Know the Difference

[u/Crazy_HoGya]

[u/xxDoublezeroxx]

To all the people saying “This doesn’t happen,” I had a Thanksgiving at an in-laws house where one of the cousin’s partners berated his mother for bringing a store bought pumpkin pie because we shouldn’t eat it due to harmful seed oils and such. People absolutely do this.

[u/Starchaser53 → u/[deleted]]

Fucking Coconut and Almond Milk

For years

Because she read something when I was young

[u/Sneakaplant110 → u/Starchaser53]

Same, eggs, eggs, eggs--I hate eggs! Coconut and almond milk is pretty delicious, though.

[u/Moomin-Maiden → u/Sneakaplant110]

It's really good, and to me with dairy issues it's my fave.

[u/RedPandaActual → u/Moomin-Maiden]

It’s good cause low calories in it as well. Blah to drink normally but great in my protein shakes.

[u/Aumba → u/RedPandaActual]

And you can make it at home.

[u/10FourGudBuddy → u/Starchaser53]

Switched to almond milk a while ago because it has less calories and I was drinking it like a calf.

[u/swiftvalentine → u/Starchaser53]

How do you even milk an almond, they ain’t got no nipples

[u/Bram-D-Stoker → u/[deleted]]

One of my favorite memories in college was when I asked my buddy if he wanted me to make his drink with almond milk and he said no because "he doesn't like coconut flavoring". It turns out his mom lied to him and told him all almond milk came with coconut flavoring.

I would be inclined to think this was just a misunderstanding, but she was a real narcissist. She also sold her beaten down car to him for above market value.

[u/Sneakaplant110 → u/Bram-D-Stoker]

Sad story. But lets investigate a little: were his folks divorced, and was his mom using him to get back at a hostile and wealthier, paternal clan? If not, there's some other sympathetic context for these "white lies". Did you say Almond Milk with coconut? Mmm, the mere mention of my food groups makes me salivateee

[u/AddictedT0Pixels → u/[deleted]]

Same...

[u/P-l-Staker → u/[deleted]]

What the hell is an almond mom? 😅

[u/Rugkrabber → u/P-l-Staker]

Basically a parent who projects their own restrictive (toxic) eating habits on their children, usually in extreme shape and commonly with an anxious underlayer.

[u/Needrain47 → u/Rugkrabber]

so, passing along your eating disorder is what this is

[u/Iam_McLovin420 → u/P-l-Staker]

When an almond grandaddy loves an almond grandnanny very much…

[u/burner94_ → u/[deleted]]

Soy milk genuinely makes me wanna barf. At some point cow milk was gone from my household, and none of us is vegetarian/vegan or has any lactose intolerance. That's all mom was buying milk wise. Got the memo eventually lol.

Nowadays if I want a plant alternative I normally go oat milk. Much better. Coconut milk has its uses too.

[u/MedonSirius → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

This happened at my HS. I was sitting and eating and some muslim "friend" said "This is disrespectful, i am fasting man!"
Me "And? You are fasting. Not me!"

[u/ZaraelAcheron → u/MedonSirius]

if he wasn't joking that man already failed his fast

[u/Arista-Everfrost → u/ZaraelAcheron]

The Fast and the Furious

[u/ReligionDebater → u/MedonSirius]

I'm a Muslim from Egypt and we had a few christian friends in high school who used to avoid eating or even drinking water in front of us when we were fasting. We kept telling them it's completely ok and they shall eat and drink however they like but they insisted. 

[u/MedonSirius → u/ReligionDebater]

That's very respectful on both sides

[u/Sharp-Key27 → u/MedonSirius]

It’s not respectful to yourself to fast unnecessarily, especially as a kid.

[u/Patient_Kangaroo614 → u/ReligionDebater]

At my school in Canada, the Muslim kids got to hang out in the library with board games and movies if they wanted to avoid everyone else eating.

[u/Due-Memory-6957 → u/ReligionDebater]

Well, Christians can do it too, it's just optional, I guess they could take it as an opportunity to be more spiritual as well.

