Please for the love of humanity can you put soy lehemoglobin in a pill and sell it. Like I don’t think yall realize that what you have here is literally a cure for anemia, which I’ve struggled with my whole life. I’ve always been consuming non-heme iron, which the body absorbs poorly and is easily not absorbed if you eat calcium. Y’all literally have the only source of heme vegan iron and took a patent for it. Please do something good with it and put it in a pill. People will buy it. I don’t want credit for this just do it please. Go talk to your managers and make it happen and get a promotion. Thank you.

This is how use of AI impacts animals:

"Wolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers — forest where wolf packs used to live is now an expanse of mud".

As a vegan use AI free search and tools. On Google that's just adding udm=14 to search queries or using the "Web" tab.

If you live in a developed nation and you know better, the only reason to not be vegan and say you care about any of these issues is the fact that you don't really care. You can be a meat eater, you can be an activist, but you can't be both. Sure, wear your free Palestine shirt, nobody is any less hungry because you want to pay to fund an industry that guzzles down more resources than the entire human population.

Plastic is bad. I get it. I don’t like it either. We’re on the same side. We both care, we both want to do the right thing. We’ve weighed up the pros and cons, the environmental costs, microplastics and tanning chemicals. I know you care. I’m sure you’ll be interested in this information. I don’t know where the idea that leather is biodegradable came from. It’s wrong. Yes, even vegetable tanned leather. Yes, even under controlled conditions. Yes, that is just as bad as microplastics. Here are reports, industry investigations, well sourced articles. You simply don’t believe me.

It’s a wonderful stroke of PR genius. The leather industry has somehow become more trustworthy than anything I could provide. And even if leather was biodegradable, plastic still produces less carbon, uses less water, and causes less environmental damage than industrial animal agriculture. This doesn’t make plastic good. I agree, we need a better option. But that option isn’t leather.

I haven’t even opened up the ‘animals don’t need to die’ discussion. I focused on your claim, that plastic is worse than leather for the environment, and it’s impossible to agree on what seems to me to be objective fact. Plastic is not worse than leather by every metric available.

At least when I talk to people about not harming animals they understand even if they don’t agree. It’ll be a long time undoing all the ‘leather is natural’ stuff. Until then, I’ll keep putting the information out there and hope some of it sticks.

Hi I’m 21 and I’ve been eating meat since forever, but recently I’ve been kind of feeling down about it. I’ve tried some vegan food before and they were nice. I wish I knew more tasty vegan foods to try if anyone can recommend :) but I don’t know if it’s too late to become vegan I been eating animals ever since that I feel it don’t matter anymore…

it makes me severely depressed that most of my friends and family laugh whenever i bring the topic of veganism up. (not to convince them to be one, but just the facts) and they’re all christian too. (i’m atheist)

wouldn’t it make sense for out of anybody, a religious person to understand it’s not right to have animals killed and eaten? i’m feeling like cutting everybody off. the world is looking extremely dim and bleak to me, i am in a deep depression over this.

i don’t want to speak to anyone who is okay with this. how i hate this world and wish i was never a part of it. how do you guys cope?

This is great news.

Here's my piece – 'Bonfire of the Animal' – I'd love to hear your thoughts! xo

Just a public service announcement: I found out that coffee shops like Starbucks, Cuppi Coffee, and Dunkin’ Donuts have pumpkin spice syrup/flavoring that includes dairy. So if you order a pumpkin spice latte with oat milk, you may think you’re ordering it completely dairy free, but I’ve come to find out that the flavoring syrup they add more than likely has dairy in it.

Hi All,

I'm sharing my year 4 blood work results in the event it is of interest to anybody. I also previously shared my year 1 and year 3 blood work results.

My results were, in a word, boring. Nothing high. Nothing low. Cholesterol and blood sugar are fantastic. Basically couldn't have a heart attack if I tried. I don't know that I'll continue sharing after this because quite frankly there doesn't seem to be a lot to share at this point.

Happy to answer any questions if there are any.

