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Mostly just need to vent to people who might actually understand why this is bothering me so much lol.

I recently started a new job, and my office team has a literal hot dog roller running rn about 10 feet away from where I sit (like the gas-station kind), so I’m sitting at my desk smelling flesh cooking while trying to work.

This is like some team-building something (not every day thank god) but they've done this twice since I started and offered to get me veggie dogs but just...thanks I guess?

And because I’m new, I really don’t want to immediately become “the vegan coworker who complained about the hot dogs.” So instead I’m just sitting there trying to work while this thing slowly rotates meat ten feet away from me 😭

Has anyone else dealt with something like this in a work environment or is this actually super weird and bizarre like it feels.

Hi. I am Indigenous (de Mexico pero vivo en EEUU) and I am working on becoming a better vegan. I engage with my Indigenous culture to the best of my abilities, though it's been more difficult as my elders have passed away and I can't go to Mexico as much. Anyway.

To Indigenous people:
I think if you don’t live on a rez/food scarce area, then there’s really no reason to not attempt to try veganism. Veganism aligns with indigenous principles and respect for turtle island/mother earth especially if you live in a colonized area (i.e. a big city in the US with ample access to food/grocery stores in every neighborhood, etc). However, I understand there is difficulty especially wrapped up in cultural traditions and such. However, the overarching part of it should be abstaining from giving money to colonizer companies who are wrecking our environment and exploiting our animal relatives (as you already know).

If you're Indigenous and vegan already... please share recipes with me!! I got some, too.

To non-Indigenous people (I think most of you on here):

(edited for clarity with the first paragraph)

There are some natives who are really OUT THERE, and they have a hard time getting access to food that can suit a purely vegan diet. I come from the southern part of turtle island, but Indigenous people who hunt their own food in remote communities (i.e. let's say whaling in the arctic) do their due diligence to respect the animal and honor what they were given. It’s much different than settlers approach to the meat industry and farming and such. Indigenous people typically view animals as our relatives/teachers/etc and make offerings/expression of gratitude when have to kill a living being for our consumption. For example, even with cutting a certain plant for traditional use, it's advised to leave tobacco or some sort of offering as a sign of respect for that living thing.

I live in a big city so I make the choice to be vegan because I am not reliant on hunting/gathering for food and/or living in a remote area like a Rez where fresh food is expensive and options are limited. However, I would likely just advise other Indigenous people who interested in veganism that it is a way to connect with the world a bit better and it's generally better to abstain from putting purchasing power into the agriculture system colonizers have set up on our stolen land.

If you come from a cultural background that profited off of colonization, genocide and oppression of indigenous people, please refrain from commenting excessively on Indigenous business. Indigenous people have these discussions already pertaining to veganism, I know I do and other Indigenous friends I have. If you want to be included, don't speak over us or criticize us with weird rhetoric. It might be a better idea for you to come correctly first with other colonizers and how animals/the system of agriculture built on our stolen land is detrimental.

Learning about Indigenous culture and giving money to Indigenous people is a good way, too. Go to a Powwow, learn about tribes in your area, and put money into our economy by buying indigenous made goods. Read books, take a class, watch a documentary, ideally made by and for indigenous people with their voices included.

I say all of this with gratitude. Thank you for reading.

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after talked to "climate change activists" anf "anti ai" people and realizing they r ALL just performative hypocrites and turn into conservative republicans when meat and dairy industry r mentioned so quick..i just don't wanna talk to them again.

like how can one act so progressing and think they r left wing while activly supporting misogyny, rape and slaughter and a literal genocide or multiple species like, they make anyyyy excuse in the world to not have to actually change what THEY DO.

its disgusting and personally i cant listen to their excuses anymore. ik it's also a part of veganis to try and educate people but ohmyfuck i just cant do it anymore. HOW CAN PEOPLE BE SO FKIN DENCE

This morning someone posted a video of an industrial calf hutch yard on r/Damnthatsinteresting. We all know what they looks like here, but it's news to a lot of people. Virtually all of the comments were sympathetic to the cows and calling out the atrocious conditions, until the post was deleted. Mods are such pathetic fucking cowards.

The latest Eurispes 2026 report reveals that the vegan population in Italy has reached a record high of 3.2%, up from 2.9% in 2025. This figure represents the highest reading in the entire Eurispes time series, showing a fivefold increase since 2014 when vegans accounted for only 0.6% of the Italian population. Meanwhile, the proportion of vegetarians dropped from 6.6% to 5.3%, causing the combined percentage of vegetarians and vegans to decrease from 9.5% to 8.5%.

I’m so tired of doctors acting like I shouldn’t be vegan. It’s always at least a 5 minute conversation about eating eggs and milk.

I’ve seen multiple doctors recently because I think I have post sepsis syndrome. I’m super fatigued, weak, clumsy, have sharp pain in my bones, my skin feels like it’s bruised, joint pain, etc. I didn’t feel this way until I got out of the hospital after having severe sepsis (8 weeks ago). They always dismiss me saying I must be anemic… I tell them I was anemic before, years before I was vegan, and I didn’t feel this shitty. Then they say it’s because I’m breastfeeding.