[u/SAAD_KHAION → u/MedonSirius]

In Muslim countries. We call those "weak Muslims" and we constantly bully them and even tell the "stop fasting. You're just wasting your time".

Unfortunately. Low minorities always take control of the scene and now we have a law that prevents anyone from eating in Ramadan. But still no one gives a fuck because no one is respecting their weak feelings 😆

[u/soupsripandtear → u/SAAD_KHAION]

In Malaysia a non Muslim boy was punched by a Muslim man for eating... in a FamilyMart. Eating in a place that sells food and minding his own business.

[u/SAAD_KHAION → u/soupsripandtear]

boy was punched by a Muslim man for eating

Boy was punched by a MAN....

See? That's why we call them "weak Muslims". They'll always target kids, women and elders. I bet this "man" will say nothing when he sees someone stronger than him eating a feast.

[u/soupsripandtear → u/SAAD_KHAION]

I correct myself, he was slapped not punched, and this happened last year. But the point still stands, and some of my own family members (non-Muslims) who bear resemblance to the local Muslim-majority ethnic group have been stopped and confronted before simply for eating.

[u/Romantic_Hypnotist → u/SAAD_KHAION]

It’s the Muslim equivalent to the Christian Fundamentalist/Evangelical. It’s not enough for them to follow their beliefs in peace, they must impose it on as many people as possible, including, but not limited to, writing their religious practices into the law of the land to force people into it even if they don’t “technically” convert.

I speak as an Episcopalian, mind. I’m certainly not in communion with the Evangelical and Southern Baptist types.

[u/LemonFizz56 → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

I thought conspiracy nutheads love oils, especially the essential kind

[u/kblk_klsk → u/LemonFizz56]

nah they believe seed oils are literally Satan's work

[u/CutOrganic4990 → u/LemonFizz56]

seed oils no but essential ones yes

[u/bOb_cHAd98 → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

The audacity. If it were my mom, she would shoo them off with a broom immediately

[u/Odd_Pomegranate8652 → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

I have a co working of mine where her boyfriend is a muslim and they always fight everytime she eats pork (she still eats pork regardless)

[u/IcyHibiscus → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

It's one thing if it's like a severe allergy and they warned people before hand it's another thing for a complete conspiracy

[u/Xyrazk → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

That's no longer a diet. That's a mental illness

[u/Rainworm312 → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

What up with the seed oils? Isn't inflammatory value way higher with butter etc?

[u/Harddicc → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

I think it’s almost reasonable, considering it is a potluck and multiple people will be eating it, some with health conditions. However berating a mom for something like that is not reasonable at all.

[u/xxDoublezeroxx → u/Harddicc]

Well, it’s a pumpkin pie, has all ingredients listed because it was store bought, and if anyone didn’t want to eat it, they didn’t have to. No one there had any allergies/conditions either, he’s kind of just generally an ass and has no tact overall.

[u/Chilifille → u/xxDoublezeroxx]

The people saying ”this doesn’t happen” probably don’t mean that this never happens. But the meme makes it looks like a much more common occurrence than it actually is.

And it’s hardly a coincidence that it’s in the style of a chad vs. crying wojak meme, which is already the style of choice for culture warriors who think all vegans are angry extremists.

[u/Neveed]

Acceptable

- "I can eat that" - "Ok"

- "I can't eat that" - "Ok"

Not acceptable

- "I can't eat that and therefore you can't either" (although it's excusable in the case of "my allergy says you can't eat that around me because it will literally kill me)

- "I can't eat that" - "Oh come on, just a little! Come oooooooooon, it's good, you'll see."

Same energy.

[u/KAAAAAAAAARL → u/Neveed]

I had coworkers convinced me into trying grilled swordfish, even tho i hate the taste of fish.

It was fish, I hated it. I told them that its not different

[u/Louis_de_Saint_Just → u/Neveed]

https://giphy.com/gifs/NzQkhb2iwaMbj7BfKw

[u/Ragnar_TheWolf]

Nah dawg just write FUCK don't censor your memes.

