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Plants feel pain too

This is a single-panel meme featuring a semi-transparent X-ray anatomical illustration of a pig (showing its skeleton and internal vascular system) against a solid black background. Above the pig is the quoted text "But plants feel pain too." This quote is a very common argument used against veganism, where people claim that because plants can feel pain, eating plants is just as unethical as eating meat. The meme uses the image of the pig to counter this argument, pointing out that raising meat requires killing far more plants (plus the pig itself) than just eating plants directly, highlighting the absurdity of the original argument.
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"But plants feel pain too."

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This is a single-panel meme featuring a semi-transparent X-ray anatomical illustration of a pig (showing its skeleton and internal vascular system) against a solid black background. Above the pig is the quoted text "But plants feel pain too." This quote is a very common argument used against veganism, where people claim that because plants can feel pain, eating plants is just as unethical as eating meat. The meme uses the image of the pig to counter this argument, pointing out that raising meat requires killing far more plants (plus the pig itself) than just eating plants directly, highlighting the absurdity of the original argument.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit as a discussion meme about vegan ethics, created to respond to the common "plants feel pain" talking point used against veganism. It circulates widely in online vegan and food ethics discussion spaces.

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