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Welcome to c/[email protected]. 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:

vegancheatsheet.org

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

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/vegan

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Things I've learned since going vegan

You can slice someone's throat and still love them.
The word "need" can also mean "could easily live without but do kinda want".
The word "humane" can mean literally anything you want it to.
It's ok to call people out for harmful behaviour unless that behaviour involves bacon.
Plants definitely feel pain and lawns scream when you mow them.
Crop workers are exploited but slaughterhouse workers definitely aren't. No exploitation here, no sir.
Meat is the only food that contains protein.
"Found the vegan" is still funny and original the millionth time.
Before humans came along, cows were just wandering around with massive udders praying for someone to invent industrialised agriculture.
Steak is cheaper than beans, rice, pasta, and canned vegetables.
While 99% of all meat comes from factory farms, no one eats that meat.
Everyone only buys local, organic, humane, Dalai Lama approved meat.
Everyone has an uncle who owns a farm straight out of a 1950's Americana magazine
Everyone has a degree in nutrition and evolutionary biology.
Everyone knows that one guy who went vegan and almost died.
Everyone is free to talk about their identity, beliefs and interests without being shamed for them. Unless they're vegan. Vegans can fuck off.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I grew up in a hunting environment and just never got into it. I also never liked things like steak, fried chicken, or other foods which are essentially a slab of dead animal. Eating something like a steak where you’re confronted with the fact it’s ONLY an animal was a lot more uncomfortable than something like a hamburger. And I never cooked meat myself as an adult because the thought of the blood and handling it were out of the question.

I wish I’d realized it sooner. When I finally went vegan it was at a very difficult time in my life. I’d been working crazy long hours, and one night I was eating a sad frozen lasagna that had far too much beef. It kept getting stuck in my teeth and I started thinking about the cow’s life and how miserable I felt, but once I thought about how infinitely worse that cow’s life must’ve been I just couldn’t take it anymore.