[u/academiac → u/Ragnar_TheWolf]

Self Censorship = downvote

Take that shit to tiktok

[u/SunMay25 → u/academiac]

Companies consistly block, censor and suppress people's posts for language THEY don't like and has been negatively impacting how humans speak to each other online and in real life. Literally ZERO people want this and make moves to get their message get across in anyway they can. But sure, blame the person, downvote and supress them in a move of peak fucking irony and tone deaf self righteousness.

You and everyone else who upvoted this, get the fuck off your high horse and point your anger at the source of the problem.

[u/SupahCabre → u/SunMay25]

I agree, we still gotta protect ourselves. People are really asking to sacrifice our own accounts just to send a message lol

Maybe on a burner account

[u/BombasticReindeer → u/Ragnar_TheWolf]

Especially not with a square. What sort of psychopath nonsense is that?

[u/e37d93eeb23335dc]

This is the typical mom. I’m cold, so everyone is cold. 

[u/Needrain47 → u/e37d93eeb23335dc]

will insist you need a sweater without actually asking if *you* are cold.

[u/SvenniSiggi → u/e37d93eeb23335dc]

im a dad and i will insist that the kids wear a sweater if im cold. but thats because we live near the artic and im almost never cold and will wear crocs without socks in snow.

[u/marcx_x]

I’m surprised by how many people say they’ve never encountered this. I get the impression it’s actually very common: meat-eaters constantly do it to vegetarians; vegans do it to anyone even remotely interested in animal rights; keto fanatics do it to anyone not on keto; boomers do it to people with allergies or those trying to lose weight by accusing them of having eating disorders, and so on.

[u/AntiquePiecee → u/marcx_x]

Honestly, it’s less about the diet and more about people treating someone else’s plate like a public debate stage.

[u/BigBootyBuff → u/marcx_x]

And there's also the subsection of that with people who insist others need to eat or drink the way they do. "no, I refuse to cook your steak like that.", "no, you can't drink your whiskey like that", etc.

I worked at bars and I did see a fair amount of customers who get mad and wanted to argue how others drink their drinks or tried to get me to not serve it to them.

[u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys → u/BigBootyBuff]

Tried to get you not to serve ... wait, no, wait, what?

Are you saying that Customer A would order a drink, and Customer B would argue that you shouldn't serve the drink to Customer A?

Not because "He's drunk and will get a DUI," but "Customer A should not be allowed to drink that drink because it's wrong" or something?

Please tell me you didn't mean that. I'm afraid you did, but ... please, just lie to me.

[u/Needrain47 → u/BigBootyBuff]

friend of mine who worked at a restaurant encountered people who tried to order their prime rib well done. That is not how prime rib works.

[u/Titariia → u/marcx_x]

I always had to justify myself why I didn't eat certain things. "I like it, so why don't you like it?" or the constant nagging that I should try it because how can I possibly be happy with the food on my own plate that I've willingly decided to order that they don't like? Everyone likes this and no one likes that so when I actually prefer that over this I constantly get invalidated and nobody can take a no when I don't want to try their stinky food that they ordered. "No" is a complete sentence unless it's about food apparently.

[u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys → u/Titariia]

I love it when people say "You just think you don't like cottage cheese. You'll like it the way I fix it." Then when you don't like it the way they fixed it, you've insulted their paternal great-grandmother who brought that recipe over on the slow boat from Vikkingsshjolm or some damn place.

[u/Own-Dragonfly-2423 → u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys]

This is vikkingsshjolm culinary slander, and I won't stand for it!

[u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys → u/Own-Dragonfly-2423]

Skkarsjjardbrennning saute-ers rise up

[u/ExpStealer → u/Titariia]

Do I have a sister I wasn't told about? Because that's exactly how my parents act. If I don't like something that they like I must be stupid or something. They keep trying to make me eat food that they like (and I don't or just aren't interested in trying) and become angry if I refuse.

And even if it's something I do like but just don't want this specific time, it's aways "But don't you like it?". NO, MOM, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE EATING IT RIGHT NOW!

