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[–] echolalia@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've lost patience with my species

I hate that this is what I've become

Why should anyone value what you have to say? Are you just here to expose us to your misanthrope?

Human life is not more inherently valuable than the cow

Become vegan, you'll feel better

[–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Why should anyone value what you have to say? Are you just here to expose us to your misanthrope?

I didn't ask anyone to value what I have to say. I'm here to express myself, just like everyone else. Sorry if I bummed you out.

Become vegan, you’ll feel better

No thank you. I've chosen a vegan diet in the past but it didn't make me feel better about humanity. Worse, even. My physical health suffered, too, so I don't want to repeat that experiment. I'm fine with my current flexitarian diet.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Were you eating a variety with b12 and omega 3 supplements? Because if you did you wouldn’t have been sick.

[–] LengAwaits@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I was trying, but it was yet another thing to manage when I already was barely able to keep up with the daily expectations of modern life. Ultimately, though, I am not sure it was that. My body had been adapted to a certain diet for decades by the point I'd given veganism a try, and given what we're learning about cell memory, I wonder if my body/gut biome was mostly just mad that it had learned to expect nutrients in a certain format and struggled to adapt to the new way. Maybe, given more time, I'd have adapted. I don't know. I just knew I couldn't keep going on feeling like that while managing my depression.

Either way, I'm happy enough with my flexitarian diet. I eat very little meat that I didn't buy on clearance from my local grocer. Saving already-butchered meat that's imminently destined for the landfill helps me to feel less bad about my animal consumption, though I'm sure some people would say I'm still enabling the meat industry anyway. Some weeks there's not much clearance meat available, though, and that's fine. During those times I don't eat meat, or pull from my freezer. Ultimately I feel that I've done more for the environment by choosing to have no children and avoid air travel, given what we know about the emissions numbers. I do own a car, but am working on moving away from using it as much as is possible given my circumstances.