• Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world
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    8 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.

    • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      You know what, it’s so much easier to say you’re an omnivore and end up eating meat once a year than to say you are a vegan who makes an exception about once a year. The first label would earn you a “wait so you’re basically vegan?!” vs “you’re not vegan then and you’re a dirty cheater”.