Can I eat this in front of you? (When vegans and nonvegans dine together)

   Hi and welcome back to the questions for vegans series! Today, we’re looking at a question that has more nuance to it than you might realize. And I certainly can’t speak for every vegan, but I can hope to give you the lay of the land when it comes to common vegan thoughts on the subject. So let’s talk about vegans, nonvegans, and when they come together to eat. 

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Why do vegans make food that looks like meat?

   Hi everyone, and welcome back to Eight Years In. Today we have a new addition to our questions for vegans series about vegan replacement foods. Now, I’ve already talked about this weird sense of judgment that exists with some members of the vegan community around these foods. If you’re interested, you can find that here. But today, we’re talking about things from the nonvegan standpoint. So let’s get started!

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If we all went vegan overnight, what would happen to the animals?

   Welcome back to Eight Years In, and welcome back to our questions for vegan series. We’re taking all of those questions that might annoy vegans, and answering them honestly. I find today’s question very stimulating and involved, because it involves so many twists and turns. We’re talking about the animals and how they might be affected by the world going vegan overnight.

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