RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to vegan@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoWhat is the worst "Vegan Option" you've ever been offered?message-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the worst "Vegan Option" you've ever been offered?RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to vegan@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squarewindowlicker [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoi was JUST asked at a recent gathering (that had only animal products for food) if i “still eat fish” and was met with shock when i said no. do people genuinely think fish aren’t living beings or something?
minus-squaremacerated_baby_presidents [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 months agoI think it has to do with traditional (religious? catholics) categorization of flesh into meat, poultry, and fish. they think “animals” means “meat”
minus-squareEris235 [undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoA lot of languages also don’t consider ‘meat’ to include ‘fish meat’, having entirely separate words for the two. but yeah, I think in the US, its mostly catholicism brainworms
minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months ago they think “animals” means meat I’m confused, fish are animals?
minus-squaremacerated_baby_presidents [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agowhen they think “animals”, they think of the culinary category of meat. Not animal as in “animal, mineral, or vegetable”. It’s an overloaded word.
minus-squareSmeagolicious [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoWas just asked the same too! I legitimately do not get it
i was JUST asked at a recent gathering (that had only animal products for food) if i “still eat fish” and was met with shock when i said no. do people genuinely think fish aren’t living beings or something?
I think it has to do with traditional (religious? catholics) categorization of flesh into meat, poultry, and fish. they think “animals” means “meat”
A lot of languages also don’t consider ‘meat’ to include ‘fish meat’, having entirely separate words for the two.
but yeah, I think in the US, its mostly catholicism brainworms
I’m confused, fish are animals?
when they think “animals”, they think of the culinary category of meat. Not animal as in “animal, mineral, or vegetable”. It’s an overloaded word.
Was just asked the same too! I legitimately do not get it