90% alive today would not eat meat if they had to kill. You can grow up used to it of course.
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Katana314@lemmy.world 20 hours agoI invented a fictional society for stories in which you are allowed to buy and consume meat, but only if you have a “carnivore’s medallion”. The only way to obtain one is to have witnesses observe you personally slaughter a living being (eg, a chicken) with no assistance.
Ideologically, seems like a good way to put friction on meat obsessions and get people to think about it.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 16 hours ago
Machinist@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I like this idea. We’re raising chickens and probably rabbits this spring. If you’re going to eat meat, you should face the reality of the life you are consuming.
tomi000@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Sounds interesting.
Glifted@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Isn’t this just hunting?
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 11 hours ago
No assistance would be no guns, no bows, no knives, no traps, right?
Literally using your bare hands or something you find on the ground.
Glifted@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I mean humans have always used tools but sure, you could take a chicken bare handed. Fish might be easier for a first go as I have seen a few people catch fish out of the water bare-handed after a few tries
Katana314@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Well, hunting involves the whole orange vests, ensuring legal permission, stalking an animal, etc. The idea would be if this world has hunters, any of them certified as a witness can get their colleagues a medallion without going the whole chicken route.
But obviously, most people who eat meat today don’t hunt. So they would need to go through the experience of taking life once before reaping the benefit.