For some reason back during the mid to late 2010s Peterson types tried to make milk manly and cool again. I guess it was to make fun of soy, the misconception being that soy is 'feminizing' or some other superstition that's long been disproven (also, bro, cows milk comes from cow boob and is full of actual mammal estrogen so it's probably more feminizing than soy anyway.)

But old-timey people knew what was up with milk. Milk is lame. Milk is for babies.

Go shit your pants, milk drinker lmao.

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[–] Goadstool@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I'll never forget the time I decided to share my joy with Hexbear over having lost 150+lbs after struggling with my weight - and correlating severe depression - trying about a dozen weight loss methods for more than a decade... and then got bullied for not being able to tackle this insurmountable challenge of my life while being vegan about it, lol.

It's so hard to describe how little control I have over eating... all the ways in which I've had to basically trick my brain into thinking I get to eat the way it wants while actually losing weight. Like, there have been moments in my life where I genuinely wasn't even able to stop myself from eating pastries out of an actual garbage can, even though I consciously did not want to do it.

That said, I'm gradually replacing things with vegan alternatives as much as I can, and recently discovered that tofu can, in fact, slap.

[–] GreatWhiteNope@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

I’m in a similar boat. Congratulations on your weight loss! I had to have bariatric surgery to get my eating under control, so I know how immensely challenging it is.

Because of my surgery, it’s just not possible to be vegan. I have to get 60g of protein per day and can only fit about 1 cup of food in my stomach at a time. It’s just not possible to get that much protein in the amount of vegan food I can fit in my stomach.

I can have protein based milk alternatives like soy milk and I’m also a big fan of tofu, but meat is just a lot more protein dense. I’ve just accepted that I’m going to die if meat or vitamins become unavailable in the future.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'll never forget the time I decided to share my joy with Hexbear over having lost 150+lbs after struggling with my weight - and correlating severe depression - trying about a dozen weight loss methods for more than a decade... and then got bullied for not being able to tackle this insurmountable challenge of my life while being vegan about it, lol.

cat-trans congrats on that. sorry some people are feral here. eating issues are awful, i have some of my own but on the opposite end of it, im way too tiny. totally recommend blocking the vegan comm if you got food triggers

[–] Goadstool@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

I just like to share positivity with the comrades on hexbear, but that said I do believe that the vegans are ultimately right. I do not want any living being to suffer or die for my sake. I don't know if I'll ever be able to go full vegan, but I have drastically reduced my meat intake at the least, and I will always be on the lookout for viable ways that I can reduce my dependency on animal products.