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  • Veganism seeks to exclude animal exploitation and cruelty as far as is possible and practicable.

    For a Western audience, where one would have access to a well stocked supermarket, that would generally mean a complete boycott, but it does ultimately come down to the individual to decide what is and isn’t practicable. If you have nessary medication that contains animal products, or is tested on animals, for example, I don’t think you’d find anyone expecting you to give that up.

    As for insects, they’re within the kingdom of Animalia, so yes, veganism applies to them too. That said, you can’t go through life without ever stepping on an ant, and I don’t know anyone who’d place the exact same value on an fly and a cow. One has a vastly more sophisticated brain and nervous system. That said, I generally don’t try to play “utilitarian calculus”.

    Ultimately it’s a “do your best” situation.




  • enkers@sh.itjust.workstoComic Strips@lemmy.worldBasic Needs
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    6 months ago

    I know it’s a joke, but this really rubs me the wrong way, as it plays off the idea that homeless people are homeless because they’re deviants somehow, not just unlucky individuals who fell through the cracks.

    Fact is that giving homeless people a sizeable cash injection and a place to live often has very good outcomes in them being able to turn their lives around.

    Good work by the author on punching down.






  • Few things piss me off more than software removing options because it’ll confuse users. Just hide them away in an advanced options submenu. Hell, even put up a warning that messing with em isn’t supported, or let me modify a config file, but leave them in there somehow.