Whole new meaning to 'Militant Vegan'
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Vegetarianism and veganism are not the same
It is a meme
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Couldnāt this character be considerably more effective at hating plants by say, breeding swarms of locusts?
ā¦ Would they consider eating locustsā¦ to be eating meat?
No, hey, actually serious:
Vegans, does a locust, a cricket, an antā¦ does eating a bug count as eating a sentient, emotionally feeling, living being?
Depends on the vegan. Some stay away from avocados and such because their cultivation requires mass transport of pollinators, so insects definitely can fall into the off limits category for some.
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Depends on the vegan. Some stay away from avocados and such because their cultivation requires mass transport of pollinators, so insects definitely can fall into the off limits category for some.
Thank you, I appreciate the answer!
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Couldnāt this character be considerably more effective at hating plants by say, breeding swarms of locusts?
ā¦ Would they consider eating locustsā¦ to be eating meat?
No, hey, actually serious:
Vegans, does a locust, a cricket, an antā¦ does eating a bug count as eating a sentient, emotionally feeling, living being?
So, yes, bugs count as meat and eating them outright is avoided by most vegans, but itās impossible to not eat remnants of dead bugs in produce. The agricultural process inherently involves the death of bugs, and thatās literally unavoidable.
Some vegans try to avoid the kinds of figs that require wasps to die, but most of the figs in grocery stores are artificially pollinated and donāt have wasps in them.
Personally, Iām not going out of my way to avoid produce that has marginally higher bug death. Being vegan is already a pain in the ass without putting further restrictions on āis eating X plant really vegan because it requires Y?ā Itās still a way better environmental impact than meat, and I hate the purity tests a lot of online vegan spaces turn into. Most other vegans Iāve met IRL are chill and we can have reasonable discussions around that sort of thing without people getting into a fit over it.
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Depends on the vegan. Some stay away from avocados and such because their cultivation requires mass transport of pollinators, so insects definitely can fall into the off limits category for some.
It does also need to be said, though, that lots of vegans arrive at that same conclusion of just not eating animals and animal products, because we cannot be fucked to figure out to what degree an ant is sentient and how itās treated and whether weāre okay with that. In particular, I have no interest in eating ants in the first place.
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So, yes, bugs count as meat and eating them outright is avoided by most vegans, but itās impossible to not eat remnants of dead bugs in produce. The agricultural process inherently involves the death of bugs, and thatās literally unavoidable.
Some vegans try to avoid the kinds of figs that require wasps to die, but most of the figs in grocery stores are artificially pollinated and donāt have wasps in them.
Personally, Iām not going out of my way to avoid produce that has marginally higher bug death. Being vegan is already a pain in the ass without putting further restrictions on āis eating X plant really vegan because it requires Y?ā Itās still a way better environmental impact than meat, and I hate the purity tests a lot of online vegan spaces turn into. Most other vegans Iāve met IRL are chill and we can have reasonable discussions around that sort of thing without people getting into a fit over it.
I appreciate the answer, I expanded on my ownā¦ non vegan status and thoughts about this a bit more under another replier.
Could I ask you?:
How common is it among the vegans you know to apply the kind of, do as little ecological harm as possible mindsetā¦
How many of them apply that toā¦ other kinds of economic activity?
Like, how many vegans do you know who say, own and drive a car, that may be powered by oil from say, a fracking field?
Iād imagine most who are serious enough to be as ethically vegan as possible are also very much anti-capitalist as possibleā¦
But at the same time, Iāve personally known a good deal of self described vegans whoā¦ regularly drive their own car to work, despite living near a transit line that would totally get them to workā¦ and also, their work is for the corporate office of a highly exploitative (in many ways, of many things) corporationā¦ like Amazon, or MSFTā¦ and then get very aggreived when I justā¦ work remotely, and tell them they should probably take the lightrail/bus.
(Iām from Seattle if you canāt tell lol)
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*vegetarianism
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I appreciate the answer, I expanded on my ownā¦ non vegan status and thoughts about this a bit more under another replier.
Could I ask you?:
How common is it among the vegans you know to apply the kind of, do as little ecological harm as possible mindsetā¦
How many of them apply that toā¦ other kinds of economic activity?
