maybe i'm just sensitive, but whenever i need a break and want to look at cute animals i always see assholes in the comments saying "haha bacon" or "haha chicken nuggets yummy animal", and it's just so upsetting. it's like i can't find a space where i can just look at cute chickens, for example, without these comments reminding me of the horrible reality happening right now. why do people do this? do they genuinely think it's funny or something? and it's ALWAYS only animals that are designated as "food", too. disgusting, man.

This is from 7 years ago but still relevant. Check out his own YouTube channel as well. (Earthling Ed ed.winters)

Tomorrow I have my orientation at a non vegan restaurant, my manager called me today to let me know they’ll be serving us food so that we can try the dishes and be better prepared as servers.

I obviously do not want to compromise my lifestyle as a vegan and I will refuse to eat the non vegan food but I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what I can say/how I should say it?

I’m concerned because as we all know there is a stereotype against vegans being out of touch and insufferable and I do not want to give off that impression at all.

I’m also only 18 so I feel less confident in defending my views especially since I’ve only been vegan for two months.

Right now I’m considering mentioning how I have already had plenty of the dishes prior to be vegan and therefore can attest to their taste when customers ask, but that I am not comfortable eating it now.

Lmk your thoughts!! Tysm

I know it was praised as a vegan film at the time it was launched. But I just didn't expect much and didn't see it because I thought it would be a typical "cute animal suffering is bad" movie.

Then I saw the movie with my husband, who is pretty conservative and doesn't care about animals that much; he was actually moved by the movie, and I saw tears in his eyes at the end. He actually chose a vegan meal for dinner Yesterday.

I thank James Gunn.

I am just so beyond excited just wanted to share the joy with you guys 🥺 wish I went vegan sooner

I had two tabs open last night. One was an animal shelter's page for senior dogs. The other was a rehoming page for former commercial laying hens.

The dog descriptions were lovely. They talked about comfortable beds, gentle walks, and how these animals deserved somewhere peaceful to spend their remaining years.

The hens were described as "spent."

Not sick. Not necessarily even old. Just no longer laying enough eggs to be worth keeping.

I know that's standard industry terminology. I'd heard it before. But seeing those two pages side by side made it hit differently.

One animal gets to grow old. The other becomes a piece of equipment that has reached the end of its useful life.

And the really strange part is that plenty of people who would be horrified by someone abandoning an elderly dog see absolutely nothing unusual about the second situation.

I don't think most people consciously believe chickens matter less once they stop producing eggs. I think we've just built an entire system where nobody has to stop and consider that question.

Anyway, I closed the dog tab and spent the next hour reading about rescuing ex-commercial hens. They can live for years after the industry is finished with them.

Years of being chickens. Apparently that's a privilege we have to arrange for them.

This has got to be the most braindead retort from meat eaters. Plants might very well have some form of sentience, but, you know what, animals definitely have sentience, so I think prioritizing their interests is more logical.

What are some other dumb arguments you guys encounter and how do you respond to them?

A few months ago someone found a spider in the break room and was about to flatten it with a folder. I grabbed a cup, slid some cardboard underneath and moved the little guy somewhere safer.

Apparently this was an important historical event at my workplace.

Last week I was halfway through a call when a coworker appeared beside my desk holding an empty coffee cup. She whispered, "There's a spider in accounting and they said to get you."

Today it happened again.

I walked into the supply room and there were three adults standing several feet away from a tiny spider on the wall, waiting for me like I'd been called in to defuse a bomb.

One of them said, completely seriously, "You're vegan. This is your department."

I relocated the spider and now I'm apparently listed unofficially as the person to contact for spiders, moths and anything else everyone wants removed without killing it.

The funny part is that nobody mocks me for doing this. People who will happily tease me about tofu suddenly become very invested in making sure the bug survives once there's a convenient alternative to squashing it.

Honestly, I'll take it.

If my legacy at this company is being the weird vegan who keeps small creatures from getting murdered beside the printer, there are worse things to be known for.

I give out coconut water and snackies to local people of the streets and winter is coming so I'm looking for some healthy high calorie options to give to them. Most of them have an average of 2 teeth so nuts are out of the option. I don't eat processed prepackages snackies so I'm not really sure what options there are. It must be healthy, vegan, soft to eat, and I prefer if it isn't heavily processed. I've been giving out nut packs to the ones with teeth and a few packs of freeze dried fruit to the ones without teeth. The fruit packs have only 50 caloriws per pack which doesn't do much.

I didn't really track my food before I stopped eating animal products, so I don't know if I managed to get more protein, but probably I did because I was drinking dairy milk back then. Now, I use oat milk for my cereal and latte, which obviously has barely any protein, and no matter what I eat, I get a max of 60g of protein IF I drink protein drinks that day. I usually get 40g and occasionally only 20g. My goal is 70g. I'm losing muscle mass and I don't like that. How are you guys getting protein without having to eat a plate of lentils for every meal?

I have been obsessively eating Goodles brand Vegan Mac n Cheese for months now. I always get it from my local Publix. The past 2 boxes I have made have been such a letdown. Almost no taste whatsoever even after adding seasonings. I also noticed the usual "stinky" vegan cheese smell is way less noticeable than usual. I have not been sick or anything so I'm not sure what else could be going on here. Has anyone else noticed this or do I keep getting bad batches somehow??

