[1.3]Vegetarian vs Vegan

Started by zgrssd, July 25, 2021, 03:30:21 PM

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zgrssd

I think you got a very common mixup between Vegan and Vegeratrian.

Vegeratrian - categorically excludes Meat, but allows animal products.
Some specific or particulary cruelly created animal products - like leather/pelts, industrial chicken farming - can also be included, usually on Ethical grounds.
Some others might have to be exluded for other reasons (like lactose intollerancy)*
And some simply by preference.
But generally Vegetarian would be Plant + Animal products.

In generalized gameterms, they should be okay with plant and animal products for their food. With maybe a exception for Fertilized eggs.
But stuff like leather might also be avoided, the same way non-cannibals avoid human leather.
However the heavy survival situation and the limits on killing animals in the first place with Animal Personhood, should make leather clothing a non-issue for all but extreme survival situations.

Vegan - categorically excludes all meat and all animal products.
That is what the current "vegetarian meals" map too. Incorrectly.

*In fact a friend of mine has that issue. Vegetarian by choice + Lactose intollerancy by DNA.
She can only eat a subset of all vegetarian products, as Lactose is in a lot of things.
However she can use "Vegan" as a shortcut. If it is vegan, she knows it is Vegeratrian + milk free. But she still prefers manually screening Vegetarian meals, rather then going for Vegan. Or taking her Medication against the intollerancy.

Moderator note:
We have reviewed the terms and meals and have made changes as of recent builds.  Thanks for the feedback however!