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If someone is vegan, telling them to eat butter instead is not much help. (Source: dating a vegan and try to convince them to eat butter on a daily basis)

imgabe 4y ago
Olive oil would probably be a better vegan substitute for anywhere you would use butter. Although that can suffer from the same substitution problems.
- cwkoss 4y ago
  or coconut oil, if the melt point is important
- scheme271 4y ago
  Olive oil is somewhat notorious for being counterfeited (with a really high portion, 60%-70%, being fake).
  - thatfrenchguy 4y ago
    You can buy olive oil made in the US to avoid that problem though :)
    - nkingsy 4y ago
      Costco DOP is solid
  - vkou 4y ago
    I'd expect it to still be better for you than re-branded margarine.
TheSpiceIsLife 4y ago
Why would you do that? Don't you like who they are?
tmtvl 4y ago
Well a vegan would probably take one look at the dairy industry and be utterly disgusted. I'm not even vegan and I am appalled by it.
socialismisok 4y ago
> Source: dating a vegan and try to convince them to eat butter on a daily basis) This is a shitty thing to do. Let people live their lives.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 4y ago
  The person you're responding to is almost certainly exaggerating, and moreover probably has a better handle on the vibe of their relationship than you can get from a one sentence joke.
  - socialismisok 4y ago
    Of course. It's nonetheless a shitty thing to do, independent of whether this person actually does it. People absolutely do the thing they may have been joking about. I stand by the opinion that the behavior you endorse is the behavior you walk by. So, I believe it's important to call out casual "jokes" at other's expense like this. Just like if someone was like, "women, and I right?"
    - asdfasgasdgasdg 4y ago
      Ribbing your significant other over minor things is part of the dynamic of many intimate relationships. Usually both parties know nothing is meant. You don't like it and that's fine, but it's not generically shitty.
novok 4y ago
Coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil, cocoa butter, etc are all much better alternatives.

imgabe 4y ago

Olive oil would probably be a better vegan substitute for anywhere you would use butter. Although that can suffer from the same substitution problems.

cwkoss 4y ago
or coconut oil, if the melt point is important
scheme271 4y ago
Olive oil is somewhat notorious for being counterfeited (with a really high portion, 60%-70%, being fake).
- thatfrenchguy 4y ago
  You can buy olive oil made in the US to avoid that problem though :)
  - nkingsy 4y ago
    Costco DOP is solid
- vkou 4y ago
  I'd expect it to still be better for you than re-branded margarine.

TheSpiceIsLife 4y ago

Why would you do that? Don't you like who they are?

tmtvl 4y ago

Well a vegan would probably take one look at the dairy industry and be utterly disgusted. I'm not even vegan and I am appalled by it.

socialismisok 4y ago

> Source: dating a vegan and try to convince them to eat butter on a daily basis) This is a shitty thing to do. Let people live their lives.

asdfasgasdgasdg 4y ago
The person you're responding to is almost certainly exaggerating, and moreover probably has a better handle on the vibe of their relationship than you can get from a one sentence joke.
- socialismisok 4y ago
  Of course. It's nonetheless a shitty thing to do, independent of whether this person actually does it. People absolutely do the thing they may have been joking about. I stand by the opinion that the behavior you endorse is the behavior you walk by. So, I believe it's important to call out casual "jokes" at other's expense like this. Just like if someone was like, "women, and I right?"
  - asdfasgasdgasdg 4y ago
    Ribbing your significant other over minor things is part of the dynamic of many intimate relationships. Usually both parties know nothing is meant. You don't like it and that's fine, but it's not generically shitty.

novok 4y ago

Coconut oil, avocado oil, olive oil, cocoa butter, etc are all much better alternatives.