Hi all I'm from the UK just wanted to say hi iv been vegan for 2years.
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For me -- I say I'm 'mostly' vegan, as I take vitamin D from lanolin, and just not as strict about things as I feel I should be, but that really triggers ocd and anxiety, which in turn makes it harder to stay vegan- so I do what keeps me on the right path! That would be about 10 years
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Yeah if you don't mind me asking.
Yeah and I would love to know how u become vegan.For me -- I say I'm 'mostly' vegan, as I take vitamin D from lanolin, and just not as strict about things as I feel I should be, but that really triggers ocd and anxiety, which in turn makes it harder to stay vegan- so I do what keeps me on the right path! That would be about 10 years
Thank you. I also suffer from anxiety is taking me Months build up the courage to join this vf. May I ask how you started your vegan journeyFor me -- I say I'm 'mostly' vegan, as I take vitamin D from lanolin, and just not as strict about things as I feel I should be, but that really triggers ocd and anxiety, which in turn makes it harder to stay vegan- so I do what keeps me on the right path! That would be about 10 years
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I've "told" this story so often that I actually wrote it down. I am not sure but I have probably posted it here somewhere too.
So … I’m pretty sure it was in 1999 or maybe 2000. PETA was suing the California Dairy Board over their Happy Cow Commercials. I’ll post one below. PETA was claiming false advertising.
I was house sitting my sister’s house. So I must have been on vacation myself. And she gets the paper delivered so I quickly got into the habit of eating breakfast and reading the paper. ( I did and do live in an apartment and can’t get the paper delivered to my front porch each morning.)
On the front page, just below the fold is an article about the law suit. And the author took issue with it. Most of his issue was that these are pretty good ads, entertainment wise, and PETA should grow a sense of humor. I completely agreed with the author.
The next day, in exactly the same spot, the author printed a retraction, an apology and a much longer news article.
It started off with the info that after publication he got a call from PETA. They asked him if they could explain their viewpoint, maybe over lunch (on them). So of course the reporter agrees to it. First off, Peta explains that his article was based on his opinion (that the ads were funny), therefore an editorial, and therefore should not be on the first page. The author recognizes and accepts this. PETA then goes on to say that there is a dairy farm just an hour away and they could go visit it. They’ll drive. So they all get into the car and drive over to a dairy farm.
PETA then explains that there is a law or maybe a restraining order, so they can’t approach the dairy farm but they can park at the edge of it and the reporter can get a good look at it from along side the road. The reporter gets out of the car, goes for a walk. The PETA people have already prepped the reporter on what to look for, feces up to the cow’s ankles, swollen and infected udders, and basically the sheer misery these cows are living in. But the reporter is not prepared for the stink. And promptly loses his lunch.
The reporter then writes the retraction, the apology, and another article about the dairy farm and the diary industry (facts and figures mostly supplied by PETA.) At the end there is either an address or a phone number for PETA’s local office. I called or wrote and got a free PETA vegan starter kit.
Now this was twenty years ago and I no longer have this article. I’m sure my imagination has filled in some gaps. Plus I have told this story enough times that I’m sure it has evolved in the re-telling. But I bet I have most of the facts straight.
Happy cow commercials.
So … I’m pretty sure it was in 1999 or maybe 2000. PETA was suing the California Dairy Board over their Happy Cow Commercials. I’ll post one below. PETA was claiming false advertising.
I was house sitting my sister’s house. So I must have been on vacation myself. And she gets the paper delivered so I quickly got into the habit of eating breakfast and reading the paper. ( I did and do live in an apartment and can’t get the paper delivered to my front porch each morning.)
On the front page, just below the fold is an article about the law suit. And the author took issue with it. Most of his issue was that these are pretty good ads, entertainment wise, and PETA should grow a sense of humor. I completely agreed with the author.
The next day, in exactly the same spot, the author printed a retraction, an apology and a much longer news article.
It started off with the info that after publication he got a call from PETA. They asked him if they could explain their viewpoint, maybe over lunch (on them). So of course the reporter agrees to it. First off, Peta explains that his article was based on his opinion (that the ads were funny), therefore an editorial, and therefore should not be on the first page. The author recognizes and accepts this. PETA then goes on to say that there is a dairy farm just an hour away and they could go visit it. They’ll drive. So they all get into the car and drive over to a dairy farm.
PETA then explains that there is a law or maybe a restraining order, so they can’t approach the dairy farm but they can park at the edge of it and the reporter can get a good look at it from along side the road. The reporter gets out of the car, goes for a walk. The PETA people have already prepped the reporter on what to look for, feces up to the cow’s ankles, swollen and infected udders, and basically the sheer misery these cows are living in. But the reporter is not prepared for the stink. And promptly loses his lunch.
The reporter then writes the retraction, the apology, and another article about the dairy farm and the diary industry (facts and figures mostly supplied by PETA.) At the end there is either an address or a phone number for PETA’s local office. I called or wrote and got a free PETA vegan starter kit.
Now this was twenty years ago and I no longer have this article. I’m sure my imagination has filled in some gaps. Plus I have told this story enough times that I’m sure it has evolved in the re-telling. But I bet I have most of the facts straight.
Happy cow commercials.
Hi there, Veg Smiley-face 
and welcome! Well done going/staying vegan!
I went lacto-vegetarian back in 1996 and then dabbled in veganism, consistently vegan since 2004. My wife is also vegan, and our daughter has been vegan her whole life.
and welcome! Well done going/staying vegan!I went lacto-vegetarian back in 1996 and then dabbled in veganism, consistently vegan since 2004. My wife is also vegan, and our daughter has been vegan her whole life.
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Thank you. It's nice to have the chance to talk to so many other vegans. Im the only vegan in my family.Hi there, Veg Smiley-face
I went lacto-vegetarian back in 1996 and then dabbled in veganism, consistently vegan since 2004. My wife is also vegan, and our daughter has been vegan her whole life.
Hola thank youHola &
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