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Vegans aren’t a monolith. You’ll find “nice” ones and “mean” ones, just as you would in any other group. Focus on the message, not the messenger. Saying vegans need to be nicer so people will listen is similar to telling anti-racists to be nicer when speaking out against racism so their message will be heard. As we all know, people (especially those who feel “targeted” by their message) often criticize or dismiss outspoken activists as “crazy,” “hostile,” and “woke” rather than engaging with the actual issues they’re raising. Btw, me bringing up anti-racism in this context is an analogy to illustrate the logic of the argument btw, not a claim that vegans and anti-racists are the same.

Edit: Also, don’t forget that this is the internet. People are generally more likely to be “mean” online than they would be IRL, regardless of what group they’re part of.

Fish and other sea animals deserve to be represented as much as land animals! Fish DO have feelings. 🩵

This fish’s name is Steve! According to the ocean photographer who captured this video: “Steve has a distinct personality and actively seeks out divers out of curiosity and likes to follow us around the dive site 🥹
Once you’ve met Steve the porcupine fish you’ll never look at fish the same way again 🥰”

Life With Pigs Sanctuary: IG | TikTok

People always compare the treatment of victims & oppressed groups to the way animals are treated, but the moment we flip the comparison, suddenly it’s wrong? 🤣 Comparing two things ≠ claiming they're identical. An analogy ≠ an equation. Learn the difference. The dictionary is free. xoxo

How do drugs like Ozempic affect our collective meat consumption? Some claim GLP-1s will reduce overall consumption, including meat, while others say the increased focus on protein will boost demand for animal products.

The good news: Ozempic will likely reduce our meat consumption… but there’s a catch. Let’s take a jab at understanding what’s really going on.

I was watching a video talking about a streamer being abusive towards a cat; I agree, it's a horrible horrible thing, but the amount of comments (who are likely not vegan)that are rightfully upset is infuriating since it's so hypocritical. Here are some:

"Anyone who abuses animals should be on a watch list."

"I absolutely dispise people who hurt animals. ACTUALLY bottom of the barrel human beings. Disgusting. They cannot speak or fight back."

"Anyone who mistreats animals or pets is the lowest of the lows"

Like... those are vegan sounding words but I doubt all 5.8K comments are vegans so which is it? Is it disgusting and psychopathic behaviour? Or the moment you consume their flesh to is fine. I'm so tired of it.

I've been vegan for a while now, especially for ethical reasons. Yesterday, I saw a video on Instagram of an influencer killing a fish to feed a disabled crab in the wild. The crab had lost its legs and was found on the grass. Everyone in the comments cheered the influencer for being so empathetic and saving the crab's life. Unfortunately, I didn't see it that way. I know crabs eat fish in the wild, given that they can really hunt, but a human interfering in between two wild and freee beings didn't make sense to me. I also know that even tigers and other wild animals are fed meat in zoos and conservation parks. My question is: are we, as humans, deciding who gets to live? Why is the life of a fish more important than that of a crab? How do other vegans see this act?

Read the Entire Study here: The Effects Of Digital Advocacy: What A Single Exposure To Digital Animal Advocacy Can (And Can’t) Do: https://faunalytics.org/the-effects-of-digital-advocacy/

Personally I am fucking upppp some overnight oats, burgers/fries/shakes from this local NY chain, Ethiopian food (can’t pronounce any of the names right but it’s lowkey my favorite food of all time), chipotle sofritas burritos, falafel. the OWYN and Koia shakes are so fantastic, most of the dairy protein shakes I used to drink I struggled to get down.

Unfortunately certain kinds of vegetables, meat substitutes and fake cheeses make me want to throw up. It’s a texture thing :/ BKs impossible whopper tasted great but made me feel very not good afterwards. Like I think I’m happy with my diet 80% of the way it is, I don’t really have a desperate need for fake meats or cheese. But… it’s time for me to eat more vegetables like fuck I’m an adult 😭

I like to eat avocados with various salt mixes. Janes crazy, old bay, creole, etc

I just tried out indian black salt (kala namak) and it tasted just like egg yolk!

That's when I realized... kala nama + avo = the green eggs that sam I am didn't want to try...

But more importantly, I bet you could do deviled tofu bites with avo as the filling.

Hi!

I'm a 26 year old vegan woman living in a mid-sized Eastern US city. I'd love to find a romantic partner at some point.

I'm only interested in dating monoamorous vegan women (who are looking to date women) and I don't have much of an interest in long-distance at all, so I feel like my dating pool is very small.

I've been single for a couple of years.

I tried dating a couple of carnists, but I accepted I just cannot. I had a fun few dates with a woman I met on Veggly, but she told me she didn't feel romantic chemistry with me.

How do I find sapphic vegan singles in my area?

