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  • Makeshift@sh.itjust.workstoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldI'm foss plus steam
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    7 days ago

    Sorry to break it to you, but if you believe that the Christian god exists yet don’t think there was ever a guy named Jesus that rose from the dead after 3 days, you’re still a theist even if you call it atheist.

    And if you think it’s acceptable to kill pigs because you like their cooked bodies, you’re still practicing carnism even if you call it veganism.



  • Sadder is that you can explore plant-based bacon options.

    Sure it may take a few tries to find a brand or recipe you like. But like, I still eat bacon. It’s just not made with animal sources.

    I SO missed bagels with cream cheese and egg salad. Tofutti cream cheese is garbage amd tastes like water. Daiya has a meh taste and awful aftertaste. Kite Hill is perfect (for me). And it turns out, pummeling a block of tofu and adding yellow mustard, vinegar, black pepper, and black salt satisfies my egg salad craving!


  • It also gets super annoying when people start learning the watered-down meaning.

    The number of times people have asked “But you eat fish, right?” because pescatarians call themselves vegetarians instead of taking 3s to explain “It means I eat plants and fishes” is real annoying.

    Labels with a specific meaning that have practical applications should not be muddied with use like that.


  • Makeshift@sh.itjust.workstoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldI'm foss plus steam
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    7 days ago

    It does. It’s just a word for people who follow the belief that it’s normal, natural, and necessary to consume animals.

    Since those people are the invisible majority, it’s often taken as an insult to have their ‘normal’ status get a label. Veganism is the belief that we shouldn’t exploit and harm animals, carnism is the belief that we should.

    Which is hilarious in hindsight, because the reverse happens in other topics. Call someone in other circles ‘normal’ and they’ll throw 15 label names at you for why they’re not normal.

    Carnism would still technically cover “vegan plus (animal-based) bacon”. That’s kinda like saying you’re an atheist but believe in (insert god here).











  • Makeshift@sh.itjust.workstoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldOh yes
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    1 month ago

    This is something that has legit bothered me from a young age.

    White people aren’t white. I don’t know the name for that weird color. Sand? Whatever it is, it’s not white!And black people aren’t black. They’re clearly brown.

    What idiot started calling us black and white when we’re clearly brown and sand!





  • If I need a support group to feel comfortable and safe under “my” own label, there’s something wrong.

    It’s been better on my mental health to just stay far away from communities that want to simultaneously say I belong and yet also call me an acephobic bigot for the sin of not wanting sex-yes shoved down my throat in what I hoped was a community of fellow sex-no’s.

    No thanks. Don’t need that. I lucked out and landed both romance-no AND sex-no, so I have the easier option of just dodging that entire scene.

    And that’s why I instead offer my condolences to the romance-yes, sex-no people out there who now have to seek partners in very sex-yes filled spaces when they were JUST starting to get some sex-no spaces.