Current Events > What does being an "animal lover" actually mean?

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I apologize for the stupid question, but I guess I'm really naive and maybe getting the wrong idea when people say that they are.

For example, do I qualify or not?

-I'm not a pet person overall (although I have kept turtles and fish as pets before)
-I do not donate to animal charities.
-I have several animal phobias (for example: barking dogs).
-I don't really enjoy directly interacting with animals.
-I eat meat and other products of animal origin.

-However, I do sometimes feed birds and other wildlife that live in the city leftover bread.
-I occasionally like to study animals and their characteristics such as their behavior.
-Overall, I occasionally like to observe animals from afar.
-I like animated animals and similar creatures such as the ones in video games and cartoons.

I'm just wondering what you guys think about this.

Face it, youre an animal lover congrats

I think it means caring about their wellbeing even if you eat them sometimes.

R1masher posted...

Face it, youre an animal lover congrats

Perhaps you're right. I'll see what others say.

LeoRavus posted...

I think it means caring about their wellbeing even if you eat them sometimes.

Well, I try to care (but not too much.)

Like all rhetoric, nothing.

PikachuMaxwell posted...

Well, I try to care (but not too much.)

Some of the factory farm videos I watched almost made me stop eating meat. Like when they scooped up sick cows with a bulldozer while they were still alive and people stomping sick chickens to death.

I think there's been some reforms since then.

Nothing, really. It's just one of those things people say that can mean a billion different things and nobody really cares because it's not like there's a particular situation where you have to prove it.

LeoRavus posted...

Some of the factory farm videos I watched almost made me stop eating meat. Like when they scooped up sick cows with a bulldozer while they were still alive and people stomping sick chickens to death.

I think there's been some reforms since then.

Yeah, that is bad. Good that they're fixing it.

TheLiarParadox posted...

Nothing, really. It's just one of those things people say that can mean a billion different things and nobody really cares because it's not like there's a particular situation where you have to prove it.

Dakimakura posted...

Like all rhetoric, nothing.

Interesting.