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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

tblue

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14. Been there. People are adamant about MEAT.

Reply to villager (Original post)

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 10:03 PM

Aug 2015

They just gotta have that dead flesh on their plate.

FWIW, I never EVER say anything like that to carnivores because no one likes to be told how to eat and snark might actually provoke them & move them in the wrong direction.

Be as positive as you can and then let it go. At some point you will probably get at least one person to give up one serving of meat, and it's worth it for the one life that could be saved. IMHO.

I'm sorry. Thanks for trying and don't give up. I'm happy to join in the convo if you want backup.

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Wow -- posted video link on saving water by giving up a single hamburger getting nasty blowback [View all] villager Aug 2015 OP

This is the amount of water on Earth, in graphic form for the ignorant crowd I am sorry your post Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #1

Thanks, Fred. Is that all the *fresh* water on Earth? villager Aug 2015 #2

Ocean water, atmospheric and trapped underground fresh land water and the tiny, tiny ball is fresh useable water. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #3

Good infographic, Fred. Amazing how many even on a "progressive" site are so willing... villager Aug 2015 #5

Folks get fooled by surface water....an ocean 4 miles deep is barely a scratch in the surface, and Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #7

We are all barely a wisp, really.... villager Aug 2015 #9

I am always aghast handmade34 Aug 2015 #4

Talk about "Paulites!" This "Underground" is full of 'em on certain subjects... villager Aug 2015 #6

L I T E R A L L Y tblue Aug 2015 #15

The "I got mine, you get yours" attitude is not one of any progressive or liberal I know. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #8

Not coincidentally, there seemed to be some Gungeon posters who'd drifted over... villager Aug 2015 #10

Really? I will take a peek....I have around 20 on Full Ignore...for a reason. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #11

I hear ya, Fred. villager Aug 2015 #12

That's pretty much the normal reaction kentauros Aug 2015 #13

Been there. People are adamant about MEAT. tblue Aug 2015 #14

man, it wasn't really about *giving up* meat, just about how much water a single burger uses... villager Aug 2015 #16