Some people claim that moving bee hives causes harm to the bees, though there is also evidence to suggest that it does not (including fascinating but somewhat gross evidence about how bees cannibalize their fallen comrades). The most hardcore vegans refuse to consume anything that exploits any animals, even insects.

I understand ideological purity. A small part of me even admires it.

Still, if the supervegans want to avoid eating avocados and almonds to keep from exploiting bees, that is fine. That means more avocados and almonds for the rest of us.

As long as they don’t exploit animals by keeping them as pets.

The other item that caught my head-shaking attention is the apparent re-emergence of oxygenated water on the market.

Oxygenated water is water that has extra oxygen in it. It is actually scientifically possible to do this, although the amount of oxygen that can be crammed into a bottle of water above the traditional ratio of two atoms of hydrogen to one atom of oxygen is fairly small.