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minus-squareToo RenlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI agree with cutting off subsidies, but for people calling stopping production, it clearly just doesn’t taste the same.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoNo but that not the same isn’t an uncanny valley kinda not the same. It’s still a milk product because it’s meant to be able to be used the same way, but it’s still its own thing.
minus-squareToo RenlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoYeah, just for me I like the taste of normal milk, and haven’t really found milk substitutes that I like the taste of.
minus-squarecapitallink-1•1 year agoThose people prioritize reducing the suffering the dairy industry causes over that taste people like.
minus-square@KillAllPoorPeoplelink-2•edit-21 year agoWe could always, ya know, stop exploiting and slaughtering animals?
minus-squarecapitallink-1•1 year agoDo you really need an explanation of why it’s good and moral to reduce suffering of sentient animals?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoGophers are also sentient, doesnt stop me from gassing the bastards.
minus-squareToo RenlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYes, more specifically where you would think it starts? What level of complexity of brain?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoI do. it’s nonobvious. in fact, I’d say most ethical systems dont consider it at all.
I agree with cutting off subsidies, but for people calling stopping production, it clearly just doesn’t taste the same.
No but that not the same isn’t an uncanny valley kinda not the same. It’s still a milk product because it’s meant to be able to be used the same way, but it’s still its own thing.
Yeah, just for me I like the taste of normal milk, and haven’t really found milk substitutes that I like the taste of.
Those people prioritize reducing the suffering the dairy industry causes over that taste people like.
We could always, ya know, stop exploiting and slaughtering animals?
Why?
Do you really need an explanation of why it’s good and moral to reduce suffering of sentient animals?
Gophers are also sentient, doesnt stop me from gassing the bastards.
Yes, more specifically where you would think it starts? What level of complexity of brain?
I do. it’s nonobvious. in fact, I’d say most ethical systems dont consider it at all.