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   Janneke (janneke@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 01:51:11 JST Janneke

   As a #vegan I believe it would make sense to make food at #fosdem entirely plant-based. Maybe next year?

   (Hoping the fries were vegan, in Belgium fries often aren't even vegetarian, and only vegans seem to know this)

   On the plus side, statistics on vegan burgers were not bad though. WDYT?

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     railmeat (railmeat@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 01:51:10 JST railmeat

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     @janneke

     What are non-vegetarian fries?

     I assume non-vegan fries are fried in animal fat?

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     Janneke (janneke@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 01:51:10 JST Janneke

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     • railmeat

     @railmeat yes, that's right.

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     Janneke (janneke@todon.nl)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 20:46:57 JST Janneke

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     • Jeroen Baten

     @JeroenBaten hehe, don't go all imposter syndrome in me, of course I care!

     As any #vegan I can easily agree with you that people do not need to eat more than a spoonful of meat per week. Wouldn't it be safe to assume that people who consume meat will easily get their (supposedly necessary) weekly ration outside of #FOSDEM, while most eat much more than our planet is able to sustain?

     Wouldn't it be the responsible and logical thing to do to (advocate to) make #FOSDEM26 a vegan/plant-based event?

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     Jeroen Baten (jeroenbaten@mastodon.nl)'s status on Sunday, 09-Feb-2025 20:46:59 JST Jeroen Baten

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     @janneke I honestly doubt you want to know what I think. But here goes. The human brain absolutely depends for some of its nutrients that are only found in meat. I grant you, we do not need a lot. About a spoon of meat per week. But we do need it. Would the world be better with a completely overhauled food industry? Absolutely! Should humans eat meat? Yes, absolutely, only a lot less than now.

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     Jan Lehnardt :couchdb: (janl@narrativ.es)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 01:43:25 JST Jan Lehnardt :couchdb:

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     @janneke we did all of the last few JSConf’s EU entirely vegan, it’s very possible.

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     Janneke (janneke@todon.nl)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 03:33:59 JST Janneke

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     • Jeroen Baten

     @JeroenBaten It would be so amazing if this advice would actually work. We could reduce meat consumption and thus meat production and thus animal suffering by about 98% over night. Let's try it out!

     I hereby send you my magic cloak that makes you receive any and all #goVegan advocacy messages as to implicitly still "allow" for a spoonful of meat a week.

     Please tell us when you have turned #vegan--eating no more than a spoonful of meat a week---and return my magic cloak!

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     Jeroen Baten (jeroenbaten@mastodon.nl)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2025 03:34:00 JST Jeroen Baten

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     @janneke I think it would not hurt the vegan message to say you only need a spoon full of meat a week. At the moment all I see are vegans saying everybody should eat 100% plant-based diet. And that is just not true.