• Christian
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    161 year ago

    The soy thing is just a dumb meme right? I’m having trouble imagining a person stupid enough to actually have that concern.

    (Just to clarify so no one infers bad intent behind my question, I do think veganism is cool and good.)

    • Ziglin (it/they)
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      21 year ago

      I mean it does seem to contain phytoestrogens which are plant based molecules that act as estrogens so no but I really doubt it would have a noticeable effect.

      It also wouldn’t surprise me if the phytoestrogens get denatured when cooked. (I do not know what phytoestrogens look like chemically, please correct me if I’m wrong about them likely being denatured)

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        I’ve never heard of or heard someone say that. Though I eat meat so I guess I wouldn’t be the target audience?

          • @[email protected]
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            41 year ago

            Yeah, it’s really interesting how easy it can be to not notice stuff like this until you end up in the group. I obviously haven’t had the experience around vegan stuff, but have with other things.

            Personally I just can’t get over the overbearing hostility from some people, both vegans at me whenever i admit that I’m not one, and also other non vegans who are weirdly mean to vegans. But hey, i guess not everyone is gonna get along.

            • Jerkface (any/all)
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              1 year ago

              It’s not an accident you don’t notice!! You are being intentionally manipulated to be a profitable and guilt-free consumer, but also, you’re being told lies you want to believe. Things look entirely different once you successfully pull your head out of your ass and psychologically take responsibility for the atrocity to sentient, sapient creatures that you are causing.

    • capital
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      51 year ago

      I’ve personally had someone say that to me about soy milk.