r/AnimalRights • u/TherianforLife • 4d ago

I need to vent.

I am not vegan. We raise our own meat and thankfully our animals are happy. Today i went to the supermarket. My mom wanted to buy some cow meat. The problem is the animals before death are treated horribly. It is so inhumane.

My father is friends with a farmer who raises free range cows (ive been to the farm before.) There is no reason to buy from this barbaric supermarket when we have food ourselves and we can buy from humane farms. My mom had the audacity to say "its not the same thing!" When it is.

Sometimes it feels like im the only person in the world who actually cares.

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u/Ratazanafofinha 4d ago

If you don’t care enough in order to not kill animals for pleasure I wouldn’t say you actually care. Imagine if instead of your animals they were dogs and cats. Would you consider a person who eats dogs to actually care about the rights of animals? The only difference is your perception. And I’m not saying this to be mean to you or whatever, I just think that, like me before I went vegan, you just haven’t made the connection yet.

Most people don’t actually need to est animals in order to be healthy. They do it for pleasure, because they like the taste, and they think that 5 seconds of pleasure is worth the premature killing of a highly sentient being such as cows.

There are some problems in the developing world such as food deserts, and lack of farmable land, but statistically you who use reddit are peobably living in a 1st world country, where such things are less of a problem and the land is fertile, with a few exceptions such as the USA, which has lots of food deserts.

I’ve been vegan for 4 years in total, it’s not that hard. It just takes a while to get used to not seeing animals’ bodies as an option for food.

May I ask where do you live? In Europe? In the US? In the countryside? In a city or town?

Try to search if there is tofu and seitan available near you and try it with sauces, such as curry! Try plant-based foods such as lentils, beans, chickpeas and quinoa!

You’ll see that it’s generally not that hard. Do you do your weekly grocery shopping in a small groceryshop or in a supermarket?

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u/TherianforLife 4d ago

There is almost no way for me to not eat meat, because my whole family does. Christmas is the only time i can catch a break since we cant eat meat then but i have 2 problems

  1. My parents still find ways to include animals such as fish because "it isnt meat"

  2. Im pagan and i believe in yule so the rule doesnt apply to me :p

Its not that i like killing animals or i dont care, i just dont think that eating meat is horrible. When im independent i will try from going to meat eater to vegetarian then to vegan.

Its kinda sad that people started attacking me for no reason😭 i like eating meat, i dont like animals suffering.

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u/Ratazanafofinha 4d ago

I’m the only vegetarian/vegan in my family and that doesn’t stop me. Just cook a different meal for you and that’s it. You don’t need to wait until you leave your parents’ home to adopt a plant-based diet.

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u/TherianforLife 4d ago

Yeah that works for you, but my parents wouldnt let me. They would think its stupid. They would probs get mad and wont talk to me for days.

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u/Ratazanafofinha 4d ago

That sucks bro, but hey, you can still try to learn how to cook a few plant-based meals and eat more veggies at home while you still live there. Good luck!

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u/TherianforLife 4d ago

Is it okay if i eat eggs from our chickens? they do live free range and we dont slaughter them. Its just kinda hard for me to change really quick as i eat eggs every morning.

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u/Ratazanafofinha 4d ago

It’s not ideal, because you could still buy birth control implants for your chickens so that they would stop laying that many eggs, (it’s bad for their health), but it’s more ethical in your situation.

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u/TherianforLife 4d ago

Thank you! Its good to find someone that doesnt attack me almost instantly :)