Is it normal that i've never met an annoying vegan?

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Always hearing these stereotypes about vegans and how controlling and obnoxious they are but I've never actually met a vegan, obnoxious or otherwise (at least not to my knowledge). Eating animal products isn't for everyone but what I mostly don't like about it is the dogmatism. Like, checking every ingredient on every food label because if even one speck of animal product seeps into the body, it means you are not a "true" vegan, or that you "cheated" or failed in some way.
Definitely worth it in todays world to cut back on factory farmed meat and things like that, but to cut it out COMPLETELY and never have any leeway to eat eggs or something if I felt like it would drive me kinda nuts. Eating one piece of bacon as a treat and having all the vegans (and non-vegans, probably) claim that I am not a true vegan or that I'm not committed to my cause (be it for animal rights or physical health or whatever other motive).
So what I'm wondering here is, what has been everyone's experience with vegetarianism and veganism? Is my perception accurate at all? Does it change anything socially? Did it ever become an obsession or something not completely in your control? What has been the greatest benefit?

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  • dirtybirdy
    7 years ago

    I've known several vegans and vegetarians and none of them were righteous about it. I myself have recently converted to veganism, as I wasn't much of a meat eater anyway. Never been a big fan of seafood and eggs make me sick to my stomach for the whole day. I'm doing it for my own reasons and don't push it onto others. And some may say I'm not fully vegan and perhaps that's the case, since I still use non-dairy creamer in my coffee (it contains a milk derivative) and I won't give up honey. No sir.

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  • CreamPuffs
    7 years ago

    I'm a vegan. But most people on the site don't know that because I don't rub it in their faces unless THEY bring the subject up.

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  • _Mehhhh_
    7 years ago

    I think it depends on their motive for being a vegan.

    I've met some vegans and vegetarians who are purely such for their health, as a legit dietary choice. The ones who are like that tend to be more mellow and chill with what other people eat.

    The ones that think they're doing so much for animals (when they're still living in a house, driving a car and consuming resources we had to destroy animal habitats to get), are the ones who want to micro-manage and police what everyone eats. Vegans like that really do exist, I've met them and it's obnoxious.

    I'm the kind of person who genuinely thinks most stereotypes have some grain of truth to them. It's not an excuse to tar everyone of X group with the same brush or judge people before we really know them, but most stereotypes do come from somewhere and aren't plucked from thin air.

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    • TwistedFool
      7 years ago

      That's true, you sound intelligent. Stereotyping is one of the brain's mechanisms for prioritizing.
      I live in a small WASP town where the majority eats the same, dresses the same, and acts the same. Our restaurants all serve the same food, our stores all sell the same kind of clothes. I didn't really notice it until I went to Chicago for a week. There was so much flavor and so many different kinds of people and things going on. My town is probably too small a demographic to expect to find a lot of eccentric people, such as vegans. (I know veganism isn't eccentric, but it is where I live)

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      • TwistedFool
        7 years ago

        It really is impossible to live a cruelty free life. It's not realistic and it's not even really natural. Animals are cruel, children are cruel, humans are cruel. My cats keep squirrels alive just to kill them slowly. Stephen Fry made some good points in an interview about the terrible things that exist in the world that have nothing to do with humans.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-d4otHE-YI

        I'm not putting this here for the religious content, just ignore that if it bothers you, but when he's talking about the worm burrowing through peoples eyes... worth a watch. Smart guy.

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  • maskofsanity
    7 years ago

    I am a vegetarian and I don't broadcast it or preach. Nor do I force people to give up meat. My grandma and mother still forget I cannot eat meat. I get physically sick. I had other people try to get me to eat it. This makes me very upset because they are pushing their beliefs onto me. I don't do it to them. I don't think I am an annoying vegetarian either. I plan on eventually ditching eggs and dairy later on down the road. And I am at the point where I don't even want to eat around them because I don't have much vegetarian friendly food or they have me eat poultry or beef. It makes me cringe and want to puke.

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  • Adopt-a-thot
    7 years ago

    I agree. Also everyone eats minuscule amounts of dead skin since we all shed, yuck.

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  • stimpysspecialsauce
    7 years ago

    Vegan,vegetarian,yet they all eat cock.

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  • Rusty-Rider
    7 years ago

    I've only known 2 vegans that broadcasted it.
    The guy was gay and the girl was a stuck-up bitch.
    Both were annoying as hell.

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  • DuHast
    7 years ago

    Yes I eat cow, I am not proud

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    • Rusty-Rider
      7 years ago

      Me too.
      I'll be proud for both of us.
      There's too many damn cows and the best way to thin the herd is to eat a good steak!

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  • you_go_glen_coco
    7 years ago

    is it weird that I chuckled at "dogmatism" and then nearly lost it at "drive me kinda nuts"?

    It was just funny, considering their location in the sentence and post in its entirety.

    To answer your question:

    Eat.

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