If a vegan bites someone, are they still vegan?

[dalias@hachyderm.io]

@catsalad Missing "depends on if they consent". Isn't that what veganism is about?

[jackryder@infosec.exchange]

@catsalad @cR0w

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[jackryder@infosec.exchange]

@tezoatlipoca @cR0w @catsalad

[kim@fedi.social]

@catsalad@infosec.exchange Depends on whether the biting was consensual, surely?

[maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza]

@lukeharby @catsalad They bite maple trees.

[theosvv@masto.ai]

@catsalad only if the bitee is vegan.

[chris@social.inzeiten.de]

@catsalad

[hal_9000@chaos.social]

@paveljanicek @catsalad
Wikipedia doesn't say consent:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism

[paveljanicek@mamutovo.cz]

@Hal_9000 @catsalad So... You want to tell me that I am in fact not a vegan?

[ainmosni@social.ainmosni.eu]

@catsalad I think vegans can eat meat if the meat source consents, so the real answer is "it depends".

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@catsalad
if they got consent, sure

[avatastic@avatastic.uk]

@catsalad yes, but kinkier.

[shinydan@mendeddrum.org]

@catsalad provided they got consent first, yes. there is applicable online precedent but it's a trifle squicky.

[jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange]

@ainmosni @catsalad Wasn't that a whole Thing a while back where a consenting person wanted to have a part of them amputated and eaten by someone else? I don't remember what happened to that - likely they couldn't find any hospital ethics board willing to sign off on it.

[verovitry@mastodon.social]

@catsalad well, it depends if they bite a human or an animal.
In the same way of thinking, if you make cheese with your own milk, is it vegan?

[rafaeldios@tkz.one]

@catsalad good question, !

[paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange]

@catsalad

if a vegan bites someone, they lose vegan status for 48 hours.

[meowbotage@tech.lgbt]

@catsalad Did the biting vegan get consent before biting? This affects the answer.

[galbinuscaeli@spacey.space]

@paul_ipv6 @catsalad Do they also lose their vegan superpowers?

[paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange]

@GalbinusCaeli @catsalad

more importantly, they lose the right to tell eveyone they meet that they are vegan.