Like, how many vegans do you know who say, own and drive a car, that may be powered by oil from say, a fracking field?
Iād imagine most who are serious enough to be as ethically vegan as possible are also very much anti-capitalist as possibleā¦
But at the same time, Iāve personally known a good deal of self described vegans whoā¦ regularly drive their own car to work, despite living near a transit line that would totally get them to workā¦ and also, their work is for the corporate office of a highly exploitative (in many ways, of many things) corporationā¦ like Amazon, or MSFTā¦ and then get very aggreived when I justā¦ work remotely, and tell them they should probably take the lightrail/bus.
(Iām from Seattle if you canāt tell lol)
For many of us, reducing ecological harm is one of the big motivators, and many vegans apply this mindset elsewhere. Iām also in the US, and itās pretty hard to avoid needing a car outside of major cities which I canāt fault any vegans for. Many of the vegans I know are activists for public transit and one in particular has worked to improve it immensely in their city.
Anticapitalist sentiment is pretty huge in vegan spaces. Thereās a leftist to vegan pipeline and vice versa. Ironically being vegan is pretty big in punk spaces now too.
I wonāt pretend there arenāt plenty of people who are vegan more for the aesthetics rather than the principles because for some reason it caught on as a trend among the remnants of the āupper middle classā for whatever that means with the ever growing wealth disparity. Thereās a huge supply of overpriced vegan options, but you can also eat vegan super cheap too without shelling out for the pricey fake meat options. I can make a ton of seitan or black beans burgers at home for almost nothing, but itās $$$ at the grocery store.
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I knew a guy in college who wouldnāt eat fish because he thought they were a stupid animal and it was beneath him to consume them.
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Memes and veganism are not the same
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Memes and veganism are not the same
True. But āMilitant Vegetarianā isnāt exactly a term known by most people. Moreover, this is a meme on a meme community. No one is taking the title seriously.
Iād say forgive me for using it but frankly I donāt care.
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For many of us, reducing ecological harm is one of the big motivators, and many vegans apply this mindset elsewhere. Iām also in the US, and itās pretty hard to avoid needing a car outside of major cities which I canāt fault any vegans for. Many of the vegans I know are activists for public transit and one in particular has worked to improve it immensely in their city.
Anticapitalist sentiment is pretty huge in vegan spaces. Thereās a leftist to vegan pipeline and vice versa. Ironically being vegan is pretty big in punk spaces now too.
I wonāt pretend there arenāt plenty of people who are vegan more for the aesthetics rather than the principles because for some reason it caught on as a trend among the remnants of the āupper middle classā for whatever that means with the ever growing wealth disparity. Thereās a huge supply of overpriced vegan options, but you can also eat vegan super cheap too without shelling out for the pricey fake meat options. I can make a ton of seitan or black beans burgers at home for almost nothing, but itās $$$ at the grocery store.
Ok, that makes sense and generally tracks with my own experiences.
Particularly:
Ironically being vegan is pretty big in punk spaces now too.
The handful of folks I knew who were actual punks, in actual punk bands, played at local bars, were among the most genuinely kind people Iād ever met, and were the most dedicated, and also non-sanctimonious vegans I knew.
Unfortunately, I was more often around corpo yuppie typesā¦ bleck.
If you could link me to some kind of seitan or blackbean uhā¦ patty making guide? I have no idea how that works, but Iād love to learn, love to switch over to something less meat intensive as I slowly recover and can handle more involved cooking procedures.
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Ok, that makes sense and generally tracks with my own experiences.
Particularly:
Ironically being vegan is pretty big in punk spaces now too.
The handful of folks I knew who were actual punks, in actual punk bands, played at local bars, were among the most genuinely kind people Iād ever met, and were the most dedicated, and also non-sanctimonious vegans I knew.
Unfortunately, I was more often around corpo yuppie typesā¦ bleck.
If you could link me to some kind of seitan or blackbean uhā¦ patty making guide? I have no idea how that works, but Iād love to learn, love to switch over to something less meat intensive as I slowly recover and can handle more involved cooking procedures.
Sure thing! Hereās a few recipes.
