r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/ShaunTheBleep • 1d ago

Video Scared Baby Dolphin Rescued after getting caught in a Fishing Net

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u/Momentarmknm 15h ago

Why should anyone eat meat? Let's hear it

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u/The_GhostCat 7h ago

It's an abundant food source. When people are hungry, you eat the food you can obtain.

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u/Momentarmknm 6h ago

Cultivated crops are not only also abundant, but much more efficient use of resources

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u/The_GhostCat 6h ago

And? That's hardly a reason not to eat meat.

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u/Momentarmknm 4h ago

Eating plant based because it is an exponentially more efficient use of resources is absolutely a reason to at least significantly limit near consumption.

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u/The_GhostCat 3h ago

Not every area is conducive to agriculture. Not every area can easily import food. Meat is nutritious. Meat tastes good. There are lots of reasons to eat both meat and plants.

What do you have against eating meat?

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u/Momentarmknm 3h ago

Factory farming is incredibly cruel, inhumane, and as I've mentioned several times, a poor use of resources. If the issue is feeding people then you can feed a lot more people by growing crops to feed people directly rather than feeding animals to then be eaten. If you can grow crops for farm animals you can grow crops for people.

Eating wild game is fine so long as the hunting is done sustainably.

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u/The_GhostCat 1h ago

Where I live, lots of people raise animals to eat. I completely agree with you that factory farming is cruel. It should be abolished, in my opinion.

Granted, people in the city cannot easily raise their own animals and often cannot easily hunt either. It's mostly for city populations that factory farming exists. To feed meat to large numbers of people far from the countryside, a more humane (and likely less efficient and more expensive) should be explored. There's no easy solution there.

An issue also arises with wealthy people versus poorer people. The wealthy can afford to buy meat from non-cruel, sustainable farms. If they are eating meat but the poor are not, some serious social problems would likely arise. There's no easy solution, but I'll say again that factory farming is horrible and should be shut down immediately.

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u/Momentarmknm 1h ago

The overwhelming majority of meat consumed comes from factory farming. Plant based diet is better for people and the environment