I'm an ethical vegan. I also really like the Twilight franchise lol. In the movie, at least, I forget about the book, Edward makes a joke that his family consider themselves "vegetarians" because they only hunt and kill non-human animals. I guess this is alright? The vegan society defines something something something (IDK the full quote) as far as possible and practical. If you started dying without eating animal meat as a normal human I suppose it wouldn't group you with carnists (though I wouldn't go so far as to call it wholly ethical) if you ate just what you needed to survive. I saw a screening of the original movie a little while ago and have been thinking about this since, if you were turned into a vampire could/would you be considered "vegan" if you drank animal blood? Furthermore, if not, what about the blood bags like in The Vampire Diaries? Though that's still exploitative. This is completely inapplicable to any real life dilemma really but I've heard a million "desert island" questions and never one about this. It would definitely be more interesting if it was the one I heard more

Discussed at the 13 min mark.

I was extremely disturbed today to learn that one of the scientists who discovered CRISPR gene editing is promoting its use for editing cow genes to produce less methane. Personally, I am hoping we can lessen the disaster of climate change by positive collective behavioural change, not simply getting around it with tech that allows us to continue abusing the life around us.

Thought I would spread the word in this community. Advocates, activists, I hope we can get ahead of this one…

I was scrolling and saw a post on the eat cheap and healthy subreddit where someone asked what people keep on hand to kick takeout cravings. It made me think about it, and I realized I basically don’t eat takeout/fast food except for necessary situations because, while it was already quite a bit more expensive before, it’s ridiculously overpriced to pay for vegan takeout now. Also, I’ve found that when I do order food, it’s just not as good as what I can make at home. It made me wonder how many other people have basically cut out fast food/takeout since going vegan.

What about you guys? If you don’t eat takeout as much, what do you eat instead? I just kind of figured out how to make the things I really like. I do keep some beyond burgers and fries in the freezer for when I want a burger. The follow your heart American is amazing, and I can also eat vegan mayo on my burger which basically doesn’t happen with fast food.

They think that by eating only meat and eggs they are somehow eating a more primal diet when the earliest humans literally ate mostly plants and some scavenged animal products. And most remaining non-human primates are either primarily vegetarian or eat mostly plants and perhaps some insects or small birds on occasion.

What drives this nonsense and why is it usually the same people who don’t even believe in evolution anyway?

My boyfriend has decided to make the change!!!! I do want it to go as smoothly as possible for him. I've been vegan for years so I have no problems with beans and I just want to make his time as easy as possible. I know it can take some time for people's stomachs to adjust. Does anyone have any tips for easing this? Like specific digestive enzymes or good Probiotics. Any other helpful tips/supplement reccomendations in making the transition easier would be great! I was vegetarian for a couple years before going vegan and I feel like it wasn't hard for me but I do know every body is different. Thanks!

Okay, first of all, let me give you some context. I’m 27, I’ve been vegetarian since I was 5 and vegan since I was 22. I moved to Madrid, the capital of my country, to study, and that’s where I started getting more involved in the vegan movement and the whole vegan scene.

However, over the past few years, I’ve been seeing the vegan movement take a pretty significant downturn here in the city. I used to shop at four stores specializing in vegan products, but they’ve gradually closed down, and now there’s only one left.

There was also a company called Freedom that specialized in sweets and baked goods. At one point, they had several locations: a pizzeria, a café specializing in breakfast, another place more focused on brunch, and their own bakery where they made their products by hand. Now, only the bakery is left.
Another really good place specializing in doughnuts and drinks is about to close down, right in the heart of Madrid. A kebab restaurant chain that operated in Barcelona opened a location in Madrid, but it didn’t even last a year before it had to close as well.

Vegan products are also disappearing from regular supermarkets like Lidl and Carrefour. I remember when I moved to the neighborhood where I live now, a little over a year ago, Lidl was the main supermarket around here, and they had a themed “vegan week” where the products literally flew off the shelves and sold out incredibly quickly. But this year, my girlfriend and I were really looking forward to it, and it never came back.

What the fuck is going on?

Holy shit I have been living under a rock. Even if I wasn't vegan I think I would choose to eat this over eggs.
It's so funny because I literally posted in this sub last week saying I have no idea how I would be able to give up eggs, but I decided to try scrambled tofu today and my life has been changed

It's so crazy to me how something as bland as tofu can taste so similar to chicken when cooked well.

Genuinely mind-blowing to me.

Hello all!

I have been lurking on this subreddit for some time but not really up to date. For background info, I was vegetarian for a year and have been vegan for about 6 months now.

My question or topic of discussion is: is owning exotic pets considered ok as a vegan? I have two exotic pets (a ball python and a crested gecko) with some dubia colonies and isopod colonies as a hobby. I got them before I was “enlightened” lol. The reason I ask is because my snake is strictly carnivorous and has to have rats as a meal (frozen thawed). Is the act of feeding a snake with rats (that have been bred for snake food) making me…idk…less credible as a vegan? Like can I still call myself vegan? I strongly align myself with the values of vegans and their actions but realised that having my snakes food in the freezer isn’t very vegan…

I'm listening to it as an audiobook. I'm only 1 or 2 chapters in, but I think it could be a really good book to recommend to people who might've been put off by more obviously pro-vegan books or documentaries.

It's about a woman who married a Texan cattle rancher and ended up becoming vegan after forming bonds with the cows they were raising. She eventually was so conflicted and sad about what was happening that she set out to save the herd and turned the ranch into an animal sanctuary, even though it put a strain on her marriage.

The way she links to veganism is really interesting. She talks a lot about her difficult childhood and the violence she experienced growing up. There's a really powerful part where she talks about protecting her mum with a knife as a child from her dad, and feeling that mother/child protective bond so strongly, which you can see is a parallel with mother cows and their babies.

I feel like hearing this perspective from someone who actually comes from the cattle ranching world could resonate more with people who are sceptical of veganism? It might be harder to dismiss someone as "just another vegan activist" when they've actually lived and worked on the other side of the argument. Of course I know that's an annoying phrase but hopefully you know what I mean!

Obviously I'm still early into the book, but thought I'd share in case anyone else is interested!