• BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world
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    1 day ago

    Infinitely incorrect. Not reproducing is the greatest lack of a negative impact a single person can have on the environment (which is all going vegan can do, not eating meat will never have greater than a zero net impact on emissions).

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      10 hours ago

      Infinitely incorrect. Not reproducing is the greatest lack of a negative impact a single person can have on the environment

      Don’t stop there. You can end all your emissions now by killing yourself.

      NOTE: I would not like anyone to kill themselves. I am pointing out the logical end to this particularly stupid argument.

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      11 hours ago

      Not having children can also at best have a net zero impact. If we’re taking opportunity costs for future actions into account, the single highest reduction in emissions for an individual is to die.

      In day to day life, veganism has the single highest impact. Still, I’ll never have (non -adopted) children, emissions are a part of it, but mostly because I don’t want to bring someone into the world that’s so thoroughly fucked at the moment

      • Sunshine@lemmy.caOP
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        6 hours ago

        Knock it off with the “but it’s better to die than go vegan” argument. It’s rude.

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          That’s not what I said? I was making a point about how not having children isn’t in the same category as going vegan, when it comes to emission reductions.

          I’ve personally been vegan for years.

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        8 hours ago

        In day to day life, veganism has the single highest impact

        I don’t know how this can be quantified, but id love to see how you try.