Short answer: for the noobs. Most vegans grow to increasingly prefer more plant-forward meals. The humble bean is by far the most underappreciated ingredient out there.
TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The script can very easily be flipped, OP. “If you like plants so much why are you trying to make it imitate meat?”
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
thatsthejoke
pastaq@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is the flip. Meat eaters say this to vegans all the time. That’s the whole joke.
TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And vegans need to stop calling people who consume meat “meat eaters.” I have no problem with a salad and some veggies BECAUSE I’M AN OMNIVORE. (as are all you vegans because you are human and that’s LITERALLY what we are).
We didn’t become the dominant species on this planet by hunting carrots. We are predators. Get over yourself.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
They have multiple points, but a big one is that you can live a happy healthy life without eating animals or animal products, therefore eating those is optional.
TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
and my point is that being nutritionally complete is easier if you consume animal proteins. Vegans are playing on hardmode by choice and think that makes them special. IMHO they are right; “special” enough to warrant their own bus. Don’t anthropomorphize your food. Chickens are IDIOTS who will cannibalize each other without a second thought, Pigs may be “smart” but are clueless (and also will cannibalize each other like chickens), and cattle are absolute MORONS. In fact the only reason we eat the animals that we do is because their ancestors were too mentally vaccuous to avoid humans altogether. (like say, MOST OF THE AFRICAN MEGA FAUNA which evolved with us and so are wise to our BS.)
TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh, I learned something new. I hadn’t heard that one yet.