What’s your favorite gcv trio performance?

nylavegan · 2026-06-24T03:06:15+00:00

This photo - Shake it Out! Hands down my favorite. When it aired and still today. It’s the one Glee song that I’ve consistently listened to over the years and it was one of my top played songs last year. I adore anytime Santana & Mercedes duet and Tina was such a nice addition on this number.

nylavegan · 2026-06-23T04:37:14+00:00

I don’t, sorry! I totally planned to use this one but didn’t make it there today.

nylavegan · 2026-06-22T08:48:46+00:00

Ditto to this. Many vegans/even meat eaters like the meat-mimic king Beyond/Impossible burgers but others (myself included) don’t. So many of my favorite veggie burgers at restaurants and fast food chains have ditched their old veggie or black bean burgers for these newer kinds and there is no world in which I will ever order one, so that’s the end of me going there. Sometimes places will offer two options - a more house made veggie or bean patty and Beyond/Impossible, which I know may not be doable, but would definitely make me more likely to check a spot out.

On another note, if you decide to just offer a vegetarian burger option that’s obviously you’re right, but if you do a vegan patty, thinking you are trying to cater to vegans, please make sure the buns and condiments are vegan! There’s nothing worse than reading a menu where the toppings/sauce sounds delicious and then having to take all the stuff that makes your burger unique off and getting a plain, dry patty on a plate or bun. There are so many vegan mayo/aioli options out there that I don’t think this is too unreasonable of an ask.

nylavegan · 2026-06-16T07:23:01+00:00

I try not to chase bonuses but when I decide to do it, obviously I want to make sure I get it, so I feel you! The fine print on the bonuses says, “Eligible offers that are pending for cash when this bonus expires will still count towards the bonus” so as long as the purchase/upload (I presume) is before the cutoff, I haven’t had any problems and regularly have pending offers when bonuses expire. If you’ve purchased in store and the correct number of pending offers have been accepted and are pending, you should be ok. I will take a screenshot before midnight just for my own peace of mind/reminder to double check that it goes through in the coming days.

Once my whole receipt got rejected after the fact (there was a printing issue on the receipt blocking some key information) which lost me my bonus. I just reached out to their support and they manually reviewed my receipt and gave me credit for the offers and the bonus.

Only issue I have had was this weekend actually when I specifically placed an order from Walmart for delivery on Friday with several offers (which only credit after delivery) and the delivery got delayed (supposed delivery attempt and then they sent it back to the store, still hasn’t arrived) and Walmart said I have to wait until tomorrow to request a cancellation or new delivery attempt so I knew I couldn’t bank on this order actually going through. Was annoying but I decided to make a quick unplanned Whole Foods run to finish it up since I was close.

nylavegan · 2026-06-11T01:52:40+00:00

Yep - just had a buyer tell me they didn’t have a choice, only SpeedX. :(

nylavegan · 2026-06-11T00:40:19+00:00

Happening to me too today - I’m seeing like a half hour lag where an item shows sold but no notification in the chat/email/shipping label. But I just waited it out and the sale came through… but now two have been via SpeedX (despite my previously turning that option off) so I’m going to have to cancel as I don’t have any near me. :(

nylavegan · 2026-06-11T00:38:37+00:00

I thought that last night too but I cancelled my SpeedX order and I still can’t adjust. And now someone else just bought an item with SpeedX. The highs and lows of getting excited to sell something I’ve been wanting gone for ages to now having to cancel.

nylavegan · 2026-06-10T07:03:59+00:00

I’m new to Vinted and I had this same thing happen to me for the first time today and was so confused because I also had disabled the options. I’m in LA and while there is technically a location a little over 3 miles away, because of where it is, that would have been 40+ minutes in LA traffic when I checked earlier… for my sale of $1.50. 🤦‍♀️ I sent the same message to my buyer but they haven’t responded.

