Why is being vegan so expensive?

Faggot tax

Right?

You'd think companies that want to promote veganism wouldn't make their products so fucking expensive so more people could buy them

You'd think they would make their prices just as competitive

because only rich faggy white people are stupid enough to actually be vegan

(((Whole Foods)))

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>>38081096
Because you're basically restricting your diet to fucking plants, and thus have to buy insane amounts of low nutrient density foods to make up for the spectrum of nourishment you're lacking compared to a non-autism diet.

Also, guaranteed that you're buying the most expensive food possible if you're already enough of a numale to be vegan.

>>38081139
They don't care abo0ut promoting veganism, they want to make money and seeing as this
>>38081162
is basically true they can get away with charging that much because they know their patrons will pay that much.
Bob the bricklayer isn't going to suddenly go vegan because the food is cheaper.

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>>38081162
>tfw poor brown person
>cant afford meat

But it's cheap

>>38081096
Are you retarded? Vegan food isn't expensive at all
https://www.amazon.com/Pinto-Beans-25-Lb-Bag/dp/B000RHSY9K/ref=sr_1_11_s_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1469671101&sr=1-11&keywords=beans

>>38081096
It's simply economics.
Honestly put a little thought into your question before asking.

Supply and demand.

With a small demand comes a low level of supply. Low level of supply means production of vegan foods (beside already heavily produced veges and such) is going to be expensive because they can't mass produce it and still make profit.

Also it's not a competitive market. Any industry where one company/person/etc has a monopoly on it they will try to make as much profit as they can because they get to set the price. If there is a high demand and a competitive market, it drives prices down because those companies are fighting for the consumers to buy their products.

So it's expensive because low demand and an noncompetitive market

>>38081388
Stop lying

>>38081421
Vegan food is cheap as shit
https://www.amazon.com/Non-GMO-Project-Verified-Non-Irradiated-Certified/dp/B001PEZLCW/ref=sr_1_2_s_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1469671589&sr=1-2&keywords=lentils

>>38081459
Stop the lies

>>38081096
Basically a status symbol.

>>38081688
>>38081297

Moo

>rice
>Beans
>Oats
>Bananas

Being an omnivore is expensive too if you eat filet mignon every day.

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>>38081096
stay ignorant carnivorous scum

>>38081096
They did the same thing with
>organic
Meme diets are meme, you fell for the shill pill and unless you live somewhere that has fresh produce at any given point. You're going to be paying a shit load of money more than if you just ate a varied diet.
Try eating a vegan diet with wallmart being your only store you can buy from.
Shits disgusting.

veganfag here. I get fake meat shit for like 4 dollars a bag (usually get 2-3 servings from one), but if I am getting tight on money I get TVP for 2.79 at my local grocery store. add rice and veggies and that usually makes a meal.

>>38081096
But it's not. Stop perpetuating this meme.

Most of the cheapest food staples are vegan though

I dont get vegans. You're so conscious about your diet but theres so many vegan restaurants opening up left and right.

You guys watch what you eat but you cant cook yourself?

>>38083606

Do only people who can't cook go to restaurants?

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>mfw vegans literally cannot participate in modern society without being massive hypocrites

>be vegan
>unable to grow your own beans
>complain while being anemic

>>38083606
its like wow its like woow youre doing such a good job at this

>>38081297
Vegetarian =/= vegan

>>38083634

That did cross my mind but my point is how can people be so serious about their diet and then pay 9$ for a 10oz glass of watermelon juice. Or like 12$ for a kale lime mint smoothie. I get it if youre trying to make a discovery or just a lazy day.

Im pretty serious about cooking and i rarely go out. My friends who eat out a lot are just mentally handicapped in front of a stove or theyre just uneducated.

Vegans are educated, but they go eat 30$ vegan pizza pies everyday.

>>38083656
There are vegan versions of all those things

>>38083742
Where is this vegan cement you speak of?

>>38083725
Buying that shit is what shows people they're educated and able to afford that shit. Otherwise, how would they know?

>>38082102
Where can you get a bottle of nyquil and a bottle of sprite for a total of $1.32?

>>38081099
first post best post

>>38081096
God's trying to tell you it's wrong and steer you in the right direction.

>>38081096
>Why is being vegan so expensive?
Because if you're stupid enough to fall for the 'veganism' meme, then you're stupid enough to pay way too much for shitty useless vegan foods. Proclaiming yourself to be 'vegan' is like wearing a sign on your back that says "I am dumb, please rape my face".

