The lunch wars: ham, insults and carnivore pride
A photo of ham and coffee sparks insults and provocations aimed at vegans. The carnivore trench goes viral online.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
A photo of a ham, coffee and bread lunch triggers a storm of taunts and provocations on social media
A plate of ham, a coffee and some bread. Enough for one user to post a photo with a battle cry: "Lunching like a motherf***er, screw the vegans." What could have been a simple showcase of a morning breakfast turned into a chain of crude replies and accusations flying both ways.
The location was in the Valencian Community, as the author himself clarified. Other users joked about unorthodox delivery methods and meet-ups in Denia. The conversation quickly escalated into personal attacks, including the accusation that the photos were stolen —"who knows who that big fraud stole those photos from"—.
The exchange reflects the polarization around food: on one side, a defiant stance toward veganism; on the other, the tone of those who see that attitude as an empty provocation. With no data or figures, the discussion stayed in the realm of pure verbal baroque, but it made one thing clear: at least in certain digital circles, a simple lunch can be cause for trench warfare.
Ironies aside, the scene is a thermometer of how the culture war over meat is also fought in the crudest corners of the internet.
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A plate of ham, a coffee and some bread. Enough for one user to post a photo with a battle cry: "Lunching like a motherf***er, screw the vegans." What could have been a simple showcase of a morning breakfast turned into a chain of crude replies and accusations flying both ways.
The location was in the Valencian Community, as the author himself clarified. Other users joked about unorthodox delivery methods and meet-ups in Denia. The conversation quickly escalated into personal attacks, including the accusation that the photos were stolen —"who knows who that big fraud stole those photos from"—.
The exchange reflects the polarization around food: on one side, a defiant stance toward veganism; on the other, the tone of those who see that attitude as an empty provocation. With no data or figures, the discussion stayed in the realm of pure verbal baroque, but it made one thing clear: at least in certain digital circles, a simple lunch can be cause for trench warfare.
Ironies aside, the scene is a thermometer of how the culture war over meat is also fought in the crudest corners of the internet.
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