Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoSettle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?message-squaremessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down123
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareSettle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-squareFloeylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThat’s not the definition of veganism at all. It’s actually not even the definition of a plant based diet since plant based dieters eat fungi and yeast.
minus-squaretheshatterstone54@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoYeah, they can eat mushrooms and other fungi. I should have picked my words better. Also, dictionary definition: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/vegan
minus-squareFloeylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoOr use is important here. Veganism isn’t a diet, the way vegan eat follows from vegan ethics, which apply to more then just what we put in our mouths.
That’s not the definition of veganism at all. It’s actually not even the definition of a plant based diet since plant based dieters eat fungi and yeast.
Yeah, they can eat mushrooms and other fungi. I should have picked my words better.
Also, dictionary definition:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/vegan
Or use is important here. Veganism isn’t a diet, the way vegan eat follows from vegan ethics, which apply to more then just what we put in our mouths.