>>38081096
>expensive vegetables meme
You are actually a faggot, vegetables and rice cost less than meat. You probably buy pre-made shit for "vegans".

>>38083725

I still don't see why you think it's weird they go to restaurants. Not wanting to kill animals doesn't mean you don't enjoy social eating, atmosphere, trying creative new dishes, or being served/cooked for. If I had the money, all my meals would be cooked for me by a skilled chef.

>>38083656
Why did someone paste a photo of a cow on an existing picture of a cow

>>38083978
carbs and carbs
how am I gonna make some GAINS ON RICE AND VEGGIES

Moo?

>>38081096
This.
Nothing but a jewish trick to get hipsters to pay for overpriced shit.

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>>38083742
>vegan paint
>vegan plywood
>vegan insulation
>vegan linoleum
So vegan houses are more expensive too?

>>38083742

yep, tons of vegan hormones and antibodies you can just extract off of grass.

>>38081096
Because a lot of humans are retarded enough to pay too much for some dumb diet fad which doesn't benefit you in any way. If anything it fucks your body up.

>>38081096
Retard tax

>>38081099
>>38083830

/thread. Meme diets/foods are always expensive to capitalize on idiots.

>>38081096
It's not if you actually cook. I guess that makes it expensive in time though.

If it was cheaper/easier, it wouldn't be a thing. It'd just be the way we ate.

>>38081096
>vegetables
>expensive
What?

Just don't buy that quorn shit and learn to cook.

>>38088114
Moo

Why is there a sudden massive increase in veganism? Is there a politcal agenda behind it? But for what purpose?

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>>38081096
literally only expensive if you buy shitty meat imitation and don't make meals from scratch

>>38083656
get btfo

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>>38090179
>substitute for laboratory research materials
>"durp"

>>38083742
Stop being retarded

>>38090179
That picture angers me

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>>38090179
>my bike doesn't use biodiesel
>my dog is vegan too
>don't use it, duh!
>not everyone uses this crap ;) [wallpaper]
>i feed my plants tofu
>welbond vegan glue (tastes great!)
Holy fuck is this a joke?

I hope this is bait, because that image is gold

lol vegans

>>38083823
He probably stole the NyQuil

>>38090179
>this is what happens when vegans try to seem smart

L O L
O
L

>>38081096
Bc it's a dumb fad and everyone is just jumping on the money wagon it's like people never bother to study economics

>>38081096
You're telling me that you can't get a sack of rice, cans of beans, some produce and frozen veggies for less than $30 a week? Fucking retard it's only expensive if you can't price shop and buy whole foods

Why are vegans so obnoxious?

Protein AND calorie per dollar is smaller on a vegan diet than on a animal diet.

>>38090179
>Vegan medicines

99.9% of drugs approved for treatment have undergone animal testing. Good luck trying to improve your quality of life with crystal balls and aromatherapy when shit starts to go wrong in old age.

Also
>my dog

How is snatching an animal from it's mother when it was a puppy then mutilating it (neutering) to be your play thing vegan?

Shit

>>38081096
It's not tbqh. There are companies that will market "VEGAN"®™ shit and it may/may not be expensive, but eating plant-based whole foods isn't expensive if you prepare it yourself and buy in bulk.

Source: Vegetarian trying to go full vegan

>>38093981
This

>>38081096
Look at all the angry carnivores. Sucks to know that you won't ever be as aesthetic as a vegan that does the same workout as you.

>>38081418
>HEY guys I got a B- in first year economics listen to what i have to say

>>38081096
that's not the vegan lifestyle, it's the snobist lifestyle of organic, non GMO, gluten free faggots.

Being vegan is cheap as fuck.

>>38083656
Definition of Vegan is not perfection you idiot, it's intended to reduce animal explotation as realistically as possible.

>>38081096
It's mostly carbs and no fuckin protein. You would have to supplement amino acids and proteins that are not found in plants. Hemp is a good source of protein and amino acids. Most likely its a bunch of faggots who decided to not live up to their animal instinct, therefore devolving into faggots. I love nature but if animals aren't killed off they go instinct. We should only kill animals to eat with a very high population growth. I am also for that genetic fake hamburger meat. I love animals and they should be protected but to not acknowledge our animalistic nature is pretty dumb

>>38096867
Realistically vegans don't eat just rice and beans every meal, they need to pay extra to go to the place with soy lattes, they pay extra at the store for all the spices to make their tofu rub taste better.

