This! I was never officially vegan, but I'm Christian Orthodox, and practiced it more "religiously" (teehee) when I was younger, which involved basically going vegan for 6 weeks before Christmas and 8 before Easter, as fasting. During this period, we had beans, mushrooms, potatoes, rice, pasta, even tofu and various…

I'm not vegan, nor do I desire to be, but as an Asian immigrant, my two cents are: I totally agree that vegan food does not have to be expensive. Native Indian, Southeast Asian, and Mediterranean cuisine has so many ingredients that are vegan. If people just did a little exploring in ethnic grocery stores and went…

This has been almost exactly my experience, except that I *have* done all sorts of ridiculous diets and the like. But currently, because the dietary aspect of being vegan is just a small portion of a much larger ethical decision, nonvegan items just don't register as food. I could see the argument that you want "real"…

TrueConfessions(TM): when I'm cooking with it, I often eat raw pieces of tofu...and I like it.

I have been vegan for 15 years and no it doesn't have to be all hip and trendy foods. I eat whatever is vegan and love me some junk food. I am not in it for health reasons.

I'm not vegan but I just came down here to say this. There are plenty of vegan foods that aren't exotic, weird and expensive.

I myself am not vegan but most of my friends are. Luckily here in the Bay Area vegan restaurants are abound. Even if they didn't exist, being vegan is still pretty damn easy. If you are cooking it does not need to be a complicated endeavor. Most of my at home meals involve black beans, brown rice, quinoa and big…

I love raw, cold tofu. On hot days, it's the only protein I can deal with (and I'm not vegetarian nor vegan). (although I am Chinese so there is the cultural proclivity). Try this, I beg of you: Take a block of cold tofu. Sprinkle salt on top. Drizzle sesame oil on top. Sprinkle chopped green onions and cilantro on…

Yeah, I'm on year 4 myself and can say that my grocery bill is significantly less now than it used to be. Except when peaches are in season. I always spend my paycheck on peaches.

It is pretty mainstream in my non-vegan house.

I'm not vegan, and I'm not even dirt-ass poor any more, but PB sammiches are STILL the best thing ever.

"garlic-braised bok choy, dal with lots of cilantro and caramelized shallots, chopped guacamole the way a Mexican friend had taught me, and rice."

The sad thing is that the best "video game" movie was actually King of Kong.

I don't know...I really don't think that empathy can be taught to narcissistic/sociopathic assholes... they'll just use that information to fine-tune their manipulativeness. Maybe I am biased having grown up with one of those people as a stepfather, but I vote "just a shitty, shitty human being". I think even if a…

THANK YOU!!! I didn't want to be the first to say it, but I definitely feel for you! We're not 'narwhals' as children of shitbag moms we're just more stigmatized and therefore quieter about it. A lot fewer people say "but he's your father!" In the outraged tone they usually use for chastising you when you say you and…

Children are allowed to be upset. They're allowed to have feelings, and they should not be physically harmed because they express them. If a child is having a temper tantrum, they need a place to cool down, alone. Put them in a time out. The first few times you do this, they will test you. They will run out, they will…

PENIS: Do not handle machinery while intoxicated.

Why is this a big deal? I just keep a box of giant binder clips in my closet and use those to make a nice fit every day. Sure, I walk down the hallways at work at a slant so my nicely taylored front is always facing others while the mangled mess of clothing and office supplies in the back remain hidden, but…

There should definitely be laws against it, but the laws should be constructed in a way that the woman who was forced to miscarry is the wronged party, not the fetus. The danger in this is not that he's being punished for causing a miscarriage (most of these laws are enacted to protect pregnant women, but then used…

How does one earn 177 counts of kidnapping three people? I understand it was for a very long time, but wouldn't it still be three? I can see the rape charges accounting for multiple rapes, but the kidnapping count seems odd. Anyone able to fill me in?