Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoSettle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareSettle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoBut Scavengers feed off dead bodies too. Is Hyena vegan? What about crow?
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah but what about robots, coffee cups, and tennis balls??
minus-squareanarchost@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI think the average vegan response would be “no thanks but Godspeed to you”
minus-squareanarchost@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat’s an easy one: no, because they are animals.
minus-squareanarchost@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoBesides being cannibalism, I’m pretty sure all vegans would tell you that humans have sentience greater than, if not on par with, the average animal. So eating one would not be vegan
minus-squareanarchost@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoThen they overate veganism first and foremost
But Scavengers feed off dead bodies too. Is Hyena vegan? What about crow?
They are animals so no
Yeah but what about robots, coffee cups, and tennis balls??
I think the average vegan response would be “no thanks but Godspeed to you”
That’s an easy one: no, because they are animals.
And what’s a human being? A mineral?
Besides being cannibalism, I’m pretty sure all vegans would tell you that humans have sentience greater than, if not on par with, the average animal. So eating one would not be vegan
Humans overrate themselves.
Then they overate veganism first and foremost