I'm not hurting anyone since the hairs fall out naturally. Plus, the women were just going to ignore them anyway, so this way they're at least not being wasted.

So I stopped being vegan like wtf else was I supposed to do

its so hard having friends who are carnists. I get so sad hearing they don't see anything wrong with animal exploitation. they keep saying "humane slaughter" but you can humanely kill someone that doesn't want to die. it doesn't matter if its painless or not. they just can't understand that and it makes me feel so lonely.

My cat licks me sometimes to clean me so I decided to lick him back. Is it vegan to lick my cat? I mean that's kinda like eating an animal if you really think about it. I may have swallowed some of his fur and fur isn't vegan for me specifically because I'm not indigenous. Cat pic attached for reference if that helps. He is brown.

https://vegancirclejerk.com/post/1202

I set up a fediverse/lemmy site for shitty vegan memes lol

* and welfare shit like foie gras bans

I respect the lifestyle. It almost seems natural. Unfortunately, I lack the discipline for it. As of recently, I gained a love for art made by blacks (I tried Dominican art but they're messy in comparison). I want to be able to have well nice art made by blacks without relying on them as people (I'm white and from the far south originally, so it's normal for us to hate blacks). Would art made by mixed "people" be a good alternative?

West Texas, USA

I (M63) run a family owned small time ranching operation (only about 26,000 head of cattle) and I recently started renting my cows (whom I love so much) out to an animal testing facility for some extra cash. The problem is that the animal testing guys just drop my cows off when I'm working in the field and the vegans steal them all!! The vegans are literally camped outside my fence and impersonate me and sign off for me and then take my cows to who knows where.

I grabbed one by the wrist and the vegan just shrivelled up and died, so at this point I don't want to get the police involved, but they keep multiplying. Yesterday my b-12 supplements went missing and turned out they were fuckin praying to it

Cult: Generally refers to a manipulative group that uses psychological coercion, isolation, and mind control to dominate its members (vegans)

A relatively small group of people that hold beliefs at odds with the majority, causing the members to feel 'superior' to outsiders (vegans)

Isolation: Members are encouraged or forced to cut ties with friends, family, and mainstream society (vegans)

Control Tactics: The group uses peer pressure, guilt, and strict rules to monitor and dictate members' daily lives (vegans)

Us vs. Them Mentality: The group views itself as the sole source of truth and demonizes any outside opposition (vegans)

Broadly denotes a system of religious worship, ritual devotion, or passionate admiration for an object (animals), person (themselves), or idea (such as veganism)

Key Signs of a Dangerous Cult: Authoritarian Leader (Gary Yourofsky) - centralized figures (Ed Winters or Joey Carbstrong, take your pick) demands unquestioning obedience and claims special wisdom or divine status over the average follower

My only hope is that it is not too late for you to wake up!

Instead of my sea bugs. (Saw some company is apologizing for using AI photos, instead of the actual dead bodies😐)

Seriously, just stop.

I’ve been inspired to speak out by some of the other brave “vegans except for…” I’ve seen mentioned on Reddit. Honestly, I’m shocked at the vitriol they face. I support them, and you should too.

An overly dogmatic interpretation of what it is to be a “vegan” is unhelpful. It discounts the lived experiences of people such as myself, who are definitely still 100% vegan despite consuming the flesh of animals.

Let me explain my situation: I am currently stranded in the middle of the ocean.

Yes, you read that right. I am literally stranded. Now, some of you boring zealots might try to rephrase this situation as technically “being on a cruise”, but my interpretation of the facts is valid, and I want you to remember that.

I do not have freedom of movement. I am beholden to the whims of those keeping me captive - what I may, at some unspecified point, have chosen to do is entirely irrelevant, as nobody can consent to literal imprisonment. (Isn’t that what you people keep trying to say about animals? Honestly, I bet some of them actually enjoy it.)

To be fair, I held out for as long as I could. I started by demanding vegan food at mealtimes, but by the end of the week I was getting bored of all the blank looks, the painstaking discourse (no animal products plz), and the “oh we’ll just have to check that with the chef”. The whole point of this excursion is for me to enjoy myself, and at a certain point I just couldn’t take any more goddamned tofu.

(Besides, as the majority of Reddit is quick to reassure me, being mostly-vegan is actually just as good, if not better, than being vegan-vegan. Which totally makes sense. Anyone with a brain can see that.)

Well, here it is, folks… my “crime”: I just ordered a steak for dinner. I mean, the animal’s already dead, and it was getting super tiresome trying to explain myself at each and every restaurant.

I think you’ll also find that veganism is ACTUALLY all about being practicable, and at some point, I have to prioritise my own needs. And I don’t need any more lettuce or judgemental stares, that’s for sure.

So there you have it: I’m literally a prisoner stuck in the middle of the fucking ocean, trying to look after my health and wellbeing, and that still probably isn’t enough for you clowns. You’d all literally see me die of malnutrition and despair, which is despicable and you all suck.

Anyway, the steak was delicious. Still vegan btw.

My stupid kids were telling me that my statin meds have a statistically significant risk for early onset dementia symptoms.

I asked my doctor about it and he told me it would be risky to stop taking my pills, but then my son insisted on going with me to the next appointment. My son asked my doctor about the statin meds. Then the doc told me that I can avoid taking a statin med altogether if I stop eating cholesterol. He's nuts.

This made me angry, because I remember my uncle's farm where he cared for all the cholesterol (brain food) products and all the other wholesome stuff that comes with good clean living. Just ice cream and happy eggs and all of that. I guess you just had to be there.

Why would I stop eating brain food when I can just consume more than what my body needs and just flush the extra nutrients away with what's left of my gray matter? I suppose I'll just have to die in a puddle of my own piss and drool or drive my car off a bridge when I finally get lost in the middle of my memories of my sweet uncle's farm. How could I possibly give up my yummy ice cream or the nutrient powerhouse, the egg?!

I will also say that Bill Gates is buying soybeans so you know that means he's up to no good with the soy! I won't be eating GMO and especially soybeans, and I won't be giving up my deeply held traditions. Even if my habits kill me, I'll die happy. What does the doctor know anyway?

“If you exploit animals, you are not vegan”

Of course, you my friend still exploit a nonzero number of animals. Because the industrial plant agriculture that feeds you still kills animals.

Now, this is why the “as far as is possible and practicable” clause is here. But then I must ask, how much do you weigh? What’s your BMI? How many calories do you consume in a day? Because if you’re not just above subsistence/18 BMI, you’re consuming more calories, more plant matter than necessary, and thus killing more animals than necessary.

So, are you truly living up to your vegan ideals? Is you having muscles, body fat, or not feeling hungry all the time more important than the lives of animals killed in the field?

Another r/vegan special