• Lauchs@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I do abstain from beef. Which is difficult as hell as I rock weights at the gym and beef is incredibly protein efficient. But it’s the least I can do. So I eat a boatload of chickpeas and chicken.

    My smartphone is a shitty ancieng refurbished one as that’s the most ethical I could find.

    I haven’t bought sweatshop clothes in years. So yeah, my fashion sucks as it’s mostly thrift shop but I dont feel evil. (Though, my boxers are falling apart and it’s getting kind of desperate. Sadly, because other people don’t give a shit there are very few ethical underwear options.) Similarly, every piece of non electric furniture in my place is second hand, except for my bed frame.

    Gave up on cars more than a decade ago. Finally got a second hand one but bike, bus and train almost everywhere.

    I’ve taken a 30 - 40% pay cut to work in the non profit sector. Which makes it unlikely I’ll ever buy a house but my work helps put kids through school.

    My individual decisions don’t make a difference but it’s like voting. If others lived similarly, the world would be significantly better. We can all do better, it’s just harder than whining about billionaires online.

    • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      whining about billionaires online

      is just as effective. if you want to change things that are wrong, you need to go to where they are and stop them.