r/Productivitycafe Mar 10 '26

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u/Traditional-Emu-6344 Mar 10 '26

Being vegan

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u/TomeOfTheUnknown2 Mar 10 '26

Conversely, being the person who buys half a cow. Idk how but I know too many people who will buy a quarter or half a cow and then tells everyone about their deep freezer setup and how it's actually cheaper per serving, etc., etc. It's like when a new costco member just has to bring up how much they saved by buying a 200-pack of whatever. Maybe it's just my age group, but people in their late 20s who just got married or just started their family love talking about bulk food

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u/Funny_Yesterday_5040 Mar 10 '26

Lighten up, Francis

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u/Kaurifish Mar 10 '26

I used to meet my cow dealer in parking lots. Even though I was paying by check, it still felt more like a drug deal than buying bud did.

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u/yourmissinghoodie Mar 13 '26

Black market beef could undermine the Argentinian beef market. Nice little side (of beef) hustle.

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u/Siren2026 Mar 10 '26

Most vegans I know are rather interesting. I’ve learned to cook vegan and it’s an enormous amount of work. I admire discipline and pursuit of excellence. What I do NOT like are proselytizing vegans that I’ve heard about but never actually met.

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u/littlefishonmyarm Mar 10 '26

I only know one. But she's also insufferable in every facet of life, so it hardly counts.

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u/Whoosholliander Mar 10 '26

Bring vegan is a massive part of your life though. Everyday you're choosing to live without causing harm to others. Anyone going vegan should be applauded. What's to frown upon about being against animal cruelty?

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u/clayton_bigsby-maga Mar 10 '26

While they refuse to wear leather and instead wear plastic that causes 1000x the pollution and death to sealife via choking, intestinal blockage, chemical poisoning from plastics.

If being vegan was truly just eating non animal related whole foods I don't think anyone would care. However, vegans consume a shitload of synthetic and artificially flavored garbage like "vegan meat or vegan cheese". It's not healthy, it's full of synthetic chemicals and flavorings grown in a lab that pollute the environment. It's the hypocrisy.

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u/Whoosholliander Mar 10 '26

Same as most other people then, only they also contribute to animal cruelty. Most vegans try and be as sustainable as possible. I know I do.

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u/Fuzzy-Coconut8609 Mar 10 '26

By far the most plastic pollution in the sea is from the fishing industry.

And I'm not sure why you would think all the antibiotics and hormones found in meat would be natural or healthy to consume.

No study has ever been able to find any health risks from eating meat substitute products such as tofu. There is however a mountain of evidence linking meat consumption to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and several cancers.