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Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals.

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Are you guys also annoyed by people equating Arch Linux users with vegans? (self.vegan)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by v4ld1z to c/[email protected]

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Like, I get it - there are people in both communities that might be pushy in one way or another. But, like, come on. One of them is a way of life that strives towards excluding as much pain and suffering in the world of innocent beings as possible and the other is a fucking OS. Grinds my gears.

Any thoughts?

Edit: What I meant specifically is the "pushiness" and "preachiness" that's attributed to both. Not sure if this is just my bias from observing comments about the recent discourse around the whole vegan cat food debacle, but yea

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The relevant comparison between Linux (FOSS in general) and Veganism here is that we're at the stage of acceptance where the ceiling is how many potential allies who would immediately "get it" when presented with the idea. Making people talk about Linux/Veganism more is effective, even if it means being as loud and obnoxious as possible (all publicity is good publicity!)

Yes, creating one Vegan is ten million times more desirable than creating one Linux user, but like most "radical progressive" ideas; I think one does more to reinforce, than steal breath from, the other.

I'm willing to bet the average FOSS advocate is significantly more likely to be Vegan too.