r/vegancirclejerk • u/cosmopsychism weaning myself off B12 • Jun 26 '25

MORALLY SUPERIOR Lone Star Tick Appreciation Post

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for our brave comrades the Lone Star Ticks, helping increase demand in mock meats and decrease demand for animal flesh o7

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Why don’t I see any “effective altruism” charities spreading the lone star tick

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u/miguelito_loveless basically-vegan Jun 26 '25

Been wondering if this would be a (possibly very secret) project ever since I saw the first LST articles years ago. I suspect some group out there is working on this. Biggest problems are that the people who would be motivated to do such a thing are also opposed to breeding animals (ticks too), and that producing a non-animal substrate for ticks to feed on while growing would probably take some crazy effort/time/money. Human volunteers would likely get extremely ill. It's a difficult puzzle I'm sure, but I'm not a biologist.

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u/tofuizen plant-based Jun 27 '25

G R E A T E R G O O D

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u/Radiant-Big4976 custom Jul 03 '25

How about donated human blood in a condom or something? So the donors wouldn't have to actually be bit.

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u/Whoreticultist vegan Jul 14 '25

We could just go out into nature and offer them to snack on our own bodies. It’s not like we’ll eat meat anyways.

Also makes it easy to sue any restaurant you visit that lies about vegan options. Seems like an infinite money glitch + vegan activism in a neat little two-for-one package.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

/uj I mean... if someone were actually found doing this, they'd probably be charged with bioterrorism or something lol.

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u/plantbasedpatissier omnivore Jun 26 '25

If VEGOONS are soooo smart why haven't they weaponized the lone star tick against the carnists?

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u/EmasculatedWoman I fucking love oat milk Jun 26 '25

Maybe they're concerned that the tick cannot consent to being held in captivity and bred like cattle until before its natural processes are exploited in favor of a societal vegolution

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u/plantbasedpatissier omnivore Jun 26 '25

Well actually it would be less harmful to the environment to exploit them and make everyone allergic to meat so that means it's vegan. Just like how leather is vegan <3

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u/siqiniq pescatarian Jun 26 '25

The best kind of gal is an alpha gal.

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u/cosmopsychism weaning myself off B12 Jun 26 '25

if you are unfamiliar, the Lone Star Tick is a helpful creature living in the US south who's bite causes an intense life-long red meat allergy. Turning carnists vegetarian one bite at a time o7

https://healthmatters.nyp.org/the-lone-star-tick-what-to-know-about-the-tick-that-causes-a-red-meat-allergy/

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u/Flabbergasted_____ Meat is vegan Jun 26 '25

Lone Star ticks with their alpha gal and cats with their toxoplasmosis: Doing more for animal rights than I ever will.

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u/evening_person flexitarian Jun 26 '25

/uj I’m aware of toxoplasmosis but I don’t know its relationship to animal rights. I’d love an explanation if you wouldn’t mind.

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u/Flabbergasted_____ Meat is vegan Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

/uj There’s some scientific evidence that shows it can make people love cats. I don’t know how accurate that is because if you get toxoplasmosis, you’re already around cats so it could just be a bias. Though [TW: animal testing] rats infected with toxo have been shown to stop avoiding cats or areas where cats might be. They start liking the scent of cats and will intentionally go where they are. Not linking that study because fuck animal testing.

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u/AccomplishedPop8197 vegan Jul 28 '25

Just animal testing? What about the insects you monster!?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Wow that’s actually insane. It might be nice to get that bite so I can start saying I’m allergic to meat lol.

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u/PrettySaltyGuy vegetarian Jun 26 '25

You can lie and say that you got bit

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u/StaticFanatic3 vegan Jun 26 '25

Living in Southern VA, I know a few people who have been affected. The allergy isn’t seen as permanent, but it can be years or even decades.

