another species… not being born would be salvation.

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The_Paradoxigm t1_j301bq4 wrote

Not the point.

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Rat-Majesty t1_j301kze wrote

Definitely the point.

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The_Paradoxigm t1_j3022wp wrote

No it's not. The chart says cutting back on meat will save animals.

No. It will either lead to death or non-existence of animals. Neither of which is saving them.

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MochiMochiMochi t1_j309er1 wrote

You're kinda missing the point, which is marginal change transforming demand, which would reduce the number of animals bred and slaughtered.

You're thinking of a snapshot in time of X number of animals and thinking that's the point.

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The_Paradoxigm t1_j309z6u wrote

Yes a reduction in population, you're not saving any animal.

If everyone stopped eating chicken, they're just going to slaughter the existing chickens as a waste of money, get nothing out of them, and then stop breeding chickens.

No chickens are saved, they either die pointlessly, or never exist.

It's not like someone is sending them to a chicken sanctuary everytime you skip a KFC bucket.

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pookiedookie232 t1_j31f6r1 wrote

But you can't "not be born"

You would have to already exist in order for someth8ng to not happen to you

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torchma t1_j3206d0 wrote

That's not how the subjunctive mood works.

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pookiedookie232 t1_j32gjif wrote

It's how reality works, though

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torchma t1_j32h1fm wrote

Thankfully we humans have the ability to think in the subjunctive mood. Helps with planning for the future and learning from past mistakes. Are you human?

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pookiedookie232 t1_j32hztn wrote

Just because you can think something up doesn't mean it makes sense in reality. Sometimes those thoughts end up being useful, of course, but in this case that's not the case.

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torchma t1_j32i8g9 wrote

You're obtuse as fuck. And a waste of my time.

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