A buddhist vegan goth with questionable humour.

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  • I have friends that have saved several wild dogs and cats while on holiday, because of the compassion they developed for animals since becoming Vegans.

    So your totalitarian claim is wrong right away.

    If you look at Europe, eating less meat seems to impact the industry.

    According to preliminary data from the Agricultural Market Information Company (AMI), the trend reversed for the first time last year. Average per capita meat consumption across the EU in 2024 was 66 kg, 2 kg higher than the previous year.

    There are significant differences in consumption between individual countries: Per capita meat consumption is highest in Cyprus (88 kg), Ireland (87 kg), Portugal (85 kg), and Spain (85 kg). At 53 kg per capita, Germany is well below the EU average and is among the countries with the lowest meat consumption. In the long term, the AMI does not expect a further increase in per capita meat consumption in the EU due to changing eating habits.

    The AGI is hardly an activist organisation, so i’d wager that they are not biased here.

    Since eating habits in many countries that are slowly closing the gap to western countries are changing from vegetarian to more meat, the global data is obscured a lot.

    But the logic of vegetarians and vegans not buying meat and an ever rising number of plant based alternatives consumed even by people, who are only looking for a reduction in meat consumption, seems clear to me.







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    6 days ago

    Not at all what the meme is implying. It’s more like: “I am against animal abuse but i have been conditioned to normalise eating animals from childhood onwards. Since i can’t let go of one specific product or product group i will continue to eat it, maybe until further down the line, while otherwise cutting out animal products from my life.”

    Reducing your animal product use is something that helps animals. Period. Are you interested in the welfare of animals or in feeling better about yourself because you feel morally pure?










  • I have an outdoor job in the forest and spend maybe 30 min totals over the course at the day checking the phone for messages and writing a quick reply or two.

    At home i spend time with the kids these days. Since they are too young for screentime i only look at my phone from time to time, lets say for an hour totals between me coming home and them going to bed.

    After that? Screentime until i collapse of exhaustion, either gaming or watching Youtube. Most days something around 5 hours, some days more, some days less.

    So around 6 1/2 hour a day. It’s only that much because i sleep three to four hours and use the time i should be in bed to get in some me-time. Hardly a model that i will be able to keep going in the long term, but for now it works.