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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Have seen this in vegan groups multiple times. "Used to be vegan, but no longer am because some vegans are mean".

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Vegan subreddits are so aggressively hostile.

But then being mean to vegans seem to be normal in so many places.

It's a strange circle.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Sounds like selection bias. The only experiences you memorize are the bad ones. The vast majority of people is vegan subreddits are not hostile. Well, maybe vegancirclejerk

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's weird because vegans are pretty chill IRL

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 2 years ago

Thats absolutely not a universal. Only met 1 irl vegan who wasnt a raging asshole, and not even specifically about the diet.

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you shift your diet over people being mean to you, I really worry for you.

Im not even vegan, but if you want to eat a specific way and you stop because someone called you names on the internet Im not gonna lie, I do think youre kinda dumb. The internet trolls should not impact the food you order or cook for dinner.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 years ago

I would also say that if you were vegan and then stop being vegan because people were mean to you, you were never vegan to begin with.

Veganism is about reducing animal abuse and suffering as much as possible. It's not about you. If you just drop your morals because someone was mean to you, then I question those morals.