Nobody said being vegan is easy; it takes a certain level of self-control and preparation to live up to your ideals. One accusation that is often leveled at vegans is the way veganism converts eulogize about the benefits of their dietary choice, while most of the time scolding others for their 'unorthodox' meat-eating decisions. While it usually comes from the right place, wanting others to feel as good about themselves as the vegans do, it can be a bit grating for meat or dairy eaters who just aren't interested in the whole vegan diet thing.
Surely there's a more natural way to spread the message of vegan food goodness? One that's unpretentious, self-deprecating and easily digested? Why yes, vegan memes of course! We here at Bored Panda have collected the best memes that vegans can seriously relate to, and maybe even pass on a few to their friends who don't get it yet. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and don't forget to vote for your favorites!
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I'm pretty sure they mean like "vegan meals". If someone says "I've never had Chinese food", you don't go like "You've never had RICE!?"
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Here's the thing though, we're not going to give up meat because we had one vegan dish.
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I told my mother-in-law the new vegan dish I created and she just rolled her eyes. When I asked what that was about, she responded with a joke about how there was no meat in it, how could it possibly taste good. That's when I dropped the bombshell of the Chocolate Latte Cake I made for Christmas that she scarfed down...totally vegan..and Gluten Free. "Did it taste good?" She got quiet. I told her "We aren't doing vegan for the sake of the animals. We are doing it because our health was so bad, we needed a different way to eat so we wouldn't die. Do you think that's funny?" She apologized. After that..she gave us nothing but support and even started learning how to cook vegan.
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I think this picture illustrates many of the misunderstanding between vegans and the non-vegans. Vegan food is more than a meat-dish bereaved of animal products. Anyone claiming that vegan food cannot be tasty and healthy (regardless of continuing to eat meat or not) either has not experiences well-prepared vegan food or is simply closed-minded.
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I'm a vegetarian with known food allergies to nuts and several types of bean. If I had a dollar for every time a vegan purposely added allergens to my food, I wouldn't need to get generic epipens.
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a lot of beers aren't vegan. Animal products are used during filtering.
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Ingredients: aqua, vegetable oil, sugars (glucose, fructose), starch, carotene, tocopherol, riboflavin, nicotinamide, pantothenic acid, folic acid, biotin, ascorbic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linolic acid, malic acid, oxalic acid, salicylic acid, purines, sodium, potassium, manganese, iron, coppr, zinc, phosphorus, chloride, colors, antioxidants. Scaaaary! Oh wait, those are an apple's ingredients...
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Same for people with allergies, only they might really have a problem if they forget. Trust me on this.
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Anyone who doesn't believe it, look up veganism and professional athletes.
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What it feels like to explain a food allergy to people insisting that "But it tastes really good!"
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Technically, it is rather about how to make it non-vegan. Although I have to admit I do not understand why you need to be idealogical about it. I avoid eating meat. Someone cooking something vegetarian in he pan with the sausages next to it, with fat spilling over? Well, what is the deal?
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Whaaat ? No, I never found it offensive when someone explained to me why they're vegan. Exhausting, yes, but never offensive
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When I worked at a Whole Foods that was having a Grand Opening, we were fed lunches during the set up process. They were considerate enough to have vegan options for lunch...and they closely guarded it to make sure that those who were strict vegans had first shot at the food before the omnivores. I wish I could have continued working for them.
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But you're obviously thinking about it, because that's a slice of ham :D
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Yes, and vegans are eating vegetables straight from tree, bush or ground
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If a restaurant doesn't cater for vegans, and aren't willing to create a vegan dish for you, go elsewhere. Although, fries and a salad might be okay.
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Interestingly, the animals and the planet do tell us what they're thinking but it seems to go in one ear and out the other with most people. Vegans seemed to have listened and made the change to a vegan lifestyle and most now speak for the animals and the planet as clearly: MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT LISTENING OR THEY SIMPLY DON'T CARE. Preach that up your uncaring butts lol.
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More like "When you do anything your relatives find non-standard"... All my aunts were terrified and judgemental when they found out I go to the gym and actually lift weights.
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Every.Single.Day. I groom them until they're sleek and shiny, 5 minutes later. POOF! It's like I've never touched them.
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It would seem that most people under 25 today can't be bothered to cook.
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Honestly people just need to give it up. no one is going to change their mind and they seriously are not hurting anyone. And as long as it is not forced on me I am not going to say anything against them.
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Well, there is truth in it ... that a lot of stupid people accuse us of being that way, while actually THEY force a discussion about it on US ... but what should one expect from people who think explaining something - usually (pracitcally every time) after THEY asked or sparked an argument about it - is offensive, while killing animals is considered to be not? It won't get any dumber than that - not preaching to these is just saving time and effort for soemthing worth it.
