DiipuSurotu
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"Aggressive vegans" are putting off people from changing eating habits, study finds
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More at: https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyl...-off-giving-up-meat-study-finds-a3608861.html
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Dash_Riprock
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People don't like being told they're assholes.
News at 11.
Edit: My comments was directed at all those assclown vegans who go around proclaiming themselves superior to everyone else and calling you a monster for eating meat.
Who the fuck wants to put up with that?
News at 11.
Edit: My comments was directed at all those assclown vegans who go around proclaiming themselves superior to everyone else and calling you a monster for eating meat.
Who the fuck wants to put up with that?
Fox Mulder
Member
How much money was needed to discover something that has always been true.
Eat whatever you want, but vegans always come off as pretentious assholes.
Eat whatever you want, but vegans always come off as pretentious assholes.
The Jackdog
Member
my cousins wife cannot be in the same house if theres food that isnt 100% vegan being eaten or cooked. she will leave and sit outside during meals.
painted a pretty sour picture of vegans for them
painted a pretty sour picture of vegans for them
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
Who is this pointed to within the context of the article?
They also don't like being told lies like "vegan blood cures cancer"
Count Dookkake
Member
No one likes a lecture.
And don't like being told to do something by smug assholes.
TheOfficeMut
Unconfirmed Member
There are people with shitty attitudes in every facet of life, something not unique to vegans. With that said, if a vegan put you off from changing your diet because of a bad attitude, then you really didn't care to change it to begin with, similar to people in this past election who refused to vote for one candidate because of the attitude of his or her supporters, regardless of that candidate's qualities.
Idiots everywhere. You either like the lifestyle or not. Don't blame assholes for not wanting to eat healthier.
Idiots everywhere. You either like the lifestyle or not. Don't blame assholes for not wanting to eat healthier.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
No one needed a study to figure this one out.
Nothing turns people away from a cause faster than holier than thou dicks and vegans have a lot of those.
Nothing turns people away from a cause faster than holier than thou dicks and vegans have a lot of those.
Inferno313
Banned
Being Vegan, yeah, there's absolutely some of this out there.
There's also a weirdly hostile online presence of folks who hate the mere existence of vegans. My fiancé and I have both, just by casually mentioning our veganism on Twitter, been harassed by people sending us pictures of things like cheeseburgers and slabs of meat. As if we're some kind of emotionally unstable children who don't live in a world where we see people eating meat at every waking moment, or have never eaten meat ourselves. Lol.
There's also a weirdly hostile online presence of folks who hate the mere existence of vegans. My fiancé and I have both, just by casually mentioning our veganism on Twitter, been harassed by people sending us pictures of things like cheeseburgers and slabs of meat. As if we're some kind of emotionally unstable children who don't live in a world where we see people eating meat at every waking moment, or have never eaten meat ourselves. Lol.
I have quite a few vegan friends and none are remotely like this.
Seriously, speaking for all of us. And from our point of view meat eaters all come off as abusive areholes who many of us hide the fact we're Vegan so we don't get abuse from them...
Violence Jack
Member
I've luckily never met these type of people. Worry about yourself.
Dash_Riprock
Member
And I know a couple pricks that do the same thing.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
Always find this shit so stupid. Racist people breathe air..am I supposed to hold my breath in protest? lol. Who cares about the extreme folks? Why should that stop me from doing anything? Fuck not eating meat tho..
perfectchaos007
Member
The vegan lifestyle isn't proven to be "healthier". Eating meat in moderation is very beneficial. For example you don't have to take supplements to get your B12
H.Protagonist
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Holier than thou can be quite the off-putting flavor. Not exclusive to vegans/veggies, though.
skullmuffins
Banned
I think they mean omnivores.
are you related to these people http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1407306
TheOfficeMut
Unconfirmed Member
That was not the point of my post.
Animals are largely fed B12 so it's technically not true. We're just supplementing ourselves instead of a third party. Also many health organisations are recommending a plant based diet. Anyways not sure this is a Veganism debate, it's on the argumentative side (which this site has lots of evidence on the other side of).
HiredN00bs
Member
The trick is to classify mammals as not people, then you can do whatever you want to them.
