Rachelhazideas

I'm sorry I'm afraid it's terminal.

Chronic pain sufferers: 'Are we stupid? Why didn't we think about that.'

Weird how genetics is left out of this.

Fuck me for having PCOS I guess.

Chronically ill people seeing this meme: 'Am I a joke to you?'

Let me introduce you to the concept of chronic illness and pain.

Chronically ill people are in the same boat. Doctors won't believe them because their symptoms cannot be measured. Friends alienate them because they don't have the spoons to live up to expectations. Family keeps telling them to just think positive thoughts. Everyone tells them they are sick because they aren't exercising and dieting enough.

All while you are in perpetual pain, nausea, fatigue, and overstimulation from so many new ways you learn your body can suffer.

I wholly agree that beyond just sustainability, the reduction of suffering for animals is in the heart of veganism.

That being said, it's not the most effective argument to sway us meat eaters. When people think of animal suffering, it brings shame and guilt and makes some people defensive. This is why some people hate vegans, because it's a reflection of their own inadequacies. They revel at finding proselytizing vegans to pull apart because it lets them tell the world 'See? This is what all vegans are like. I'm not like that and therefore I am a good person.'

Self-interest is the easiest way to goad people into thinking about veganism without hurting any egos. If you rephrase veganism as a matter of self-preservation and not a moral issue, people are more open to that.

It's much easier to make the world eat 10% less meat than make 10% of everyone a vegan. Veganism for all isn't the answer yet, because human incentives don't work that way. Instead of promoting veganism, it's much more achievable to ask people to do things like meatless Mondays.

Shame is an unproductive and self-serving vice that doesn't absolve you of any responsibility to be more well informed before politicizing something you shouldn't have.

Can we revoke citizenship and deport the other 25%?

It makes sense if you know what metacommentary is.

If you'd stop making hating vegans your entire personality the rest us normal meat eaters wouldn't have to clarify how we aren't one of you.

I eat meat and you're being a twat.

Veganism is a good cause and we can all learn a thing or two about sustainability from them. Stop acting like they're out here to take your oh-so-precious meat away from you. Eat a vegetable or two so you can get that turd out of your ass.

It wasn't political until you complained about it being political.

Now it's political because commentary about whether something is political or not is an inherently political topic.

How about this: your dick size is pretty political for its size. And yeah it's a political subject, whether you like it or not. Especially saying it isn't political is a political opinion.