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  3. Comment on A fire killed 18,000 cows in Texas. It’s a horrifyingly normal disaster. (2023) in ~food

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    Posting this as there was recently a fire that killed 1.3 million chickens without much media attention outside of local news there. Barn fires are surprisingly common around the world and kill...

    Posting this as there was recently a fire that killed 1.3 million chickens without much media attention outside of local news there. Barn fires are surprisingly common around the world and kill hundreds of thousands to millions of farm animals each year

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  5. Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life

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    The other person replied with some more specific suggestions, but in more general terms I do recommend looking up "traditionally vegan dish in XYZ country" and pick a random country from all over...

    The other person replied with some more specific suggestions, but in more general terms I do recommend looking up "traditionally vegan dish in XYZ country" and pick a random country from all over the world. You'll end up with a lot of really good recipes you never would have thought of. It's a lot of fun to make things that way

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  6. Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life

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    Glad to hear that other people found liked this story / found that it resonated well with them!

    Glad to hear that other people found liked this story / found that it resonated well with them!

    4 votes

  7. Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life

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    Ah, I took your earlier comment to be implying that the given reason alone was sufficient to justify farming and killing of non-human animal

    Ah, I took your earlier comment to be implying that the given reason alone was sufficient to justify farming and killing of non-human animal

    3 votes

  8. Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life

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    Humans also behave in all those horrific ways too. Because that behavior can exist in humans, then following that logic, one could use it as justification to farm and kill humans? Edit: Oh yes...

    Humans also behave in all those horrific ways too. Because that behavior can exist in humans, then following that logic, one could use it as justification to farm and kill humans?

    Edit: Oh yes that definition is certainly subject to a lot of discussion. Many people who are vegan don't like the "as far as is possible and practical" wording and argue for differing definitions for exactly how subjective it is

    2 votes

  9. Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life

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    It's really not a monolith at all. What people eat will vary dramatically depending on who you ask and where in the world they live. People with cultures that do large dishes will generally still...

    It's really not a monolith at all. What people eat will vary dramatically depending on who you ask and where in the world they live. People with cultures that do large dishes will generally still do plenty of large dishes and those use to small dishes will generally do small dishes.

    It can be as simple or complex as you want. For instance, you can still make a quick sandwich, peanut butter and jelly, hummus, plant-based meats, etc. Or you can make a more involved dish like Koshari (Egyptian street food that's really good and traditionally fully vegan)

    One great way to find recipes that you never would have thought of is looking up "traditionally plant-based food in XYZ country". I love doing that, just pick a random country and give it a go. You'll for instance, find that say Ethiopian Injera bread is great and that are a lot of good split-pea and lentil based stews among many other dishes in Ethiopian cuisine

    7 votes

  10. Comment on I gave up meat and gained so much more | A tale of one person's life, culture, and growing up in ~life

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    Highly recommend reading this article in full before commenting

    Highly recommend reading this article in full before commenting

    9 votes

  14. Comment on The best way to help bees? Don’t become a beekeeper like I did. in ~enviro

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    For a short summary: ...

    For a short summary:

    But what I didn’t know was that by keeping bees I would only be helping one species of bee – the domesticated honeybee, which doesn’t really need saving – and possibly harming others.

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    If you want to help a variety of bees, the best way is to plant flowers that bloom sequentially from early spring to late autumn – even if you only have a window box or pots on a patio. Avoid gardening with chemicals, and leave areas undisturbed where solitary bees and bumblebees can nest. But don’t take up beekeeping

    35 votes

  16. Comment on Consider the lobster in ~food

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    If you want to read in a non-pdf format, the article is also archived here:...

    If you want to read in a non-pdf format, the article is also archived here:

    http://www.gourmet.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_lobsterd996.html?printable=true

    or

    http://www.gourmet.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_lobster.html (though this link still makes you have to go through page by page)

    5 votes

  18. Comment on What should kids know about factory farming? in ~food

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    However, one should ask what purpose that serves in practice. For one, it would create a false sense of what the meat industry looks like. Keep in mind that in the US ~98.7% of animals are factory...

    However, one should ask what purpose that serves in practice. For one, it would create a false sense of what the meat industry looks like. Keep in mind that in the US ~98.7% of animals are factory farmed and the figure is similarly high globally

    15 votes

  20. Comment on US federal grants will replace tunnels beneath roads that let water pass but not fish in ~enviro

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    Ah that makes sense now, thank you for that!

    Ah that makes sense now, thank you for that!