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Post by paulie_a »

tantivy wrote: post #8
MrLeftHand wrote: post #2

I love how vegans and vegetarians have this 'holier then thou' attitude. Not like we don't need still a lot of land to grow our crops, but whatever. What will be his next move? Bans using electricity? Orders every employee to live in a cave? I hope he will write the holy book of Wework with 10, 20, maybe a 100 commandments. I am excited to see the exodus from Wework. Maybe that can be a chapter in that holy book.

Raising livestock means using cropland to grow feed. It's hugely less efficient than growing plants for human consumption using the same resources. If you eat meat, have you ever asked yourself why?

Because it is delicious.

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Post by lstodd »

anothergoogler wrote: post #3

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> You might say this is a dupe.

I'd say it's a clear case of attention-whoring.

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Post by dempseye »

MrLeftHand wrote: post #2

I love how vegans and vegetarians have this 'holier then thou' attitude. Not like we don't need still a lot of land to grow our crops, but whatever. What will be his next move? Bans using electricity? Orders every employee to live in a cave? I hope he will write the holy book of Wework with 10, 20, maybe a 100 commandments. I am excited to see the exodus from Wework. Maybe that can be a chapter in that holy book.

I have to wonder where your anger against vegetarians and vegans comes from.

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Post by _8j50 »

Would they not allow bringing your own meat based food? If allowed,what's the big deal?

Edit: Wth is a "cheif culture officer"? Is it like "political officer" of the USSR?

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Post by adamnemecek »

whymauri wrote: post #7

I will 100% never work at this company now, neither would any of my friends (just asked). What a weird way to shoot yourself in the foot talent-wise, lol. It's incredibly bizarre and controlling.

That's debatable. All the vegetarians are now somewhat more likely to work there.

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Post by dabbledash »

paulie_a wrote: post #11
tantivy wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Raising livestock means using cropland to grow feed. It's hugely less efficient than growing plants for human consumption using the same resources. If you eat meat, have you ever asked yourself why?

Because it is delicious.

Yes. That’s the real answer. In developed countries, most of us kill animals only for pleasure.

And because we want to do that as cheaply as possible, the conditions those animals spend their lives in are pretty bad.

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Post by adamnemecek »

paulie_a wrote: post #11
tantivy wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Raising livestock means using cropland to grow feed. It's hugely less efficient than growing plants for human consumption using the same resources. If you eat meat, have you ever asked yourself why?

Because it is delicious.

Does your preference offset the suffering and impact on the environment?

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Post by lnrdgmz »

The article makes it seem like the company is forcing pescatarianism (not vegetarianism) down people's throats. But unless you're eating the majority of your meals at work events, I don't see this as being the case. This new policy seems pretty consistent with policies which limit how much alcohol (if any) one can expense.

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Post by MrLeftHand »

tantivy wrote: post #8
MrLeftHand wrote: post #2

I love how vegans and vegetarians have this 'holier then thou' attitude. Not like we don't need still a lot of land to grow our crops, but whatever. What will be his next move? Bans using electricity? Orders every employee to live in a cave? I hope he will write the holy book of Wework with 10, 20, maybe a 100 commandments. I am excited to see the exodus from Wework. Maybe that can be a chapter in that holy book.

Raising livestock means using cropland to grow feed. It's hugely less efficient than growing plants for human consumption using the same resources. If you eat meat, have you ever asked yourself why?

I am fully aware of this. But instead of going vegan or vegetarian we could put our meat consumption back to a sensible level, where we don't overdo it and raise and slaughter more animals that we can actually eat.

I'm not against being a vegan or vegetarian, but I am against these kind of moves.

There are million other problems that need fixing first and have a bigger impact on carbon emissions then eating meat.

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Post by jackfraser »

dabbledash wrote: post #16
paulie_a wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because it is delicious.

Yes. That’s the real answer. In developed countries, most of us kill animals only for pleasure. And because we want to do that as cheaply as possible, the conditions those animals spend their lives in are pretty bad.

So?
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