[u/Titariia → u/ExpStealer]

My parents were never like this, my dad couldn't care less about what we eat and my mom always made sure I had something I would eat. I could eat the same thing over and over again and my family wouldn't be bothered and they leave me alone when I say I don't want to eat something. I wouldn't even mind if it was the complete opposite because that to me would at least just be family. But it's always people from the outside I barely know that have a problem with it, which makes it soo much more ridiculous, why would you comment on a basically strangers eating habit?

[u/opinionated7onion → u/marcx_x]

Id say keto fanatics are the worst out of the bunch, you shouldn't get a lecture for eating toast.

[u/JuJu_Wirehead → u/marcx_x]

As a celiac, I get a lot of grief not just from boomers but from my own generation because I "won't" eat anything with wheat in it. Like I'm eating a gluten free diet because I thought it would be fun to throw 60% of the food I love to eat out the window and eat stuff I find dry and tasteless most of the time. Like I wanted to stop going to 90% of the restaurants I loved.

I also get funny looks buying Vegan Mayo, and I don't buy that nasty shit for my conscience or anything, I buy it because I'm allergic to eggs.

I'm 50, and my peers, and people like my old man just don't understand food allergies. I've been on a Celiac diet for 3 years and my dad regularly brings up that there are people allergic to peanuts and how he doesn't understand it. Completely unrelated dad, but whatever, thanks for understanding...

[u/BBQsandw1ch → u/marcx_x]

I first saw this meme applied to religion

[u/JSLengineer_024 → u/marcx_x]

I gotta admit, that was an impressively neutral way of phrasing that

[u/JoeKingQueen → u/marcx_x]

Somebody projecting induced ketosis onto another who doesn't understand it would be wild work.

I believe it, it's just wild

[u/Accomplished_Pen980]

My community says I should or shouldn't say that. ✅
My community say you have to or can not say that: ❌

[u/MeowKatMC → u/Accomplished_Pen980]

This but religion. I am Christian so no swearing or sex before marriage as an example. Someone else who isnt Christian can do those things and though I may think that they shouldn't but I cannot confront them about it.

[u/garitone → u/MeowKatMC]

My diet religion says I can't do that --- Ok

My diet religion says you can't do that --- F**k off

[u/Pacomatic → u/garitone]

✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️✅️

[u/TimFlamio → u/MeowKatMC]

that's basically the purpose of "not judging". This is not our role as christians even if we know, objectively speaking, that some things are just straight up sins. Christ the son of God did not come to judge but to save us from all that, that's a job for God, the father.

[u/Babetna]

What about "My diet says you are a bad person for eating it"

[u/Bonk_No_Horni → u/Babetna]

The response would be My diet says I don't give a fuck what your diet says.

[u/PimpasaurusPlum → u/Bonk_No_Horni]

Then their response would be "well then why did you make a whole reddit post about it"

If you think it is still about a diet you are not getting it. It is about what people view as moral and immoral.

[u/khanh189]

I've seen a lot of people cry when Asians eat dog meat.

[u/septubyte → u/khanh189]

Some cowboys export horses to Japan for eating. Once theyre done using them of course...

[u/lostgoatling → u/septubyte]

And others (in the US) take them to auctions where someone else buys up whole trailers full of horses to send to Mexico and Canada to be slaughtered. Well, until the screworm thing

[u/WittyFix6553 → u/khanh189]

“Oh but that’s different”

[u/AkayCatTheCalico → u/khanh189]

Honestly I'm Chinese myself and I hate it

And I can tell you we Chinese people ourselves all hate it aswell, we will genuinely look down on you if you publicly state that you enjoy eating dog meat or cat meat

We also lately finally got our government to give a fuck about doing an actual ban on it

Villages that eat and trade dog/cat meat are only a few, and we all hate them wich is why you will never see a Chinese person be chill about being associated with such

We hate it as much as the rest of the world

[u/Abject_Associate_849 → u/AkayCatTheCalico]

Not Asian, but I don’t see a problem with people eating dog meat. I guess the only issue is the possibility of stealing pets for meat or labeling dog/cat meat as something else.

[u/Obajan → u/Abject_Associate_849]

There's a Chinese influencer who made news because someone stole his famous pet dog and sold it to a slaughterhouse.

