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[Elle Driver]

yo parents were vegans too?

No, my father was pretty much a hippie and my mother really didn't force me to do anything. I never grew up on processed foods, plus I didn't feel comfortable eating another animal for my own pleasure and sustenance when I can find that in things that grow from the earth. I only fully transitioned into veganism after college which was about 7 years ago.

 

[JBoy]

It's not natural, but it did become a primary protein source for our ancestors since they were hunters. Before that it was just nuts and berries I believe. But it's completely unnecessary to have any animal products in my diet, I get more in a vegan diet. Maca root, acai, kale, walnuts are superfoods. I've only ever tasted meat maybe one or two times in my entire life.

are you super skinny?

 

[Elle Driver]

are you super skinny?

Yes, but because I'm Habesha lol.

 

[concise]

 

[Poitier]

lol The only reason Humans have consciousness and highly developed brains is because of their heavy protein diets that began once they learned how to cook meat. Keep kicking that vegan nonsense though.

 

[Elle Driver]

lol The only reason Humans have consciousness and highly developed brains is because of their heavy protein diets that began once they learned how to cook meat. Keep kicking that vegan nonsense though.

So you not gon just let me rock huh can't never let a sista prosper

@concise what's really hood

 

[concise]

@Elle Driver
the hood is also known as the ghetto. Really.

 

[Elle Driver]

@concise oh so you all mysterious and weird I'll rock with that Can you answer my question tho can a sista know about that theory or you just gon keep me in the dark and shyt

 

[concise]

yes, @Elle Driver you, and everyone else, have to stay in the dark for now.

In the meantime, can you direct me to some vegan cookbooks, starter pages, anything? Thanks in advance.

 

[Elle Driver]

So I can convert you?

This is a good starter (it won't let me link the amazon book)

 

[concise]

So I can convert you?

This is a good starter (it won't let me link the amazon book)

Why didn't you @ or quote me?

 

[Elle Driver]

@concise I'm half asleep

You ever try vegan sausage?

 

[concise]

@Elle Driver - nah. Sounds weird as well.

Maybe you should go to sleep. Sleep is important.

 

[Exiled Martian]

@Elle Driver whats rly the benefits of being a vegan tho?

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom....No real benefits to VEGANOMETRY....its what the cool kids/hipsters/ yoga clique are preaching..

MY 2 cents (& no disrespect to @Elle Driver eating habits) on the V movement is of a SMH nature...... if you think about it, since the dawn of time man has been eating meat OUT OF NECESSITY. If it weren't necessary then our ancient ancestors would have just foraged for roots berries and the like only. Instead they not only ate animals, they followed the animals if they migrated since that was their main food source. That's how man first came to what's now our homes (geographically speaking) , by following it's food. So if we decide, as an individual, to not eat meat, are we not fighting millions of years of evolution..technically speaking ?

To conclude my ancestors both human & "pre-human" have spent hundreds of millions of years to get me to the top of the food chain. It would be grossly disrespectful of that legacy to start eating twigs and rocks under some delusion of righteousness Man did not fashion spears from wood & stone in order to hunt down carrots. Nature is always striving towards efficiency in her designs, our large brain would be more of a hinderance if we didn't apply it to a useful purpose. And that useful purpose was to kill things to eat. Sure its side effect allowed us to construct other things and take our survival into our own hands...but at its core, our intelligence is likely just a solution to natures classic problem of finding enough food......Its true humans do not share many traits with traditional carnivores. But humans do not share a lot of their defining traits with traditional animals period. Regardless, we aren't carnivores, we're omnivores, granted that traditional carnivores are born with their tools and skills attached them. Humans fashion them from their surroundings. Human's didn't need developed canines to make the kill, or even strong jaws.

Once upon a time kicking small talk with a hot tofu eating... yoga pursuing chick;

Her: So whats your diet like?

Me: Lots of Red meat & Fish

Her: Oh... like a cavemen then

Me: No. Like a BOSS

 

[Elle Driver]

@concise it's not weird, don't knock it till ya try it.

@Exiled Martian You could've saved yourself a few paragraphs and just said you're paleo. It's called importing and exporting your food, exotic foods from foreign lands are far more accessible than they were during the Paleolithic era obviously. It was slim pickins, they just went to hunt for food and obviously meat was far more accessible than other protein sources. I get my protein just fine, and I'm not worried about whether or not the the protein I'm consuming has been thrown in cages and injected with hormones and antibiotics which has been proven to cause cancer in certain farm animals. Or what about your cold cuts? Sodium nitrite/nitrate was proven to cause cancer in chicken. It's pretty well known that you should limit your red meat intake, but hey do you. I'm not forcing anyone to be vegan that's just a path I chose to follow for myself.