Ugh being vegan is too hard, i dont want to only be limited to the literal hundreds of edible plants, and centuries of plant based cooking techniques. let me just eat the same 3 baby animals and their excretions.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Veganism isn't only about food. No idea how they handle checking every single item to see if it's vegan. There's a lot of stuff that uses non-vegan stuff to be produced.

Cooking is easy, the hard part is knowing what exactly IS vegan.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

There's an app called Fig that I use that makes it much easier. You tell it what you don't want to buy (there are presets for vegan, vegetarian, allergies, brand boycotts, etc.), and you take a picture of the ingredients list on a product. It'll tell you if it matches your preferences, or even if it's questionable.

[–] a_lemmy_user@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

Like most things, you learn as you go. I just learned my dishsoap isn't vegan, but I already have it, I'm not throwing it away now. I just wont buy it again. I'll be checking the next soap I buy. Each new thing needs to be researched. I'm just more comfortable with my choices than I was before.