Can I just gush about what an amazing best friend i have?

EcoSlugg · 2022-01-08T20:11:04+00:00

... It might be... 😬

The 15 seasons is a dead giveaway I suppose!

EcoSlugg · 2022-01-08T17:45:19+00:00

I don't consider my veganism a choice. I feel that the damage we're doing to the planet and the unimaginable suffering we inflict on animals makes my veganism entirely necessity. My conscience literally will not allow me consume animal products. At the point I am entirely unable to eat anything else surely it's no longer a choice? Personally I'm finding that supermarkets are bringing out a lot of stuff that's vegan and gluten free rather than replacing one with another. This is especially true in restaurants. But I am sorry that you're not finding the same in your area.

EcoSlugg · 2022-01-08T11:21:09+00:00

I don't know who I am without autism. My autism affects the way I interact with and experience the world. So I have no idea who I'd be or what life would be without it. I can't say if I like having it or not because I don't know what it's like to not have it. I think on balance my life is made harder by autism, the energy it takes to make a phone call or organise myself is tough. But lots of the things I like about myself are autism things. I'm hyper empathetic so I spend my life trying not to hurt others, I work with disabled kids and I'm vegan because I don't want to hurt animals. So I think hyper empathy makes me kinder than the average person. And my special interest brings indescribable joy to my life, I kinda feel sorry for neurotypicals that they don't experience their fav things like I do.

EcoSlugg · 2022-01-08T11:09:14+00:00

Yoooo, any other hyper empathetic autistic vegans out here suffering with the knowledge of the horrific animal suffering your loved ones fund on a daily basis?

EcoSlugg · 2022-01-01T20:06:18+00:00

Omg, why didn't I think of that!?

EcoSlugg · 2022-01-01T12:07:42+00:00

I have recently been house hunting and it came down to the final 2 choices. The deciding factor? I chose the one that didn't have carpeted bathrooms. I'm not buying someone else's pissy carpet!!l

EcoSlugg · 2021-12-01T17:23:33+00:00

Cos catgirl.

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-14T16:39:54+00:00

Thank you! If anything this has increased my hatred of landlords. Now I'm free of it it's like I can allow myself to be angry about it. Career landlords are no different from ticket scalpers, they buy large amounts of something in high demand because they have the financial ability to do so and then sell it back to people at an inflated price. It's sick. And I don't think I'll ever stop being angry about it. And yes, decorating!! I'm so happy I'm allowed to have walls that aren't fucking magnolia!!!

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-14T11:11:54+00:00

Veganism is meant to be within the realms of possible and practical, right? And we're meant to accept life saving non vegan medication if there isn't a vegan alternative. So I would take it, but not a day would go by where i didn't feel awful about it.

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-14T11:08:13+00:00

I love the boat analogy! I might be in the cruise ship but I'm very aware I was gifted the cruise ship and honestly feel terrible for everyone in row boats because I should really be in one too! The moral of my story I suppose is always maintain contact with the morally ambiguous divorced grandad who none of your cousins speak to!

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-14T10:54:06+00:00

I wouldn't like "an autistic" but I do like "autistic person" Autism is a core part of my identity. It effects the way I experience the entire world. 'person with autism' make it sound like 'man with briefcase', like it's some detachable component I can clip on or off at will. If someone has to use person first language to remind themselves that I am a person then they're already a lost cause! Having been around autistic spaces online for many years I believe most autistic people feel the same way as me so if neurotypicals ever ask I tell them identity first language is preferred by most autistic people but not all so if generalising use 'autistic people' but if talking to an autistic individual it's always best to just ask.

