Eva Hamer

Cross-examination of Picklesimer begins with Mills asking Picklesimer, "You're vegan, correct?" "That's incorrect." "Vegetarian, then?" Picklesimer explains that they aren't really interested in labels around individual consumer practices, but that vegetarian is probably accurate. They explain that they play basketball and own a rubber basketball, but occasionally play pickup games with others' leather basketballs. They also watch the show Game of Thrones, which abuses horses in its production. For these reasons, "vegan" isn't accurate, they explain. Mills asks if Picklesimer consumes animal products, They say yes, they accidentally consumed cheese the other day. Mills confirms that Picklesimer doesn't intentionally consume animal products. Picklesimer admits that they avoid consuming animals and animal products. "Most people would call that veganism?" "I don't think I fit that description." Picklesimer admits that they try not to eat animal meat, but they might not go through personal effort to avoid all food that necessitates animal exploitation, speaking of animals hurt in the production of foods that aren't animal based. Mills asks if Picklesimer intentionally consumes dairy cheese, eggs, and milk. Picklesimer does not.