Are you woke?

@Chewbacca that just means they've not been tested on animals, which is better than them being tested on animals... I'm not a vegan but its not rocket science either

And all this stuff for vegans and gluten free is ticking me off cause theres hardly anything to advertise LACTOSE FREE,and theres been a shortage of the products since before xmas of lactose free items in every shop- dairy free too takes a back seat to veganism,even though a dietary requirement should take precedence over a lifestyle choice i think( i bet you wish you'd never asked now don't you?!not whilst I'm sleep-deprived?

I know it bothers some meat-eaters when vegetarian products are called something meaty. But what's in your hotdog meat eaters?

'woke' is a political concept. I said this many months ago. You only have to see just how many companies and politicians are intent on being woke. Awful word and awful reactions.

I rather think that “woke” is supposed to mean what we used to call “with it”. I was in 1967, today life is far too interesting and I am much to busy to bovver wiv that sort of trendy trash, so no, i is unawakened and verra happy to be so.

I think veganism is a life choice. No animal products or testing. So vegan shampoo toiletries and cosmetics not tested on animals. I presume the same for cleaning products. This was explained to me by a vegan when I mocked vegan shampoo saying “are you going to be eating that”.

I was 'woke' at 5.50 by a very bad cough,and now im about to try catch up on a bit of sleep theres a blinking load of noise outside by someone either tree cutting or a motorbike revving or some such so im not best pleased!

I’m very unwoke nanKate.
It doesn’t seem to be causing me many problems, all the people I talk to are unwoke too.
That’s probably because we are old, you see - I’ve just proved that I am not woke to ageism.

Thanks for the explanations.. I’m glad I am not the only one who was in the dark about the meaning.

I wonder if I am ‘unwoke’ ?

Why call them meatballs though? In all seriousness, why not call them ‘aubergineballs’ as that is what they are?

Yes thank you. Just waiting for my early morning cuppa ?????

I am just glad someone explained what woke was. I couldnt be bothered looking it up.

I'm somewhat cheesed (!!!!) off with vegans.

I haven't eaten gluten for years and was enjoying the fact that gf awareness had risen. All of a sudden I find lots of stuff is now gf and vegan which is not the same thing at all.

toscalily The vegetable "meatballs" you saw were probably made with aubergines. My husband makes them and it's true you cannot tell the difference. We are NOT vegans!

I was in Aldi today and noticed there was a product labeled vegetable "meatballs" Also, I woke up this morning and and I'm still awake now reading this!
I find the word 'woke" irritating in the way it is now being used, seems to be popping up all over the place even on Gransnet.

Aldi now do vegan sausage rolls and they’re not half bad

Ah vegan sausage rolls - what could possibly go wrong.

Aldi are currently selling vegan make up remover wipes. They're as bad for the environment regarding disposal as the regular ones so not that "woke". It seems to be a fad to slap vegan on anything and it's immediately "better".

I don’t think we’re supposed to name names, Iam64, but they were from a well known high street baker that also sells vegan sausage rolls.

It's a good idea to label food and other items (including sofas as shoes) as vegan. I'm light years away from being vegan but could pass as a vegetarian if I had to. Eat meat 2 or 3 times a week, that's been the case for years.
I do have vegan friends and knowing I could by donuts if they were calling for a cuppa, well that's good

I bought two ring donuts recently and they were labelled vegan. I wasn’t bothered one way or another but asked the shop about them. Apparently, they’ve always been vegan but now they label them as such.

That sounds like it could be fun. Hope its a 3 seater.

MissAdventure, maybe we could organise one of those GN virtual parties, and all eat the sofa

I saw a vegan sofa for sale the other day.
I must say, I'm not sure I could eat a whole one.

Like DoraMarr, I hope I'm aware of social injustice. I dislike the term 'woke' intensely because of the way it's being used. It's shorthand for 'politically correct' another lazy way to describe people who try to avoid using words, for example , that may hurt of offend others.
Sneering, that's what it is. Rather unpleasant and best avoided humph.