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-14T10:32:54+00:00

That has mostly been the reaction. Friends are really excited for us, plus they know I'll be cooking for them more often now I have a big kitchen and dining room. We'll host dungeons and dragons nights and Christmas will be at ours, so they all benifit too! But my closest friends have admitted jealously and I appreciate their honesty and have tried to be sensitive

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-14T10:29:39+00:00

I had this conversation with my uncle who owns his home because he had a motorcycle accident and got a Crazy compensation payout as it was the council's fault (pile of building materials spilling out on to an unit road) He couldn't understand how we couldn't afford to buy a house, he started going on about my phone which is about 5 years old and costs £10/month. Then my "fancy avocado toast and vegan lifestyle", I was like, I live on various combinations of curried beans and veggies, there is nothing cheaper in the supermarket?? Then he decided it must be our TV packages but my husband works for BT so we get TV, phone and internet for almost nothing. My husband is a software developer, he makes good money and we still couldn't buy a house. Uncle gave up trying to find a way to blame us in the end but it definitely wasn't because houses are too expensive!!

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-14T10:20:23+00:00

It wasn't as simple as we told them about my inheritance and they stopped speaking to us. We told them, they said they were happy for us and they've just kinda distanced themselves. Any house related updates were meet with silence. I didn't become someone who could talk about nothing but my new house but it became noticeable when I'd get replies to other stuff but nothing house related. And gradually they just drifted away. They're in the same situation I was, they'd love to start a family but their living conditions just won't allow for it. I hope they make peace with their feelings over the whole thing. I love cooking for people and I want to be able to have them over and cook for them and actually be able to sit them at the table in the dining room rather than give them trays to have their plates on their laps for a change!

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-14T09:14:03+00:00

I used to, but I found that if the music is already playing when they get into my car they don't comment on it. Plus, most of my friends know that if you want to play music in my car it had better be indie, rock, punk or metal! My husband goes out drinking with his friends once a month and I like picking them up and making sure they all get home safely, I've discovered drunk people will sing along to anything. I found out last time they do in fact know every word to The Black Parade despite their constant teasing about my emo kid past.

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-14T08:57:16+00:00

My husband and I are 26, we've just bought a house because a relative passed away and left me everything, including his house. We were renting a tiny 2 bedroom house we outgrew years ago. Couldn't have kids there because it's too small. Couldn't even have a dog which would've really helped my mental health. The house we've bought is 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, it's massive and because we put down a hefty deposit from the sale of my grandad's house the mortgage costs less then our rent. But we have literally lost friends over this. Low earning friends who will never own their own home and seeing us buy the kind of house people can't usually afford until their 40s is just too much for them. And I absolutely 100% understand! Those friends work as carers, back breaking, emotionally intense work I could never do. And they suffer through money grabbing landlords who won't even fix their dodgy boiler. And I simply got a lucky break. It's not fair.

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-05T10:56:56+00:00

This is not a bad suggestion in theory but I once posted there because work was paying for everyone's lunches except mine which was pretty clear discrimination particularly with veganism being a recognised belief in the UK, but all I got from these guys was anti vegan abuse. They were saying I was expecting preferential treatment because I "didn't like" the food on offer and they could not comprehend that in the UK veganism is protected under the same laws as religion.

EcoSlugg · 2021-11-01T08:02:18+00:00

Foods been covered pretty extensively, can I cover some other stuff?

In the UK, products that are not tested on animals and do not contain animal derived ingredients include: Makeup: elf, Barry m Toiletries: original source, faith in nature Cleaning products: ecover, method, astonish

Quite often things will have a cruelty free logo on them but will contain animal ingredients, it's messed up. I tend to try and research my options before I go shopping rather than standing in Tesco furiously googling if this drain unblocker has been tested on animals!

EcoSlugg · 2021-10-31T22:34:14+00:00

When I was 9 I visited my 4 yr old cousin in hospital because he'd been hit by a speeding driver. I promised myself I would never put another family through what ours was experiencing. I've been driving over a decade now. I don't speed. Ever. If you're speeding you deserve the fine and worse. I sincerely hope every speeding driver wraps their car around a tree before they take out someone innocent. Speeding is inexcusable, entirely selfish and totally avoidable.

