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Baffled that you wouldn't even mention the implications for *sentient* animals. Omissions like this just further normalize and erase the violence of animal agriculture.
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Baffled that you wouldn't even mention the implications for *sentient* animals. Omissions like this just further normalize and erase the violence of animal agriculture.
No one claimed agriculture has the biggest impact on climate, it's just the biggest source of methane. Our World in Data is independent, very well cited, and writes plenty about the harms of fossil fuels. The fact that you're calling it oil industry propaganda just tells me you didn't read it.
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
No one claimed agriculture has the biggest impact on climate, it's just the biggest source of methane. Our World in Data is independent, very well cited, and writes plenty about the harms of fossil fuels. The fact that you're calling it oil industry propaganda just tells me you didn't read it.
The typical meat-heavy American diet is killing us anyway. The fact that shifting away from it presents a short-term logistical (+personal) challenge doesn't change the fact that it would be better for us, the planet, and countless animals. It is our collective choice to continue this system or not.
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The typical meat-heavy American diet is killing us anyway. The fact that shifting away from it presents a short-term logistical (+personal) challenge doesn't change the fact that it would be better for us, the planet, and countless animals. It is our collective choice to continue this system or not.
Ah yes, live and let live. (except for the sheep of course)
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Ah yes, live and let live. (except for the sheep of course)
Also what sense does it make to doom billions of animals to suffering and death just to preserve a breed that didn't exist until humans domesticated them? The indefinite existence of any group of animals humans decide to breed is more important than the endless suffering of the animals themselves??
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Also what sense does it make to doom billions of animals to suffering and death just to preserve a breed that didn't exist until humans domesticated them? The indefinite existence of any group of animals humans decide to breed is more important than the endless suffering of the animals themselves??
Breeding someone into existence gives you a responsibility for their well being, not the right to do whatever you want to them. The suffering of "pets" is no different than the suffering of "farm" animals. Their suffering continues only because we keep harming them, and we can choose to stop.
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Breeding someone into existence gives you a responsibility for their well being, not the right to do whatever you want to them. The suffering of "pets" is no different than the suffering of "farm" animals. Their suffering continues only because we keep harming them, and we can choose to stop.
Violence in agriculture is so normalized that folks don't think twice about describing taking someone away from their family, against their will, and killing them at a fraction of their lives, as "a compassionate end" just because they weren't made to feel excessive pain while being killed.
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Violence in agriculture is so normalized that folks don't think twice about describing taking someone away from their family, against their will, and killing them at a fraction of their lives, as "a compassionate end" just because they weren't made to feel excessive pain while being killed.
Your source says this 'super emitter' site releases 0.59 million tons/year. Agriculture releases 6,700 times that amount: ourworldindata.org/grapher/meth...
Methane emissions by sector
Methane (CH₄) emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents.
ourworldindata.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Your source says this 'super emitter' site releases 0.59 million tons/year. Agriculture releases 6,700 times that amount: ourworldindata.org/grapher/meth...
Luckily we don't need to sacrifice compassion for fellow humans in order to create a kinder world for animals. The vast majority of global soy production, for example, goes to fatten animals instead of feeding humans—an incredibly inefficient system. Plant ag is both more efficient and more humane.
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Luckily we don't need to sacrifice compassion for fellow humans in order to create a kinder world for animals. The vast majority of global soy production, for example, goes to fatten animals instead of feeding humans—an incredibly inefficient system. Plant ag is both more efficient and more humane.
We also have control over if and how many lambs get born every year. If we stop breeding them then no need to kill them at all. We don't need to eat meat or wear animal skins to survive, so we can choose to create a kinder world for animals.
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We also have control over if and how many lambs get born every year. If we stop breeding them then no need to kill them at all. We don't need to eat meat or wear animal skins to survive, so we can choose to create a kinder world for animals.
If you have evidence that it was actually drug cartels that were targeted in those boats (evidence the admin refuses to produce), that's your fucking lede! Otherwise how is this journalism?
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you have evidence that it was actually drug cartels that were targeted in those boats (evidence the admin refuses to produce), that's your fucking lede! Otherwise how is this journalism?
Absolutely! Not to mention I'd bet the large majority of men killed by their partners are killed in self-defense by women suffering abuse, so that's also a matter of male violence! Impossible to fix if we keep ignoring the most obvious, near-universal pattern here.
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Absolutely! Not to mention I'd bet the large majority of men killed by their partners are killed in self-defense by women suffering abuse, so that's also a matter of male violence! Impossible to fix if we keep ignoring the most obvious, near-universal pattern here.
You have many thoughtful articles and projects about the harms of factory farming, then publish this piece normalizing and making light of the unnecessary annual confinement and slaughter of tens of millions of sentient birds (and the pandemic risk + environmental harm that comes w/ it). Just, why??
