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There's a weird cult of vegetarians whose entire life and personality revolves around ludicrous consumption of cheese. Cheese is absolutely addictive, I felt withdrawal when going vegan.
How is vegan easier than vegetarian?
OH
Maybe I have it the other way around.
Isn't vegetarian = absolutely no meat or anything related
and
vegan = some meat-related products but certain things cut out
???
(I may have gotten them mixed up)
I effed up.
Vegetarian = no meat, everything else is on the table
Vegan = no animal derived products. No eggs, no dairy, no honey, hell if a food product is made using yak spit, no bueno
Gotcha
Vegetarian = no meat, but usually other animal products like dairy, eggs, honey etc
Vegan = no animal products. Animals are friends, not things to be exploited.
A lot of vegetarians use vegetarianism as a compromise thinking "at least I'm not eating animals", without realizing that the dairy, egg, and honey industries involve killing a ton of animals too.
Thing is, I'm Turkish so honey comes naturally to me.
I should give that up too, but that's going to be the hardest.
I might be a bit clueless on this but why cut out honey? Is it really that exploitative for the bees?
>Honey is created when bees suck the nectar out of a flower, regurgitate it, and process it with other bees back at the hive. In their natural states, they use this honey as a food source during winter. But on honey farms, beekeepers take that honey and replace it with a cheap sugar substitute—one that’s insufficient to meet honeybees’ nutritional needs. As a result, honeybees die of over-exhaustion attempting to reproduce the honey that they require; others die of starvation or malnutrition, while others develop weakened immune systems and contract diseases.
Apparently so, and in more ways than not?