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2d ago

‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

www.theguardian.com ‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

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Vegans:
- Honestly, I feel like this is a big fuck you from mother nature, telling us that our industrial farming practices, that are contributing so heavily to climate change, are now worth fuck all. And I am very much not a vegan.
  
  You could join us before the ticks make you :)
- I knew they were behind this.
- Vegans are so damned annoying. They're worse than the ticks.
  
  Bruh, I see more meat-eaters following and actively commenting on vegan pages and forums than vegans being annoying lol
  
  Can confirm IRL, too. I'm not vegan, but vegetarian. Cannot tell you how many rather stupid conversations I've had (initiated by omnivores that discover I'm vegetarian, which I don't exactly advertise, but obviously there are times it comes up if you are sharing a meal at work, or with friends/relatives and so on).
  That's even with me not really having any desire to proselytize or anything. It'd be one thing if I was upping the ante in response. But there is a certain kind of omnivore that seem to be deeply triggered by the existence of veg*ns. I mean, it really really seems to bother them.
  
  Go eat some carrion, you will fell better
- Ticks can give you fuckers shitty diseases too, so hop off your soapbox buddy.
  
  Yeah, but all ticks can do that. The "meat allergy ones" are a species that is only moving now because of climate change, which in no small part is also caused by emissions from factory farming.

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