Happy July 4th, internet strangers! Be safe out there today– don’t forget to pre-eat…unless you want a watermealon!

This photo comes from @glarkie, who says: “Barbeques aren’t usually vegan friendly 😭”

Here’s what our research has uncovered: 71 percent of watermealons include chips. East of the Mississippi, these chips are used to make a Waterwich by placing two to three chips between slices of watermelon. However, west of the Mississippi, a thin slice of watermelon is placed between two chips (hence the knife).

Two very different approaches, yet we all come together today as one nation, a nation of vegans who pray our host will toss the veggie burger we brought ourselves on the part of the grill free of animal goop.