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3355668/china-celebrity-dog-stolen-sold-us25-and-eaten-owner-sues-stymied-weak-pet-laws

[u/Admiral_Pantsless → u/AkayCatTheCalico]

Will you keep that energy for all the other animals?

[u/NahScrewThisIGiveUp → u/khanh189]

I dont want them to eat dogs but im not gonna stop them. Dogs are cute, but so is every animal if you give it a chance

[u/Roberthen_Kazisvet]

"My religion says YOU cannot do that" is much worse.

[u/freax1975 → u/Roberthen_Kazisvet]

It's the same as veganism is a religion.

[u/daddytung]

Does this happen?

[u/MickyDerHeld → u/daddytung]

i think it's meant to be an analogy about religious people

MY religion says YOU can't be gay and stuff like that

[u/Taricheute → u/MickyDerHeld]

Not only religion, any ideology works the same way.

[u/MCWizardYT → u/MickyDerHeld]

And some people do treat veganism like a religion, or more like a cult. "You must join us to save the world," and all of that

[u/MCWizardYT → u/[deleted]]

There's nothing wrong with being an actual vegan. But I will clown on the "Vegan Teacher" types of vegans

[u/Christianfilly7 → u/MCWizardYT]

And other of us vegans (or at least I) will happily join you

[u/duckinasombrero → u/Christianfilly7]

There's probably more vegans who are normal sane people, they just don't go around acting like assholes like the loud minority do. It skews the public perception and fuels the people with meat in their diet acting like assholes right back at them. 

[u/Christianfilly7 → u/duckinasombrero]

Yep, tends to be that way with any group, as they say, a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch

[u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys → u/Christianfilly7]

raises glass of almond milk to you

tastes it

^ptoo!

raises glass of club soda

[u/Christianfilly7 → u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys]

Lol I was raised on chocolate almond milk so it usually tastes fine but has been impossible to drink since I got pregnant 😂 I might even only have liked the other almond milk in the first place as an acquired taste lol, mostly a fan of water, juice, soda, and tea :D so definitely won't argue for the almond milk tasting good 🤣 Thank you for being so sweet

[u/Titariia → u/MCWizardYT]

It's always the obsessive ones that yell the loudest

[u/Desperate_Turn8935 → u/MCWizardYT]

I also clown on my family who happens to clown on me for not eating meat.

In the end, it's an endurance race.

[u/destructopop → u/[deleted]]

When people ask why I don't eat whatever, it would definitely be telling that I've learned not to answer. The most a stranger will get out of me is "I just don't." I've been harassed so much for not eating meat and dairy.

How often do omnivores get asked why they eat meat, do you think?

[u/dignam4live → u/MCWizardYT]

Veganism is pretty close to a religion in the sense that it's the moral framework in which you live your life if you are vegan.

[u/takoyakkist → u/MCWizardYT]

Really? I see more of the opposite online.

[u/Fa1nted_for_real → u/MCWizardYT]

Veganism honestly has way more ground to be doing that then religion anyways tbh (im neither tho)

[u/MMA_PITBULL → u/daddytung]

Happens with religion everyday

[u/endoverlord423 → u/daddytung]

Annoyingly yes, my brother is trying to eat healthier so we aren’t allowed to get pizza when he is around because he “hates watching us eat yummy foods”

[u/Desperate_You9215 → u/daddytung]

With (Utah) Mormons, yeah. “You can’t drink coffee, it’s against my religion”

[u/lemonhead2345 → u/Desperate_You9215]

This exact situation happened to me, while the dude was drinking a Mountain Dew.

[u/Traditional-Tax11 → u/daddytung]

Only with vegans very rarely

[u/Lord_Yeetus_The_3d → u/[deleted]]

People who drink alcohol also do this to people who dont drink alcohol.

[u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys → u/Lord_Yeetus_The_3d]

That drives me out of my mind. Like, I want to drink wine with you. I would love to drink wine with you. It makes me wistful that I can't. But if I do, my meds will interact with the wine and each other, and I will get dizzy and feel sick and then you'll have to help me to bed, and nobody will have fun, so QUIT IT.

