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For those who don't know what Folding at Home is, it's an awesome initiative that lets regular people use their PCs to help research potential cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's....
Just before I went vegan in 2008, I went to the doctor to get my nutrient levels tested, specifically to see how going vegan would affect it. I just had another test a few weeks ago.
Most of my...
At the end of the day, the goal of this picture was clearly to shock. So it's natural that people would feel disgusted and sad and angry....it's designed to make you feel that way! Getting all...
I like the short acronym. Though that leaves out products tested on animals, cruel circuses, bull-fighting, and chocolate made with slave child labour.
What about just "Ahimsa" (non-harm)?
Yep. Everyone already agreed that vegan food spoils. Welcome to the table.
I think this has just been a case of a very stupid misunderstanding gone way too far off track. Basically, no one here...
I have no idea how you managed to get "vegan food can't spoil" out of any of those statements.
Nobody has made that claim on this thread.
Well, the vomiting and 24 hours of intense stomach pain kind of gave me a hunch...
Of course it can go bad, but in my experience it takes way longer. There are a few vegan foods like rice that you have to be more careful about, but there are many more that have quite a forgiving...
Apparently a Jewish Pharisee Rabbi, some 2,000 years ago, was asked whether he could explain the entire Torah while standing on one leg. He lifted a leg, and said something to effect of "Do not do to...
Yeah, I know, the milk powder in chips is weird. I've noticed that plain chips never have it, so it must be something they use to help carry flavour, or perhaps to give the acidic ingredients like...
MCMLXXXVI, vegans do eat saturated fat. Saturated fat exists in things like palm oil and coconut milk. But yeah, vegans tend to consume way less of it, since it's only in a few things, and not in our...
MCMLXXXVI, I used to be the same, eating some chips with milk powder here and there, especially as my favrouite flavour - salt and vineger - often have milk powder in them. But I've sinced found...
Well, apart from the big things like factoryfarm atrocities and climate change, there are various small benefits I've found to veganism too:
I don't have to worry about food spoiling quickly. I...
rrqu, that's absolutely appalling. I don't know what other arguments were used, but the one about killing cows reducing greenhouse production is absolutely idiotic. I can believe that one of your...
I live in a big city so I do have some access to vegan shoes, but I remember the first time I looked for them it was a nightmare. I looked in shop after shop, and as you say, the only ones available...
I think it also shows how complacent people, even us to some degree, are about leather. If she was photographed covered in leather, no one would have blinked an eyelid. Of course animal rights...
I just wanted to add that I think it's really important to focus on the good stuff too, and not just the bad stuff. If you're being tempted to slip from veganism, you should spoil yourself a bit. Go...
Yeah, I agree that watching a few minutes of Meet Your Meat or Earthlings does the trick. Not just if you're feeling tempted to slip, but also if you're feeling a bit blase about the whole thing. A...
I don't mind it too much, to be honest. I mean, even for the average omni, that picture would be a pretty ugly, gross, and somewhat confronting sight (well, the meat part of it anyway). Anything that...
Don't worry, life doesn't end at 20. In fact, the world you live in is just a make-believe, miserable parody of real life. Your life will greatly improve during your twenties, and get even better in...
Hi everyone. I'm new here, though I've lurked on and off since I became vegan 2 years ago. Please forgive the long post. I'm doing some research for which I could use a little help from others, and I...
After your first post, I checked out a few podcasts. Some I liked, while some I found a bit annoying or boring. But I didn't know about Colleen's one until you told me about it. I'm so glad that you...
I'd greatly appreciate it if people stopped having a joke about murdering my wife. You people make me sick.
No, you didn't, don't worry.
Thanks to you to :) So far, it's been going pretty well with my wife. We sat down and talked honestly about it, and she told me the things that concerned her...
On a personal level, I agree with you here and see it the same way. I appreciate your stance, because it means that you treat the ethics of your position strongly enough that you aren't prepared to...
I believe the contrary: I think that I am definitely more pessimistic about this than you ;). If I was an optimist, then I would believe that just having a conscience and a grasp of the basic facts...
Thanks for all your suggestions and/or anecdotes, everyone. It's helping.
mogthecat: I agree with just about everything you said about vegetarianism. I first thought that I would become a...
Thanks for the encouragement, people.
sponge: You may have already, but you should point out to your mother that the book of Genesis clearly states that humans were originally vegans. It was only...
This is my first post, so "hi" everyone. :) After recently reading a lot about conditions in factory farms, I felt I had no choice but to go vegan - much to my dismay! But I've since made my peace...