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Most likely bluntly referring to the horrific sexual violence carnists support and commit.
cws for sexual violence, femicide
It was a criticism of the way the OP expressed interest, but not commitment to a vegan lifestyle. A comparison was made between OP and a person who still abducted and murdered women, but less than they used to, and was pledging to eventually stop entirely. The sexual violence was what was being committed to the hypothetical women in the metaphor, not the kind enabled by carnists.
We were just talking about the filtered word
why i'm not vegan
tried being vegan once, my health tanked, went back to meat and my health improved. i am not in the position in my life where i can gamble with my health again but i'm trying to at least eat less non vegan food. which is why i specifically added the (will go vegan eventually, i'm still adjusting to eating less meat) to the post.If it was you being really really really tired it likely was B12 insufficiency. I had that and taking some remedied the situation.
Also what about the non-dietary aspects of veganism?
following what i can. ditched all the non dietary products that aren't vegan (toiletries + buying new clothes, although i'm still unsure about buying non vegan second hand items). on a vegan diet my brain felt like it stopped working entirely. insane brain fog and hallucinations, had to double my meds to keep myself together. skin looked like i had jaundice and hair fell out in clumps. went to get my bloodwork done and everything seemed fine (even B12), but i decided to go back to carnism (still mostly plant based) and my health returned to normal. yes, i supplemented what was needed, but i guess it didn't work. right now i'm working with my psychiatrist and nutritionist to slowly transition to at least being vegetarian, but i'm trying to be as careful as possible so to not fuck my body up again.
you might look into freeganism, there's more to it but they'll dumpster-dive animal products. seems more sensible to me in general.
never heard of them, gonna look into it. thanks for the recommendation! :]