• 0x4E4F@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    Hard to grasp as in, you’re against animal cruelty, but still, you’d like to eat products that resemble meat… that’s like me giving up sex with real people, but I decide just to use fuck dolls… am I really not having sex? Have you seen how lifelike some of these dolls can be?

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      Hard to grasp as in, you’re against animal cruelty, but still, you’d like to eat products that resemble meat.

      This seems pretty simple to me, plant based alternatives looking like meat doesn’t make them equitable to animal cruelty.

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        It’s the pretend part that’s confusing to me. Why actually eat something shaped and tasting like what carnivores eat. Why does it have to resemble meat products? You obviously don’t like hurting animals, why pretend that an animal died to serve you this meal.

        A vegan earlier explained it to me that these are mostly things that vegans would eat at carnivore social events, like barbecues, in which case, yes, it does make sense.

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          Do you not get cravings for food?

          Eating is enjoyable, and to eat different foods is a different experience. Different smells, tastes, textures. Some people enjoy the experience of eating meat, they enjoy the taste, the texture. When they quit eating meat for ethical issues they still remember that they enjoyed meat.

          So if you enjoy eating meat and only stopped due to the ethical issues, why wouldn’t you create a substitute?

          It’s like a lesbian! Just because you aren’t attracted to a man, or don’t want to be with one, doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a dildo.

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      Your “logic” doesn’t make sense. The point is to stop endlessly killing animals for no other reason than “it tastes good.” You can eat products that taste similar to meat without killing animals (like others have pointed out, that’s the entire goal).

      On top of that, most vegans don’t eat tons and tons of fake meat all the time. It’s usually reserved for occasions where we have to fit in to carnivore-centered events like barbecues, etc.

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        Oh… well, in that case, I guess it’s OK. I thought you guys ate that stuff regularly, like every day. Cuz I’ve tried it and I didn’t like most of it… mainly because it was advertised as “compareable in taste to meat”, which wasn’t true IMO. I mean, if they just marketed it as “soy beans mashed with vegetables in a round form, which you can cook”, yeah, I’d probably like it. But saying it tastes similar to meat… ummm, no, I’m sorry, that’s just not true.