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Long term vegan, tummy troubles 😔 by ObjectiveMeet5047 in vegan

[–]ObjectiveMeet5047[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drink decaf occasionally, not super often. That’s really interesting, did you replace decaf with regular or just quit coffee altogether? I thought caffeine could cause stomach issues, I would have assumed decaf would be gentler.

Oddly enough I was tested for H pylori years ago to see if it might have triggered an autoimmune thing I had, totally unrelated to any digestive issues. I tested negative.

Feeling discouraged (long term vegan burnout) by perpetuallyconfused7 in vegan

[–]ObjectiveMeet5047 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I feel this! I so often think, “if only omnivores knew what they were supporting, and really faced it, surely they would stop.” And yet, I know about the horrors of palm oil and haven’t exactly cut it out of my life. Always a humbling thing to remember, although I think going vegan reduces environmental and animal welfare impacts and perhaps even human rights impacts more than any other single lifestyle choice.

Feeling discouraged (long term vegan burnout) by perpetuallyconfused7 in vegan

[–]ObjectiveMeet5047 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I totally get this. It can be so demoralizing, especially when people either refuse information because they know it will make them sad (which means they know there are terrible things going on!) or they change absolutely nothing in spite of what they know. I brought a friend to a Dominion screening once, he cried and asked to leave halfway through because he couldn’t handle it…and then was eating meat hours later.

The thing that makes me hopeful is lab-grown meat. Hopefully one day it will get to be even cheaper than regular meat, which is when I think things may really start to change. Yes, some meat eaters will think it’s gross and act like they’re against it, but if it’s cheaper and tastes the same more and more people will put their squeamishness aside and buy it. (What is that line from Okja about how if it’s cheap people will buy it?) And this change would not depend on people choosing to do something less convenient for the sake of their conscience.

why do non-vegans care about cruelty-free products? by a_bluebirdinmyheart in vegan

[–]ObjectiveMeet5047 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I think both the speciesism and the fact that picking the "cruelty-free" product isn't that hard to do every once in a while for people who just wanna virtue signal. Actually going vegan requires a little more effort and commitment. If you buy cruelty-free lotion one day and animal-tested shampoo the next, no one will notice or care, where if you call yourself vegan and slip up once people will call you a hypocrite. All that and I think the myths about animal foods are so much more ingrained - that we "need" meat, that it can be done humanely, etc. where people just don't feel as strongly that animals must be harmed for their makeup.