My new response when someone mentions the animal they ate recently:
Oh, you’re still eating meat/dairy/eggs, with the climate catastrophe & everything? No, I get it, it’s just weird.
We need to denormalize eating animals.
There are people who are unable to eat completely plant-based diets for medical reasons; they'd be likely to find that pretty offensive. You really want to be that person?
That .00001% of the population can tell me that in response & our conversation will continue. The rest of the animal eaters can tell me their own excuses.
@Pomegracias Even if the eggs are from a small, local farmer and free-range vegan hens?
Male chicks are thrown alive into shredders. They’re useless for egg production.