1. Heat. I live in the fucking tropic, so tough shit. And it's especially shitty when my car's A/C breaks (like...NOW) and my wife won't let me use hers. Anyway, fuck heat, I'd rather live up there in the tundra with Yoda and die in the fangs of a polar bear if I had the chance of not being hot ever again.
2. Mosquitos. Again, tough shit. Over here some of them are the size of Meganeuras, so that adds to the thrill of going out on summer nights while avoiding being drained out of all of your blood in a matter of minutes.
3. Seafood. Holy crap I hate it. I can only stomach certain dishes with fish. But anything beyond that is out of the question. And it's not even an allergies thing or whatever. I just can't fucking stand the flavor and consistency of some of the ocean's most treasured delicacies.
4. Condiments. Damn them all to hell. I hate ketchup, mayo, mustard and anything in between that can be squirted, smeared or splooged over food. If you seat next to me at dinner, and whip out nonchalantly your huge fucking bottle of ketchup, you're going to get my trademark evil eye and will probably develope explosive diarrhoea by the sheer force of my willpower.
5. Headaches. I'm very prone to migraines, and even the mildest headache can quickly develop into an apocalyptic nightmare of pain, nausea and misery in the right circumstances. So everytime I start getting that very special feeling on my forehead and temples, I get very cranky because I know what's usually coming next.
Well whales, like dolphins, apes and elephants are self aware. So there's that thing too. And yes, the endagered argument is used all the time. Maybe one of your other personalities heard it?
I love that argument. "The aninamls I have no intention of eating are self-aware, the one's I do are not."
I've worked with cattle my entire childhood, and since I've returned to Australia. They are self-aware, all animals I've encountered are.
And before you start, none of the animals on my property are ever killed.
EDIT: As for what arguments you and Yoda hear the most and what arguments I hear the most, well, that's all anecdotal.
Do you even know what self awareness means and what it implies?
How do you know your sheep are self aware? Because I work with animals is not an valid argument.
This thread got interesting.
Of course, this doesn't work so great on bats.
WTF image google "bonobo" yields an unholy amount of apes fucking.
I'm not even joking.
For the love of all that is good and holy do not --EVER-- Google "hamsterbo."
Nor some isolated people, nor some children etc.
I fell for the rhetorical trap of defending a position that is not my own. Self-aware or not no animal should be killed. My reason is that they should not be killed because they have the capacity to feel pain.
In any case, my error for commenting on an issue I care about. I'm checking out.