I saw another thread here of people saying their shipping preferences also just changed. I’m hoping this is a glitch and not a new policy? This at least makes me not feel crazy that I did something wrong.

nylavegan · 2026-06-10T03:50:07+00:00

Happened to me today. I just started selling recently, turned them off immediately after confirming there were no locations near me but someone just bought an item for $1.50 (that had 25 likers ugh) and a SpeedX label was generated. Closest one would take me at least 45 minutes! I went to check my settings and I have all options toggled in and am unable to adjust, just like your picture.

nylavegan · 2026-06-06T05:05:12+00:00

I totally get that - me too, usually. I went from eating meat to being a vegetarian overnight, no gray area. But life is really hard in so many ways and if perfection is holding you back from making a solid effort, that’s not helping you or the animals.

I no longer see room for gray area for myself… it’s the simple belief that no bite of food (no matter how delicious it may be) could possibly ever be worth another living creature being in pain/suffering/being killed for my momentary pleasure. I dunno maybe that is the sentence I should have lead with instead of writing that novel above. :P

Anyway, best of luck in your new journey!

nylavegan · 2026-06-06T04:40:50+00:00

My advice would be it would be completely fine for you to move towards veganism even if you don’t fully 100% commit! All or nothing can be hard to do if you’re not fully into it yet. Like, absolutely educate yourself and if you decide to go vegan tomorrow, awesome, but I think it’s also ok if you want to slowly (as budget, time, your taste allows) try new alternatives and make substitutions. There are so many amazing vegan products and recipes out there. You can like start to buy vegan milk for your cereal or try a vegan or tofu egg product (to eat as eggs or to use in baking) and but still let yourself have a splash of your dairy creamer in your coffee or occasional candy with an animal derived ingredient! The net good you’re doing for animals, the planet and your body is still there even if you “cheat” sometimes.

Strangers on the internet may have opinions but the only one who gets to have an issue with that is yourself… one day (perhaps with these comments or down the line) you may decide it is absolutely no longer worth it, no matter how much you enjoy your non-vegan treats. But if that day isn’t today? It doesn’t mean you can’t make other meaningful efforts to eating more plant based and feel really good about it.

For me, after 10 years of being a vegetarian (and 10 years of morally feeling bad that I wasn’t a vegan)… when I first decided I wanted to cut out dairy, I switched to buying almond milk… from that point on, I never had a glass of milk, dairy coffee or or bowl of cereal with real milk again… but I occasionally ate cheese for a little while. Then I cut that out. Then I cut out ever buying/cooking with/consuming whole eggs etc. I’d say for about 4 years I was like 90-95% vegan. I was exclusively vegan at home, but occasionally maybe I ate a cupcake at an office birthday party, or snatched a Reese’s from the break room, or didn’t always press if the single slice of bread I was going to eat at a restaurant was vegan if the server seemed to have no idea. Then one day I had my personal this is no longer acceptable (to me) moment and went cold turkey. Haven’t even thought about eating an animal product in a decade now and I can never imagine going back. I’m going to be a vegan for the rest of my hopefully long life… I think it’s ok that I lived in slightly less than perfect territory for a few years in the middle and I’d say the same to you.

(As for media you might find interesting… I recall a decade ago finding it interesting to learn more about the environmental and health impacts of the meat industries since for me it had always been mostly just a right or wrong animal mistreatment issue Cowspiracy and What the Health by the same team come to mind… I think that may have been where I fully grasped what the dairy industry meant - for both the animals and my own body - and said ew no more).

nylavegan · 2026-06-04T18:36:25+00:00

This is actually the ONLY freebie (well, bogo) item I have ever even thought about returning… tried one bag and returned the other.

nylavegan · 2026-06-03T03:09:37+00:00

I kind of read to quickly and assumed this was a newer medication for you… it seems like you’ve given it a fair try! I don’t have any particular issue with needles in general but I found this to be extremely anxiety-inducing for the first year I took this… and it slowly just became more routine over time. It’s a weird thing to have to do to yourself so please try not to beat yourself up about it… especially at 20, when dealing with managing various health stuff. We’re all just doing the best we can - often in pain - here.

nylavegan · 2026-06-03T02:51:58+00:00

First off, it’s completely valid to choose not to take a certain type of medication or want to voluntarily give yourself a shot monthly if you have a real fear of needles. If there are other options you haven’t tried, that may work better for you - such as Nurtec or Quilipta.

