• Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I was vegan for 8 years and during that time I didn’t talk to anyone about it other than to say, “I don’t eat that.”

    I say that to say this - vegans are insufferable and a large reason why I quit the community and went back to omnivore. Even after 8 years, other vegans were still ‘more vegan’ and would nitpick the dumbest stuff.

    “Bro, did you eat a date? That killed a bee or something. Not cool.”

    Shut up with that. Let me eat my damn fruit.

    I was healthier though. But, to be fair, I was younger.

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      3 months ago

      As you might have experienced, it’s pretty hard to be vegan in a carnist world. People talk about animal abuse all the time, they confront you all the time, make fun of you. Most don’t want to talk about it, they want to shut you up. The hate and ignorance is strong and different people react diffrently to that situation. Some stay quiet, like yourself, some get vocal. Some debate, some get angry. Calling vegans insufferable is like calling gays insufferable, or feminists. Some might be. We have recognized a major injustice and we want to change it.

      “Bro, did you eat a date? That killed a bee or something. Not cool.”

      That’s rage bait and you made it up. Why would anyone say that?