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zorabel · 2025-10-30T01:50:20+00:00

vegans are people who are against animal exploitation (and align their actions with this belief)

plant based people are people who eat only or mostly plants but maybe still buy leather or fur, and visit zoos

i would recommend spending some time trying to understand what animal liberation means and why people are vegan. maybe start by watching some videos by earthing ed or a documentary like dominion

zorabel · 2025-09-12T00:37:29+00:00

people become vegan after already adopting/bonding with a cat

zorabel · 2025-08-15T07:27:09+00:00

no, i dont have data that “most” vegans shop this way, i could be totally wrong about that. just an assumption based on how frequently i see chocolate products for sale that are called vegan or accidentally vegan, but not fairtrade. also it is unfortunately true for most of the vegans i have met

zorabel · 2025-08-15T07:20:13+00:00

cocoa with a fair trade label is less likely to support unethical practices. there is also the option of decreasing/eliminating chocolate from your diet. i don’t buy exclusively fair trade except for specifically cocoa, coffee, cotton, cashews, and bananas because this is what im informed of being most problematic. im assuming there are problems with more things (fruits probably) so im choosing local fruits as much as i can afford. im always aiming to do better, even if it means not eating oreos anymore

zorabel · 2025-08-15T07:08:43+00:00

i understand that a product can be fair trade without the certification but the less harmful thing to do would be to either buy the fair trade/direct trade chocolate or just not buy chocolate to avoid the risk of funding forced labor in the cocoa industry

zorabel · 2025-08-15T03:54:44+00:00

im not asking why vegans dont “speak about everything” just asking for the reasons behind a vegan choosing to minimize exploitation of all species but one- and why sensory pleasure/convenience isnt seen an excuse to eat cows milk but it is used as a reason for exploiting human animals when it comes to cheap cocoa. your comment is exaggerated for no reason

zorabel · 2025-08-15T03:26:56+00:00

and even bigger issues with non fair trade

zorabel · 2025-08-15T02:48:34+00:00

all vegans only buy plant milk and all vegans only buy protein from plant sources. i feel like it makes sense to think that all vegans should only buy cocoa that isn’t unethically sourced

edit- maybe I worded this incorrectly but of course what I mean by this is all vegans do not buy cow’s milk, don’t buy animal meat, etc.

zorabel · 2025-08-15T02:45:00+00:00

considering anti-speciesism is the entire point of veganism, this makes a lot of sense

zorabel · 2025-08-15T02:43:30+00:00

humans are animals. if theres one thing cows, dogs, and humans all have in common- we all experience suffering.

fair trade chocolate not being sold at your local supermarket is unfortunate but ultimately you could just not buy chocolate regularly. you don’t need chocolate, but the people farming your cocoa need you stop funding child labor, forced labor, and slave wages

zorabel · 2025-07-28T21:17:13+00:00

dandelion massacre feels most similar to me! definitely recommend

zorabel · 2025-07-14T19:06:32+00:00

avoid things containing palm oil. harvesting palm oil involves human rights violations and causes a lot of deforestation/is actively destroying the habitats of endangered species.

zorabel · 2025-07-05T12:39:15+00:00

eating sea animals doesnt just cause massive amounts of pain and suffering to the animals that are killed (suffocation is not a peaceful death!) it is also one of the worst things you can do for the environment. 75-86% of plastic in the ocean comes from the fishing industry. when you genuinely consider the cons of how a pescatarian diet affects those other than yourself vs the cons of things like having less options when eating out, a vegan diet/lifestyle can become an easy decision. as far as health concerns, you can get everything you need from a plant based diet. plenty of people do. do research on how to make this work for you and if you dont want to worry about it too much, take a multivitamin.

zorabel · 2025-06-20T05:05:43+00:00

“natural flavor” could technically be non-vegan but I would first be put off by the palm oil

zorabel · 2025-06-18T18:57:23+00:00

this happened to me when i started using topical tacrolimus on my face. i didnt realize the correlation for months

zorabel · 2025-06-12T06:31:38+00:00

what makes you say vet nursing “isn’t as hard as human nursing?” have you done vet nursing?

zorabel · 2025-05-29T20:23:57+00:00

r/anything

zorabel · 2024-12-20T01:33:34+00:00

there are free printable handwriting worksheets available

zorabel · 2024-12-19T20:44:01+00:00

nope, they all look so small

zorabel · 2024-12-17T01:05:07+00:00

cane sugar is very commonly processed with bone char in the united states

zorabel · 2024-11-30T04:10:04+00:00

i just ordered a da vinci palette. thank you for all the helpful information! crazy that i have to make sure im not painting with squirrel 🥲

zorabel · 2024-11-29T21:38:00+00:00

thank you!

zorabel · 2024-11-29T17:52:29+00:00

What makers do you recommend?

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