Would you give up seeing birds or eating them?

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Major_Toe_6041@reddit

Not seeing doesn’t need to mean they do not exist. I could just somehow go through life without witnessing one ever again.

With this loophole, I’d pick A. I have plenty of hobbies and do not need to start birdwatching, fatty pidgeon who eats my garden and shits on my car would be gone, and no seagulls would be stealing my chips.

For the sake of not seeing a robin at Christmas again or meeting a hummingbird, I’d take it.

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Swimming_Possible_68@reddit

I would give up eating birds.

There are loads of other things to eat, but birds in nature are just wonderful!

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Optimal-Room-8586@reddit

Definitely never eat a bird again. I mean, they're tasty, but not sufficiently tasty to merit the erasure of a whole category of the animal kingdom!

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

There's nothing about erasure here. It's just you personally will never hear or see a bird again. It doesn't affect the birds or anyone else.

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Optimal-Room-8586@reddit

Ah okay fair enough. Not sure how that works... but in that case. F*ck the birds and gimme my chicken roast.

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WitShortage@reddit

I would miss eating duck, but I'd happily give it up in exchange for birds sticking around.

I'd be happy to get rid of pigeons though. There are some that live near me who literally never shut up

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IdiotBearPinkEdition@reddit

I love birds. Suddenly falling in love with birds in the last couple of years has actually vastly improved my life. There's always something small, round and fluffy to look out for with a different song

Chicken is yummy, but I'd definitely choose to eat something else forever if it meant I could still walk through a park listening to goldfinches and blackcaps

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D0wnb0at@reddit

Seeing.

Hate the c***s. Beautiful creatures, but I’m a gardener and they eat all my crops, I have to put netting over my planters and had to make cages over my strawberry’s/ blueberry’s, they eat all my grass seeds too. Little bastards. Also they sit in the tree next to my bedroom window squarking at 4-5am in the summer and wake me up.

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LittleSadRufus@reddit

My understanding from the question is they can still eat your berries and shit everywhere, you'll just never seen them doing it. You'll stop hearing the morning squawking though

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lost-in-midgard@reddit

I already gave up eating them do I get to see more?

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mistake-learned@reddit

What is your choosen protein source? If you gave up eating birds, its even more possible you dont eat animal meat.

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ThatNiceDrShipman@reddit

Definitely A) annoying little shits

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FreeBogwoppits@reddit

I have pet rescue chickens, so haven't eaten bird meat in 15 years.

Sing on birdies, it's a pleasure to hear and see you.

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bonshui@reddit

This is a superb question. My answer is a very easy B.

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h00dman@reddit

This is a superb question.

Right? I love these sorts of questions.

OP mine would be B as well.

When it comes to eating vegetarian or vegan substitutes for meat I've found that chicken seems to be the easiest to replicate in taste and texture.

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Wooden_Astronaut4668@reddit

Eating them, obvs!

no meat is that delish 🤷🏻‍♀️

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ClarifyingMe@reddit

I lived in a city abroad once where I never saw any birds apart from when one shat on my face. I never really got used to not seeing birds, so I guess I would give up chicken. But they have to stop shitting on me.

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Maleficent_Day_3869@reddit

never eat another bird. i have pet zebra finches and i absolutely don’t want to never see them again. i love my babies and i’m planning to get a tattoo for my birds! i also have frequent bird visitors in my garden because we have several bird feeders :) i love birds

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Commercial-Bat-4534@reddit

I'm curious, you love your pet birds but do currently eat other birds? Do you ever think about that like why that's okay with you when you love birds?

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Maleficent_Day_3869@reddit

i maybe eat meat once a month when at family events and there’s no vegetarian dishes. i’m predominantly vegetarian and use meat alternatives in my cooking. it’s not okay with me and i still feel guilty each time

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Commercial-Bat-4534@reddit

Id recommend you don't look into the egg industry, they grind up chicks alive if they're male and it's quite upsetting to watch. Especially the one who missed the grinders and couldn't escape... It made me cry.

I saw a chicken kill itself in a gas chamber by breaking it's bones to escape the cage they're in and falling to its death.

I feel guilty too. It's horrible. But I only feel guilty because I can't stop what other people do, if I could, none of this would happen.

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Maleficent_Day_3869@reddit

oh, i know. i’m making steps towards a vegan diet but i grew up eating meat daily so it’s a wip. i’m proud of my progress so far though! i’m currently trying to find an alternative to cows milk as i’ve tried almond and hate it

it’s definitely terrible and i wish more people understood the harm the beauty and food industry have on animals. but alas, their heads are too far up their asses

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Commercial-Bat-4534@reddit

It's an ongoing process for everyone, nobody is a perfect vegan! But huge changes are made just by everyone trying to reduce their consumption, it's not all on one person!

There's so many milks to try now! I think a lot of people like oato. I'm used to them all so just get the 89p soy milk from Aldi for the protein!

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Maleficent_Day_3869@reddit

most definitely! for me though, it’s more about the horrible guilt i feel when consuming animal products. believe me, i’ve done the research. i also volunteer at my local pet shelter every weekend as well as having my finches so animals are incredibly important to me

it’s simply incredibly difficult in a family that thinks are vegetarians are pathetic. my family refuses to eat anything i make because it doesn’t have meat in it🥲

there’s lots and i’m sure i’ll find something i like! recently i’ve been getting oat milk in my coffee and i really like that so it’s next on my list to try

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Commercial-Bat-4534@reddit

Mine are the same, I've been cooking for myself since I was a kid. It's hard to do the extra pots and pans and have to buy my own ingredients but once things become your normal it's harder to turn back to old habits than it feels to carry on

All change comes with compromise. We all have to try our best and undo the beliefs instilled in us. Animals are not our slaves. They're amazing creatures and we love them! We have to remember that it's about them.