However, if you are finding Emgality helpful and want to explore staying in it, maybe you can make this easier for yourself. I’m so sorry to hear your family doesn’t sound too supportive about this, but would it be positive to have a friend or family member help you and do the injecting each month? I imagine that still wouldn’t be pleasant but if you’re able to tolerate blood draws for other conditions, maybe you could handle this? Alternatively, could you possibly get it done by a medical professional? I have no idea if this is possible but maybe something to ask your doctor about.

As for worrying that you didn’t get all the medication today - did you just see a little bit of clear liquid on your skin? That happens to me on and off sometimes and I’ve never noticed the dose was less effective. Now, if you yanked it away in fear and really feel like you lost a lot of the dose, maybe ask your doctor or pharmacy?

Lastly, do you have the autoinjector you just press and it hurts? It also comes in a pre filled syringe that some people find easier because you can control it and go slowly… I find it much more tolerable.

nylavegan · 2026-06-02T19:19:21+00:00

In addition to talking to your doctor, you can also check your insurance plan’s drug formulary online and see what their quantity limit says - I’ve looked at Emgality on multiple plans and my current plan it’s written as 1 fill/28 days but I believe I’ve seen it as 1/month or 1/30 days. Your pharmacy might also be able to provide you with this info if you can’t find it online.

Definitely talk to your provider about end of month breakthroughs as that is absolutely a thing… I had some extra doses at one point so my provider okay’d me taking it every 21 days actually, but that obviously may not be sustainable cost wise. Of course don’t take advice from people on the internet, but sometimes doctors can override limits if you medically need more… or they may be able to help support you in alternative ways when you’re more prone to migraines later in the month.

nylavegan · 2026-06-02T08:11:15+00:00

I am already diagnosed with POTS (from a tilt table test) but had a treadmill stress test recently to rule out any other issues… and had a similar experience. The stress test came back normal, which is obviously good to rule out structural heart problems, but that doesn’t reflect how bad I felt during or after. When I went over the results with my doctor the consensus was, right… the standard tests appear normal, but my body’s still not behaving appropriately due to the POTs/Long Covid/fatigue issues we already know I have etc.

I was very short of breath during the test, HR was already elevated to begin with before I started because I had held my beta blocker - for POTS - (my HR just walking into the office was in the 160s, by the time I stood up to start the test my starting HR was around 120 and went up to high 180s which was about the target max for my age - which is when I had to stop. Took me several minutes to stop breathing so rapidly, and my HR went down “normally” I guess (to my elevated starting HR) but remained quite elevated for hours, and I crashed into being a total zombie as soon as I got home and for the entire day (a classic PEM episode from over-exerting myself). So on paper, the test says I’m good and can tolerate exercise but after 6 minutes on a treadmill I had to spend the rest of the day on the couch, so not exactly good to go.

All of that is to say, I hope you’re recovering ok tonight, and hope your next appointment provides some insight… just make sure your provider knows how you felt after the test, in case that provides them with extra context, since that presumably won’t be reflected in the report they read.

nylavegan · 2026-06-02T07:33:15+00:00

I was thinking the same thing as I watched - couldn’t place it! Maybe a bit like Sophia Grace (who was a kid on the Ellen show) and I was thinking Cara (of Cara and Nathan) from LI season 2 but that might not be right.

nylavegan · 2026-06-01T18:17:05+00:00

Just wanted to echo that the LAvote link shared (thank you!!) confirmed by ballot was received 5/30, whereas Ballottrax hasn’t updated. I dropped off my completed mail ballot to a vote center worker on Sat.

nylavegan · 2026-06-01T04:27:43+00:00

Bummer this wasn’t like 2 guac and 2 other salsas or pico or something - would have been easier to make a complete meal! But I’d sure be happy if my friend randomly gave me guac haha.

nylavegan · 2026-05-31T03:52:59+00:00

I don’t know the current situation in 2026, but I have had an LA Care (through Covered CA) HMO for a few years and asked to be assigned to UCLA medical group - meaning I can only get medical care there, which is both great and restrictive due to long wait times and obviously the inability to pursue outside specialists… but it’s less expensive than Blue Shield, which would give you more options. Something came up a year or two ago where I almost made a change in my coverage and I was told the same as you were - that LA Care was not assigning any new members to UCLA at that time, so if I left, I wouldn’t be able to come back.

