If you know someone who hasn't logged in or joined the discussion in a while from new to old, maybe you could leave them a friendly message here for when they return? Letting them know you enjoyed their past engagement and hope to see more.
Ok so here goes:
You splashed down with a lot of energy and enthusiasm with an interest in a broad number of subjects about what it meant to live a compassionate life, I’d be really interested to carry on those conversations, and wish you the best in the first few month milestones of your vegan journey.
Your wild animal suffering post was incredibly detailed and engaging, from reading I did into your references applied utilitarianism has a lot of broad long-term goals. Like how to go about colonizing new planets, would love to read more informed thesis on the forum like your lectures, but also any two cents you feel is missing from discussions would be more than welcome.
We had a great back and forth on social justice where we found a lot of understanding, you came across well knowledgeable and would be interested to hear more of your views.
You opened up about your uncertainty about which philosophy would be practical towards approaching veganism, whether you still subscribed to the advantages of ethical nihilism or if you were warming to a universal basis to morality within this absurd world. Would be interested to know if you’ve done any further reading, or just the day to day vegan basics that you’re interested in.
You came up with a bunch of interesting though experiments about what it meant to renegotiate our relationship with animals, as the conversation proceeded it felt like you were almost having an existential crisis that aliens might treat us the same as we are treating animals jokes, would love to get your thoughts on where you are now with those ideas, or maybe I’m just projecting, anyways appreciated your openness to question.
Your last post described the frustrating nature of an internet discussion you were having on reddit, I quoted the Hellenist school of philosophy’s approach to persuasion, maybe you were looking for more specific ways to tactfully explain peoples flaws in reasoning, either way I liked your passion and hope to see more of your posts which value the merits of good logic.
You wrote about your interest in First Nations empowerment, your experiences with other advocates, the unfortunate promotion of use of animal bodies and ways to question that. I’d be really interested to know if you have had any more experiences which have shaped what you think is the best way to engage with this activism.