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Do non-vegans really refuse to date vegans?
  • I prefer to not talk about the direct topic of veganism on the first dates (unless I have to). Most people don't know what's veganism and are even scared of the word.

    I'd rather know the person first and see if our values align with other questions, like: 'do you think animals feel pain?' or 'what do you think about factory farming?'.

    But I gotta tell you, dating vegans is probably much easier. It will be easier to get a consensus on where to go for dinner, it will be easier to go shopping and you won't get invited to watch dog fighting and these kinds of stuff omnis do.

  • What is the easiest way to try all the DEs?
  • It would be best to try every single one separately, otherwise you'll have dozens of programs that do the exact same thing, like file explorers.

    That said, with Fedora you can list available desktop environments using the default package manager, dnf. In a terminal use the dnf group list command to list all available desktop environments:

    dnf group list --available *desktop

    Install the required desktop environment using the dnf install command. Ensure to prefix with the @ sign, for example:

    dnf install @kde-desktop-environment

    After trying the DE, you can remove it with:

    dnf remove @kde-desktop-environment

  • Who have logs of how users vote?
  • I think we should make every interaction publicly available, until we find a way to actually make it private. As you've said, anyone who wants and have the means will see the information anyway.

  • Who have logs of how users vote?
  • Vote brigading matters. If you're subscribed to a 'controversial' community and every post gets downvoted to oblivion, you and other subscribers who sort by 'hot/top' won't see the post unless they go directly to the community.

    This slowly kills the community, even if its users are active on Lemmy.

  • Could feral chicken take over the Amazon ?
  • The jaguar and anaconda population would increase for a few generations, but it would balance it out after a while.

    Why do you think feral chickens are a concern? Most chicken farms in Brazil are much farther from the Amazon, the deforestation land is mostly used to grow soy for animal feed.

  • Settle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?
  • I believe we should tackle the problems we can solve right now, if you can stop using cars and source locally, that's great.

    Most of us can already change to a vegan lifestyle and stop contributing to intentionally killing animals that don't want to die. Once most people get onboard with that, then we should address accidental deaths.

  • Settle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?
  • No need to be pedantic. I'm pointing you to the Vegan Society, who actually created the term vegan. I'm merely trying to educate you on the topic. The dictionary definition is simplifying an entire philosophy, otherwise vegans would also be okay with horse and dog races, horseback riding, using animals as labor and other forms of animal exploitation.

    Quote of the important part of the article (highlights by me):

    The word vegan was coined by Donald Watson from a suggestion by early members Mr George A. Henderson and his wife Fay K. Henderson that the society should be called Allvega and the magazine Allvegan.

    Although the vegan diet was defined early on it was as late as 1949 before Leslie J Cross pointed out that the society lacked a definition of veganism and he suggested “[t]he principle of the emancipation of animals from exploitation by man”. This is later clarified as “to seek an end to the use of animals by man for food, commodities, work, hunting, vivisection, and by all other uses involving exploitation of animal life by man”.

  • How long have you been vegan and what are some of your staple dishes?

    I've been vegan for about 12 years (13 in January) after reading some discussions on Reddit about the theme, they hit me really hard after a beloved dog companion passed away.

    I make pb&j daily, since it's so easy and yummy. I often eat beans and rice, fried rice, the most varied curries and farofa!

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    Settle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?
  • By that definition, animal testing is vegan as long as the end result doesn't contain an animal product, which is not. Veganism is about not exploiting animals as far as possible and practicable.

    Cultured meats will be vegan, accidental roadkill is vegan, as well as dumpster diving, because you're not exploiting living sentient beings for that.

    You can check out more info on the history of veganism: https://www.vegansociety.com/about-us/history

  • Settle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?
  • Being vegan requires only to change your buying choices. What your'e suggesting requires one to plant/locally source everything you consume, work close to your home, and completely change your means of transportation.

    Veganism is about not exploiting animals as practicable and possible. Which one do you recognize is practicable and possible for most humans?

  • Settle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?
  • Roadkill is a side effect of our advancement as a civilization. Unfortunately there is no way to avoid using cars or transportation if you want to keep living in our society.

    Roadkill is akin to crop deaths, a side effect of our advancements. No other way to keep our society, but animal farming can be completely avoided and it's easy and cheap once you get to it.

  • Settle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?
  • There is a difference between accidental deaths and intentional killing. Veganism is about stopping animal exploitation as far as possible and practicable.

    Accidentally killing an animal and eating their flesh is something completely different to deliberately killing an animal and eating them.

    If you happen to find a dead animal and eat it, you are not exploiting them for their life, just their dead remains.

  • Our posts are being downvoted by c/all and losing reach within our community

    What can we do to prevent this? There aren't that many of us, and posts being hidden can really hinder our discussions.

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    How a mere 12% of Americans eat half the nation’s beef, creating significant health and environmental impacts
    www.eurekalert.org How a mere 12% of Americans eat half the nation’s beef, creating significant health and environmental impacts

    A Tulane University study found that 12% of Americans, mostly men or people aged 50-65, consume half of all beef on a given day, contributing to adverse health and environmental impacts. Educational programs targeting this group may help reduce consumption and address environmental concerns, as beef...

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    Would running a Lemmy/kbin instance on your phone be feasible?

    Libp2p or similar stack could be used to provide the phone instance an address, caching could be distributed among peers. Of course, as long as other servers also support libp2p.

    What would be the up/downsides?

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    Fried rice with leftover veggies

    I improvised a wood fired stove with bricks to achieve 'wok hei' (wok breath) and fortunately it worked! You can see the charring on the veggies and rice, it's really delicious

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    Mapo Tofu Sichuan style

    This was my second try at this dish. It's incredible how yummy the doubanjian and how fragrant the Sichuan peppers are.

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