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85% of World's Oyster Reefs Already Gone, Many Functionally Extinct
The report says that the main factors in the decline of oyster reefs are: Destructive fishing practices, coastal over-development, the effects of upstream activities such as altered river flows, dams, poorly managed agriculture, and poor water quality.
If you won’t stop eating animals, at least consider not eating the ones which are endangered.
(Source: conserveonline.org)
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Responsible Public Debate
Should we eat less meat to help thwart climate change?
Ethical Society of St Louis, 9001 Clayton Rd.
Friday, April 1st, 7pm-9pm
Admission: FREE
Please share this event with anyone.
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Vegetarian Sex Slang
Peeling the banana.
Tossing the salad.
Squeezing the melons.
Zeroing in on a grown man’s nuts and nutsack.
Putting Monsanto in yoursanto.
Ordering the split pea soup.
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My girlfriend is a former Catholic, recent convert to Islam, and a staunch meat-eater, and I am atheist and vegetarian (not vegan). I can see the vegan aspect making it more difficult, since I do eat dairy and (very limited) eggs. But, I respect her choices, and she respects mine, with neither trying to impose or indoctrinate the other. Incidentally, she is also transgendered (but wasn’t for the first 3 years of our relationship), and I formerly identified as “gay,” but now moreso as bisexual…so we’re probably in the minority so small we ARE the fraction. :) We’re coming up on 5 years, and we’re fine. I think it’s really up to the individuals in the relationship, and what each is willing to compromise on/be open to.JW Tarin, in response to someone asking for advice about his relationship in which he is an atheist vegan and his girlfriend is a meat-eating Catholic.
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Red meat linked to increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Who’s a vegetarian? I’m a vegetarian!
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Vegans Think They Are Better Than Meat-Eaters?
This woman writes about how she doesn’t think she’s better than meat-eaters.
Whenever discussions arise about eating vegan, particularly where animal compassion and ethics are concerned, vegans (myself included) are accused of being sanctimonious. ’Holier than thou’. ’Better’… than you.
In being vegan, I hope to be better - than I was, not than you. When I made dietary changes to become vegan (it was a process), it was to become a healthier me.I agree that it’s not fun to deal with smug people, and that a little humility goes a long way.
But… (you saw this coming, didn’t you?) I do think that vegans have a philosophically superior position to meat-eaters in the particular domain of dietary choices. And I’m not even vegan!
I guess you could say I’m “in the middle”, in that I don’t eat animal flesh, but I will consume animal products. I would like to be vegan, and the various difficulties that make it prohibitive to me are also what give me compassion for those who can’t even go as far as I have toward an animal-free diet.
But the fact remains, if I didn’t think it was better than the alternatives, I wouldn’t do it. Saying “you just think you’re better than everyone else” won’t change whether or not my (or anyone’s) choices actually are better; those words will only start a war. I’m happy to discuss the pros and cons of dietary options, but let’s just stick to the facts like rational adults, mmkay?
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16. I doubt I’d be able to tell you which Chinese place makes the better General Tso’s
It’s true. They’re all so good! My local Chinese place has come to know me as “that person who orders the tofu” after only 2 weeks of ordering from them, because I’m apparently the only one who asks for tofu. I see this as a good thing, because I’m sure to get that personal touch in the food prep. :)
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Most Fun Blog Ever!?
Gelatin shots like you’ve never seen them before. There’s even a page for vegan conversion instructions!
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How does one cook a Tofurky, anyway?
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me:
i'm getting this subtle message that there's a certain way to slice this sucker... http://www.tofurky.com/recipes/tofurky_recipes_instructions.html
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me:
ah, here are some REAL instructions! http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=2580731
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me:
also, i wonder if i can just deep-fry the sucker?
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my boyfriend:
a sentence not heard much in the deep south
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me:
:D
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YOU:
If you have any suggestions for a tasty Tofurky, let me know!
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me:
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Celebrity Chef Ted Allen Cooks His Favorite Pretentious Foodie Bullshit Meal [Video]
Jim and Tracy welcome Celebrity Chef Ted Allen on Today Now! to show them how to make the most obnoxious, contrived meals for your dickhead foodie friends.
This is how I feel reading through some of my cooking blogs. The irony is that a few of them purport to be of the “it’s so easy to be vegan!” variety. I’m like “dip it in what? cook for how long? where the hell do I find that shit anyway?” For avoiding such headaches, I recommend Budget Bytes.
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Behold The Pork Roast Molded In The Shape Of A Tiny Pig
I just can’t grill a roast that looks like ‘Babe’,” he writes.
Come to the Dark Side - we have Tofurky!
