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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We got here as a species by tasty tasty meat. Some steak fries and light salad are optional.

[-] remon@ani.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think that has mostly been debunked. Even the hunter gatherers were much more gathering than hunting, in the big picture. And fishing is probably more relevant than meat (if we're making that distinction). And later it was really agriculture that made our species what it is and it's very much the grains (and rice) that made the big difference.

Not a vegan btw.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] remon@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago

I agree. Still, the distinction is a very cultural one. So many cultures, even civilisations can trace their beginning back to a coastline or river. Hunting things like mammoths was actually quite rare, but it makes for better stories. Taxonomically there isn't even such a thing as a "fish".

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I think you are giving a very eurocentric description of early humanity

[-] remon@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You think? Most of the great fishing civilisations I think of are (South East) Asian, Indian, Japanese etc.

(Some of that might be based on Age of Empires info)

[-] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

I'm mostly referencing your allusion to agriculture as a developmental milestone

[-] pigup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I eat meat, but this is stupid as f.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is actually a quote I picked up from a t-shirt once produced by Ryan North, creator of Dinosaur Comics, that amused me and stuck in my brain. Are you calling Ryan North, creator of Dinosaur Comic stupid as fuck? Because them's fightin' words.

[-] pigup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Umm sure why not. fuck that guy and his little dog too

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Fuck me there are some humour impaired people on this site.

[-] pigup@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They're called Americans, lately. Shit's not funny right now, sorry bro we trash

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

So you got here by veggies alone?

[-] pigup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

We are this thing called "omnivores." If your brain worked, you might bother to find out what that means. It would revolutionize your whole existence.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I saw a Ted Talk years ago that posited that the thing that sets humans apart is that we are 'coctivores' - the species that cooks its food. Interesting stuff.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Dude. You have some kind of problem with steak fries and a salad? That is not meat by the way but pootaaato and lettuce. My existence is one of understanding and comprehension but yours is not.

[-] pigup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I'm starting to think you're trolling me. But in case you really are this stupid, I was reacting to this part of your statement: "We got here as a species by tasty tasty meat."

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I'm not you just go around calling people stupid as fuck(only you can' type it out) and you get upset when someone calls you on it. You sound vegan to me.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 1 month ago

Peak carnist brain. Sniffing their own farts too long.

[-] Lightfire228@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

Do you want less people to eat meat? Or do you just want to be a righteous snob on the internet?

Because those goals are mutually exclusive

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just a normal person. The majority of us eat meat. A sad minitory of people can't accept and get amusingly butt hurt by it.

[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Does being vegetarian make you lose your sense of humour?

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