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Cake day: July 12th, 2024

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  • I think it’s more to do with religious people coming from rural backgrounds.

    Eating meat was a celebratory thing when I was still living in rural Turkey, so at first vegetarianism seemed like “a spoiled western thing”

    In my mind it was grouped next to those ragebait videos of 14 year olds yelling at their mom for getting the wrong iphone model.

    Animal cruelty argument didn’t work great either because, “I only eat halal certified anyway.”

    Content warning : Religion. Don't tap if you don't want to learn what "halal food" is.

    Highlighted in blue: "halal only if they are treated like sentient beings, and slaughtered painlessly"
Full paragraph: "Herbivores, cud-chewing animals like cattle, deer, sheep, goats, and antelope are some examples of animals that are halal only if they are treated like sentient beings and slaughtered painlessly while reciting the basmala and takbir.
If the animal is treated poorly or tortured while being slaughtered, the meat is haram. Forbidden food substances include alcohol, pork, frog, carrion, and animals that died due to illness, injury, stunning, poisoning, or slaughtering not in the name of God." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_dietary_laws

    Note: It sounds decent, especially for early 7th century Arabia standards, but no multi-billion industry is following regulations that make them less profit to 100%.

    What DID convince me near instantly was someone showing how the meat industry is all exploitative and corrupt.

    They waste workers, water, and animal lives on purpose because it’s more profitable than proper logistics. Fucking cruel looking into it, crazy they aren’t being universally boycotted already.