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In my experience people get annoyed at hanging out with (the more intransigently judgey type of) vegans because it radically limits the possible places to go ea

In my experience people get annoyed at hanging out with (the more intransigently judgey type of) vegans because it radically limits the possible places to go eat, and it can get tedious hearing a moral lecture at every available opportunity. I’d speculate that some vegans need to constantly talk about their veganism as a way of suppressing their own uncertainty about their decision. [Not unlike people who have adopted other causes as a core part of their identity; vegans are hardly unique here.] I’ve never seen someone get mad when a vegan e.g. brought their own food to a social gathering, or directly answered questions about their experience of veganism.

tfehring 6y ago
I don’t really buy this explanation because vitriol against vegans is alive and well even in regions and communities where vegans are effectively non-existent. N.B.: I grew up in rural Wisconsin and have never knowingly met another vegan in my life.
partyboat1586 6y ago
>some vegans need to constantly talk about their veganism as a way of suppressing their own uncertainty about their decision. I met up with some friends in a park recently. It was hot so I suggested ice cream and one vegan dude I'm not that close with comes with me to get it. As we are walking back I notice he is eating an ice cream which is weird cos he's vegan. Without me prompting he says "Oh damn, I forgot I was vegan" Then he goes on a monlogue about how he's been feeling so good since he became vegan and he thinks it's great but he sounds totally unconvincing. Like he doesn't believe himself. Later he pulls some pre made vegan food out of his bag and slowly starts eating it. Turns out his girlfriend packed it for him. I talk to some friends about it later on and they inform me that he regularly cheats and pretends to himself it was an accident. Dude is probably malnourished and under the thumb of his vegan girlfriend. It's kind of sad.

tfehring 6y ago

I don’t really buy this explanation because vitriol against vegans is alive and well even in regions and communities where vegans are effectively non-existent. N.B.: I grew up in rural Wisconsin and have never knowingly met another vegan in my life.

partyboat1586 6y ago

>some vegans need to constantly talk about their veganism as a way of suppressing their own uncertainty about their decision. I met up with some friends in a park recently. It was hot so I suggested ice cream and one vegan dude I'm not that close with comes with me to get it. As we are walking back I notice he is eating an ice cream which is weird cos he's vegan. Without me prompting he says "Oh damn, I forgot I was vegan" Then he goes on a monlogue about how he's been feeling so good since he became vegan and he thinks it's great but he sounds totally unconvincing. Like he doesn't believe himself. Later he pulls some pre made vegan food out of his bag and slowly starts eating it. Turns out his girlfriend packed it for him. I talk to some friends about it later on and they inform me that he regularly cheats and pretends to himself it was an accident. Dude is probably malnourished and under the thumb of his vegan girlfriend. It's kind of sad.