# Earthlings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768 "2010-04-29T18:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/21 "2010-04-29T19:47:12Z")
I watched the trailer: big deal. Sure, some of the animals in there were not being treated very well, but we humans are higher on the food chain, and I don’t see the coyotes in my part of the world being very caring about how they kill deer, for example. I’m still deciding what to BBQ for supper tonight. ---
**Author:** ![aaronstevens134](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@aaronstevens134](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaronstevens134)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/22 "2010-04-29T19:48:13Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I watched the trailer: big deal. Sure, some of the animals in there were not being treated very well, but we humans are higher on the food chain, and I don’t see the coyotes in my part of the world being very caring about how they kill deer, for example. > > I’m still deciding what to BBQ for supper tonight. Very good. Good argument. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/23 "2010-04-29T20:01:11Z")
I suppose it could be worse. You could be trying to turn us on to Jesus or something. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/24 "2010-04-29T20:59:31Z")
If God didn’t want us to eat animals, why’d he make 'em out of food? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/25 "2010-04-29T23:02:07Z")
> [@aaronstevens134](#): > > I would never assume such a thing Smeg, it was an eye opener for me my friend. > > And you? What do you think? What do I think? I think I know perfectly well where my food comes from, I know how the animals are treated, and I’m generally OK with it. I’m not opposed to people who work to get them better conditions, but it’s so far down my list of things to care about that it really doesn’t make it onto my radar. My irritation arose thusly: you’ve had some sort of epiphany which has changed your life. Good for you. Bravo, and I mean that seriously. But, you’ve fallen into a trap that is all too common with people in your situation: you seem to be assuming that those of us who haven’t changed our lives to match your new standards are lacking only the information that resonated so with you. Hence your witnessing in this thread. You need to realize that although you may find a person or two who will react as you did, most of us adult Americans are already fully aware of the situation and have already come to terms with it in our own ways. Don’t expect us all to be blown away, just because you were. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/26 "2010-04-29T23:32:09Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > most of us adult Americans are already fully aware of the situation Some of us adult Canadians, too. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/27 "2010-04-30T01:34:46Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Some of us adult Canadians, too. Indeed. We let all sorts in here. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/28 "2010-04-30T03:06:19Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Supermarkets. > > Run by lions. That sell puppy-sausage pizza. ---
**Author:** ![aaronstevens134](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@aaronstevens134](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaronstevens134)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/29 "2010-04-30T11:24:03Z")
To each his own. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/30 "2010-04-30T12:42:33Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Supermarkets. > > Run by lions. Only in Kenya. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/31 "2010-04-30T15:56:40Z")
> [@aaronstevens134](#): > > To each his own. You’ll never get a reputation as a crazy-devout witnesser with _that_ attitude. ---
**Author:** ![aaronstevens134](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@aaronstevens134](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaronstevens134)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/32 "2010-04-30T17:38:31Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > You’ll never get a reputation as a crazy-devout witnesser with _that_ attitude. Sure i will x x ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/33 "2010-04-30T17:44:23Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Some of us adult Canadians, too. We’ve got Canadians, Irish ones and Swedes… ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/34 "2010-04-30T19:00:14Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Look, the fact that people can thrive quite well without recourse to eating meat, seems to suggest that the main reason we eat it is due to conditioning. Wow your parents had to condition you to eat meat? How long did that take? Maybe I’m just one of the lucky few who didn’t need any conditoning to eat, and like by the way, meat. I agree that preparing our meat type food for consumtion is pretty harsh to see but it doesn’t bother me. I prefer not to see it actually happen but I do want the end product so knowing how it is done doesn’t really bug me. Puppy-mills or kitty-mills or whatever that actually makes feel sad but there’s nothing I can do about it except not buy one from a mill and I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/35 "2010-04-30T19:16:50Z")
Jim Gaffigan put it best, I think. > [@Vegetarian](#): > > Do you know what they **do** to those chickens?! > [@Jim](#): > > No. But it’s **delicious**. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/36 "2010-04-30T19:18:50Z")
> [@aaronstevens134](#): > > Sure, but your food isnt made by Lions is it Bryan? > > Where does YOUR food come from? > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Supermarkets. > > Run by lions. Food Lion, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768/37 "2010-04-30T23:00:38Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Food Lion, eh? [Giant Tiger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Tiger), sometimes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlings/537768.md?page=1)