It’s possibly the case that most vegans don’t wear leather, but assuming that some do, they would probably look for leather which is a byproduct of killing animals rather than the main intended product of killing animals. Also, second hand leather goods might be ok for some.

I don’t see why using one’s privilege to consume less and more responsibly/ethically is such a problem. Maybe if we didn’t waste the world’s resources and perpetuate such food inequality, people in less developed places could also have more choice about the way they consume.

Thanks for this.

A lot of vegans don’t wear leather. But I don’t think that this is an issue of all-or-nothing, where one either subsists on air and sunlight or one eats anything and everything. Moderation is also a possible way of looking at this: eating fewer animals, using less leather, and so on, is also (in this perspective) a…

Isn’t that Anne Hathaway in Interstellar? Literally?

I always find this so nuts when I read it - I live in another country, and 32 is considered young. Is it really the case that in America people in their early 30s are supposed for feel old in some way?

What I love about the comments here is that people have seriously given this a lot of thought in advance.

Yeah but you end up turning into a giant sandworm.

Yeah, no doubt. I remember the first time my kids ate bacon (a visit to the USA) and they were like WHOA WHAT IS THAT WHERE HAS THAT BEEN ALL MY LIFE WE WILL NEVER STOP EATING IT.

Kind of disturbing.

I’m sure you just mislaid it.

I feel like this is the perfect time to recall this masterpiece:

‘Rebuttal’ is a noun. But now I’m really laughing at the juvenile puns that one could make with ‘rebutting’ in this context. Long day.

your gif game is good.

Killed me.

When I was a kid, Jean Grey’s death blew me away.

I really like the idea of using David Bowie as a yardstick for reasonable behavior. This is the man who brought you the following righteous action:

Martha Plimpton rules.

This is kind of breathtaking and awesome.

So I probably won’t watch any of these, but I’d like to say that Muppet Babies was the jam.