One can wish

what

The idea of being a provider as a man is deeply ingrained in our society and is the most likely reason. You grow up being told that you’re the man of the family and that you need to provide because it’s the thing you do.

Alternatively, they wanted to leave a good impression with you of being a generous, dependable guy. Someone you’d want to hang out with more if you saw them as someone who has money for activities.

Likely it’s a mix of both

is there a way to implement display names?

Blorp is quite fine

Tastes are different. Frankly, I’ve been vegan for around 5-6 years by now, so I might also not remember the “original” tastes of some products. Still, I’d imagine there’s not much of a difference for many a product. Vegan cheeses can be a little hit or miss when it comes to taste - that’s where I notice it the most.

Most meat substitutes, think patties or minced meat or some vegetarian butcher products, taste absolutely like they’re animal-derived - no contest. But that’s the case for Germany. Not sure what the situation is like in other parts of the world.

most of it is also pretty much indistinguishable from the animal-derived products

I don’t think you would for 50. You have months of rehabilitation ahead of you, you can’t eat proper, you can’t speak proper. Unless you were joking and I didn’t get it, then yes, I’d also get my jaw broken for 50 quid

Enshittification, the rise of micro transactions in mobile games over actual in-game mechanics that make the game interesting etc

I won’t stand for the vegan bashing