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An online space for the vegans of Lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've never heard of or heard someone say that. Though I eat meat so I guess I wouldn't be the target audience?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess that's true. I've never given a thought about veganism until I became one 8 years ago. You'd hear the dumbest things, even how the "vegetables" vegans are eating aren't healthy, but when Miriam from HR eats a salad it's because she wants to lose weight and get healthy.

I was a victim of the meat propaganda as well. I hate there's ads for meat and dairy on every corner. I hate grocery stores for this reason too (all the smiling cartoon animals, apart from the meat there's little real animal about it).

I am fine and I am healthy. When proteinpowderboy 2035 comes and says I am not because I don't eat the chimken I can do nothing more than roll my eyes.

Seeing stuff like this online is funny, because I do relate strongly. I felt the same when I became an atheist, after living the first 20 years of my life in a very religious town.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's really interesting how easy it can be to not notice stuff like this until you end up in the group. I obviously haven't had the experience around vegan stuff, but have with other things.

Personally I just can't get over the overbearing hostility from some people, both vegans at me whenever i admit that I'm not one, and also other non vegans who are weirdly mean to vegans. But hey, i guess not everyone is gonna get along.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Guess it's part of the bubble too. People who end up on the other side of what the general population is doing are prone to turn into zealots.

The same happens in a lot of FOSS communities.