Which apps have y'all had success with? I'm interested in hearing from more than just queer women!

Thanks!

I’d love to maybe go on a small solo travel trip this summer before college and I’d love to hear the most vegan friendly cities! I’ll be staying in Europe but nothing to say I won’t spread my wings. I’ve only been to Amsterdam and London since going vegan but both have been so so so amazing, I think of Saint Jean everyday. Ideally I’d love more affordable cities since yk broke student but again maybe someday I’ll somehow get insanely wealthy from zoology lol.

You don't want to ruffle feathers.

The hen doesn't want to be pecked to death on a feces covered floor at a cage free farm.

You don't want to cause a scene at dinner.

The mother cow didn't want to be r**ed and have her child stolen from her and killed on the first day for veal.

You don't want to jeopardize a relationship.

The pig didn't want to go into a gas chamber filled with co2 that acidifies their mouth eyes and lungs.

You're worried that you'll end up alone.

The sheep is worried about having their throat cut open.

You're scared people will call you a pushy militant vegan.

The turkey is scared of being hung upside down and having it's head cut off.

You don't want to experience the socially awkward situations.

The cow wanted to avoid walking down a blood stained cattle chute feeling the raw fear from the horrible death that they know is coming. They smell the blood, they experience the fear, they feel alone and helpless while being prodded to continue marching to the nightmare at the end of it.

Every 24 hours 230-240 million cows/sheep/pigs/turkeys/chickens experience the cruelest most violent death that you could ever imagine..

But atleast you get to fit in with the people causing all of this. Atleast you get to bask in the every day comforts while ignoring the urgency of this dystopian hell that humans have created.

Does it feel nice to normalize and trivialize the violence that's happening?

Do you feel like just being vegan is good enough? If a burning building with people inside it needed you, would you feel good slowly walking and pouring a single cup of water onto it? Does it feel good to send the message that this is all perfectly fine and I won't try to stop the ones responsible for this?

Every hour that you spend being a passive non confrontational pick me vegan hundreds of millions of land animals and billions of sea creatures pay the price for your casual activism.

I know we all want to play the "I'll just be a good example and people will eventually follow my lead game", but during the abolishing of slavery simply not owning slaves wasn't enough to end it. Nor was simply not being a n*zi during ww2.

It's good that you're vegan, but how far does that seem to reach when meat consumption per capita has risen 300-500% in the past 50 years?

The animals are scared, injured, tormented, hopeless, and beaten down so much by what we've done to them, and for some reason everyone seems fine ignoring the urgency of their plight..

Please wake up, and help these poor souls find the justice that they deserve.

Please stop being a Pick Me Vegan.

Clip from Documentary: The Dying Trade
Credit: HumaneHancock

things randomly showing up. I know bad things happen but I dont need to see tortured kittens pictures on petition posts that pop up on instagram, etc.

ive been crying for a few days bc of a specific one. i just feel like im guilty for living my life when this stuff is happening. i dont know how to emotionally regulate myself when I’m overflowing with grief. i have a therapist but its not really helping too much. i cant deal with it. everytime i close my eyes i see the picture. i deleted my instagram app. it also sucks bc I want to sign the petitions to help but I DONT WANT TO SEe it

I went vegan after watching Dominion, and I made a YouTube video about the topic a few months ago which I posted here. One of my brothers and one of my friends watched it. My girlfriend doesn't want to but I've still talked to her about some of the arguments and the footage I've seen. Her first reaction was to make excuses like 'animals do it too' and 'I just feel like we are meant to be omnivores'. Turns out another one of my friends had already seen footage of chickens being hung up and having their throats slit, but continues to eat meat. While drunk, my other brother asked why I'm vegan, I explained that it involves killing, torture, rape and separation of families. He literally said 'who gives a shit about animals?'. My mum makes the excuse that plants also don't want to be eaten, tomatoes 'scream' and that we're all just part of one big consciousness that is sharing energy or whatever.

I don't want to start any arguments with anyone, so if we're having a conversation about it and I bring up a point that they can't refute, so they change the subject, I don't push it, but in my head, I can't help but feel like I'm surrounded by psychopathic idiots who make these illogical excuses to continue putting other beings through torture when they have an easy choice not to, because they simply don't care about anyone other than themselves and people/pets that they know personally.

It just feels so isolating. I can't even talk to anyone in my life about this because, well, it applies to them too. And if I happened to be born as a different species, there's a good chance they literally wouldn't care at all if I were fed into a meat grinder while conscious. So maybe they're nice to me, but it's only because I'm a member of a species that has arbitrarily been deemed worthy of compassion, so why should I even care what they think?

Any thoughts or advice would be great, thanks guys!

Hi all,

I’ve been vegan now for a few months and figuring out how to navigate everything so hope this question is ok to ask.