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Then you explain what happens to those babies on a veal farm. Then talk about Jell-O...and cheese...
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If being vegan makes her happy, then I'm happy for her. But those snacks make me sad.
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Unlikely. I mean, they're probably not going to be vegans, just eating less meat. It's healthier. We've got the organs to eat meat, but not like, tons of it.
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I agree with this. I don't understand why someone else's choice of foods would bother me. I eat meat but I don't have any problem with vegans. You do you, I'll do me.
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I make my own delicious hummus. Not a vegan either. Chickpeas are delicious.
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Because industrial farming practices are based on profit. Animal cruelty is actually unnecessary to produce food. Happy healthy outdoor chickens produce healthier eggs and meat.
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Alternatively, I have a "trigger" grocery store symbol which is when something says "non-GMO". GMO IS NOT BAD, YOU TWATS! Some of the corporations that supply GMOs are bad, but that's an issue of capitalism and bad business practice, not genetically modifying something, which has been done SINCE HUMANS HAVE FARMED!
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How about: many vegan substitutes (note: not all) eg aguave nectar as a honey substitute are in fact worse for the planet than traditional foods. Oh plus if you’re against the use of ANY animals in production too you can’t eat most things *cough*pollination*cough*. Other than that, educated veganism is a great way to be, and there should be more focus on ‘80% veganism’ to encourage more people rather than it being a be all end all.
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But they do. You can make an experiment at your home. Put two identical plants in two different places, but they still get the same amount of light and water. Talk sweetly and gently to one of them and horribly to the other and see what happens.
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If you love your kids, send them to public school. They will do better if the society is mostly middle-class and well off. Starving the public schools will push into a society of a few rich and a whole lot of poor, and turns it into a competition for a few slots.
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Advocates for plants feelings would eat less meat since more plants are killed for animal production than if humans just ate the plants directly.
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Why would you attend a BBQ if you're vegan? "I came to socialize, not eat." *3 hours later* "Does anyone have some salad I can eat?"
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Cows milk have more estrogen then soy has estrogen like properties, if men are afraid of soy to get boobs, they should stop cowsmilk immidietly.
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Except that Orcas are no longer allowed in Sea World....Old Meme is Old.
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I mean, I could point to China, New York, LA, or any OTHER major City in the USA. Just sayin.
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So I go to a local asian restaurant. Explain to the manager that we are vegan. She is unsure of what that is. I explain the definition of vegan and what products are off limits. I tell her I'm interested in the Garlic Tofu (with spicy garlic sauce). She checks with the chef and says it's vegan. Fast forward a few months...and a waitress at the restaurant says the garlic sauce is NOT vegan because of chicken broth added to it. She then informs me that the manager is also the chef's wife. She apologizes profusely. I tell her the manager should be the one apologizing, not her. That was 3 years ago and I'm still waiting for that apology.
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I'd like to point out at this juncture that Travis Barker, who has been vegan for years, had to give up his vegan diet after surviving a plane crash in order to try and heal quicker. Which is what hospitals are there for. They don't exist to pander to your dietary wishes.
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I don't know where this picture is from but it makes me uncomfortable on an innate level.
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Wrong tough, it's mostly the northern part of the world who can drink lactose, but the majority of the world is lactose intolerant, simply cause when we're babies we're supposed to drink our moms breastmilk, but as we grow older we're not supposed to anymore, but the nothern part of the world where food was more scarse we evolved to be able to drink milk as adults. So lactose intolerant is actually what humans are "supposed" to be.
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Yeah because biological dietary needs and evolution is comparable to technological advancement and housing
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I had this happen at a Christmas party. I brought a Chocolate Latte cake that was from the cookbook OhSheGlows. Totally vegan..totally Gluten Free. Did not tell anyone that it was either of those things and served it with Vegan vanilla ice cream. By the end of the party, I had three requests for the recipe and all were shocked when I told them it was gluten free and vegan.
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This was the case with several people I knew. They were like.."veganism didn't work for me." Then they explained what they ate...junk food, junk food, and more junk food. Where are the fresh fruits and veg? I didn't have the time to prepare it. So what your saying is that it wasn't the veganism that made you sick so much as it was your laziness..
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Our monoculture crop growing requires increased use of pesticides, kiling millions of animals during growing and harvest seasons.
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plants don’t feel pain(nothing actlly suggests that yet) but animals do. why don’t yu acknowledge the truth?
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Call ahead and find out if they have vegan options. I would never consider going to a restaurant and not just ordering something on the menu. Maybe one simple substitution at most. It would seem rude to do anything more than that.
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That's family: Even when you disagree on something, they still love you!
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Calcium isn't as important as first thought. Sure we need it, but it doesn't make our bones stronger. Same way drinking lots of OJ for the Vitamin C gets rid of a cold. It's good for you, but like most things, excessive amounts of it will kill you.