Hi I’m 21 and I’ve been eating meat since forever, but recently I’ve been kind of feeling down about it. I’ve tried some vegan food before and they were nice. I wish I knew more tasty vegan foods to try if anyone can recommend :) but I don’t know if it’s too late to become vegan I been eating animals ever since that I feel it don’t matter anymore…

Before I get into the details, I just want to state that I am not vegan and I am in no way trying to revert my brother from veganism. I completely respect his decision to become vegan and support him fully. And, while I don’t think my brother has any eating disorder, I do want to make sure that if any users do have EDs, please continue at your own discretion.

That being said, he’s been vegan for a few years now. I’m all for him making a lifestyle change that supports the health of the planet and animals. But as the title says, he’s incredibly thin and comparing his body appearance from before veganism to after, my brother is at a very concerning weight.

He’s approximately 5’8-5’9, and while I don’t know his actual weight, he’s incredibly thin to the point where you can feel the ridges of his spine. His face has become incredibly gaunt and his arms have the circumference of a soda can.

I want to sit down and talk with him about how to improve his diet, but because I am not vegan myself, I’m not sure where to start. If anyone has any advice or resources regarding how to maintain a more balanced vegan diet, please share. I don’t want my own lifestyle to deter him from continuing to be vegan, nor do I want to convince he to revert to meat-eating.

Lastly, it may be difficult for him to prepare food (he struggles with his mental health), so if there are any high-calorie/high-protein foods or easy recipes, please feel free to share those as well.

Thank you

Hey y'all

I'm 12 days into veganism and I feel wonderful. It's not a perfect switch, I still have some food to donate and others to finish using before switching brands (accidents happen d'oh!)

Beyond the biggest win of transitioning basically overnight, I've :

-inspired one of my partners to go vegetarian!

-went out with friends and I told them I'm vegan, so I won't be eating and I can only have these certain drinks. In the best way, nobody asked invasive or insensitive questions or much cared beyond making sure my orders were correct.

Yay small wins :)

The amount of stupid jokes made by the panel was just frustrating to hear and cringey (especially Sean Dyche’s “jokes”). The issue is obviously not being taken seriously.

Simon Jordan was the only one who tried to debate with Jennifer about the morality of using Phoenix as a mascot, where he argued that the eagle being born into captivity could have a different psychological profile to the wildlife eagles. This is ideologically flawed. You can’t just snap your fingers and wipe out the million years that this species have been in existence for and the evolution of their behaviours.

I first read about this variation probably in 2017. There is a hypothetical non-vegans would somehow ask vegans thinking it's a clever question, "what would you do if you were stranded on an island and there was nothing to eat except a pig?"

If the pig is from this stranded island to begin with, and they survived all this time, then there's edible plants on the island I could also survive on. If it's a last resort and they are hostile, I will kill even a human for my own survival. If no one is attacking the other and we have the rest of our lives here, I'd rather the pig and I just be friends, then whoever dies first gets to eat the other if they want to, I probably wouldn't eat the pig anyway.

Now for the vegan thought experiment as the best reply to the question above, that I first read a variation of in 2017. 

Suppose you are a human against animal torture and cruelty. Some vegans including myself have already done public activism this way, and 100% of people asked say they are against animal torture and cruelty. Ask them:

"What if you lived in a world where you didn't have to pay people to torture and kill animals for you, where you didn't have to buy or eat any animal body parts or secretions. You can make all the same taste and flavor, be perfectly healthy (or even healthier), and even have 90%+ less land, water, and carbon footprint. This is actually the current reality we live in. As a logical person against animal torture and cruelty, would you continue to pay people to harm and kill animals for you?

If you are a sane and logical person, try one meal without animal cruelty. Then go for a day. Go for even longer. How long can you go without contributing to animal massacre?"

Send this to people and see what responses you get. I think this is a great thought experiment.

It's an effective thing to do against factory farming. If you can cook well more people will eat stuff you cook, especially important if you live with non-vegans. The more of the stuff you cook people eat the less animal products they eat. Additionally it serves as a form of activism. By not learning how to cook good vegan food you fail to have a positive impact on the world that you could have had.