(Source: tofurky.com)
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Why Do Vegetarians Get So Irritable, Anyway?
I am not a vegetarian evangelist, primarily because I don’t have time, and only a mild passion for the topic. But I do think that avoiding animal products is an action where the benefits increasingly outweigh the inconveniences as society moves in that direction. So, I do a good deal of facepalming when I wander across bad arguments against avoiding animal consumption.
“But I don’t want to eat a salad every day!”
Neither do I, so I don’t. Definitely not alone, or while laughing.
But this brings me to a surprisingly persistent argument against avoiding animal consumption, which I call the Entitled Prick Argument, but for the sake of diplomacy, I’ll rename to:
The “But I Don’t Like Veggies/But I Like Meat!” Argument
Most people don’t realize the “I hate plants” argument is surprisingly sound. The reason? I can’t prove your mental states wrong, short of having evidence that you do in fact gleefully consume a salad in your bedchambers every evening. If you claim an anti-plant life stance, I really can’t refute that.
The problem is, we have almost as convincing evidence that the meat industry is harmful to our planet as we have evidence for climate change itself, and that hasn’t stopped multitudes of people from not giving a shit about either one of those. Sometimes they try to summon the forces of selective skepticism against the evidence, but generally it all falls back to “but I don’t want to ___”, thus showing their hand as a matter of personal preference, not empirical conclusion. They’re literally saying that they see themselves as a person who is more entitled to eating meat than responsible for reducing their negative impact on everyone else. And someone who is secure in being that kind of person with that kind of life stance isn’t going to give a shit about rational arguments.
Remember the pepper spray incident at UC Davis? (Of course you do, it just happened last weekend.) The security personnel who mercilessly sprayed nonviolent people in the face without warning were clearly not taking the time to consider rational arguments for both sides and then go with the side which is supported by the best evidence for helping the most people. Neither is the general public sitting down and consulting charts and statistics to try to convince them that they were wrong. No, at some point we realize when someone just doesn’t give a shit, and we move to public shaming, vegetarians included.
But for some reason, when vegetarians point out that “hey, you’re actually hurting everyone by eating meat, so stop already!”, they’re the ones who are vilified. As opposed to the people who are, you know, actually harming everyone.
PS: Yes, there exist good arguments for why a particular individual can’t reliably avoid consuming animal products. That is not what this post is about.
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“Vegan for my Thighs” sounds like an emo band
I’m not against fatness in general. I don’t even look “fat”. But my pants are tight and my underwear barely fits and every time I sit on the toilet I get an eyeful of these huge thighs, which triggers some horrible gender dysphoria every time I have to take a piss. So I’m going vegan.
No, I’m not just indiscriminately going vegan (to all you who are reminding me that a diet of beer and french fries can technically fit in that diet). I just did a diet assessment and realized that at least 1/3 of the calorie-laden foods I ought to avoid are dairy, and since I’ve been vegetarian for a year and a half now, it’s not a huge leap to go animal-free. I’m also cutting out restaurant food other than a few specific social events, and alcohol outside of the same. Simple carbs and processed fats are on the naughty list, with complex carbs on the nice list.
I really need to collect veggies like my life depended on it. This is where I realize how privileged I am that I can purchase fresh produce. Yes, there was a time when I was so poor and overworked both that I was underweight and malnourished from the stress. But the fact is that most of the working poor have far greater access to a huge-ass coffee/donut combo for $1.59 from the corner gas station than they do to brown rice and beans and green peppers and asparagus etc from the “local” grocery store. I know I avoid thinking about food till I’m running late and fast food is my only option, as opposed to doing the healthy (and delicious!) thing and filling up the crock pot the evening before (which, again, I’m privileged to a stable home life where slow cooking is an option).
So here’s to hoping my ADHD doesn’t get the better of me, and I find a way to make my new-found veganism something that is viable in the long-term.
(Source: ers.usda.gov)
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One Man's Plan For An All-Out Attack On His Excess Baggage
[Warning: ableism]
Become almost half-vegetarian. Giving up meat is crazy, but Financial Samurai plans to compromise and become almost half-crazy by resolving to eat vegetarian 3 days a week, or two out of every five meals.
This is the equivalent of a Republican congressman spewing anti-queer bigotry while cruising a truck stop restroom. Look, bro, if you’re going to actively engage in vegetarian eating, just do it. You really don’t have to make these weird conciliatory remarks that “don’t worry, it’s okay that I’m doing this because I’m still against it”. It will be okay, I promise.
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Video I made.
Baking is science for your mouth!
Recipe: http://ohsheglows.com/2010/11/26/auntie-angies-soft-peanut-butter-cookies/
Genderqueer with a touch of happy humanism.