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Maleficent_Day_3869@reddit

solidarity my friend. it’s so difficult but also so worth it! we have chickens at my shelter and they’re such friendly beings. it makes me feel awful that they’re killed and abused for no reason even though there’s other alternatives now

even if there’s other people eating meat we can rest peacefully knowing that because we made a sacrifice, precious animals get to keep their lives. knowing that is worth all the struggle :)

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Commercial-Bat-4534@reddit

I had chickens growing up and I loved them, they are such interesting characters! I love pigeons too! I wish I could volunteer at shelters for them , that's pretty cool!

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Asleep-Software-4160@reddit

Last time I was on holiday, I was hiking and there was this bird somewhere in the trees with the most godawful cry. It was like a weak circular saw winding up and down (vrr! vrrr! bzzzzzaw!). And it did it non-stop for about four hours. So I'm gonna stick with eating chicken and you can blame that bird.

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Professional_Rip2781@reddit

I had pet chickens 12 years ago never eaten a bird since

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Younisshk@reddit (OP)

Did you ever watch chicken run?

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Professional_Rip2781@reddit

No I haven’t, do you recommend ?

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Younisshk@reddit (OP)

You will genuinely love it

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Professional_Rip2781@reddit

I’ll check it out. Chickens have the most amazing personalities, I didn’t know this before I kept them as pets and happily ate chicken prior to this. Wouldn’t dream of eating chicken or any other bird ever again after owning some.

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Commercial-Bat-4534@reddit

I love chickens too, now imagine them with a northern accent, that's chicken run

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Bubble-Master96@reddit

I really love chicken and turkey and is a large part of my protein intake, but I also really love seeing the two robins in my garden flit about and being cuties. So guess I’m living on ham

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Commercial-Bat-4534@reddit

I know this is hypothetical but you went straight to ham instead of vegan replica chicken? You know it's the easiest meat to replicate lol

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Commercial-Bat-4534@reddit

I'm vegan bro

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Then_Wheel_3561@reddit

B

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anchoredwunderlust@reddit

I… do t eat birds

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DB-DanCooper@reddit

B. I prefer beef anyway. Everything about birds annoy me but I wouldn't want them gone for some reason.

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niki723@reddit

I'd give up eating them.

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Timely_Egg_6827@reddit

Give up eating them - though are eggs allowed as cake would be a hard loss.

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Moppo_@reddit

Damn, that is difficult. Birds are entertaining buggers, and chicken is my favourite meat.

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Prestigious-Garbage5@reddit

I would happily turn vegetarian if it meant saving all the birds, and wild animals too.

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Think_Money_6919@reddit

Easily option A. I never interact with birds nearly enough as I eat chicken. And it just affects me right? I.e. they still exist and have no effect on ecosystems etc. ?

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PaintSniffer1@reddit

anyone saying seeing needs to get their head checked and expand their diet

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GoAineGirlYe@reddit

I know. No duck ragu, no goose fat on your roast potatoes, no buffalo wings?

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Slyspy006@reddit

But my chicken nuggies!

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Younisshk@reddit (OP)

People I asked IRL unanimously agreed on never seeing again

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PaintSniffer1@reddit

that is bleak

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destria@reddit

Well given that I'm already vegetarian, I pick B.

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lucky1pierre@reddit

Nah. I'm straight as they come, me. Love birds.

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Sea-Still5427@reddit

Easy, never eat them. I don't eat wild ones anyway, so it's really only a worry if you're a hen.

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ceciem2100@reddit

I'd give up eating them. I love birds, plenty of other proteins to eat!

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acceberbex@reddit

I'd stop eating them. I prefer other meats anyway

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CumGuzlinGutterSluts@reddit

Its the same thing.. You'd never be able to eat bird again either way

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Younisshk@reddit (OP)

Fair point, I meant you could see the bird when it’s in your plate etc

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Cultural_Horse_7328@reddit

Thank goodness duck and goose are both fish, so GFYS.

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skisagooner@reddit

A. Too easy for me but apparently so little of you take the pleasure of eating with any seriousness...

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eleanornatasha@reddit

I’m vegetarian, I already do B

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Mglfll@reddit

Got to love spotting a good tit or two in the wild

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MajorTurbo@reddit

I thought my answer would be 'A', but right now I can hear birds singing in my garden. And it's beautiful. So without any more hesitation - 'B'.

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Gornal-Annie6133@reddit

Sitting here in my garden listening to a beautiful Robin and Blackbird singing their hearts out. Hubby has gone for a KFC

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Nope_Ninja-451@reddit

B. Easy. No contest.

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RafRafRafRaf@reddit

Vegetarian for 35 years and counting.

Tweet on, birdies.

(Domesticated poultry would get pretty rare pretty quickly and given the amount of sheer suffering going on in that industry… I’m A-OK with that.)

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Grenache@reddit

How stoned are you?

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Cal_PCGW@reddit

I think bro just played Cyberpunk. In that lovely dystopian setting, birds were culled en masse due to fear of bird flu or other disease.

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Fantastic-Pear6241@reddit

For medical purposes I cannot eat much meat outside of poultry.

I would give up eating them. I'd give up meat entirely if the other option was no more birds.

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these_metal_hands@reddit

There are other meats and foods.

I'd give up eating them. Without a doubt.

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Younisshk@reddit (OP)

Think how eerie it would be never hearing bird song again

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pot_on_wheels@reddit

I am a vegetarian so naturally option B

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Opening_Succotash_95@reddit

B. Chicken is nice but not my favourite meat. Turkey isn't good.

Birds are wonderful.

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