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[–] Bad@jlai.lu 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Lemmy users thinking they're better than redditors but upvoting this

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social -5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

recall, most upvotes here are astrospam.

I only replied to you, because I actually enjoy your adorable comics.

[–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago

Spam via an astroturfing campaign? As far as I can tell, "astrospam" is not a term, but thrt is my best guess.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 58 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You should crosspost this to a boomer humor community, I'm sure they'd love it.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Right there with standing outside during a cold snap spraying aerosols in the air hoping for global warming.

[–] moobythegoldensock 21 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Essentially the plot of Sausage Party.

[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

great movie. ending was insane though

[–] eneff@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 hours ago

The most boring take, ugh.

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Millions of insects die when growing fruits and vegetables.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Is it more or less than the amount that die when you grow crops to feed to animals that you then slaughter and eat? It seems like less, but I’m not a math major.

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Just throwing in Buddhas dilemma when he wanted to stop eating meat, but realized the insects that die in the process and asking himself does one life form have more value than another?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

One life does have more value than another. I'll kill a hundred cows to save a human.

But only if I have to. I won't kill a hundred cows to save the minor inconvenience of finding something different to eat.

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Insects are more important to our ecosystem, yet we don't seem to care about that because they aren't fuzzy and cute.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

Will not eating veggies save them? Or are they dying for other reasons?

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

But if the answer to that is no, then by eating meat you’re responsible for the death of the animal you eat, plus all the insects that were killed to raise crops to feed it before you ate it. For something like a cow, they’re eating significantly more crops than you would because they weigh like 1000 lbs.

If the answer is yes, then don’t eat the cow, because as far as we can tell it has more awareness and capacity for suffering than a bug.

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 hours ago

Some can argue insects are more important to our ecosystem.

Either way, I have personally cut back on eating red meat. Been trying to cut back on meat altogether, but strictly for my health. At this point in the world, I don't have much hope. Climate change will dictate what we eat.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 hours ago

Unless you consume the entire animal yourself and refuse to share, the math doesn't check out.