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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because not everyone agrees that it's terrible for Earth. And even some of those that do may not consider it so terrible for Earth that it's not worth the tastiness.

You're wasting electricity running a computer right now, when we know that electricity generation is terrible for Earth. Why are you doing that?

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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

1 the amount of beef I eat is not a major contributer to the problem. No matter how hard I try. The actual major contributors what to distract people by telling them that they can make the difference. They can't. 2 I don't like plants... 3 the way the grow plants for food is also terrible for earth

[–] msokiovt@lemmy.today -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Plants actually cause a lot of health problems. For example...

  • Wheat and other forms of gluten happened to strip Vitamin B3, causing schizophrenia.
  • Seed oils mess up your brain in ways I can't even imagine.
  • Cow's milk is unnecessary due to the way it's pasteurized, as unpasteurized, raw milk (goat's milk is really fantastic for my needs) is actually good for you (which is why it's banned in some countries).
  • Soy is good at kickstarting the transgendering process, as it alters the estrogen-testosterone balance (for males, it ups estrogen, where testosterone is upped for females who eat soy a lot)
  • Refined sugars actually cause a lot of issues, like diabetes (it dries up the liver), cancer (refined sugars are an excellent food source for parasites and polyps), obesity (sugar gets turned into visceral fat, and causes one to gain that), and a myriad of other issues.

Do we see why I tend to eat beef a lot, and avoid these feed ingredients whenever I eat certain plants?

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[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This might not be a "stupid" question, but it sure is a loaded and leading one that for sure isn't in good faith. Welcome to my block list, enjoy your stay.

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[–] Regalia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have a eating disorder so most vegetables make me retch, so I kind of don't have a choice.

Also companies do way more emissions than I ever will, yet I'm asked to stop.

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[–] Steve@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It tastes good and I’m a carnivore.

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

eating beef is not terrible for the earth

[–] JesterIzDead@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The average human has much more of a negative effect on the environment than a cow. So, shouldn’t the question be why we tolerate so many people?

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[–] Akareth@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because:

  • Ruminants like cows repair our depleating topsoil via regenerative farming (our current approach of using petroleum-based fertilisers is not sustainable)
  • A single cow's life can feed a human for 1 to 2 years, compared to the many incidentally killed animals (insects, rodents, frogs, birds, etc.) during the growing and harvesting of crops, plus the destruction of entire ecosystems to create the mono-crop farms in the first place
  • Humans need to eat lots of fat to be physically and mentally healthy, and beef provides lots of fat (the low-fat high-carbohydrate diets recommended by various agencies — starting with the US's department of agriculture in the late '70s via the food pyramid — are making us sick, with once-rare diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, and dementia now commonplace)
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[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This rage bait question could be reworded as...

Why do people consume when we know it's bad for the earth.

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[–] johnlobo@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

because not every country produce beef like you westerner. and not everyone eat beef everyday.

go make your government ban beef like you ban palm oil if you really care about earth.

[–] 3volver@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

go make your government ban beef

I would get them to end all subsidies for the beef industry if I could. Unfortunately I'm not in control of that, all I can do is bring up discussion, and I got you to comment, so I succeeded.

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[–] crt0o@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Why is killing people wrong, but ok in war? Why do we still kill animals even though we know it's wrong? Why is killing wrong in the first place? I bet you can't find a single rational reason. That is because ethics isn't based on reason, but instead on emotion. Given that, I don't find it very surprising that it's often very hypocritical.

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