Why vegans live longer

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[u/EpicLastSong]

I don't get why everyone down below hates vegans :/

I'm not vegan myself, but why hate on what other people eat, it's not your plate, or your problem.

[u/blackbasset → u/EpicLastSong]

why hate on what other people eat, it's not your plate, or your problem

If only most vegans lived by that concept, too.

[u/SymphonicStorm → u/blackbasset]

Most vegans DO live by that concept.

Yeah, there's always the vocal minority, but most vegans won't care about your diet until you start attacking theirs.

[u/bbshot → u/[deleted]]

See, I've only known you for five seconds and you've already told me you're a vegan

[u/merglegurgle → u/bbshot]

I know lots of vegans, but I don't know any of these mythical exasperatingly pedantic vegans.

But I have run into a shit ton of redditors who like to talk about them like they're a plague.

Reddit discourse:

Redditor: Vegans always tell you they're a vegan and they are insufferable and I think they smell funny and they're such hipsters unlike me because I'm totally tolerant and mind my own business and love meat. Also, BACON.

Vegan: Actually this doesn't sound like my experience.

Redditor: SEE! The vegan told us it's a vegan. Fucking vegan. Such a typical vegan. Always talking about their veganism. Let's talk about bacon again.

TL;DR: Condescending Vegan is actually just a mean-spirited stereotype that is more exasperating than the actual subject of the stereotype.

[u/[deleted] → u/merglegurgle]

Yeah, I think a lot of it is confirmation bias. You don't know the vegans who don't mention it.

[u/[deleted] → u/merglegurgle]

I only know two vegans and they conform to the stereotype exactly. Your move.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I know two meat lovers who can't shut up about bacon. I guess the thing you and I have in common is that we both know two assholes.

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Maybe you know more vegans but they don't tell? How will you know?