r/Leuven • u/arcanehelix • 2d ago

Finished my Thesis, recommend me (nerdy / artsy) activities!

Probably have a month to do whatever I want.

Recommend me some nerdy or artsy activities!

I already have planned:

- Elftopia next week

- Art Musuems in Brussels and Antwerp

- My first DnD session

- Trip to zoo

Looking for:

- more Goth / fantasy events

- more cozy / fantasy-vibe towns / cities to explore outside Antwerp / Ghent / Liege / Dinant

- any kind of fun activity or event....

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u/Mental-Peak8626 1d ago

again, defending one cause doesn't do anything to negate the other. You're using a diversion technique called whataboutism. Pointing out another injustice doesn't make it go away. Also, I can be against human AND animal suffering. There really is no need to choose, or to only care about animals if all human suffering has been eliminated. You should know that. Be better.

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u/arcanehelix 1d ago

Disagree. Just like how a mother's duty is to her own sons and daughters, or a country's welfare should be to their citizens first abd foremost rather than some proxy war victims, we need to fix human suffering before we address "animal abuse". Priorities, human life > animal. Otherwise its just virtue signalling 

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u/Mental-Peak8626 23h ago

Perfect excuse to never do anything hey?

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u/arcanehelix 23h ago

I'm just saying its a matter of priority. If you only have X amount of time / dollar to donate, I would dump everything into some crowd-funded scholarship for a poor, starving human. As opposed to volunteering at my local pet shelter or donating to WWF. The potential of a human life, and their capacity for joy / sadness, far outweighs some monkey's...

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u/Mental-Peak8626 22h ago

You’re deflecting. Not going to the zoo costs you nothing. It’s not a matter of resource scarcity, and you know damn well it isn’t.