In terms of cosmetics, how do people navigate this field? Do you buy vegan products from cruelty free brands or only brands that are vegan? I’m swayed to the latter but interested to hear others thoughts.

Thanks in advance - incredibly grateful for the wonderful community and the support given ❤️

Hey guys! this is my first post on this thread and I wanted to ask directly about how I can approach being vegan as someone with ARFID. ARFID is a disorder where in summary I can only eat a few foods due to my sensory and eating problems, meaning that I cannot get enough nutrients in if I suddenly began to go fully plant based. I really want to adopt veganism due to the abhorrent nature of the meat and dairy industry, it’s just difficult as most of the foods I can eat are not vegan. any advice?

I need to make it for my kitchen job. I have a really excellent recipe but it uses cashews and msg and I’m not allowed to use those. I have never been convinced whatsoever that potatoes+carrots make a good sauce. I just can’t wrap my head around it, but I will try it if you swear on your mother’s life that it’s good.

I never liked cooking. And ofc everyone hates seeing something being dirty or have possible infections, but I haven't stepped over this stage yet.

I definitely will have to cook (I've only discovered that I want to go vegan, I'm not yet 18 and live with my parents. I bet there will also be some problems about buying stuff, not about money, but going out separately. Because I have no clue how to find out if something is a good vegetable or not).

My mom most definitely will ask me to cook my own stuff (which is valid. If she wouldn't force me to continue eating meat of course). A lot of people dislike spending time on stuff they don't like and I may sound like a child, but I don't even like going out with my friends if we're not doing something really useful or/and interesting for us. I also had some troubles with understanding the physical world around me and my body (for example: dislike washing my hair, don't understand whether I have to clean my ears, not notice those things in my eyes), so I guess it's going to be a problem too. I need the whole instruction and of course mom wouldn't give it to me. Another point is that my mom works in the kitchen and I wouldn't be able to go there and cook without her cooking something else or judging eyes. Often she would ask me something and if I did it wrong (though even if I asked how she'd refuse to say) she'd just go "I'll do it myself", so I'm also afraid I wouldn't learn (and one of the reasons why my brain can kinda give up on things). I don't have any friends that live close to try with them or any vegan friends in my country.

I've already tried to learn cooking and I had an opportunity, but it'd be like five times a year? So basically nothing. And I would forget it really quickly. Even if I did write it down idk where it's now. Ik that we have internet for that, but following all instructions doesn't equal knowing how to cook.

I heard that doing a lot of stuff at the weekends for later helps (and the possibility to make it fun). I'm asking for some recipes and maybe some sites with basic cooking and choosing food information. And ofc how to make cooking more interesting (I'd love to do it with friends, but no luck here. Probably make new ones, but my city is kinda small, so I barely found decent ones). Any other useful sites or documents are welcome (such as types of food to universally use).

The hits keep coming! Human World has a report out today making the case that regulating the NYC carriage horse industry has utterly failed. But... a ban is in sight! The NYC Council is expected to vote for a ban next week, on Oct. 22nd.

I've been vegan for almost 6 months now and now the site of meat makes me sick.

I don't know if anyone else there feels this way but, today, my roommate was making some type of meat dish and had the meat sitting in a bowl with marinade on it and i felt nauseous. Basically as if it were human parts. Later she made some other food for me to eat and put it in the same bowl (after it had been washed obviously) and I felt sick.

I need to get my own dishes and sponges, etc. Anyone else feel this way? And any other tips from any vegans living with a meat eater?

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/13/mamdani-menin-horse-drawn-carriages-nyc-01116617

Hey everyone!
Il try to keep this short:)

So it's still a while away but I cannot stop worrying about it. I'm a new university student, and I will be going home for the first time in December. Before university, I started eating less meat and thought about the idea of going vegan. The only thing really stopping me was that my family eats a fair bit of meat and my parents cooked majority of my dinners (which usually contained meat). Since I started university and I have had control over my own meals, I have been eating almost entirely vegan (apart from eggs which I am still learning to cut out). It's honestly the best decision I have made, but my parents really don't seem to understand. I'm not saying they don't respect the morals, they actually agree that the meat and dairy industry is insanely problematic and eating less meat is beneficial. However, whenever I mention not eating meat at all, they say "I don't see why you have to draw such a fine line in the sand. Eating less meat is definitely good, but it's not a problem to have a piece of meat once or twice a week". I just don't really know what to say to that.
And another annoying thing is that every time I call them, they always talk about all the good (meat centred) meals they are going to make when I am back. They don't do this out of spite or to tease me or anything but I just don't think they have fully processed the fact that I do not want to eat meat. I just feel awkward telling them yknow? They also have never had to cook for vegans before so I feel like it would be awkward if at every meal I have to cook a separate dish.

If anyone has had a similar experience or some advice, please share :))