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
You have many thoughtful articles and projects about the harms of factory farming, then publish this piece normalizing and making light of the unnecessary annual confinement and slaughter of tens of millions of sentient birds (and the pandemic risk + environmental harm that comes w/ it). Just, why??
This has happened to me after *emailing something to myself*
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This has happened to me after *emailing something to myself*
Eating beef is not necessary for human survival. Quite the opposite, it causes: heart disease, climate change, and food waste.
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Eating beef is not necessary for human survival. Quite the opposite, it causes: heart disease, climate change, and food waste.
I assume this doesn't even account for male "victims" who were actually killed in self defense. And while victims *outside* of domestic partnerships flip to majority male, the perps *remain* majority male. If we're addressing violence without talking about *male violence* we're missing the point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I assume this doesn't even account for male "victims" who were actually killed in self defense. And while victims *outside* of domestic partnerships flip to majority male, the perps *remain* majority male. If we're addressing violence without talking about *male violence* we're missing the point.
is it me, or are these new MST3K bits just not that funny?
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
is it me, or are these new MST3K bits just not that funny?
How do you suggest we tackle the meat industry's harms without... people eating less meat? The damage they cause does not exist without consumer demand for their product.
October 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
How do you suggest we tackle the meat industry's harms without... people eating less meat? The damage they cause does not exist without consumer demand for their product.
Speaking of neglected, agriculture isn't even on the goddamn graph (despite having a larger footprint than transportation)
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Speaking of neglected, agriculture isn't even on the goddamn graph (despite having a larger footprint than transportation)
The point is that we need to do both. If we ended animal agriculture but kept burning fossil fuels we'd also still be fucked.
October 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The point is that we need to do both. If we ended animal agriculture but kept burning fossil fuels we'd also still be fucked.
Emissions are far lower for plant foods imported from overseas than for local beef.
ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...
ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local
“Eat local” is a common recommendation to reduce your diet's carbon footprint. How does the impact of what you eat compare to where it comes from?
ourworldindata.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Emissions are far lower for plant foods imported from overseas than for local beef.
ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...
ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...
The first sentence of the article:
"Even if the entire world transitions away from fossil fuels, the way we farm and eat will cause global temperatures to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius"
Everyone in the comments:
"let's do literally anything else first, then maybe we'll think about it."
"Even if the entire world transitions away from fossil fuels, the way we farm and eat will cause global temperatures to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius"
Everyone in the comments:
"let's do literally anything else first, then maybe we'll think about it."
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The first sentence of the article:
"Even if the entire world transitions away from fossil fuels, the way we farm and eat will cause global temperatures to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius"
Everyone in the comments:
"let's do literally anything else first, then maybe we'll think about it."
"Even if the entire world transitions away from fossil fuels, the way we farm and eat will cause global temperatures to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius"
Everyone in the comments:
"let's do literally anything else first, then maybe we'll think about it."
1. Wild bison didn't require massive deforestation for grazing land
2. No deforestation for feed crops (in N.America *and* the Amazon etc)
3. No fossil-fuel fertilizers for those feed crops
4. Bison emissions weren't coming on top of 100 years of burning oil and coal
2. No deforestation for feed crops (in N.America *and* the Amazon etc)
3. No fossil-fuel fertilizers for those feed crops
4. Bison emissions weren't coming on top of 100 years of burning oil and coal
September 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
1. Wild bison didn't require massive deforestation for grazing land
2. No deforestation for feed crops (in N.America *and* the Amazon etc)
3. No fossil-fuel fertilizers for those feed crops
4. Bison emissions weren't coming on top of 100 years of burning oil and coal
2. No deforestation for feed crops (in N.America *and* the Amazon etc)
3. No fossil-fuel fertilizers for those feed crops
4. Bison emissions weren't coming on top of 100 years of burning oil and coal
Would you rather be reincarnated as a chicken in a cage-free factory farm, or not at all? Reducing the worst forms of torture is a good thing, but when that's not enough to afford them lives that are even marginally worth living, it's hard to think of it as a victory for animals.
September 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Would you rather be reincarnated as a chicken in a cage-free factory farm, or not at all? Reducing the worst forms of torture is a good thing, but when that's not enough to afford them lives that are even marginally worth living, it's hard to think of it as a victory for animals.
Such a disservice to only include the US. It's *global* warming we're talking about, in a time of global supply chains and food systems, and global migration. What happens when there are a billion climate refugees? When large parts of *global* crop yields collapse? We don't live in a bubble.
September 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Such a disservice to only include the US. It's *global* warming we're talking about, in a time of global supply chains and food systems, and global migration. What happens when there are a billion climate refugees? When large parts of *global* crop yields collapse? We don't live in a bubble.