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Re:The staff ate it later by dotancohen on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @10:47AM (#45116456) 

  > if you wanted chicken, they killed it in front of you. Needless to say, being directly confronted with the process…I didn’t eat meat the entire time.
The one time I had opportunity to kill a bird with my own hands and eat it, I ate it with far greater respect and less waste than any meat I'd ever even before or since. I wish there were an efficient way to bring the consumer closer to the animal in everyday Western society. I doubt that we would consume less meat, but we would certainly have more respect for it.
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Re:The staff ate it later by pegasus on Thursday September 04, 2025 @02:49AM (#45124325)
They would definitely waste less of it, and probably consume less as well.
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Re:The staff ate it later by BrandoElFollito on Monday September 08, 2025 @03:44PM (#45172983)
I live in France in a comfortable place with anything I need to eat and drink.

In that context, if I had to kill the animals I eat I would absolutely turn vegetarian because I like animals very much and the minced meat I get at the store does not stare at me.

I put the context first because such a change would require accrss to varied vegetables etc.

The situation wipes be drastically different in a world where you do not have this access or need to fight for food.

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