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Welcome
Welcome to c/vegan@lemmy.world. Broadly, this community is a place to discuss veganism. Discussion on intersectional topics related to the animal rights movement are also encouraged.
What is Veganism?
'Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals ...'
— abridged definition from The Vegan Society
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Resources on Veganism
A compilation of many vegan resources/sites in a Google spreadsheet:
Here are some documentaries that are recommended to watch if planning to or have recently become vegan:
- You Will Never Look at Your Life in the Same Way Again
- Dominion (2018) (CW: gore, animal abuse)
Vegan Fediverse
Lemmy: vegantheoryclub.org
Mastodon: veganism.social
Other Vegan Communities
General Vegan Comms
Circlejerk Comms
Vegan Food / Cooking
!homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org
Attribution
- Banner image credit: Jean Weber of INRA on Wikimedia Commons
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You should go vegan, if you realise hurting animals for food is wrong then it's a bit weird to have an allowed level. Imagine that in other contexts, like an allowed amount of bar fights or something.
Anyway you can make jerky from mushrooms, I favour hydrating dried shittake mushrooms in a marinade and then drying them again. In Asian groceries you might also find these delicious oily and spicy tofu sticks. They're pretty chewy and spicy.
I would recommend asking at groceries for a vegan/vegetarian (sometimes understood as the same thing sometimes not, depending on cultural background) chewy spicy snack and try what they recommend.
I tried to just downvote and ignore you, but I'll give you my perspective instead.
Nature is cruel - lots and lots of animals survive by eating other animals. We are just animals that have evolved to, in most cases, be at the top of the food chain. As a species we have used our brains to abuse this position over the last several hundred years. Slowly (very slowly) we, as a species, are realising that this is wrong and are starting to use our brains to move away from animal consumption. I applaud those of you that have made a commitment to be the leading edge of this change, but I'm not there.
That's such a cop out. Arguments from nature can be used to justify anything and they're just ridiculous puppet shows anyway, nature is many things but you have moral agency.
If a rapist mounts that defense? a whaler? someone who runs a puppy mill? someone who beats their children or spouse? an abusive boss etc what would you say to them?
It is dishonest to yourself and cruel to others to behave in a way you know is wrong because it is, as of yet, still socially permissible to do so. It's like being a homophobe in the 2000s waiting for gay marriage to be legal before they'll stop shouting slurs at couples they pass.
edit: also none of us are great moral crusaders. People realised this shit thousands of yeare ago, probably much earlier too but we don't have records. People did this when it required sacrifice. Going vegan is easy now, there's a wealth of information on how to eat well — both from a hedonic and health perspective, can find off the shelf products most places, it's easy to find plant based options eating out in most places, workplaces and events tend to be accomodating. Literally the worst consequence is seeing people online post stupid stuff.
I am a human garbage fire, I can be lazy, I can be selfish, I can be abrasive and impatient, I phone it in at work sometimes or tell small lies to get my way/exaggerate difficulty to avoid work. If you think you have to be some paragon of morality to go vegan you have an incredibly warped view of the average vegan and your own capabilities. It is literally the moral baseline and down there with not snatching shiny objects.