Skip to content

Comment on Comparison of Postsurgical Scars Between Vegan and Omnivore Patientsparent

Comments

Vegans are still omnivores,

No they aren't.

From New Oxford English Dictionary:

omnivorous
adjective (of an animal or person) feeding on a variety of food of both plant and animal origin.

Herbivores are reciprocal to omnivores. Vegans are not comparable to either. Vegans don't eat animals not because they can't, but because of their beliefs. The word vegan describes a belief, contrary to omnivore and herbivore that describe physiology.

A human may choose to walk on all fours because they're insane, but they will still be a biped.

That's not how language works.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.