Yasha Man

Yasha Man

Iakov

Vegan

5.5

Artist, musician, couch philosopher, disliker of suffering , atheist.

I am a person who tries to be free from fanaticism and worship of authorities. I think that any religion is ultimately a source of evil that manifests itself in people, so I prefer atheism for myself. I suppose that if everyone became atheist, 90% of conflicts would stop. I love music, poetry, art, philosophy, my wife, my mother, my seven brothers and three sisters. I left my homeland (Russia) because it started a terrible war with Ukraine. Now I am trying to start a new life in a new country. (Third attempt since 2022) I am depressed, but it is almost normal. This is how funny my life is 🤣

I grew up in a village and was involved in raising animals for slaughter. Chickens, goats, rabbits, pigs, cows.In the 90s in Russia, a family like mine (11 children) would have had a hard time surviving without our own farm. The climate was cold, vegetables didn't grow well, so we raised animals. We killed them and ate them. When I grew up and realized that I never liked meat. I never had a craving for it and moreover, I had problems with digestion, including because of meat and animal products. When I started living on my own, I started wondering if it was possible to eat anything that wasn't an animal product. I was uncomfortable with the idea of eating anything that was either alive or is a product of animal activity. Little by little I learned the information. And when I turned 23, I had enough knowledge to become a vegetarian. But there was still the problem of protein production. And I lacked the knowledge for this. I did not understand where to turn. All my friends considered me a crazy idiot. But at some point I learned that there is a whole community of people in the country who do not eat meat. And I began to communicate with them little by little. Alas, many of them were believers in one religion or another.They presented their preferences as requirements of their faith. I didn't like that. I wanted to understand why you can't do that without god's help. Then I learned about soy. Yes, very late. After 8 years of vegetarianism, I became a vegan, although by that time I did not wear clothes made from animals, did not use household items made from leather, wool and bones. I didn't eat eggs, milk or derivatives, but I didn't replace the lack of protein. I ate a lot of bananas, but it didn't help. And my acquaintance with soy and soy products brought me the long-awaited freedom from murder and the exploitation of animals. Now I've been a vegan for five and a half years. My wife too. We met long time ago and I turned her vegetarian. I don’t have any vegan friends, I have a few acquaintances, but I don’t communicate with them because they have different views on life. I think that people should leave animals to themselves. I think we have no right or need to keep animals. Animals will cope with their own lives. If they can't cope, that's their problem. Yes, they are all cute and beautiful and killing them is unacceptable, but there is no any reason to them to live with us. Animals are independent beings, we are obliged not to interfere with their lives, but also not to allow them to interfere with our lives. They have their own ideas, we have ours.

I have enough experience interacting with activists to know that it is not my job to tell anyone what to do without their interest. I do my own thing. If you are interested in me, I will tell you all about me and my life rules, veganism and animal-free living, but if you are not interested, I will never sat on your ears. Do your own.

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Love have no frames. Sex is an action to do children or to spend your time nice. Everyone have rights only on their own body, not to any. Love is a international language.

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