• wafflez@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    More animals die if you pay for them, especially over the course of a month, year, or your lifetime of perpetuating death and sexual autonomy violations

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      2 months ago

      I don’t think the rate of increase could be any higher than it is, and I don’t believe my choices impact that.

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          2 months ago

          how could we even test whether the rate could have increased more? it’s not even a testable hypothesis.

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            2 months ago

            Using metrics of population of humans, animals slaughtered, and their products consumption. Regardless it’s better to use a line of caution when causing unnecesary harm rather than habitualizing a series of actions for decades. Billions a year is such a high number most people cannot conceptualize. Trillions if you include fish but they’re mostly caught rather than farmed. Still encourages trawling though

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                2 months ago

                Once again, it’s approximation based. Most of economics is theory. “Prove gravity is real.”

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                  2 months ago

                  we could set up an experiment to try to disprove gravity. what is the experiment you propose to try to disprove your story?

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                    It wouldn’t disprove it lol. To prove or disprove gravity is extremely difficult, that’s why it’s a theory. My experiment would be everyone stops buying animal products though, wanna help with the experiment?