So ok I already ranted a bit in my introduction post but I want to rant some more. Why on earth does so many products contain dairy/egg/etc?!? Does it really have to contain this stuff to taste good? What are they thinking? ARGH!
Also why the heck is there whey in my nutritional yeast and why didn't I notice at the whole goods store
They have a no return policy and it doesn't matter b/c I opened it already and then noticed whey on the ingredients *sighs* I don't want to eat it since it has whey but I already bought it and it's hard for me to throw things away bleh
And why on earth can't I find bread that doesn't have whey in it? It took me like 20 minutes and finally I found some sarah lee whole grain bread that didn't list whey as an ingredient. And like 90% of the cereals I looked at had honey. Bleeeehhhhh..
Ok yea I'm whining and ranting and I apologize, I know it's not a good first impression but I'm so stressed and need to vent to people who know where I'm coming from. If hear "go hug a tree ya tofu fartin hippy" once more I'm going to go crazy.
So ok that's the end of my rant... Now some questions...
Sugar. I know a lot of Vegans don't eat it. I don't really want to eat it either but it's hard to get away from it in a lot of products. So what do you do about this? Also what about sugar alternatives like splenda? Do they still go through the bone char?
Products that say something like "Manufactured or Packaged in a facility that also handles products with egg/milk/etc" Does this make the product not Vegan friendly because the equipment may have been contaminated with animal products?
Also I can't really go into my reasons for wanting this change in my life. But it has a lot to do with hurting animals as I've always been extremely against animal cruelty (even things that people don't consider as cruel such as chaining an animal instead of letting it run free within the boundaries of a fence, or caging a bird/sugar glider/etc) Don't get me started on people who put shock collars on their dogs >_< But I don't want to be any part of helping companies hurt animals. I think they should have just as many rights as we have. They are living, breathing, feeling, thinking creatures and I think a lot of people have huge superiority complexes to think we're at the top of the food chain. Can't wait for aliens to come down and decide we're so inferior that we will become their food. Won't that be irony? And they'll save the Vegans and animals and let us live a wonderful peaceful happy existence ^_^ Ok I'm ranting again uhm where was I ....
So yea how do you deal with having no choice with some things? Like I seriously cannot afford to go out and get cosmetics that weren't tested on animals or don't have animal products in them. Same with my shampoo and soap and stuff. I mean I'm a broke college student working 2 jobs to cover my price gouged rent. I read that all drugs have to be tested on animals to be FDA approved so I pretty much quit taking tylenol/advil/tums/etc when I went Vegetarian. But I'm sure if I get really sick I'll have to take medicine. How do you deal with that? I even read somewhere that there's stuff that comes from animals in your car tires. I mean it's not like you can really do anything about that. So even though I'm trying my best to not eat meat or stuff that comes from animals (like I know what glucerinephosphate is) I still know that I'm contributing to the problem
I know there's only so much you can do but maybe you can share with me your thoughts so maybe it'll help me not feel so guilty about things *shrug*
Ok I'm going to end this book. Thanks to anyone who reads/replies. I promise I won't post anything else for like a week or two to make up for this loonnnnngggg post
Also why the heck is there whey in my nutritional yeast and why didn't I notice at the whole goods store

And why on earth can't I find bread that doesn't have whey in it? It took me like 20 minutes and finally I found some sarah lee whole grain bread that didn't list whey as an ingredient. And like 90% of the cereals I looked at had honey. Bleeeehhhhh..
Ok yea I'm whining and ranting and I apologize, I know it's not a good first impression but I'm so stressed and need to vent to people who know where I'm coming from. If hear "go hug a tree ya tofu fartin hippy" once more I'm going to go crazy.
So ok that's the end of my rant... Now some questions...
Sugar. I know a lot of Vegans don't eat it. I don't really want to eat it either but it's hard to get away from it in a lot of products. So what do you do about this? Also what about sugar alternatives like splenda? Do they still go through the bone char?
Products that say something like "Manufactured or Packaged in a facility that also handles products with egg/milk/etc" Does this make the product not Vegan friendly because the equipment may have been contaminated with animal products?
Also I can't really go into my reasons for wanting this change in my life. But it has a lot to do with hurting animals as I've always been extremely against animal cruelty (even things that people don't consider as cruel such as chaining an animal instead of letting it run free within the boundaries of a fence, or caging a bird/sugar glider/etc) Don't get me started on people who put shock collars on their dogs >_< But I don't want to be any part of helping companies hurt animals. I think they should have just as many rights as we have. They are living, breathing, feeling, thinking creatures and I think a lot of people have huge superiority complexes to think we're at the top of the food chain. Can't wait for aliens to come down and decide we're so inferior that we will become their food. Won't that be irony? And they'll save the Vegans and animals and let us live a wonderful peaceful happy existence ^_^ Ok I'm ranting again uhm where was I ....
So yea how do you deal with having no choice with some things? Like I seriously cannot afford to go out and get cosmetics that weren't tested on animals or don't have animal products in them. Same with my shampoo and soap and stuff. I mean I'm a broke college student working 2 jobs to cover my price gouged rent. I read that all drugs have to be tested on animals to be FDA approved so I pretty much quit taking tylenol/advil/tums/etc when I went Vegetarian. But I'm sure if I get really sick I'll have to take medicine. How do you deal with that? I even read somewhere that there's stuff that comes from animals in your car tires. I mean it's not like you can really do anything about that. So even though I'm trying my best to not eat meat or stuff that comes from animals (like I know what glucerinephosphate is) I still know that I'm contributing to the problem

Ok I'm going to end this book. Thanks to anyone who reads/replies. I promise I won't post anything else for like a week or two to make up for this loonnnnngggg post