I can’t remember where I saw it, but I feel like today is a good time to revisit the concept of “Vegan + bacon”.
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@danirabbit right on. A good example is my attempt to de-Meta. I removed Fecesbook, Instagram, Messenger. But I can't get rid of WhatsApp. There are family groups, friend groups and work groups on WhatsApp and the momentum is not yet there for them to all move to non Meta alternatives. Especially family groups with all the elderly members who already struggled to learn WhatsApp as "The New Thing To Use". It's too much to ask them to do it again
@rozeboosje @danirabbit I'm the same, it was such a struggle to get my parents on to Whatsapp in the first place (my Mum ended up deleting most of the contacts from her phone because she thought that would stop them contacting her on Whatsapp) I can't imaging switching them to Signal. And just about every local community group I'm in organises either by Whatsapp or Facebook
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@chewie @danirabbit Learning how to use spices also helps tremendously. I recently discovered lemon ginger rice. Chickpeas take spices a lot like chicken. Curries, tikka masala, vindaloo, North African tagines, and more generally do really well with chickpeas instead of meat.
True! I’ve been a vegetarian since forever, and I love love love spice mixes they sell for meat, BBQ, curries etc.
So often, I’ll just toss some veggies in a pan, stir fry them, and add some spice mix - ras el hanout, baharat, garam masala etc. Yum!
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Maybe you can’t buy everything local. What one thing can you start buying local? Can you switch from Starbucks to the local coffee shop? Can you switch from Petco to the local pet feed store? Can you switch from Dominoes to a local pizza place?
Maybe you can’t completely de-Google or de-Apple or de-Amazon your life. Can you switch one thing? Can you use DuckDuckGo? Move your passwords to Bitwarden? Open a Fastmail account?
@danirabbit this is such good advice. I’m quitting Azure and AWS and moving to @beasts as soon as I can.
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@danirabbit People usually underestimate how much difference small, incremental changes make over time.
If you get into the habit of preparing, say, 2 vegan meals per week, that's 100 vegan meals per year.
Plus, once you've got the hang of it, adding a third vegan meal isn't so hard. Or sometimes a fourth one, maybe. And suddenly you're at 150 per year.
It's the same for all the other good things. Doing a little, on a regular basis, just adds up, and opens further opportunities for change
@slothrop @danirabbit Depending on some things, two vegan mails a week is the Orthodox way, outside of fasting periods, of course. (If things are a bit laxer than the strictest form, it's going to be vegetarian.)
I had to give up on that because I got really sick at some point, but I'm compensating that by barely travelling anywhere anymore! (Because I'm too sick...)
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