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Re:Maglev titanium heart now whirs inside the chest of a liv... by shiroiushi on Sunday July 28, 2024 @11:36PM (#41097750)
>About 40% of Indians are vegetarian, a third if we exclude those who eat eggs

Which you should not, since eating eggs does not make a person a non-vegetarian. The only thing that makes a person a vegetarian is not eating animal flesh. Eggs and dairy are fair game; it's only vegans who push it farther and forbid those. This is basic stuff; has someone been trying to redefine "vegetarianism" recently?

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Re:Maglev titanium heart now whirs inside the chest of a liv... by rsynnott on Monday July 29, 2024 @03:29AM (#41098540)
AIUI “vegetarian” in India usually excludes eggs. This likely means that a _majority_ of the world’s vegetarians do not eat eggs.

> This is basic stuff; has someone been trying to redefine "vegetarianism" recently?

Oddly enough, when the word was introduced to popular use in English (though note that similar _concepts_ predated it), it usually meant something closer to what ‘vegan’ does today. The current use of the word is a 20th century thing. Words get redefined, all the time; that’s how languages work. Deal with it. In this case, the word has generally tended to be defined in _more_ permissive terms, not less.

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