The idea of putting animals down was daunting to me… but it turns out so was the idea of going to school to learn the dewy decimal system
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that was until i realized i would have to experience animal death pretty much every day. so then i quickly pivoted to paleontologist (already dead animals=better?)
Feb 7, 2025
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turns out theyre all killing themselves because its so sad and stressful
https://www.nomv.org/ Not One More Vet
NOMV is tryna help the mental wellbeing of animal care specialists
May 31, 2024
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idk if it 100% counts as propaganda since animal cruelty is a real problem but i think PETA does far more harm than good
i’m a HUGE animal lover and they have stuff targeted towards young people so i saw some of their videos on social media etc and was really compelled by their messaging. i went vegan and everything! (i never joined a club or anything IRL tho). thankfully i’m a Big Learner and love to read so i eventually started learning about the issues within the idea that vegan = ethical. i also started learning about marine conservation and it was wild to me that PETA was barely talking abt the seafood industry, which is literally causing entire species to go extinct! they have 0 structural analysis in general.
so anyways i got over that ridiculousness by the end of high school, and then in college i learned about the farmworkers’ rights movement and their labor issues which further shaped my views on the subject.
i’m currently mostly vegetarian/flexitarian, try to get cruelty-free products, still strongly oppose factory farms etc but i know i have a far more solid and nuanced view on sustainability and animal ethics at this point. because ultimately bigger-picture i think it’s an issue that lies within capitalism, which leads to mass production of all food which is bad for both people and animals (plus white supremacy’s abuse of the land and patriarchal approaches to the treatment of animals)
Jun 16, 2024
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Gazpacho only in the late summer, persimmons only in the winter, etc. just because we can import anything from anywhere anytime doesn’t mean we should. Nothing is special if you can have it whenever you want it.
May 22, 2024
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Whenever my housemate Cody and I have to do home improvement we say “let’s play hammer and saw”. i love playing hammer
Feb 8, 2024
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no podcasts no music no earbuds… sometimes it’s nice to not listen to anything and just let yourself be raw in the world for a bit
Jan 31, 2024