Vegetarians who say this shit say they enjoy getting encouragement from vegans, but they actually just want a pat on the back and brownie points from susceptible vegans, not actual encouragement.

This is the greatest encouragement I can give them, but because it’s in an “aggressive” tone, they love to say “You’re the reason why people shy away from going vegan!”

Sorry to tell ya, but if some harsh words promoting the very ideological foundation of veganism are enough to discourage you, then you clearly don’t have a plan to “transition” to veganism to begin with.

Imagine telling someone “You really need to stop being fucking racist.” and then they say “Ugh! I’m working on it! You being so pushy makes me want to be more racist actually!”

The cheese rots into their brains apparently.

    • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      My secret to eating vegan in places without vegan restaurants cool-bean chickpea chefs-kiss

      But yeah to be fair I don’t have a lot of experience eating out at restaurants in towns with a sub-5k population. I imagine if you find yourself travelling to bumfuck, nowhere and for whatever reason find it impossible to prepare your own food, it would be hard to find cooked meals that are vegan. When I travel I do need to plan a little more, and sometimes pack food if I’m going through somewhere particularly desolate. Not always having a restaurant I can go to is one of those many little inconveniences all vegans have to deal with every now and then.

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        7 months ago

        ive never encountered a vegan restaurant or seen a vegan restaurant or heard of a vegan restaurant anywhere i could travel to. ive been to shitty tiny towns in the middle of nowhere. i go to the grocery store and buy some fruits and peanut butter or, if ive got the tools to cook, some beans as you said

        I’m not saying there’s absolutely no place in America I could find myself transported to and feel obligated to eat an animal product, but that place certainly isn’t anywhere that there are restaurants serving animal products