I'd totally leave my Halloween decorations up until the grass needed to be mowed if I could. They are fun and I like them.

It also dipped in 2020 because for people that did have a job that they did at home expenses dropped (gas/public transit, meals out, non-sweatpant clothes) and lots just applied their stimulus check to their credit cards.

If you have a link, I would appreciate it. My mom tried making it without bacon, and it just wasn't the same. But it's been decades, replacement meat products have come a long way.

I don't describe myself in any ways for the 'clout'. And my friend asking me why I wasn't vegan wasn't harassment. It was a question. Compare that to the boss who was made me buy steaks for the company BBQ, dispite knowing how much that would upset me. Or talking about how wonderful his German Potato Salad was, knowing it's the only meat product I actually miss. Or the people making animal noises like mooing while eating to bother me. A simple 'you've been a vegetarian for such a long time, why not go full vegan' is nothing.

While some vegetarianism is because of religion (especially Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs), the difference between them is mostly eggs, milk, and sometimes honey and lanolin.

Not necessarily. Lots of vegans won't leave the cows alone. They will go pet the cows and give them scritches.

But do not pet the fluffy cows!

It's not terribly surprising that people who care about animals and the environment also care about other people more than average.

I did the same the other way around. Became vegetarian for the animals, stayed both for them and because of the environmental factors. I didn't know a lot about the environmental effects of the beef industry on global warming as a 12 year old in the mid nineties.

I generally say it's easier to convince 7 people to do meatless Mondays than 1 person to go full vegetarian/vegan. And that has the same reduction in total meat consumption. I'm not fully vegan, but a lot of my meals are, and I've been replacing eggs with Just Egg a lot lately. I may go fully vegan one of these days, especially as the substitutes on the market get better and better.

I've been a vegetarian for over 25 years. Had tons of meat eaters bother me about it, harass me, and make fun of me. Had a total of 1 vegan ask me why I wasn't vegan. And I'm friends with a lot of vegans, so I'm in the vicinity of them all the time.