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Many shoes contain leather or wool or something. Vegan isn't just about food
I know right, I'm surprised there are so many people here who don't appear to get that. If I look at the image I assume the seller of this pair of shoes just slapped a buzzword on but vegan shoes and clothing are a thing and since when is everything that is not vegan carnivorous? Cheese and honey are also neither, right.
Jokes like this aren't to imply that there are only two options. It also implies the existence of pescatarian shoes for example. The joke is that you apply other related terms to the situation, usually the most absurd of them. In this case carnivorous was probably chosen for the implication that the shoes themselves are carnivorous and would eat you if you wore them.
So, mostly plastic with some plant materials?
It depends. For example I just made one quick search, "biodegradable vegan shoes", and this was one of the first results:
Also see here, leather at least as bad environmentally, in addition to being ethically awful.
@essell
Some shoes have leather in them, in the past it was almost universal that shoes would be made of leather, but with the advent of modern plastics and rubbers most shoes these days aren't made of leather anymore, since leather is more expensive.
Side note, in the past shoes were much more repairable and there were actually people known as cobblers who would make and, get this, repair shoes. Nowadays many modern shoes, especially sneakers, are built in a way that makes them significantly less if not completely unrepairable, which really sucks. We should be able to repair shoes just like in the old days #righttorepair
Aren't most cheap shoes vegan? It didn't occur to me this is something I have to watch out for
There are a lot of leather shoes. :)
How mqny cheap shoes are made of real leather?
Vegan "leather" is made of plastic. Plastic is a by product of the oil industry. Oil is made out of dinosaurs. Plastic is not vegan.
Take THAT PeTA!
Also huge eye rolling and /s
Ackschully oil is made from plant matter, not dinosorus 🤓
Algae and Plankton technically, though some of those plankton (Zooplankton) are animals, not plants, they're all mixed together and baked under high pressure, no way to separate the zooplankton from the phytoplankton.
Vegans avoid animal products outside food too?
Yes.
Sorry didn't mean it as an actual question. More an incredulous tone
"Vegan" originally meant "vegetarian + no non-food animal products", which later got distorted into "vegetarian", then thanks to crooks promoting the "carnivore" diet, "person that actually eats their veggies". No really, the last one started to spread from gymbro forums after one of them said "um, ackchually, fiber is carbs too".
Alt: wool lined moccasin
Also looks to be made of leather too, which is kind of a bigger problem.
Vegan aka Synthetics. It's just a fuckin buzzword.
Now if it was Oil and Animal free It would kinda cool.
I have shoes that is printed from algae, they are vegan and synthetic free
Something tells me the label "Plastic" wouldn't sell as well.
No, vegan aka not made with shitty glue made of animal bones. It is not just a buzzword.
I am pretty sure that called leather
This pair of shoes was made by happy vegan child labor instead of sad carnivore child labor.
No. Instead, it implies that eating this shoe is better for your health than eating a non-vegan one.
Do we have a term for individuals that refrain from eating shoes? Because vegan shoe or not, I identify as a person who doesn't eat shoes.
Now I can eat shoes without feeling guilty.
You seen those alligator skin cowboy boots? Thems carnivore shoes
I'm not ready to commit to vegan footwear, but I'm happy with my vegetarian sneakers.