u/Bubbly-Desk-4479

Isnt the vegan option to let the mother decide? Either let them be born, or eat them?

Once the human makes that decision, doesnt it stop being vegan?

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Do they not know how proximity works? Do they not know sound toll income is barely positive? What are they doing?

This isnt even a satire post. I genuinely do not give a fuck about some 80 billion animals that I never see. I dont give a fuck about the environment, or my diet.

I went vegan so I could be right. I couldn't argue against it, so I joined it. Im not trying to reduce animal suffering, I am trying to increase it... with moral terrorism.

AMA about my moral superiority (dont worry, I'll tell you anyways)

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I thought by cutting france in 2, the local governors would get destroyed. But it's been 4 months and they are still up...

Does it only prevent them from building a new one?

You need to first pick either treasury taxation, or direct taxation. Obviously I went for direct taxation, so I can actually use that money.

But then you get to pick imperial taxation, which is basically the 2 previous combined, except instead of doubling the income, it's the same, now split between the HRE treasury and my own. So its just worse than the 2 others? Only thing Im getting is +0.5 prestige.

So why exactly is this policy the one marked as "benefiting the emperor" when direct taxation feels way better?

I only see that value in one location (when giving granary town) other than that, I can't find anywhere on how it possibly works.

Granary rights seem OP, till you need to expel pops from a province with full granary rights, and not a single pop will migrate.

So why exactly does the -0.5 migration speed modifier, make it so that not a single pop will ever leave that province ever again (only for colonies)?

I see a lot of discourse on this subreddit about people "not being vegan" because they buy second-hand leather, keep using old wool clothes, use roads or don't follow some particular practice.

Personally, I think that's looking at veganism backwards.

Veganism isn't a diet. It isn't a checklist of approved purchases. It's an ethical stance.

To me, you become vegan the moment you genuinely accept that animals shouldn't be exploited for our benefit, and that you should avoid supporting that exploitation wherever it's practical to do so. Everything else follows from that.

That doesn't mean your actions don't matter, of course they do. But the actions are expressions of the underlying principle, not the principle itself.

None of us are perfectly consistent. We all use roads, electronics, medicines, and countless other things that involve some degree of animal exploitation somewhere in the supply chain. We don't stop being vegan because we can't eliminate every form of harm. We just keep trying to reduce the harm we knowingly contribute to.

That's why I find the endless gatekeeping over edge cases a bit strange. If someone is sincerely trying to live according to the principle that animals shouldn't be exploited, why is the discussion so often about finding the one thing they're doing "wrong" instead of encouraging them to keep moving in the right direction?

I don't think there are "levels of veganism." I think there are levels of consistency, and every one of us has room to improve.

The goal isn't to become morally pure. It's to align our actions with our values as much as we realistically can.

If we reduce veganism to a list of rules, we risk missing what made us vegan in the first place.

Step 1: Reject mainstream nutrition.

Step 2: Make your diet your entire personality.

Step 3: Spend all day arguing with strangers online.

Step 4: Believe everyone else is sick because they eat the wrong food.

Wait a second, am I actually a vegan?

Step 5: Become irrationally afraid of beans.

Oh, there it is.

Idk why everyone keeps telling me that I went vegan to reduce animal suffering, that doesn't even make any sense!

I went vegan so I could cause even more harm. Way too few people discriminating against plants. This needs to change!

Fiquei surpreendido ao saber que a minha pizzaria tinha queijo vegan, que assumo seja de soja.

Mas não encontrei no pingo doce local, se calhar num maior?

Ou isso é dos produtos que só aparecem na makro?

Playing as ming, goryeo is not my subject, but they are in the middle kingdom, and I am sending them 100 ducats per month, but why?

I can't find any diplomatic action or anything that would give me a benefit, so why would I want anyone to be in the middle kingdom, if they are not my vassal?

OMG I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I HATE IRONMAN. THANK YOU PARADOX. AND THANK YOU FOR THE HEGEMONS. NOW I CAN FINALLY GET THE DOGE COIN OF VENICE