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I don't know the difference between vegan and vegetarian, and I don't understand about fish. Because Catholics can't have meat on Fridays, so they eat fish. I don't get it. Isn't the definition of "meat" "a dead animal eaten by another animal"? If so, fish is meat, which would imply a vegetarian would not eat fish, nor would a vegan. But when I was younger, there were plenty of self-identified vegetarians who would eat fish. Why is this a dumb question?
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Who told you that? Non-vegans aren't clueless, we generally just don't like being preached to about how eating meat is murder.
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Well I mean it’s kind of true, but you can’t argue about plants having feels while eating animals who have feelings
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I do not get this. I hated meat as a kid, and I would just eat everything but the meat about 29 out of every 30 days. Do so many people have families that serve NOTHING BUT MEAT? That's messed up.
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I can understand someone asking that, and although I know because I've made legume-based meals for ages due to having been poor when I was young (though I do eat meat), some people just don't know. It's a legitimate question. You might be tired of explaining it over and over, but to a given person, they might just be truly curious. If they eat meat, they probably never looked it up. Here you are, they are interested, and they ask the question.
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non vegans are not carnivores i dont know why this thread is so offensive to non vegans
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Vast amounts of infant food has animal products and/or meat in it.
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This is ridiculous. It's not a scale. It's quite binary. Do you use animal products as part of your life (including the ingredients in hand lotions, gel caps, clothing etc)? If yes, you are not vegan. I'm not vegan, but I get that it's not rocket science to figure out what it means.
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I love when meat eaters bring up these arguments. It helps to have an Anthropology degree. I've got a rebuttal for every one of them.
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They can’t feel pain, but they respond to stimuli which is where most people get that idea
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Another false piece of propaganda. Hotdogs are made from muscle meat, not waste products.
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"Can you please die somewhere else, you're blocking the aisle for other shoppers."
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Don't tell them meet is murder. Unless you like being an obnoxious stereotype that is.
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"Because I'm vegan, and apparently that means I have to eat more bananas than usual."
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If what you don't eat is your most defining characteristic you have problems.
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even with captive bolts, animals still don’t seem to meet their end quickly :^( there are videos of pigs squealing while thrashing around after getting stunned. i watched this one video where this worker missed and had to stun a pig 2-3 times to get it right.
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I enjoy eating meat, not everyday of course, but I don't want to become vegan. I understand that other people want to be vegans, but I hate it when they lecture me about meat eating and try to convert me. I leave you alone, why can't you??
Moral superiority. The overly vocal ones are those who think they're better than you because of how they live their lives. Most vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters just want to quietly get on with their lives, but it's the nasty, arrogant ones you hear the most.
Load More Replies...I don’t care if you’re vegan. I don’t care if you tell me you’re vegan. I will never tell you to eat animal products. But the second you tell me why I SHOULD be a vegan, we have a problem. I don’t believe many vegans fall into the stereotypical “militant aggressive” type, but those that do ruin it for other vegans. Same as meat eaters.... we’re not all jerks about it, but those that are ruin it...
Like the people who are so anti-vegan they go like "F**K YOU I'M GOING TO EAT ONLY MEAT"? I don't think anyone should be reactionary like that, but you REALLY shouldn't have a reactionary DIET!
Load More Replies...Being a vegan is like belonging to a particular religion, it's your choice and it suits you. Problems arise if you become militant and try to force it onto others who have other views.
if you think meat and dairy called suffering, environmental degradation, it’s important to educate others
Load More Replies...I enjoy eating meat, not everyday of course, but I don't want to become vegan. I understand that other people want to be vegans, but I hate it when they lecture me about meat eating and try to convert me. I leave you alone, why can't you??
Moral superiority. The overly vocal ones are those who think they're better than you because of how they live their lives. Most vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters just want to quietly get on with their lives, but it's the nasty, arrogant ones you hear the most.
Load More Replies...I don’t care if you’re vegan. I don’t care if you tell me you’re vegan. I will never tell you to eat animal products. But the second you tell me why I SHOULD be a vegan, we have a problem. I don’t believe many vegans fall into the stereotypical “militant aggressive” type, but those that do ruin it for other vegans. Same as meat eaters.... we’re not all jerks about it, but those that are ruin it...
Like the people who are so anti-vegan they go like "F**K YOU I'M GOING TO EAT ONLY MEAT"? I don't think anyone should be reactionary like that, but you REALLY shouldn't have a reactionary DIET!
Load More Replies...Being a vegan is like belonging to a particular religion, it's your choice and it suits you. Problems arise if you become militant and try to force it onto others who have other views.
if you think meat and dairy called suffering, environmental degradation, it’s important to educate others
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