>>38096931
>"no fucking protein"

Nigga, you literally a retard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NW32vLq340
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhyfa48bK28

>>38096960
So fucking what? It is less harm at the end of the day.

>>38081096
because you keep buying 'meat replacements'
also vegan products are a small market and vegans WILL pay extra for these products

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>>38096698
>Sucks to know that you won't ever be as aesthetic as a vegan that does the same workout as you.
Maximum kek
>doesn't post body because his nogains diet makes him look like shit

>>38097011
Says the guy who also doesn't post pics because of his fatgains diet makes him look like shit.

Or will you show us your superior carnivore body?

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>>38097070
I already posted my body
Here's one taken after my cycle. let's see yours, skeletor.

>>38097089
Haha this guy is such a joke

Like it actually struck me now how fucking green he looks

If he really cared about veganism, he'd stop trying to be some sort of spokesperson for it. He's giving it a proper bad image with his looks.

>>38097121
It's just the light balance of the camera having a hard time with the fluorescent lights/white background.

Somebody could play around with Photoshop and make it less green.

>>38096964
Faggot vegan detected!

>>38097135
faggot fatass detected.

>>38097142
This is why you're protein deficient!

>>38096964
Real doctor talks about protein intake in all diets with scientific research backing his claims

>>38097155
Fatass faggot from 4chan says there's no protein in veggies.

Seriously, consider eliminating yourself from the gene pool.

>>38097166
But you've already did yourself, there is no need.

But whole foods at a farmers market, its less expensive this way.

Also meat is way more expensive than non meat foods, how can being vegan be more expensive then?

>>38081096
because veggies are shit and you need to buy a ton to equal meat

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>>38097166
>says there's no protein in veggies.
Name a single high protein veggie.
>inb4 muh beans
Those are legumes.

>>38097011
Dude looks like shit

>>38083656

Being vegan means not eating animal products to me.

Off coarse I cant stop using animal products all together but not eating them makes a huge impact on how many animals need to be killed.

>>38081096

>legumes
>grains
>pasta
>nuts
>fruits
>veggies

How are any of this expensive?
Not vegan, but are you retarded?

>>38097142
I also know a bunch of fat vegans. They eat only veggie straws and oreos cause there vegans Case fuckin closed. Rip my nigga harambe

>>38097231
>harambe
Children aren't vegan.
He was a fucking fake ass poser and every real vegan knows it

>>38097243
That's it! Death to all vegans! Nobody fucks with my nigga harambe!

>>38097218
how is pasta vegan

>>38097218
Yes

>>38097206

Soja bait-san.
It is a dry vegetable.
>being this mad over vegan.

Why is being vegan so expensive?
Why is X so expensive?
To seperate the elite from the poor

Why can't I afford X?
Because you are poor
Because you are not elite

>>38081418
Increasing the total consumer base is one of the most basic business strategies, though. And you don't do that by making an expensive, high-end product that only rich white people consume. You do that by taking a short term hit to your profit and selling your food cheap and marketing it to the every-man; the increase in sales in the long term would more than off-set the short term loss.

This is indeed how vegan products are being marketed by the smart companies: not as an exclusively vegan thing, but a plant-based alternative that is healthier and more environmentally firendly that anyone can consume.

Because its the new trend.
Im sure 10 years later when all this thing was just an idea vegetables cost much less.

>>38093454
Being vegan means trying to, as far as possible, reduce your reliance on animal products. If there is not alternative, then there is no alternative and you do what you gotta do - it is not the fault of vegans that we don't have alternatives for some things, it's the fault of non-vegans. I mean common, most vegans are opposed to testing on animals; they'll still use medince if they must but using something out of necessity is not the same as approving of the way it was made.

To claim vegans to be wrong because one cannot, as yet, live with zero reliance on animal products is literally the nirvana fallacy.

Agree with you on pets, though. Most vegans would if they want to be logically consistent (many don't care about logic though, sadly...)

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>>38097011
Virgin Gains is the poster boy for veganism on this board yet he looks like shit when compared to other YouTube bodybuilders who've been lifting half the time he has.

If you want to convince us that veganism is the way to go, find a testimonial that isn't from a green autistic alien.

>>38097206
How are legumes not vegetables?
That's as retarded as
>Name an orange vegetable
>Nuh-uh carrots those counts those are roots

>>38097269
how is pasta not vegan?

>>38099393
Jon Venus

>>38099467
>>38098059
Because if they are, bread would be considered a vegetable.

Vegans are so retarded they don't even know what they're eating