Velocity:Design:Comfort
Banned
Anti-vegans in this thread come off as the aggressive party to me. Who are these strawman vegans that are out to get you? Like wow, someone doesn't like eating meat. Why is that an existential threat to you? Cause you don't want to think of thigns being any different from your status quo? I say this as a straight up meat eater who would never consider going vegan. But I also have never felt so fragile that I have to rage against them.
Most of these people probably weren't actually going to change their habits and felt a bit guilty about it but are looking for an easy excuse. It's the same as the election bullshit.
In my life I've seen a ridiculous amount more asshole meat eaters toward vegans/vegetarians than I've ever had the other way around. Like, it's not even remotely fucking close.
In my life I've seen a ridiculous amount more asshole meat eaters toward vegans/vegetarians than I've ever had the other way around. Like, it's not even remotely fucking close.
I'm not British but this seems like one of those problems that lives in people's minds rather than in reality. "Oh, those people want me to change my lifestyle? NEVER!"
I live in super liberal Seattle where vegans are so common just about every good restaurant has legit vegan options, supermarkets have vegan specific signage, and there is an entire industry around vegan foods and even vegan only restaurants. I've never experienced this "aggressive vegan" phenomenon.
I live in super liberal Seattle where vegans are so common just about every good restaurant has legit vegan options, supermarkets have vegan specific signage, and there is an entire industry around vegan foods and even vegan only restaurants. I've never experienced this "aggressive vegan" phenomenon.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
There are folks around that believe vegans should never be criticised and be commended for just existing.
I'd be a vegan or vegetarian, except, meat is really delicious.
You don't need to be a vegan to support ethical and humane animal farming practices in the food industry though. I want my burgers and steaks to be happy and content on their way to my plate.
Not wrong. I'm certain a vegan will argue though.
I'd be a vegan or vegetarian, except, meat is really delicious.
You don't need to be a vegan to support ethical and humane animal farming practices in the food industry though. I want my burgers and steaks to be happy and content on their way to my plate.
Not wrong. I'm certain a vegan will argue though.
The Jackdog
Member
im so glad to know its not just them lol.
they went to visit them and tried to eat vegan food for 2 days and it just wasnt for them, thats cool. so one night they went to get a pizza and she had to go sit outside.
again, i know not all vegans are like this....but....still
Gordon Shumway
Banned
They are, but they're plenty harmless. Can just be annoying, at times..make parties at the crib a pain in the ass because you've gotta make separate accommodations for them to even show up lol..
As a staunch carnivore who gets uncomfortable eating meals that don't contain at least some meat, I think this study is mostly just evidence that people lie all the time.
I don't believe that there are actually people who would become vegans if other vegans didn't seem like dicks. I totally believe that there are people who lie and say that, yeah, they'd be vegans, but other vegans are just too rude.
I don't believe that there are actually people who would become vegans if other vegans didn't seem like dicks. I totally believe that there are people who lie and say that, yeah, they'd be vegans, but other vegans are just too rude.
Dash_Riprock
Member
I want a juicy steak after reading this.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
I wonder how many of these vegans are real and how many are ones that exist in made-up stories, like the aggressive anti-Christian professor that is apparently a scourge in the mind of fundamentalist America.
Velocity:Design:Comfort
Banned
No, you do.
Errr, I've never had this in 11 years (and 15 years being Veggie).
King Tubby
Member
A few of my best friends are vegan and they aren't obnoxious about it at all. Mark it with feminism and atheism where a cartoonish extreme is taken as the typical example.
No they don't. There are a couple that come off as assholes and then you decided that all of them must be that way.
Anyways, anyone who makes their life decisions based on not liking someone who also happens to belong to that group is an idiot.
Dash_Riprock
Member
Ummm, thats what I was trying to do?
My comments was directed at all those assclown vegans who go around proclaiming themselves superior to everyone else and calling you a monster for eating meat.
Who the fuck wants to put up with that?
Gentleman Jack
Member
Do aggressive vegans hunt in packs? How do I defend myself from the onslaught of them ordering something else while I'm at a restaurant? When is it okay to use an anecdote about someone's shitheaded brother in law as license to blanket-judge every veggie eating hippie I see?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
When I eat vegan meals, it is based on the merit of the food. Some of the more..."passionate" vegan advocates are annoying as fuck, but that's a separate issue. The same could be said about meat advocates being intentionally obtuse about their environmental impact from their heavily carnivorous lifestyle.
Inferno313
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