There’s such a stupid mentality around “Everyone must <X>”.
Lacrosse exists. I don’t care for it. I’m not going to dictate no one else play it. I imagine if the government mandated everyone play Lacrosse it would become hard to find the equipment for it because it would be in such high demand.
And yet, whether it’s meat, cars, guns, as soon as we suggest “I know this stuff has a place but we should use it a little less” they process it as an effort to completely ban the item in question.
i think the key is when the thing in question is normalized and something most people do, then saying “we should do this less” means de-normalizing it and not having most people do it, which means they’ll personally experience change in some way.
like if driving isn’t the way to get around you’d eventually get rid of the oversized everpresent highways, which makes their personal travels require more thought and attention, and that’s unacceptable and thus they just completely fucking make shit up to defend their lifestyle.
One of the least pleasant parts of driving is traffic, potholes, and constant construction. We get fewer potholes when fewer cars are weighing down the roads. We need less construction when we’re not building so many lanes.
On meat, if you ever saw that KOTH episode where he eats from that coop: That store makes amazing meat but could never sustain a huge customer base without selling out and driving their quality down. When everyone demands huge meat portions for every meal, what you get is terrible quality.
You are better off with your habits NOT being grossly overpopular.
There’s such a stupid mentality around “Everyone must <X>”.
Lacrosse exists. I don’t care for it. I’m not going to dictate no one else play it. I imagine if the government mandated everyone play Lacrosse it would become hard to find the equipment for it because it would be in such high demand.
And yet, whether it’s meat, cars, guns, as soon as we suggest “I know this stuff has a place but we should use it a little less” they process it as an effort to completely ban the item in question.
i think the key is when the thing in question is normalized and something most people do, then saying “we should do this less” means de-normalizing it and not having most people do it, which means they’ll personally experience change in some way.
like if driving isn’t the way to get around you’d eventually get rid of the oversized everpresent highways, which makes their personal travels require more thought and attention, and that’s unacceptable and thus they just completely fucking make shit up to defend their lifestyle.
Except even this isn’t true.
One of the least pleasant parts of driving is traffic, potholes, and constant construction. We get fewer potholes when fewer cars are weighing down the roads. We need less construction when we’re not building so many lanes.
On meat, if you ever saw that KOTH episode where he eats from that coop: That store makes amazing meat but could never sustain a huge customer base without selling out and driving their quality down. When everyone demands huge meat portions for every meal, what you get is terrible quality.
You are better off with your habits NOT being grossly overpopular.