I was sitting with a bunch of coworkers and somehow the topic of me being vegan came up. A coworker then proceeded to inform me that animal byproducts were used in the making of plastics. He also said this as I was drinking out of my Towson University PLASTIC Naglene. I could have cried. How am I supposed to avoid plastic? Is it even possible? Everything is made of plastic!
I was mulling this over in my head for the last day or so. How can I compromise what I thought I was doing for the benefit of animal welfare with the near impossible avoidance of an everyday object. I found this quote and it made me feel better:
"...the organization Vegan Outreach has the opinion 'it can be prohibitively expensive and time consuming to shun every hidden or minor animal-derived ingredient...'"
So if even Vegan Outreach can say don't worry about being superveganwoman, then maybe I'm not an awful vegan after all for not knowing this.
But it's funny how it seems like every couple months, I feel like I'm an awful person and being all kinds of wrong. I guess that's just something you have to deal with when you label yourself. People have different definitions for the same thing. And as much as you try, you can't know everything.
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