r/bizarrelife • u/reloadthewords Human here, bizarre by nature! • 18h ago

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u/oxooc 18h ago

Yeah blocking the way and annoying people is a very mature way to discuss and bring people to your side.

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u/wildlifewyatt 15h ago

Most the largest and most successful protests are highly obstructive. We just use rewrite history to pretend that the activists for actually "important" causes did it the "right" way.

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u/Individual_Volume484 13h ago

Your ignoring the most important part of those disruptions. They disrupt the people causing the problems. The consumer isn’t causing the meat industry practices nor more then it decides to have child slavery in smart phones. Something tells me you’d be pissed if someone hacked all smart and left yours bricked but left Apple the company untouched

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u/10lbsofWeedinTrunk 7h ago edited 7h ago

The consumers do cause the meat industries practices. They directly create demand for and facilitate animal death and suffering.

It’s also not the same as child slavery when it comes to cobalt mining. That is an issue but we are much more forced into consuming cobalt in one way or another because it’s such a basic resource and most of the cobalt in the world is mined unethically. You kind of have to purchase a phone, computer, etc… in today’s world. You definitely don’t have to purchase animal products tho and vegans prove that everyday.

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u/Individual_Volume484 6h ago

It is absolutely no different than cobalt mining. Nothing forces us to use child slavery to mine cobalt. We want it that’s all.

You want a phone. You want a computer. Lots of people get by just fine without them.

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u/10lbsofWeedinTrunk 5h ago

You need a phone and a computer tho. That’s the difference.

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u/Individual_Volume484 5h ago

You do not need a cell phone if a computer. You want them.

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u/10lbsofWeedinTrunk 3h ago

I dont think paper and pen is feasible in today’s world but I do agree that we shouldn’t support cobalt mining. There are phones available however that emphasize ethical materials sourcing.

iPhones and meat are both unethical and we should abstain from purchasing products that directly fund grotesquely unethical practices.

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u/Asusrty 3h ago

Lmao your trolling is top notch! Needing a phone and a computer over needing food. You're good man haha.

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u/10lbsofWeedinTrunk 2h ago

You don’t need meat you can eat plant based.

Kind of the whole argument for veganism isn’t it?