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i love when people say that meat replacements don’t taste like the real thing like great actually i don’t want them to

soooo annoying funny to me when meat eaters get pressed over the existence of meat substitutes. or like the idea that a vegetarian or vegan might ask them to provide an alternative food option for them. like you wouldn't be upset over a celiac person asking you to use a gluten-free recipe for your homemade bread, would you? would you make fun of your aunt online because she's mildly allergic to shrimp? you gonna listen to your coworker talk about their intolerance for eggs and go make a video of you making fucking omelettes while you shit talk egg-free baked goods? shut up. get out of my kitchen

#rant kinda #vegetarian problems #vegan #vegetarian #louis gantus #this is about you btw #leave my morningstar farm nuggets and i alone #they probably taste better than those fuck ass chicken tenders anyway

today i had a convo with my coworkers who were trying to make me justify why i don’t eat meat or fish. they were saying that even if i care about the animal it doesn’t matter bc its still meat and only food to them. like, i am NEVER one to call out people for eating meat. but i absolutely hate having to justify what i eat or don’t eat. if i said i dont eat dairy that’s fine to people but once it becomes a matter of meat or no meat it’s suddenly other peoples issues? this part may seem mean but if u claim to care about animals so much and you don’t want to eat them THEN DONT?!??!!!!! my coworker said “well i still eat chicken from really bad factories because i don’t have a choice” i’m sorry what?????? u have the financial means so maybe spend a bit more and get the chickens that actually had a fulfilling life then? it’s not like someone is forcing u to eat the chicken. i think some people are just insecure so when i bring up my reasons for not eating meat (i feel close with animals and hate to see them suffer, i never really liked fish, i cannot imagine eating meat anymore as its like eating a friend if that makes sense, and partially environmental reasons too) they get defensive about their own eating habits like i did not ask you to justify yourself, you asked ME.

if you eat meat fuck yeah keep doing it if you eat fish fuck yeah keep doing it IM NOT GONNA JUDGE U!!!!!! U can live ur life and i can live mine. but let me live mine in peace before u claim that vegetarians are “annoying” for trying to “force their beliefs” on others. ANYWAYYYY

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honestly, the most obnoxious response to people finding out I'm vegetarian and kosher-style (or just in response to like, the general principle of kosher or whatever) is the "oh that's so hard I can't imagine not eating normal foods." like bruh. normal foods are relative. There's not One True Food Lifestyle from which all others deviate - there are cultures where it's normal to consume insects and there are cultures where it's not, there are people for whom dairy is a nonstarter and others where it's needed to start a proper meals, there are places alcohol isn't okay and there are places it's more than alright.

"But don't you miss bacon?"

"You've never had bacon? OMG that's so sad."

No, I haven't, and I don't miss it. Do you miss fermented shark? Bugs? Larval cheese? Century eggs? Marmite? Fish eyeballs? Blood pudding? Rocky mountain oysters? The infinity of jello stuff from the 1950s? Maybe there's something I've listed that's a normative part of your diet, but it's unlikely that all of them are. All of these are edible, but what is culturally acceptable and gastronomically desired vary from decade to decade and place to place.

like, no, being vegan/vegetarian/plant-based/whatever is DEFINITELY not for everyone. but there's not some universal neutral diet that the rest of us are veering from.

#the other day one of my coworkers asked me A LOT of jew questions #which is something I'm used to whatever #but he got caught on kosher and how he “could never do that”#dude it's literally not for everybody #but literally no food lifestyle is #kosher #jumblr #vegetarian problems

im hungry and trying to decide what to eat and im taking some internet quizzes to help me and all of them have a "im vegetarian/ vegan" option, which i choose!, and then they always suggest i should eat something that has meat!!!! whyyyyyyy?

#anyway if you have any suggestions please let me know #thanks #quizzes #internet quizzes #my post #personal #vegetarian problems

So I just learned through a documentary on arte (a French and German TV channel) that salmons eat soy... Like what? I mean not naturally of course but really i was so surprised. I know livestocks eat lot of soy but I didn't know fish ate this too. But people will continue to say that it's me the problem because I eat soy yogurt once in a while since I have trouble digesting cow milk, soy from my own country too... I hate it here

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I didn’t know about salmons, but honestly I’m not surprised. There was that study about how vegans are the most despised group of society, just ahead of drug users (both things say a lot about who we are but okay), and there’s always a lot of glee and vitriol in people’s attacks against vegans - the main angles being a) vegans don’t give a shit about people because vegetables are basically picked by slaves (which, true - so what’s the solution? not eating any vegetable? and don’t omnivore eat vegetables too?), b) vegans don’t give a shit about people because they buy expensive foreign things like quinoa (which, again - there is a problem there, but then again there’s also a problem with buying strawberries in January and I never hear any shaming or outrage about it) and also c) vegans are somehow destroying the world’s primeval forests all on their own because they live off soy, and 98% of the soy we produce goes directly into their greedy mouths.

Like, for fuck’s sake.

I understand some vegans are annoying or sanctimonious or preachy, and I understand some vegans are assholes - you’ll find both types in any category of people - but the constant trash and misinformation that’s thrown at vegans...I don’t know. I think that research concluded people want to hate vegans because deep down, they know veganism is the way forward and are fearful of losing something as primal and lizard-brained as their own food preferences. They panic every time a new study says the less meat and dairy you eat, the better you feel, and they panic at those reports pointing at the meat industry and the damages it causes. So they ignore that stuff, and get angry.

But if it’s any consolation, the tide is (slowly) turning. I’ve been vegetarian or vegan for most of my life, and it’s never been so easy, so widely accepted, and such a fashionable concept as it is now. I can find tofu and recipe books anywhere, school and office cafeterias mostly offer vegetarian or even vegan options (even in France, where a law mandating a vegetarian meal in schools once a week almost caused a general strike because apparently professional cooks need to be specially trained to cook one thing without meat or fish??), and even the most blood-guzzling relatives I have are now mumbling about increasing their intake of green veggies and nuts ‘for their health’. Compare that to my teens, when a school cook once removed the ham from my slice of pizza with his fingers before handing it back to me and people used to say ‘Don’t worry, I know you’re vegetarian - I made chicken!’ - it’s a completely different world. So let’s endure the insults and the ridicule, anon. It won’t last.

(As for your lactose intolerance - I recently discovered coconut yogurt, and it’s really good. It’s not very nutritious, mostly fat and taste, but if you want some variety, I highly recommend it. And of course, goat and sheep yogurt are often an option for people who have trouble with cow products, so if you’re vegetarian you could also try that!)