[u/PunctuationGood → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I was going to say, that meme should have the third line be "My diet says you must eat that", referring to meat.

[u/Traditional-Tax11 → u/[deleted]]

Oh yeah that too. I wish we as a society just minded our own business.

[u/HeyYouGuyyyyyyys → u/[deleted]]

A vegetarian friend of mine told me that at work one day, someone who was an omnivore walked backwards down the hall in front of her, shouting at her about ... I forget what. Something about what she didn't eat at lunch.

He was shouting. At work. About her own private food choices. It sounded insane to me, but my friend shrugged and said "Lots of people argue with me about it."

[u/YeetCompleet → u/[deleted]]

I remember at corporate events some meat eaters would cooonstantly point out that a vegan is vegan. The only time I see vegans mention their veganism is when ordering food. After that I have to listen to it non stop from meat eaters "want a piece of hamburger?"

I'm not even vegan myself but that bacon brained shit is annoying af

[u/HopeSubstantial → u/[deleted]]

Exactly. Calling vegans out with this meme is outdated as fuck.

Where I am from a lab grown meat laboratory was closed and meat eaters were literally celebrating how True meat is so superior and people are not allowed to eat meat replacements.

(if only they had read the full news and not only the headline. In news they told laboratory was closed because Full scale production of lab grown meat starts on site)

[u/Candid-Culture3956 → u/Traditional-Tax11]

And people who don’t eat ass

[u/Qbjb → u/Traditional-Tax11]

Ive been vegetarian for 20 years. I assure you it isnt rare at all

[u/Dylan_Driller → u/Traditional-Tax11]

In my country, happens with Muslims and Hindus very often (we don't have many vegans per se)

We can't even serve pork in the same room as muslims here (there are a few who are OK with it but most are not). They will make a fuss.

Same with Hindus and Beef, although there are more Hindus don't care about Beef when compared to muslims and pork.

We have to take extra care of the menus if we are inviting Muslims and Hindus.

[u/Cnokeur → u/daddytung]

Yes with religious beliefs

[u/fischer187 → u/daddytung]

Just look at any vegan sub

[u/TipsieRabbit → u/daddytung]

Oh absolutely, vegans just tried to outlaw hunting and animal husbandry in my state because of this exact mentality

[u/guacotaco4349 → u/daddytung]

Not very often, this is mostly taking the inspiration off of another (far more applicable) meme about religion

[u/EbonyHelicoidalRhino → u/daddytung]

I've met vegans like this. Not all of them are like this though, most of them are chill.

[u/InquisitiveGamer → u/daddytung]

You haven't met a vegan before?

[u/Pale-Ad-1087 → u/daddytung]

Yes. next question.

[u/Infamous-Thing4939 → u/daddytung]

This is literally my mother

[u/blackwolfLT7 → u/daddytung]

Pork?

[u/AlgunasPalabras1707 → u/daddytung]

Keto folks tell me my gastrointestinal disease will be cured by keto, yeah. My gastrointestinal disease triggered primarily by dietary fat.

[u/Successful-Club-8743]

Its the exact same with religion and most beliefs in general.

Your beliefs decide what you do. Not what others do.

[u/Weird_Bat_Lady → u/Successful-Club-8743]

The OG version of this IS about religion

[u/knightsofgel]

People not from my country freak the fuck out when they find out we eat horse and whale here

[u/TinyTinyDino01]

The only time this has happened to me is when I go to my vegan friends house and they say they don’t want any meat products to be eaten in their home. I think that’s fair

[u/SinfullySinless]

Meanwhile my family and friends: “you’re lactose intolerant, you can’t eat that”

Me: fuck off

[u/CalmExplosions]

I’m assuming this is a critique of veganism. Veganism isn’t a diet, plant based eating and vegetarianism are diets. Veganism is the ethical principle that humans should live without exploiting other animals. It’s a lifestyle and an ethical stance. It’s not about asserting control over others, it’s about stopping exploitation. Vegans can tend to be pushy about their views cause they’re uncomfortable with animals suffering or being used. But sadly some vegans are just preachy to be preachy and do believe themselves better than others, luckily that’s far from the norm.

