Eevoltic [she/her]

20s ADHDer, queer af, 🌱, she/her

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Supposed radical vegan extremist. Kinda based waow.

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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • Locking this thread for now, because there seems to be some omni-trolling happening and I’ll be heading to sleep rather than patrolling this thread. Please read the “What is Veganism?” part of the sidebar before commenting, thanks!

    I (or someone else) will unlock it when all the comments have been moderated and when people stop trolling. Seriously, this is a vegan community not a plant based diet one.

    Edit: Unlocked. Please don’t conflate vegan and plant based and remember that veganism is NOT a diet!










  • I tend to avoid this situation by not buying (takeaway) food from non-vegan places. Why support the same places that profit from animal exploitation? Obviously, no ethical consumption under capitalism, but I think it’s harm reduction to not buy food from non-vegan restaurants. This limits me to like one place within a 10km walk, but cooking beans and rice at home is cheaper and healthier for me anyways.

    If I were to buy food from some place and they gave me something instead of my order that I don’t want (especially something that makes me an accessory to murder and/or rape) I would ask for a refund. I will not harass the workers at the place, but I would take it up to management if I am not able to get a refund easily. The store should find a way to deal with the food, but they probably won’t. This is just how they’re set up and it’s cheaper for them to dispose of it rather than give it to people who need it.

    That being said, if I knew anyone around me that would need/want some food, I would offer it, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing it. I definitely won’t eat it, and I would rather starve to death than do so.

    The only time I have ever encountered something like this would be when I was hospitalised. Despite the fact I told everyone who tended to me that I was vegan, I kept getting non-vegan food. I refused to eat it and made a fuss and asked to talk to the main person treating me and they were able to and also were the only person who could mark me down as “Vegan”. So more “food” would have been given to me if I hadn’t made a fuss.

    Thinking about things as “the damage has already been done” leads to a bit of a slippery slope. Does this mean leather is OK, because it is a coproduct of the animal ag industry? What about the farm animals already alive? They’re already here and suffering, what more harm can be done? (I’m not saying you are thinking like this, but I have seen some people argue for leather by saying something like this)

    Anyways, glad there is actually a discussion on /c/vegan about veganism. Who would have thought.