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We can't even talk in this community dedicated to vegans without someone coming along and meatsplaining. (lemmy.world)

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[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

In my experience, the reactions depend a lot on the people you talk to and well, what you look like.

Like, I've got a tiny lady colleague who's vegan and she's never been in a conflict from being vegan.

Meanwhile, me as a big dude, I will get various males who take it as a personal affront:

those who are just insecure about their own food choice,
those who take every interaction with other males as a competition for who's better (me telling them I'm doing it for ethical reasons means I'm saying their ethics are bad),
those who are stuck in their old ways (women can eat salads, not men though),
and last but definitely not fucking least, (ex-)military dudes who are personally disappointed that, despite me having the physique of their military buddies, I have different values.

This is especially also amplified on the countryside, where not only progressive ideas take longer to arrive, you've also got farmers with skin in the game.
In my hometown, there's a pig farmer. Holy fuck, for that guy, my mere existence was a statement that his entire livelihood is immoral.

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