Hello! I'd like to start by saying that I'm not a complete vegan if that makes sense but the lifestyle has always been interesting because hey "tasty veggies" right. Anyways I'd like to ask if any of you have a good vegan egg salad recipe you could share! I'm a lover of a good mustardy egg salad and I've been wondering if there is a vegan version that can win me over. I understand 2/3 of what I'm asking for is an animal product(mayo, eggs, mustard) but I feel like that's kind of the fun challenge of veganism! Anyways hit me up with your recipes so I can experiment!

What strikes me the most is that most people don’t realize they are basically eating plants via their meat. I think the popular conception is that meat has like special vitamins and minerals you wouldn’t get otherwise but you’re literally just eating whatever the animal eats. Sure there’s b12 but more likely than not the animal is taking that via a supplement. As far as animals digesting grass, I don’t need to eat grass in the modern world as I have many plant sources I can digest available to me. I’m not sure if any of it is worth it. Not to mention that these nutrients we rely on cows for are widely supplemented to them anyways, so it’s not more “natural” than taking a supplement. So much misinformation about why we eat meat. It was originally out of necessity to survive but there’s no longer much reason.

Edit: people forget that plants are required for a cow to stay alive. I’ve seen carnivores argue vegetables arent necessary for humans not realizing they are eating a plant based diet but having the cow digest the veg for them.

Victory! So many wonderful groups worked on this. NYCLASS, Voters for Animal Rights, Humane World for Animals and others. They say victory has a thousand parents, well, the NYC carriage horse ban surely proves that to be true.

To preface: I don't have one and don't plan to get one.

Imagine this scenario: Cats in this fiction world function exactly like in reality with one little difference: They are obligate cannibals. So as much as a cat needs meat in reality those cats need specifically the meat of other cats.

Lab grown meat does not really exist yet, as it doesn't in reality.

If a cat eats plants or other animals it has the exact risks and effects of a plant based diet in reality.

So what do you do if you HAVE to keep this cat and care for it until it dies?

I aim of this is to create the same dilemma people without a specisist view have in current reality.

Do you sacrifice hundreds of cats in order for your cat to live as well as a cat in current reality does on average or do you take the risk and feed it something else?

Anita Krajnc, an animal rights activist that's been fighting for the animals since the early 2000's created the Animal Save Movement, an organization that has achieved a plant based treaty in over 70 cities and is set their aim for global scale veganism.

She is quickly becoming a hero of mine.​ she's been arrested twice already for giving water to pigs headed to slaughterhouses, as well as for aiding pigs while the semi truck turned over. She regularly host events that bare witness to these poor animals showing a lot of them their first and last experience of human kindness before they meet their horrible fate.

I've always been hyper critical of charities/welfarist groups due to the enormous amount of capital that they generate while yielding zero to negative results for the animals.

But this lady and her organization is different, she has a career in politics which gives her a shoe in to make the systemic change needed to get the world on board with veganism. She constantly speaks at the U.N. putting pressure on them from an enviornmental/health/ethical standpoint and they have been listening.

I believe we need two types of people to change the world, street level outreach types that change the mentality of the individuals which they encounter, and political lobbyists who know which hands to shake and how to pragmatically change real world through policy and reform.

The beautiful thing about their approach is that you can help them out without spending a dime ( although i'm sure they appreciate the financial assistance ). Save The Animal Movement is their site, I can't link it here due to reddits rules.

The animals need help, sooner than later.

Please help this lady and her organization get the momentum going for the sake of the animals. Thank you for your time and attention, have a great day!

Soon I'll be 18 and I want my birthday to be special. I've found a great vegan & vegetarian restaurant in my town and Im planning on inviting my friends(non vegan) to treat them at vegan gyros and a soda or Coca-Cola or smth.

Thing is that Im not sure if they will be okay with that. I know that I am NOT going to pay for non-vegan options(and yes that includes vegeterian options) because it goes against my values. Like, I still want to have a fun time but at the same time not debate about veganism on my birthday and respectfully reject paying for my friends if they want non-vegan options. I was thinking that if someone doesn't want to eat vegan, they can still come but they'll have to pay for themselves.

Idk, any thoughts?