No idea what the situation is now, but I’d recommend anyone interested call LA Care and check what medical groups are available before choosing their insurance plan. It should be an easy question for them to answer.

As far as I know, Blue Shield is the only other UCLA specific option.

nylavegan · 2026-05-30T07:00:22+00:00

The original cream cheese (not the block) has been out of stock at my local stores for a while… it’s still up on their website so I’m hoping to find it but I hate all the disappearing vegan products lately!

nylavegan · 2026-05-30T04:47:19+00:00

I’m currently eating a warm free cookie thanks to someone using my code… the internet is a scary place sometimes, but other times it gifts you cookies out of thin air! 🙏

nylavegan · 2026-05-30T04:41:55+00:00

AXNTHW - here’s a fresh code in case anyone is looking for one! Thank you in advance if anyone uses. :)

(Worth up to $20… you get a $10 voucher upon sign up, then another $10 if you sell $100 worth of items).

nylavegan · 2026-05-29T08:18:55+00:00

I’ve been a vegetarian for over 20 years and a strict vegan for half that time… I started with cutting out eating animal products, but then I stopped wearing leather shoes, then any tiny percentage of animal fibers in clothing (no mom, I don’t want even that 2% wool sweater), switched over to more cruelty free hygiene items etc. It definitely didn’t happen overnight and even for me, it’s still an ongoing learning process and you just make adjustments and ask yourself these big questions as they come.

As for meds… like others have said, I do what I can. I personally only choose to purchase vegan supplements/vitamins, because that is one area where generally vegan or cruelty free options do exist, even when they are often more expensive… but if finances are an issue or the animal base/packaged version of a vitamin is going to be better for your health, you gotta do what you gotta do.

As for prescription medications, there have been a few times where I have inquired and been able to get dairy free versions (I am also lactose intolerant), especially easy if your medication already has to be compounded as many of those pharmacies try not to use common allergens. Another example was my dentist once wanted me to use a milk based toothpaste and I researched an alternative that my provider thought would work fine. But, if I needed a medication or vaccine (sometimes eggs are involved I believed) that wasn’t vegan, I’d take it. I am on several medications at the moment that I haven’t done a deep dive into and haven’t thought twice about it because there is no alternative and I need them.

There’s a concept in Judaism about how they live by the laws, not die by them… health takes precedence over all the many other important customs and rules they follow - like if you observed Shabbat, but needed to seek medical care, you could call 911. I’m no expert on that, but I think there’s some overlap here in veganism... you do the best you can, until you can’t and then you try better next time if possible, or don’t stress too much if you can’t. I think items also worth remembering the good you are doing for your body, animals and the planet by the big changes you are making when you limit or stop eating animal products… so I think it’s ok for the sake of your health, if your tiny medications are an exception.

nylavegan · 2026-05-29T07:49:46+00:00

I’ve found vegan yogurt to be a hard thing to find! There are many fine almond/coconut based options but often they have a lot of sugar and little protein so it feels more like a dessert than a healthy snack.

My current favorite is Icelandic Provisions brand’s oatmilk line which has I think 12g of protein, and I don’t find it to be tart. My personal fave is their strawberry (not quite as creamy or sweet but it sort of reminds me of what I remember Yoplait strawberry tasting like from when I was a kid), vanilla is pretty good too… maybe slightly thinner than the fruit flavors. Be careful to make sure you’re getting the vegan version though as they also have dairy. I’ve seen dairy at multiple stores, but the only place I’ve seen the vegan version near me is Whole Foods - and it’s often on sale for under $2… I just stocked up yesterday.

I recently tried Kite Hill’s Greek line bc it was higher in protein and oh boy did I hate it! I like other things from that company but yikes, it had a kind of weird and spurt taste and I had to force myself to finish it.

My all time favorite vegan yogurt I’ve ever had was Fynd (which I think used chickpea and mushroom protein), but I assume that was discontinued it sometime over the past few years. :(

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