• Akuchimoya@startrek.website
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    6 days ago

    I mostly eat meat when it’s served to me, but if making my own food or eating out, it’s mostly vegetarian. At the same time, though, I fish and eat the fish I catch.

    A friend of mine makes faces at me when I mention fishing and says stuff like how she feels bad for the poor fish. When I point out she is not a vegetarian or vegan, she just straight up says she tries not to think about it. But “poor fish” when I look at my kill directly and gut it with my own hands. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • Cris_Citrus (he/him <3)@piefed.zip
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      6 days ago

      Yeah, people much prefer the far away abstract violence compared to a softer violence they have to face

      I have so much more respect for hunting for food than industrial agriculture. But in some ways there’s a stigma that hunting carries in a way industrial agriculture doesnt, even though the way it treats animals is infinitely more horrifying

    • BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk
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      6 days ago

      I’m a lot like you, I make vegetarian food myself. But if I’m visiting someone and they serve meat, I’ll have a slice.

      My exception is game, as a large chunk of my family are hunters