• Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world
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    21 days 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.

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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      21 days ago

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

      I’m a level 5 vegan. I won’t eat anything that casts a shadow.

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      21 days 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?

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        21 days ago

        he is confused with figs. which are pollinated by wasps. and some vegans choose to eat them and some don’t. it’s really not that controversial.

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        21 days ago

        Hey bud you really need to get off the cross. You just compared your eating preferences which are 100% a choice to someone being born homosexual and not wanting to be killed for it or being born/transitioning to a woman and wanting the same basic human rights as the other half of our species. Honestly you need to just shut up and think about that for a hot second.

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          You just compared your eating preferences which are 100% a choice to someone being born homosexual and not wanting to be killed for it

          All the animals on factory farms didn’t choose to be born there and don’t want to be killed either.

          It’s not about the sensitivities of humans, but the insane suffering of animals in this system of oppression.

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              20 days ago

              Just goes to show how little you care about others suffering. Social justice for me but not for others (those who I consider interior).

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          21 days ago

          I oppose racism, sexism, trans- and homophobia. And I oppose speciesism as well. It’s the same system: One group considers another group as less valuable and exploits, abuses or fights them.
          You just draw the line at you own species.
          Animals are innocent, vulnerable and easy to abuse because they don’t have a voice and don’t understand the situation we put them in. If they were human children or mentally disabled humans, we would protect them from harm because of who they are. Instead, we do the most horrible things to them, we take their freedom, their babies, their lifes. In factories, on an industrial scale. Because a pig is just a pig, right?

          EDIT: Please reply, don’t just silently downvote. What’s your refutation?

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            What are you talking about? Don’t you also draw a line when you choose to eat plants? I don’t think they would agree to that. Untill humans develop the ability to photosynthesize, we are going to have to eat other species, there’s no way around it.

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              20 days ago

              PLANTS HAVE FEELINGS TOO
              is #22 on the Vegan Bullshit Bingo:

              No, they do not. There is no serious study to suggest that they do. Plants do not have a brain or central nervous system. At most, they respond to stimuli. If you really care that much about the welfare of plants, you should go vegan, since many more plants “die” for animal feeding. Do you feel bad while mowing your lawn? And would you rather rescue a potted plant than a dog from a burning house? Is docking pig tails the same as branch trimming to you? Question upon question…