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The reasons are not irrelevant to the question being asked though. Vegan for health reasons? Sure the question is irrelevant if you get sick from any animal products. You aren’t going to eat them. Same way celiac avoids gluten.

Vegan for ethical reasons? Then the question is very relevant. Is it ethical to have a pet cat? They are carnivores and will suffer and die on the wrong food. No pets at all would be most ethical. Are you concerned about mass farming of vegetables? If machinery is used, field mice and such are getting killed to harvest your vegan diet. Are you concerned about human trafficking of migrant workers or just farmed animals? If a bear kills a deer in your yard in Montana, eats half and fucks off, is it ethical for you to eat the rest? You had no hand in it’s death and suffering. You’ll have to do something with the carcass or you’ll have more predators in your yard. Are you only eating locally grown, in season fruits and vegetables, hand harvested by fairly paid workers?

If ethics is the reason, it’s fully legitimate to debate and figure out where your personal line is drawn. We live in an imperfect world and there’s no perfect solution.

You made me literally laugh out loud. Thank you

Yeah, for sure. My husband and I are both like this. Waving my arm often works for getting his attention.

But a frustrated parent could definitely blame it on headphones or think the kid is going deaf. Especially if they are not the kind of person that immerses like that.

Unless the parent can hear the headphone music themselves from a few feet away. In which case, they have a point that it might be too loud.

The issue is probably more that you don’t hear her when you are focused.

My husband is like that. Especially if he’s listening to something with headphones.

It’s not the volume (he’s not got them loud) it’s that he’s locked in. I’m the same way, except if you say my name and pause a beat, I snap out quicker.

I have to say his a couple times. Just starting to talk without a cue and the focus makes us miss the beginning, if not all.

Also happens with reading, programming, writing Which are immersive. quiet activities

I still have the throw blanket.