# Defining "woke"

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 15, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-woke/981220 "2023-03-15T14:43:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defining-woke/981220/185 "2023-03-17T17:37:52Z")

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[Burger King sued for false advertising (their nominally vegan food “cross-contaminated” by animal products).](https://vegconomist.com/society/charity-campaigns/peta-urges-vegans-not-to-demand-separate-equipment/)

Some vegans would like restaurants to use separate equipment to cook their food. Some Muslims hold a similar argument, for different reasons. How are businesses supposed to deal with this ? Logistics aside, what about the criminal overconsumption that this would lead to in a time when saving the planet is arguably the absolute priority ?

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