Completely annoyed when carnists feel the need to damage control every time someone brings up being vegan, even if it's in an instance completely unrelated to ethics. (hexbear.net)

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For example:

Carnist: "Hey, you want a slice of this pepperoni, triple cheese pizza?"

Vegan: "Sorry, no thank you, I'm vegan."

Carnist: "Oh, wow! Nice! I respect that! Yeah, I would go vegan, but I just would struggle with protein, B12, and iron if I did! Like, I tried being vegan for a week and got so sick! I still eat plant-based alternatives every now and then, though! And I totally get where you're coming from with your ethics! Yeah, the way they treat animals on those factory farms is crazy, bro! I hope those cruel practices can be abolished one day. Complete solidarity with you and the animals, dude! ✊ In the meantime, I absolutely try my best to get my meat, dairy, and eggs from local, free-range, humane, and organic farms!"

Vegan: "Okay?"

Like, seriously, just saying "Oh, okay." and moving on with your life would be preferable over this shit.

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[-] roux@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ask them what their B12 and iron levels are lol. Ask them what their daily protein intake is. If they are actually so worried about it, they can answer that.

For example. I hit my daily B12 and iron goals every day and just for lunch today, I consumed 40g of protein. I think I was actually lower on carbs than I tend to aim for.

In the words of UlyssesT: I HATE CONCERN TROLLING! I HATE CONCERN TROLLING!

My current battle is with the dumb fucks that try to say that growing plants for vegan diets kill more critters than growing plants for factory farming, when 70% of crops go towards factory farms regardless. You don't even need to know math to figure that one out.

[-] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Damn

What was that lunch

I find it hard to get in high density vegan protein in that isn't ultra processed soy type stuff or like 'protein bar' type mega dry and chewy protein epic bars

[-] roux@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

I don't wanna lie and say it was super healthy lol. It was a Lenny and Larry's cookie that is like 16g and a shake that was 20g. Those cookies aren't super processed but far from whole food. They are super convenient on the go tho.

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Hell yeah vegan junk food gang rise up

I may have given up carnism but you'll never take away my desire to eat like a teenager

[-] roux@hexbear.net 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Ironically I got on this kick because up until recently, we would go get fast food quite a lot and the only vegan option is Impossible Whoppers(debatable, I know) and fries from select places. We do have taco bell but they fuck up my order so much there that I just gave up since it was wasting food. We have a giant drug store here and I found out they have a whole bunch of vegan protein bars and snacks. So when the family would go get stuff, I would just head there and pick up a few things and call it dinner. I was usually getting enough for a full meal for $6 or so whereas a Whopper meal runs $12 here.

Also shoutout to my local vegan food truck that has perfected veganifiying fried junk lol.

[-] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

ah yeahhh tricky

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