Being the only vegan in a family of carnivores can't be easy... Especially when a massive meaty dish is being cooked in bulk for them to eat throughout the week. Some might even argue that the sight, the smell, and the mere thought of it is simply "disgusting."
One teen's attempts to convert her "callous" meat-eating family have fallen on deaf ears for the past year. She decided to teach them a lesson recently, by throwing an entire pot of beef chilli in the bin. But the 16-year-old's actions backfired spectacularly when her mom made her buy and cook more meat, to replace the food she had wasted. The mother is now wondering if she went too far.
This vegan teen binned a big pot of beef chilli to teach her "callous" carnivore family a lesson
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It came back to bite her when her mom forced her to buy and cook meat, and replace the entire meal
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1 in 11 people go hungry every day, and 9 million are buried every year because of it
There’s enough food in the world to feed all 8.2 billion people who need to eat. Yet, 673 million people went hungry for part or all of 2024. That’s according to Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe’s Global Hunger Index (GHI).
To put it into perspective, 1 in 11 people go hungry every day. And children are often the hardest hit. 9 million people are buried due to hunger-related causes each year. One third of them are children under the age of 5.
“With their bodies still developing and relying heavily on food to fuel healthy organ[s], muscle, and cognitive growth, a single case of malnutrition can have a lifetime of impacts for them,” warns Concern USA. “They’re also more likely to [succumb to] preventable and treatable diseases as a result of a weakened immune system brought on by malnutrition.”
Conflicts around the world are fueling the hunger crisis, with nearly 140 million people affected.
“The destruction of these and other conflicts has a lasting effect on food systems and can carry a lifetime of consequences for children who become malnourished during sieges and blockades,” explains the Concern USA site. “At the same time that humanitarian spending has dropped, military spending has surged — an inversion of priorities that undermines the global hunger response.”
Climate change is also playing a part. Environmental risks and natural disasters have become a constant threat in many parts of the world, especially when it comes to food security.
The GHI shows that Madagascar has faced regular cyclones and droughts, while South Sudan continues to have heavy rain seasons that cause devastating floods.
“Somalia (the hungriest country in 2025) has faced years of droughts, including the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in over 40 years,” adds the report.
Keeping these facts and stats in mind, you may want to think twice before throwing a bif pot of beef chilli - or any food for that matter - in the bin.
Many (even some vegans) felt the teen had been served a much-deserved lesson
"Weird, twisted lesson": not everyone took the mom's side