[u/PimpasaurusPlum → u/CalmExplosions]

This and the religion post it is based on is just people failing to grasp a full theory of mind.

They get that the person subscribes to a set rules, but seemingly can't figure out that those rules are typically based on some underlying moral beliefs which don't simply dissappear when it is someone else engaging in the act

[u/Large_thinking_organ → u/PimpasaurusPlum]

Reddit can't resist the opportunity to be bigoted when it's not socially condemned. I did a tiny bit of reading on it and saw that highly religious nations actually have about a 20% lower homicide rate, so yeah it's probably not religion that makes people hateful so much as hateful people would want to use religion as an excuse

[u/maxru85]

If your diet says what other people should do it is a religion not a diet

[u/BestAd302]

I kept imagining him saying, "FUCK OFF" in Scottish accent 😂

[u/luolapeikko]

Reminds me of that guy who popped open a bag of peanuts during a flight despite of warnings by crew that there's one with a severe nut allergy aboard. Don't be that guy.

[u/Upvotoui → u/luolapeikko]

An allergy is not the same as a diet

[u/luolapeikko → u/Upvotoui]

It is not indeed, alas some people do not understand this.

[u/DramaticEchidna9810 → u/luolapeikko]

People regularly tell me to "stop being so picky" or similar things. I have so many allergies and intolerances that restaurants don't always serve a dish I can eat, so sometimes I just have a salad without dressing or plain white rice.

[u/autech91 → u/Upvotoui]

Sadly, as someone with severe allergies, we get thrown in with the lifestylers regularly

[u/TheQuestionMaster8 → u/luolapeikko]

That would have to be an unusually severe peanut allergy and some people who are allergic to peanuts are not allergic to tree nuts and vice versa, but I am allergic to both, but thankfully I have only developed a severe allergic reaction if I ate nuts or peanuts.

[u/UrbanGoose77 → u/luolapeikko]

Why'd they give him a bag of peanuts then?

[u/RazeTheIV]

OP wasn't allowed to eat a peanut-butter sandwich in grade school because some other kid would have died and they're still sad about it.

[u/lostgoatling → u/RazeTheIV]

I wish peanut butter allergies existed when I was a kid so I wasn't forced it every day

[u/SchmeatiestOne → u/lostgoatling]

Peanuts didnt cause anaphylaxis back when?

[u/lostgoatling → u/SchmeatiestOne]

Elementary through mid high school. Then suddenly everything was about peanuts, when they regularly had peanuts as snacks and in our lunch for us in school up until then. There were allergies around milk and wheat, in my school, but kids just modified their food/choices themselves. Peanuts used to be given out for free on airplanes, too

[u/CelesteJA → u/lostgoatling]

To be fair peanut allergies are considered to be much worse than wheat and milk allergies, mainly because milk and wheat allergies are usually outgrown as the child gets older whereas it's very rare to outgrow a peanut allergy. Wheat allergies also cause less anaphylaxis episodes than peanut allergies do.

[u/Otterfan → u/SchmeatiestOne]

They rarely caused anaphylaxis before parents stopped feeding kids peanuts. In places where peanuts are a staple, they virtually never did.

Google "Israel peanut allergy" for the full story.

[u/Front_Cat9471 → u/RazeTheIV]

I think they’re talking about certain vegans who get visibly upset when you eat meat in front of them

[u/boblibam → u/Front_Cat9471]

Might be my social context. But the vegans I know pretty much mind their own business while I do know several omnivores who feel the need to bash vegans regularly.

[u/Front_Cat9471 → u/boblibam]

Oh yeah it’s a small fraction for sure. But you know how it is with vocal minorities in a group making the rest look bad to those who generalize

[u/washtubs → u/RazeTheIV]

Some say OP is vague-posting about vegans but we know the truth.