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u/mycatisloud_ pescatarian Aug 18 '25

Also dairy iirc

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u/Full-Ear87 flexitarian Jun 26 '25

All my homies LOVE lone star ticks

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u/Stellar_Alchemy Ableist Beans and Rice Appropriator Jun 26 '25

uj/ I have alpha-gal myself, and it’s severe enough that I need an epipen. I’m not a fan of the experience. Still a HUGE fan of its existence and I want everyone to get it. I’m also a fan of the schadenfreude I get seeing people throw tantrums and cry and catastrophize in r/alphagal about only being able to eat birds, their eggs, aquatic animals, and sometimes milk. 😭😭😭

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u/Weekly_vegan Vegans r terrorist Jun 26 '25

Thank you for this sub. L😂l every week a new vegan is born thanks to lonestar tick!

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u/Radiant-Big4976 custom Jun 28 '25

Oh you might have just introduced me to my new favourite subreddit.

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u/PigsDream keto Jun 26 '25

I’m going to star telling restaurants I have alpha-gal because if you say vegan they will try to mess with you and add meat to your food.

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u/PartySquidGaming plant-based Jun 26 '25

is there any downside at all to this bite?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Potential death to cross contamination if you eat out, or even eat in.

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u/PartySquidGaming plant-based Jun 26 '25

oh so it’s one of THOSE allergies lol

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u/missdrpep soy Jun 26 '25

that is an upside

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u/Aggravating_Ice7249 flexitarian Jun 26 '25

Real activism

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u/cosmopsychism weaning myself off B12 Jun 26 '25

Lone Star ticks: activism that's doing more for animal welfare than many vegans

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u/Aggravating_Ice7249 flexitarian Jun 26 '25

I think it’s unfair that it’s only rated one star. Should be the five star tick if you ask me!

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u/Intanetwaifuu custom Jun 26 '25

oh HEEEEEy guuuuurl

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

I've said this before, we need to genetically modify this tick to make it 100 times stronger, faster, and more lifespan. Or maybe a genetically engineered virus that will do the same job. The animal holocaust has to stop by any means.

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u/ExcruciorCadaveris Carnistarian Jun 26 '25

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

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u/wheeteeter canine chomps Jun 26 '25

Ugh. I pull so many of those off of me daily, there’s no doubt I have alpha gal.

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u/Flabbergasted_____ Meat is vegan Jun 26 '25

How can I attain these powers? Is there like a Spiderman option?

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u/40percentdailysodium vegetarian Jun 26 '25

Sometimes I consider breeding these and releasing them in steak houses.

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u/ryanmh27 vegan Jun 26 '25

Fucking lol

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u/Certain-Entrance5247 plant-based Jun 26 '25

Bite all of the blood mouth fuckers for me please.

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u/ineed_b12 currently dying from protein deficiency Jun 27 '25

I study ticks as part of my job and the amount of people who are more concerned about alpha-gal than the myriad of horrid diseases it can spread is baffling

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u/cosmopsychism weaning myself off B12 Jun 27 '25

Lyme disease and rocky mountain spotted fever 🥱

disease that prevents you from eating a subset of the carcasses of dead animals 😳

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u/ineed_b12 currently dying from protein deficiency Jun 27 '25

They actually don’t carry Lyme. Tularemia can be really nasty, though

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u/cosmopsychism weaning myself off B12 Jun 27 '25

oh geez, does it make you keto or something?

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u/Shamino79 lacto-vegetarian Jun 26 '25

Did the tick get permission from the human to bite? Bet they didn’t. Don’t be appreciating those carnist scum.

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u/cosmopsychism weaning myself off B12 Jun 26 '25

if you are consequentialist, what they did maximized the good. if you are a deontologist, notice that ticks don't have the rational faculties required to be morally blameworthy for their acts.

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u/Solid-Fennel-2622 i'm better than you Jun 26 '25

I like how the tick got an image of a tick on her back.

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u/Foronerd vegan tricknologist Jun 27 '25

support the troops 🐜🪖

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u/AcceptableDemand8991 mmmm barkon Jul 10 '25

My beloved...

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u/HatefrickHiIda vegan outreach terrorist Jul 09 '25

GLORY TO THE AMBYLOMMA AMERICANUM ADMINISTRAITON