Pretty standard black bean burger recipe. It uses a āflax eggā which is flaxseed meal and water and is used a lot in vegan baking. You can omit the sauce and just use whatever you like on a burger. You can also make it cheaper by using dried beans instead of canned.
https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/ultimate-black-bean-burgers-with-tahini-garlic-cream/Seitan if you have vital wheat gluten (makes it easier): https://theveganatlas.com/homemade-seitan-recipe/#mv-creation-193-jtr
Seitan if you donāt have or want to buy vital wheat gluten and just have flour:
https://thevietvegan.com/washed-flour-seitan-method/#recipeFor other dishes and creators I use recipes from a ton: https://rainbowplantlife.com/ https://thecheaplazyvegan.com/blog/
Learning to cook vegan is a bit of a different mindset from meat, and teaches you to use seasonings way more. My general advice for trying to put together vegan meals is always have a protein (tofu, seitan, edamame, any bean/lentil, quinoa, or oats), some veg, and a seasoning mix or a sauce. That and balance out the oil, acid (vinegar, citrus juice, etc), and spiciness is most of how I do my cooking when I just want to throw together some food and donāt have a recipe in mind or want to tweak a recipe to fit my tastes.
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Sure thing! Hereās a few recipes.
Pretty standard black bean burger recipe. It uses a āflax eggā which is flaxseed meal and water and is used a lot in vegan baking. You can omit the sauce and just use whatever you like on a burger. You can also make it cheaper by using dried beans instead of canned.
https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/ultimate-black-bean-burgers-with-tahini-garlic-cream/Seitan if you have vital wheat gluten (makes it easier): https://theveganatlas.com/homemade-seitan-recipe/#mv-creation-193-jtr
Seitan if you donāt have or want to buy vital wheat gluten and just have flour:
https://thevietvegan.com/washed-flour-seitan-method/#recipeFor other dishes and creators I use recipes from a ton: https://rainbowplantlife.com/ https://thecheaplazyvegan.com/blog/
Learning to cook vegan is a bit of a different mindset from meat, and teaches you to use seasonings way more. My general advice for trying to put together vegan meals is always have a protein (tofu, seitan, edamame, any bean/lentil, quinoa, or oats), some veg, and a seasoning mix or a sauce. That and balance out the oil, acid (vinegar, citrus juice, etc), and spiciness is most of how I do my cooking when I just want to throw together some food and donāt have a recipe in mind or want to tweak a recipe to fit my tastes.
Thank you!
Starring this and saving the links to my bookmarks!
I am no stranger to seasoning, but uh, mostly with eggs and potatoes and meat and various baked bready things.
My only real experience with vegan cookingā¦ beyond learning how to make a few interesting saladsā¦ is utterly, totally failing at attempting to make tofu into something edible.
Failed quite badly at that lol.
But I will definitely see if I can orient more of my next grocery run (delivery, really, yay disabled) around any of this, see if my arm and wrist can handle the prep.
Thanks!
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well if you want to cherish the fact that every bite you take equals onehundred bites of veggies then eating wolf is better - you eating vegetables would then only increase the amount by 1%.
But isnāt minmaxing the fun out of your game to chase the 1% damage increase exactly what RPGs are about?
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Memes and veganism are not the same
Memes and memenisems are not the same.
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I knew a guy in college who wouldnāt eat fish because he thought they were a stupid animal and it was beneath him to consume them.
Then he should have tried a pesca pescatarian diet.
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I knew a guy in college who wouldnāt eat fish because he thought they were a stupid animal and it was beneath him to consume them.
This is why I only cannibalize noble laureates in physics.
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I knew a guy in college who wouldnāt eat fish because he thought they were a stupid animal and it was beneath him to consume them.
I knew a super clever guy (PhD in Physics) who wouldnāt eat strawberries or tomatoes because he worried about their seeds growing inside him.
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Trophic levels being a thing mean that raising cattle, which get eaten by wolves, and you eating wolf meat causes you to kill 100 times the biomass of vegetables of what you eat in wolf biomassāwhich would be much more focused on killing plants.
on every step you lose about 90%. Thatās the reason why being vegetarian by default uses less land for agriculture than eating meat.
on every step you lose about 90%
this varies greatly. beef cattle is closer to 99% when you look at Calories.
source (āMore Comprehensive FCRsā section)
