I’ve noticed that there seems to be an emphasis on being extremely serious at all times, as if every single comment is a PhD dissertation being evaluated or something. There’s like this weird, subtle one upmanship about every little thing and a lot of people are very nitpicky and judgmental. It kind of takes the fun out of being on here, TBH. Or am I the only one experiencing this?

    • ape_arms@lemmy.world
      4·
      13 days ago

      It’s ironic that your reply is downvoted when the original comment claims lemmy doesn’t shut out opposing viewpoints. I like lemmy way better that reddit, but there is definitely things I wouldn’t post on here based on the way some others have seen get crusified.

    • mrmaplebar@fedia.io
      42·
      13 days ago
      1. Factory farming is bad.
      2. Dogs are intelligent and emotional creatures that shouldn’t be considered food
        • c0wboy dani@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          4·
          13 days ago

          no, it sure does.

          the real answer is that usamericans have an emotional relationship with dogs which makes it worse.

          I agree with you that it’s nonsensical and borderline racist at best

            • c0wboy dani@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              2·
              12 days ago

              it’s nonsensical and borderline racist to claim that eating dogs is inhumane but eating cows and pigs is fine.

              i understand you have an emotional attachment to dogs that you don’t have to the others because people don’t keep cows and pigs in their homes. if they did, you would realize that they are intelligent emotional creatures too. that’s the nonsensical part.

              the fact that you have no issue with eating cows and pigs but eating dogs is “horrible and inhumane” shows a lack of respect for a culture you don’t understand. you’re a very small step away from calling it “backwards and barbaric” which would be where I would call it blatantly racist.

              i understand the emotions involved, I like dogs too. i also like cows and chickens and pigs and I think eating any of them is wrong. that being said I’m only really at a “less meat” diet rn I wouldn’t even call myself a flexitarian 🤷

              • mrmaplebar@fedia.io
                2·
                12 days ago

                What’s nonsense is moral cultural relativism. I don’t have to accept the things that other people do just because they claim it’s a part of their culture.

                Also, I don’t think that eating dog meat is a large part of Chinese culture, nor do I think it’s a thing that all Chinese people do or approve of.

                If this was happening in my country and city I would be just as against it, because I do view dogs as pets and companions moreso than cows and pigs (animals which also deserve to be treated humanely).

        • mrmaplebar@fedia.io
          31·
          12 days ago

          A Hindu person would probably say that they think it’s wrong that Americans kill cows for food, and they are entitled to believe that it’s a practice that should be stopped.

          I like dogs and cats, and I don’t think that they should be caged, butchered and sold as meat. I would be against it if it was happening in my city too.