Do angry vegans turn you against going vegan?

[8ball]

The asterisk is a wildcard character.

You get vegens, veguns, vegins and vegons?

 

[PaoloSanchez]

You get vegens, veguns, vegins and vegons?

I suppose if those were legit words then yes the wildcard would accomodate them, but they're not.

Wildcard character - Wikipedia
"In software, a wildcard character is a kind of placeholder represented by a single character, such as an asterisk (*), which can be interpreted as a number of literal characters or an empty string. It is often used in file searches so the full name need not be typed."

For example...

 

[NoXion]

It's a special snowflake.

 

[8ball]

I suppose if those were legit words then yes the wildcard would accomodate them, but they're not.

Wildcard character - Wikipedia
"In software, a wildcard character is a kind of placeholder represented by a single character, such as an asterisk (*), which can be interpreted as a number of literal characters or an empty string. It is often used in file searches so the full name need not be typed."

For example...
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I'm w*ll awar* of what a wildcard charact*r is, ju* hadn't s**n that formulation (to includ* v*g*tarian) us*d b*for*.

I've seen the 'o' in 'God' replaced for some nebulous religious reason, thought maybe this was something comparable.

 

[PaoloSanchez]

Nope, no religious reasoning, it's just a convenient way of grouping vegetarians and vegans.

 

[8ball]

Nope, no religious reasoning, it's just a convenient way of grouping vegetarians and vegans.

I was thinking 'in group' rather than religious, really, but thanks for clarifying.

 

[keybored]

Veg(an/etarian)s works better.

 

[8ball]

Veg(an/etarian)s works better.

Though is almost as long as 'vegan/vegetarian'.
I vote for LMM (lentil-munchin' massive).

 

[PaoloSanchez]

Veg(an/etarian)s works better.

Er...no it doesn't. Veg*ns works just fine, and there's much less typing involved.

 

[keybored]

Er...no it doesn't. Veg*ns works just fine, and there's much less typing involved.

Most people aren't a computer and will assume a single * just replaces one character.

 

[PaoloSanchez]

Most people aren't a computer and will assume a single * just replaces one character.

It really isn't that much of a a steep learning curve for noobs and you don't need to be a computer to understand it.

 

[8ball]

It really isn't that much of a a steep learning curve for noobs and you don't need to be a computer to understand it.

It isn't. It's just unusual. For instance, you see f**k but don't see f*k very often.

 

[keybored]

It really isn't that much of a a steep learning curve for noobs and you don't need to be a computer to understand it.

Syntax error.

 

[Calamity1971]

So that article tells me it's piss easy to get zinc in a vegan diet because it's in fucking LOADS of everyday foods. So what was the point of you linking to that page?

your point?

Think he's trying to teach you how to suck eggs as it were.
My auntie was convinced I would get beri beri and would have to eat with padded knives and forks by the time I was 15

 

[8ball]

Think he's trying to teach you how to suck eggs as it were.

Vegans are allowed to suck, but not swallow.

 

[no-no]

They make it easier for me to admit to them and myself, that I don't really care that much about animal welfare.That I'm fine with us killing animals for food and that I don't hold humans to a higher standard than any other animal.

 

[ddraig]

Vegans are allowed to suck, but not swallow.

why don't you grow up and stop this, it's very very unbecoming

 

[8ball]

why don't you grow up and stop this, it's very very unbecoming

You have a filthy mind.

 

[PaoloSanchez]

Think he's trying to teach you how to suck eggs as it were.

editor's just calling out yet another piss-take time waster troll faking interest in vegan issues. I tend to give them a couple of overs worth of line and length before switching them off.

My auntie was convinced I would get beri beri and would have to eat with padded knives and forks by the time I was 15

All manner of plagues were forecast for our family, including scurvy, ebola and scarlet fever, all caused by "where the fuck you gonna get your protein?" and other stupid ignorance based questions.

 

[PaoloSanchez]

Why I asked my family to be vegan

Since our two weeks of living as a vegan family, we’ve cut out cow’s milk completely and switched to drinking soya milk. We still enjoy eating meat, but the experience has made me realise that we eat more than we need. As a compromise, we decided to eat vegetarian meals during the week and only eat meat over the weekend. That way, we have more balanced diets.

I never expected my 11-, 10- and seven-year-olds to understand supply and demand, but they do believe that, even if we can’t change the world, we can do our bit. I don’t know if we’ll ever give up meat completely, but this experience has given us all new appreciation for animals and for vegan foods.

Nadiya Hussain reveals she went vegan in BBC Good Food | Daily Mail Online

 

[AnnaKarpik]

Always good to get enough zinc.
White spots on the fingernails can be a sign of deficiency.

Zinc wasn't on my radar until my brother mentioned a connection with the immune system; I have two autoimmune diseases and a range of allergies - why didn't the zinc police let me know?
Anyway, I shall eat more oats and nuts/seeds and report back in a year or so.

 

[8ball]

Zinc wasn't on my radar until my brother mentioned a connection with the immune system; I have two autoimmune diseases and a range of allergies - why didn't the zinc police let me know?
Anyway, I shall eat more oats and nuts/seeds and report back in a year or so.

Pumpkin seeds and chickpeas FTW!

 

[editor]

Though is almost as long as 'vegan/vegetarian'.
I vote for LMM (lentil-munchin' massive).

And that's not patronising at all, is is?

 

[editor]

Always good to get enough zinc.
White spots on the fingernails can be a sign of deficiency.

No. Wrong in almost all cases.

Incidentally, in addition to the myth that white spots in fingernails are a sign of calcium deficiency, you may also have heard that they indicate a zinc deficiency. That isn’t true either.

White Spots on Nails - White Fingernails | Dr. Weil

 

[8ball]

No. Wrong in almost all cases.

Turns out you're half right!
Researchers seem to be split on this.

Stopped clocks and all that.

 

[8ball]

And that's not patronising at all, is is?

I don't suppose it's any worse than BaconMuncher.
YMMV in accordance with levels of personal sanctimony.

 

[ddraig]

I don't suppose it's any worse than BaconMuncher.
YMMV in accordance with levels of personal sanctimony.

and it's just you who's posted that on this thread
urban75 forums
Is it worth asking what your issue is and why you've gone so purile on this thread recently?

 

[8ball]

and it's just you who's posted that on this thread
urban75 forums
Is it worth asking what your issue is and why you've gone so purile on this thread recently?

Not really looking very hard, are you?
I'm adjusting to the intellectual level of thread.

Might start dropping some punctuation in a bit...

 

[ddraig]

has someone else posted it then? can you link to the post?
you could ignore the thread and stop posting on it, making yourself look less of a dick as a bonus

 

[8ball]

has someone else posted it then? can you link to the post?
you could ignore the thread and stop posting on it, making yourself look less of a dick as a bonus

Of course I can link to the post, but that's no fun.
You could also fuck off, you know.