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Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by latexr on Monday January 13, 2025 @02:37PM (#42687824)
Despite the quotes, the person you’re replying to didn’t use the word “waste” nor have they claimed using that fruit to feed animals would be bad. In short, they didn’t make the argument you’re against.

However, in the interest of good faith discussion, I’ll offer a rebuttal to the argument you are making. The logic applies when (and this is very important) that food goes to farm animals which will be slaughtered of humans to eat.

“Waste” isn’t really the right word, more like “inefficient”, in the sense that the amount of food which takes for an animal to mature is orders of magnitude greater than what you take from it. In other words, you could feed significantly more people if they ate what you’re feeding the animal.

When you couple that with the environmental impact of raising animals as food, including deforestation and land use, which in turn affects us as well, it becomes a major issue.

Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by lupire on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @07:47AM (#42696556)
Inefficiency is waste
Re:A Laptop Stand Made from a Single Sheet of Recycled Paper by latexr on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @11:40AM (#42699679)
Potato potáto, that’s not what matters. The whole point of the post was to engage in good faith and see past the exact wording to focus on the argument. Obsessing about the definition is counter productive and an exercise in bad faith and derailing the conversation. That is a waste.