All of my levels are great, I got my results yesterday. I haven’t had any issues with my bloodwork except for while I was pregnant, while I was being treated for sepsis (lots of IV fluids), and before being vegan. Even when I got out of the hospital my levels were within normal range although a bit lower. Now they’re great. It feels like they’re not taking my health seriously because of my morals. I feel so unheard and don’t feel like I’m getting any help

I just became vegan this month, and it was pretty overwhelming at first. Learning about the dairy industry was honestly really depressing. It was also hard in the beginning because there were so many things I couldn’t eat anymore, like honey and regular mayo. But now I’m doing pretty well! I’ve found alternatives for most things, and I’m starting to figure out what works for me.
I was also really surprised by how supportive my family has been about my decision. My sister even made me some vegan quesadillas, and my mom has been making me vegan food too 🥹. My family always tells me they could never be vegan because they love meat so much, but honestly, I’m okay with that. They’ve been really respectful and supportive of my decision, and that means a lot to me.
If you guys have any advice for someone who’s new to veganism, I’d love to hear it! I’m especially looking for good alternatives, food recommendations, tips for eating out, or just anything you wish you knew when you first became vegan. Thank you! 💗

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When a movie starts/ends with the statement “No animals were harmed in the making of this movie,” does that mean anything beyond the animals used in filming? For example, does it mean the actors, actresses, crew, etc. were eating vegan food during production?

If everyone on set is still eating meat, dairy, eggs, etc., then obviously the movie isn't vegan. And I'm sure actors still eat real meat in scenes.

So what exactly does the “no animals were harmed” statement mean?

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A new word is needed.

Listen, I don't want to gatekeep people from consuming vegan things. But plant-based means nothing, and it's confusing. Because "based" to the average person implies additives could be non-plant and therefore animal. It's a useless word. "Plant-based" and vegan both can be diets. The term was needed bc of the schism between of moral absolutists who have a platonic-ideal relationship with the word vegan and their cultural counterparts who want to loosen the definition to just describe a an object of consumption and pattern of consumption.

And this simplistic semantic reason is where I the majority of disagreements within the body of "veganism" get confused and fall apart.

We can make new words. The word "vegan" was coined by members of the Vegetarian Society in 1944 as a quippier way to say "Strict Vegetarian." It was correct then to say that Vegans held Vegetarian beliefs, and it still arguably could be today.

So-called vegan beliefs/ philosophies are not monolithic. They are fractitous. People can choose to consume only vegan things for many valid reasons, often contradicting each other, and they could still be called "vegan". You can adhere to a vegan diet for all sorts of reasons-- e.g. love for animals, ethics, environmentalist, health, social-- mutally or exclusively-- and you are still vegan! You be a vegan and hate animals. You can be vegan because you hate animals. Vegan a bad descriptor belief/philosophical system.

In my opinion, vegan should refer to the product of consumption itself bc thats how it is most commonly understood. It is also the simplest, most recognizable definition: A object of consumption produced without animal products is vegan.

Ie, Jews and kosher. You wouldn't call a Jew "a kosher." You wouldn't even say a Jew "is kosher." You would say they "keep kosher" or "eats kosher" or "follows kashrut (rules about being kosher)."

I think I would like at least one new word for the affiliated group(s) of belief systems which has emerged to consume vegan things.

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Edit 19-8-2026: I retract my earlier statement. The confusion over the word vegan is probably where not the majority of the disagreements within veganism fall apart. This thread shows it's clearly the bad faith actors, vegan themselves, weaponizing the confusion about the word on whim to meet their fringe beliefs to bolster their ego. Thereby gaslighting people into believing vegan is some cult (with laws they just made up and secrets only they could know) which has no measurable basis or relation to material reality.

Which is exactly why we need a new word.

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I've been vegan for over a decade. I have dated many men over my time, all of them eventually turning vegan. Usually in a matter of weeks or months. I thought it was activism! Most of them are still vegan today.

But after two years with the same man, I decided the lovely sounding future we had planned out wasn't enough. Despite him being a nice man and us sharing a well thought out potential future, I could not handle that he'd eat meat when I wasn't around.

I tried. I showed him everything. Documentaries, statistics, articles, images. I cooked and we went out to Michelin star vegan restaurants in many cities. Our fridge at home is almost fully vegan all the time (he keeps frozen fish in the freezer for when I am not around).

But at the end of the day, we didn't share the most important part of who I am: the belief that animals shouldn't be committed to a life of torture just for my pleasure.

It is hard. I move out to my own place on September 1st. But I am also... happy. Because I've further proven to myself that convenience isn't what is important. I want to live my values even if it's hard.

Edit: to be clear, he when we started dating said one day he could see himself vegan. I also told him it would be a non negotiable. He wasted my time too.

Hello everyone, I'm starting my journey with plant based protein, but tbh I've been struggling :( I was hoping someone could give me some advice.

I want to like tofu, I really do, but I just can't seem to get past the taste of it, I've done every recipe, from pressing to freezing, I don't know if it's just that the marinate I use is bad or what but I truly can still taste the tofu and I just don't like it at all, and it's frustrating because everyone says how good it is and that it doesn't have any like taste by itself but I can taste it :(

On a more personal note, it's been frustrating because I really want to do this, I really want to help the animals and the planet with my choices, I feel so bad that I can't even cook tofu so that it tastes good :(

But anyways, I would really appreciate some recommendations from you guys, sending love.