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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by josie@vegantheoryclub.org to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

This is more of a vent than anything but this happened last night and honestly I'm still pretty shaken up and mad over it.

I went out for a walk late last night (about 9:30-10pm) as I normally do when I have a lot on my mind. I was staying with a relative, they live in a decent-ish neighborhood and I have never experienced anything like this here before so it made it even more of a shock that this happened, plus I never go out within a five minute radius of the place of residence at this time of night for safety reasons.

I was walking around the area, was about ten minutes into the walk when I decided to sit on a bench for a breather. This car slowly drives by and approaches a parking space, but then exits it and just... stays right in front of me. I felt pretty uncomfortable and got up from the bench. Then the car started slowly following me.

I was practically shitting myself at that point and began walking faster, the car caught up with me and the driver rolled down the window and asked me if I was alright, saying I look lost, if I live in the area etc. I told him I was fine, that I live nearby. He asked me which house I lived in. I obviously refused to answer and just repeated that I lived nearby (again, a lie but I wasn't telling this creepy man anything about me). He told me that I was lying, that I don't live in the area, and I just repeated that I do and began to walk in the opposite direction. The car kept driving in the direction I was originally walking in and I thought that was it, but then he made a U-turn and continued to follow me.

After that I ran back to my relative's house and immediately locked the door behind. I don't think he saw which house I went into but I've been pretty shaken up since.

Why do creeps have to exist in the world.

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 8 points 3 weeks ago

Common hamid W

Fuck Israel and America

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 22 points 3 weeks ago

Dem mental gymnastics are going into overdrive rn

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 10 points 4 weeks ago

Considering I no longer get out of breath when I walk, deal with indigestion, or have rough skin I'd say life has improved significantly since I went vegan.

Though, as I've mentioned previously, I sometimes feel a lot more lonely and isolated from the rest of the world. I live in a pretty big and diverse city so it's genuinely nonsensical to me how few vegans I've actually come across in real life (I've met, like, four other vegans, one of whom "isn't vegan" anymore.)

As for what I'm up to, I'm moving to a different house so I can finally start my garden up again. It's been way too long lol.

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Well, here it is!

A few days ago, I made a post appealing for information relating to animal product usage in the music instrument industry. Historically, musical instruments have used animal products. Typically, drumheads were made of animal skin, piano keys of ivory, and violin bows of horsehair. A lot of these processes have been phased out (most drums use Mylar for their skins now, and ivory was banned for pianos in the 80s.)

Here are some patterns I've noticed while creating this sheet:

  1. Drums and harmonicas are the "most vegan" instruments
  2. Acoustic pianos are much more likely to use wool than electric pianos
  3. The violin industry is the worst for animal products. Most violin manufacturers still use bows with horsehair.
  4. Manufacturers specialising in introductory/student products, such as Sigma and Franz Hoffmann, tend to use animal-derived materials rather than synthetic ones.
  5. Actual saxophones are vegan, but a lot of manufacturers use genuine leather straps. All companies that use leather for their straps have been labelled as orange. Trumpets, flugel horns, tubas, and trombones are seemingly okay regardless of manufacturer. Some flutes used to use ivory but again, this practice was banned in 1989.
  6. I discovered that clarinets tend to use goat skin for their pads. Unfortunately, I could not find any information on exactly which companies use animal skin for their clarinets. Sorry.

Another thing I've noticed is that information relating to this topic is EXTREMELY muddy. I would often find a source claiming that a manufacturer did not use animal products only to double check their information pages and see that they use wool. I would find sources claiming a manufacturer isn't vegan only to check their information pages and see that they seemingly use no animal products. For this reason, I cannot guarantee that the information in the spreadsheet is 100% accurate, but this is the closest to accuracy I have been able to get to.

This sheet compiles the top manufacturers in each category of instrument. If anyone has any other manufacturers they'd like me to investigate, please just say so in the comments.

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 7 points 1 month ago

I think it's likely to end up being the most complete. I will continue to research and add to the sheet when I can, if other people want to help that's great.

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Guide to vegan instruments (vegantheoryclub.org)

Backstory: I am a vegan musician. I recently had a conversation with another user on here after I had mentioned musical instruments and how they have historically used animal products. A lot of manufacturers have now switched to all plant based components but it is very very unclear as to who exactly is vegan friendly or not.