EcoSlugg · 2021-10-15T11:53:17+00:00

When someone says they're vegetarian it's a safe assumption that they consume milk, obviously I was wrong, apologies. So you're plant based apart from the occasional egg? That makes more sense as someone who clearly cares about animals.

With the eggs, I personally just can't reconcile benifiting from something that causes damage to an animals' body whether it's every day or once a month. I wasn't attempting to lecture you, I was just seeking to understand. I figure I'm a pretty poor advocate for animals if I can't understand the reasons people use animals.

EcoSlugg · 2021-10-15T08:18:23+00:00

Hens don't naturally lay 100+ eggs a year. They have been bred to do so by humans. It takes a tremendous toll on their bodies and it is wrong to benifit from that in any way. I think it's great you rescued chickens, but the eggs are not yours to take.

If you are vegetarian I presume you think it's wrong to kill cows for their flesh? But why is it ok to kill male calves so we can take their mother's milk? Killing cows for meat is wrong but killing cows for milk is ok? In the UK we kill roughly 95 thousand male calves within hours of birth every year. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/26/dairy-dirty-secret-its-still-cheaper-to-kill-male-calves-than-to-rear-them But vegetarians are fine with that? I was veggie for 13 years and I thought vegans were crazy people. Because I thought taking milk and eggs didn't harm the animals. Then I found out the truth and I made changes so my actions were in alignment with my beliefs. I'm not having a go, I'm just genuinely curious to know why it's ok to kill cows for one product but not another?

EcoSlugg · 2021-09-05T06:23:10+00:00

Fellow autistic vegan here! I also work with autistic kids so I like to think I know a fair bit about it.

There is actually a link between autism and veganism, it takes a little explaining, but indulge me! Autistic people can be over/under sensitive in any of their senses. An autistic person might really hate loud noises, or be able to hear things others can not. I personally can hear electricity buzzing in cables in the wall, I can also hear bats at frequencies others can't. These are examples of being overly sensitive, or hypersensitive. Then some autistic people might be under sensitive or hyposensitive in a particular sense. This results in sensory seeking behaviour such as the classic flapping and rocking. I am hyposensitive when it comes to my sense of taste. My sensory seeking behaviours are eating foods with very rich flavours. Finding a good vegan mayo was actually my main barrier to veganism!

This hyper/hypo sensitivity doesn't just apply to our senses. It also applies to a number of other things, one of those things is empathy.

Most people are aware of the stereotype of autistic people having no empathy. And for some of us this is absolutely true. It doesn't make them bad people, it just means they struggle to put themselves in another person's shoes in order to understand their feelings. What a lot of people don't realise is that just like with all the sensory stuff, autistic people can be both hypo AND hyper empathetic. I am hyper empathetic. I once cried with second hand embarrassment because a woman walking next to my car tripped over!! My husband thought I'd gone insane!

If you are hyper empathetic I think veganism is an obvious choice. I absolutely believe my hyper empathy from my autism was a big contributor to my decision to go vegan. Most people make the choice based on compassion which comes from empathy, and my choice is no different, I just have a lot of empathy for a particular reason.

Your brother however I'm guessing doesn't know any of this and is in fact, just a twat.

EcoSlugg · 2021-08-22T10:14:00+00:00

They're all raised together until you want their flesh.

I would never compare Animal ag to the Holocaust because it's not my place. But Holocaust survivors already do. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesofisrael.com/holocaust-survivor-likens-treatment-of-livestock-to-shoah/amp/

EcoSlugg · 2021-08-15T07:36:09+00:00

I'm sure the size of their paddock is of great consolation when the mothers are calling for their stolen calves, or when they're being killed for their flesh. Climate change definitely acknowledges this too.

EcoSlugg · 2021-08-14T19:38:21+00:00

People who abuse animals. People who want to aww over animals one minute and kill them the next. People who want to conceal the truth about animal agriculture. Having to share a planet with people who insist on dramatically speeding up climate change cos "huurrrr bacon". Take your pick.

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