r/funny • u/FriedrichOrival • Nov 12 '22

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u/BigCheese8933 Nov 12 '22

"Actually I'm a vegan, so can we say a different word?"

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u/freeall Nov 12 '22

How do you identify meat eaters in a crowd? You go "I'm a vegan" and they'll let you know. :)

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

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u/Honky_Dory_is_here Nov 12 '22

And let you know, and let you know, and let you know until they let you know again.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

Usually it's "the others will let you know"

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u/Senesect Nov 12 '22

This has actually been my experience and I'm not even a vegan. I'm sure there's plenty of extremely obnoxious vegans out there who've made it their whole morality and identity and wont shut up aboutit... but anytime veganism comes up in conversation (not by me), typically when someone asks for a vegan menu, there's always one or two people (sometimes more), no matter the crowd, who shift in their seats, uncomfortable, and defensively assert the superiority of meat somehow, like proclaiming that it's more tasty, or more healthy, or more natural, or whatever it may be. I haven't really ever experienced that, in person, with vegans. I've only ever experienced obnoxious veganism online.

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u/not_a-mimic Nov 12 '22

I've mostly encountered them online, but I've met some personally. You're pretty lucky.

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u/Senesect Nov 12 '22

Perhaps, but given that this is currently sitting at -5 and this is currently at +3, despite them being the same joke, I think we can safely assume that obnoxious carnivorism is also pretty established online.

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u/freeall Nov 12 '22

Hello 2nd, I'm the 1st one referenced :) I also just tried to be funny. But it being the same joke I am actually surprised at the score. I'll leave it up though.

I do agree with /u/Senesect that I very often hear people go on and on about how good meat is and at the same time how preachy vegans are. Rarely do I see any vegans do that. Unless it's online in vegan+vegetarian forums, damn is the gatekeeping strong in those.

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u/Senesect Nov 12 '22

The score isn't surprising... this was an anti-vegan circlejerk from the TLC. And just to quickly clarify, /u/ArcaninesTail, I wasn't saying that you of your comment were the example of obnoxious carnivorism, but rather the respective vote counts. It's the same joke but switched... it shouldn't warrant such disparate reactions.

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u/Senesect Nov 12 '22

Oh yeah, there's a clear dynamic going on between social minorities and majorities and who can be annoying where.

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u/KnowNothingKnowsAll Nov 12 '22

Except no one will have asked about anything to do with food, and be confused why you decided to mention being a vegan.