I have decided to attempt to create a spreadsheet detailing which instrument manufacturers are vegan-friendly or not.

These are the ones I have found answers to:

Fender - Seemingly yes

Bedell - Yes

Martin - Not vegan, uses animal-derived glue

Taylor - Yes

Moondot - Yes

Fishman - Some models are definitely vegan, have not found a definitive answer for their entire range

Steinway - Yes

Baldwin - Yes

Ludwig - Seemingly yes

Evans - Yes

Remo - Yes

Gibson - Not sure, I have found something about them using oysters(what?) in their guitars but this is about 20 years old so not sure if anything has changed

Incredibow - Yes

Cardiff Violins - Yes

Franz Hoffmann - No

T Sonada - Yes

If anyone has any knowledge of other vegan/non-vegan manufacturers to add to the sheet, preferably with a source, please let me know. If you find that any of the info above is incorrect then again please let me know.

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 8 points 1 month ago

It still seems pretty stupid to most of us. It's still common knowledge that knowing someone's IP is meaningless, it's mostly kids and the technologically inept who don't understand this in my experience.

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 10 points 1 month ago

there are micro organisms in water tho

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 7 points 2 months ago

This is a completely arbitrary point and makes no sense.

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 7 points 2 months ago

Going to a vegan "meetup" irl and everyone there eats honey, uses second hand leather, or has cheat days and look at me like I have two heads when I say I don't do any of this ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 57 points 2 months ago

I'm a leftist but I think insert fascist opinion here

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 7 points 2 months ago

I remember in the final Harry Potter book, after Voldemort is defeated Peeves (the ghost thing) sings a song about how Voldy has "gone moldy." Yet another thing he and Joanne have in common these days.

[-] josie@vegantheoryclub.org 9 points 2 months ago

Goes to a vegan cafe

Brings non-vegan food

Is asked to put it away

(Surprised pikachu)

The fuck was she expecting? This is some piss poor anti-vegan brainrot right here.

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Feijoada with pão de queijo (vegantheoryclub.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by josie@vegantheoryclub.org to c/homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org

Exactly what it says in the title pretty much. A feijoada inspired dish with pão de queijo.

Feijoada:

2 cups black beans

1/2 cup chopped carrots

1 chopped bell pepper

2 chopped potatoes

About 1/2 of a tomato

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp coriander

3 cups veg stock

I cooked the black beans in a pot then added the bell pepper, carrots, and potatoes, then thr tomato and spices. I let it simmer for about an hour however it didn't thicken that much so I'm assuming I added too much water/stock to the pot, no big deal I'll just use less next time. I served this with brown rice.

Pão de queijo:

1 cup tapioca flour

1/4 cup nooch

1/2 tsp saly

1/2 soy milk

1 potato

I preheated the oven to 190 then mixed the tapioca flour, nooch, and salt in a bowl. I added the soy milk and stirred until doughy before adding the mashed potato and stirring until combined. You are supposed to roll the dough into balls but I couldn't be bothered so I just scooped it out onto the tray lol, for that reason the presentation is off but it tasted just as good so again it's whatever. I baked for about 25 minutes.

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Soybean curry (vegantheoryclub.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by josie@vegantheoryclub.org to c/homecooks@vegantheoryclub.org

Looong time lurker, first time posting here. I used ChatGPT for soybean recipes and this is one of the dishes it came up with:

1 cup soybeans

1 inch piece of ginger, grated

2 pureed tomatoes

1 tbsp curry powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 teaspoon cumin

1/2 cup coconut milk

Recipe also listed onion and garlic as ingredients but garlic causes my GERD to flare up and I don't really like the taste of onions so I left them both out.

I pre-cooked the soybeans before preparing the curry paste. I cooked the tomato puree, cumin, ginger, turmeric, and curry powder in a splash of water for about 5 minutes until it thickened and then added the soybeans, stirring them until completely coated. I poured in the coconut milk and let it simmer for about 10 minutes before seasoning and serving it.

Not pictured is the brown rice I served it with.

Overall a relatively quick, simple and nice tasting dish.

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