February 2012
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This entire day has just been so interesting
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“And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think...”
– The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
When omnivores are talking about the SPCA: It's so sad that they have to 'put down' these poor animals, but it's better for them now. It's a good thing the SPCA loves these pets.
When omnivores are talking about PeTA: Those sick bastards killed so many animals! They're hypocrites! They kill [insert ridiculously high and often false number]% of the animals they steal!
- PETA actually said they have killed 90% of domesticated animals that got into their care. This is one reason many vegans, like myself, don't support them. that and the fact that they keep giving vegans bad names with there so called commercials.
- Actually: that was years ago (not to mention the fact that its caused by people not adopting/spaying/neutering, not because they get a kick out of it). Do you know what their new statistic is? Have you ever been to the VDACS website and checked it out? It's about 79% in 2010 ( http://www.virginia.gov/vdacs_ar/cgi-bin/Vdacs_search.cgi?link_select=facility&form=fac_select&fac_num=157&year=2010 ). But you know what you just reinforced? The idea that when a shelter euthanizes a pet, it's okay, but when PeTA euthanizes an animal, it's "horrendous killing". Both are euthanasia and neither is holier than the other (despite the fact that PeTA uses the most harmless methods of euthanasia, by injection, and many shelters have inefficient and painful methods). The people giving "vegans a bad name" are the ones who keep misrepresenting the statistic of how many animals are euthanized per year. Most animal shelters "kill" just as many animals as PeTA, and yet people always talk about that like it's just "sad but necessary". Should animals need to be euthanized? No. But that's not their problem, it's ours - we need to adopt, we need to spay/neuter. They are cleaning up our mess because we are irresponsible.
resonatingsilence:
This is someone’s mother.
This is her fate.
This is her funeral.
You are her graveyard.
Slowly weaning myself off of coffee with creamer so I can enjoy those free cups of coffee at the bank (or other places where non dairy creamer isn’t supplied).
Being vegan is NOT HARD.
little-vegan:
I’m so sick of people thinking my life is so hard because I don’t consume animal products or by-products. Really, being vegan is pretty much the least of my worries. It’s one of the things I’m most proud of.
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Being vegan instantly makes you more attractive.
vegansaurus!: We are not alone: vegans are now 2.5... →
vegansaurus:
Sometimes I feel so lonely in my veganism that I ruin a perfectly good pot of cooking quinoa by crying into it and end up eating a bottle of wine four bites of an old gross salad for dinner instead. But no more! Apparently, 2.5 percent of adults in the United States are vegan!* Megan said the last number she heard was 0.5 percent
Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs →
staff:
One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech,…
richwhitelesbian:
rick santorum says pregnancy via rape is a gift from god and that’s all you need to know about the republicans
Quarterly Reminder: Please stop breeding.
militarydad:
shake YA ASS
but watch YA SELF
shake YA ASS
show me WAHTCHAWERKINWIT
Learn Insects →
Reblog if cats.
Meatless 101: 6 Tips to Eat Vegan on a Budget →
meatless101:
1. Cook from Scratch
Cooking from scratch probably sounds time-consuming, but with a bit of planning it’s very easy to work this into your schedule. Pre-processing your food can go a long way. I don’t mean canning, though. I mean soaking beans and chopping veggies. When you get home from the store, cut up your veggies before you put them away in the fridge. If you know you...
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My daddy got a job again! Yay. He’s working for people he worked with about seven years ago and I’m in love with that idea because I grew up with the family that runs that company and the other people they employed.
However this means that my dad is no longer a stay at home dad and the chores are going to be done less frequently. Since I’ve been procrastinating everything...
The Tumblr Social Justice League is a lot like the...
tommyxvx:
Five monkeys are in a room wearing shock collars. A banana is placed in the middle of the room. If any of the monkeys try to get the banana, all five are shocked. So, the monkeys immediately go for the banana and all of them get shocked. They don’t know why, but they know it hurts. After enough failed attempts, they are eventually able to associate those attempts with pain. Several...
How A 100% Plant-Based Diet is Affordable to...
povertyvegan:
I am constantly hearing people spread the nonsense that vegan food is more expensive than omni food, and that some people just can’t afford it.
I have struggled to get on my feet financially for years. There have been times when I would not have eaten if it were not for collecting foodstamps. When I first struck out on my own, $160 per month was the most a single person with no...