▲ 194 ▼ Is jellyfish vegan? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by Cortell@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 268 comments fedilink hide all child comments They don’t have a brain really and kinda just float there. Do they even feel pain?
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 years ago (4 children) Are carnivores plants vegan? Genuinely curious, never looked into it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Many fertilizers are made from animal products. Are veggies grown with those fertilizers vegan? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nothing is 100% vegan. Animals have existed on this planet for hundreds of millions of years, and they are a part of its composition. Soil is just fully decomposed plants and animals. No matter how vegan you want to be, you can't escape eating something that has fed on animal parts directly or indirectly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 1 point 3 years ago My point being that many fertilizers are a product of factory farming. Something that vegans are very much against. permalink fedilink source parent [–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I have heard there are vegans who won't eat figs since there's a decent chance of a dead wasp in a fig due to how fig wasps procreate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tofu@geddit.social 2 points 3 years ago Figs you buy in stores don’t have dead wasps in them. But yes, there varieties of figs that do and there aren’t vegan. permalink fedilink source parent [–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) If no, what about coprophagic mushrooms (I'm not aware of any fungi that are both edible and coprophagic and also produce fruiting bodies aka mushrooms big enough to possibly harvest)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Depends what you consider edible. Some varieties of psilocybe grow directly on poop. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 1 point 3 years ago Hm, I might have chosen the wrong adjective there. I meant fungi that decompose corpses permalink fedilink source parent [–] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Plants aren't sentient, so yes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] moog@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) they feel pain, communicate, reproduce, move around, why are plants any different than animals? honest question permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Plants may react to damage, but that isn't the same thing as pain. Plants don't have a brain or a central nervous system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mtnwolf@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago https://regenerationinternational.org/2019/07/23/plant-sentience-and-the-impossible-burger/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aux@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago Neither do jellyfish and many other animals. Veganism is just arbitrary lunacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) Many fertilizers are made from animal products. Are veggies grown with those fertilizers vegan? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nothing is 100% vegan. Animals have existed on this planet for hundreds of millions of years, and they are a part of its composition. Soil is just fully decomposed plants and animals. No matter how vegan you want to be, you can't escape eating something that has fed on animal parts directly or indirectly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 1 point 3 years ago My point being that many fertilizers are a product of factory farming. Something that vegans are very much against. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Nothing is 100% vegan. Animals have existed on this planet for hundreds of millions of years, and they are a part of its composition. Soil is just fully decomposed plants and animals. No matter how vegan you want to be, you can't escape eating something that has fed on animal parts directly or indirectly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 1 point 3 years ago My point being that many fertilizers are a product of factory farming. Something that vegans are very much against. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 1 point 3 years ago My point being that many fertilizers are a product of factory farming. Something that vegans are very much against. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I have heard there are vegans who won't eat figs since there's a decent chance of a dead wasp in a fig due to how fig wasps procreate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tofu@geddit.social 2 points 3 years ago Figs you buy in stores don’t have dead wasps in them. But yes, there varieties of figs that do and there aren’t vegan. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tofu@geddit.social 2 points 3 years ago Figs you buy in stores don’t have dead wasps in them. But yes, there varieties of figs that do and there aren’t vegan. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) If no, what about coprophagic mushrooms (I'm not aware of any fungi that are both edible and coprophagic and also produce fruiting bodies aka mushrooms big enough to possibly harvest)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Depends what you consider edible. Some varieties of psilocybe grow directly on poop. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 1 point 3 years ago Hm, I might have chosen the wrong adjective there. I meant fungi that decompose corpses permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Depends what you consider edible. Some varieties of psilocybe grow directly on poop. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 1 point 3 years ago Hm, I might have chosen the wrong adjective there. I meant fungi that decompose corpses permalink fedilink source parent
[–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 1 point 3 years ago Hm, I might have chosen the wrong adjective there. I meant fungi that decompose corpses permalink fedilink source parent
[–] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Plants aren't sentient, so yes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] moog@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) they feel pain, communicate, reproduce, move around, why are plants any different than animals? honest question permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Plants may react to damage, but that isn't the same thing as pain. Plants don't have a brain or a central nervous system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mtnwolf@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago https://regenerationinternational.org/2019/07/23/plant-sentience-and-the-impossible-burger/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aux@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago Neither do jellyfish and many other animals. Veganism is just arbitrary lunacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] moog@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) they feel pain, communicate, reproduce, move around, why are plants any different than animals? honest question permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Plants may react to damage, but that isn't the same thing as pain. Plants don't have a brain or a central nervous system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mtnwolf@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago https://regenerationinternational.org/2019/07/23/plant-sentience-and-the-impossible-burger/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aux@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago Neither do jellyfish and many other animals. Veganism is just arbitrary lunacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago (2 children) Plants may react to damage, but that isn't the same thing as pain. Plants don't have a brain or a central nervous system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mtnwolf@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago https://regenerationinternational.org/2019/07/23/plant-sentience-and-the-impossible-burger/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aux@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago Neither do jellyfish and many other animals. Veganism is just arbitrary lunacy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mtnwolf@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago https://regenerationinternational.org/2019/07/23/plant-sentience-and-the-impossible-burger/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aux@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago Neither do jellyfish and many other animals. Veganism is just arbitrary lunacy. permalink fedilink source parent