your meal was someone's entire life.

@danny_ishay

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Why it worked

The video leverages a provocative statement about the perceived difference between pets and food animals to challenge viewers' ingrained social conditioning. By highlighting the shared sentience and desires of both cows and dogs, it encourages empathy and critical thinking about societal norms.

Summary

The video contrasts how society views cows and dogs, highlighting that both animals have similar desires for love and joy. It suggests that our social conditioning leads us to label one as food and the other as a friend, despite their shared capacity for experience.

Structure

1Introduction of the cow and the provocative statement.
2Introduction of the dog.
3The creator poses a hypothetical scenario of viewing the animals without social conditioning.
4The creator argues that labels do not change the animals' inherent desires.
5Conclusion that both animals want to love, experience joy, and that labeling one as food is arbitrary.

On-screen text

your meal was someone's entire life. JUST IMAGINE YOU'D VIEW BOTH THESE VIDEOS IF YOU COULD COMPLETELY FROM THE SOCIAL MOST OF US GREW WHICH IS THAT ONE OF THESE ANIMALS IS FOOD. THEM WITHOUT THIS CONDITIONING MAKES IT MORE OBVIOUS THAT THE LABELS SPECIES DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO CHANGE THEIR BOTH OF THEM WANT TO LOVE, AND EXPERIENCE AND LABELING FOOD DOESN'T OF THAT

Original caption

Original video from @eleleftoile on TikTok 🙏🏼💚 #vegan #veganism #plantbased #steak #meat

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Transcript

I mean, just imagine how differently you'd view both these videos if you could completely isolate yourself from the social conditioning most of us grew up with, which is that one of these animals is a friend and the other animal is food. Trying to view them without this conditioning makes it even more obvious that the labels we give to different species does absolutely nothing to change their experience. Both of them want to love and experience joy. And labeling one of them as food doesn't take away of that.