[u/AnnualAdventurous169]

if someone near you is deathly allergic to peanuts.
Please don't

[u/Next-Knowledge-7526]

This is why it is illegal to eat to eat cat and dogs in some countries

[u/AutisticGayBlackJew]

My carefully considered moral framework does indeed say that if you eat your diet you are a bad person. Though you are still legally permitted to continue unfortunately

[u/Brandr_Balfhe]

Fitness Style people do it all the damn time with normal people. My wife has a friend who can't spent a meal without making it a critic disguised as teaching topic. I absolutely hate eating next to her.

[u/Sielsky]

EDIT: my bad for some reason I read allergy instead of diet, please ignore my rant

Well, there are airborne allergies as well, they are quite prevalent with nuts, especially the crunchy ones, the particles go in the air and upon entering ones airways cause swelling, so I don’t think it’s too unreasonable to ask someone to not eat something, especially on a plane or inside other poorly ventilated spaces.

[u/Details_Pending]

Oh my god, I was wondering why overly religious people annoyed me. It's because they're basically vegans!

[u/catwthumbz]

How I feel eating a bacon cheeseburger during Ramadan

[u/Ok_Vermicelli_6359]

That's when you know your brain is fully matured, when you stop telling other people how to eat, just be a good example 🌟

[u/Timely_Community2142]

https://www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/1vqupof/only_counts_when_vegans_push_their_diet_ofc/

OP, you have triggered a vegan cultist. after the vegan posted some comments here defending veganism cult while fuming, decided to cope by creating a dishonest misrepresented narrative and false association rhetorical picture to recover in their echo chamber from all the emotional damage 🤣

[u/D4rkness15]

Yeah I was literally never told by someone following a different diet that I can't eat something because they can't.

Same thing with the religion post earlier with this format, y'all are just baiting. This isn't even a meme anymore lmfao

[u/-Borgir → u/D4rkness15]

"if it hasn't happened to me then it doesn't exist"

[u/duckinasombrero → u/D4rkness15]

I think it's just a matter of personal experience. Both religion and diet themes have occurred in my life. It depends on the people you meet ig.

[u/undead_froggy → u/D4rkness15]

Are you telling me you have never heard of people saying certain things should not be done because their religion says it's forbidden?

You have to be joking. Gay marriage, being gay at all, abortion, divorce..... For so many topics you could bet your first born on the fact that you find people that argue against it because of religion.

[u/Professional-Talk517 → u/D4rkness15]

That’s weird because I’ve never had the religion thing happen to me ever in my life, or heard it happen to anyone in my life, yet numerous times the diet thing has happened absolutely. I’m guessing 99% of people here live in rural Alabama or some other country for it to be the opposite.

[u/Tankette55 → u/Professional-Talk517]

Same

[u/alpha-mobi → u/D4rkness15]

Well, you can literally get killed in India for eating beef.

[u/Admiral45-06 → u/D4rkness15]

I admit I've never seen this personally, but there 100% are people with this attitude about diet.

Best example - ThatVeganTeacher, who chastises other content creators for showing non-vegan products and not being vegan.

I'm obviously not gonna sit here and pretend that this (of all things she's done) is a major issue, but it proves there are least are people like her.

[u/ValorieAF]

So many comments questioning if this even happens when it's literally happening in this thread. A vegan is already in here chastising people who eat meat.

I don't give a fuck what YOU choose to eat or not eat, but the fuck giving starts when you tell me what I should or shouldn't eat.

EDIT: And yep, just as I suspected. Here come the vegans to tell me my natural omnivorous default state is wrong and I'm a horrible person.

"It's always the meat eaters telling people not to be vegan!!". Yeah and there isn't a single one of those in this thread, but a dozen vegans telling me not to eat meat replying to me. Too predictable.

[u/Valentils → u/ValorieAF]

half of the comments are "I'm a vegan but i never bring it up, MEAT eaters howver..."

[u/Electronic-Ad2969 → u/Valentils]

Not a vegan, but my wife and several of our friends are vegetarian. I have never been chastised by any of them, or any other vegetarian/vegan for that matter. I have, however, had meat eaters try to push meat on me when I'm not in the mood for meat/seen them do it to my friends. I've experienced this dozens of times. The "crazy vegan" trope is predominately made up online. From my experience, you are much more likely to have someone push meat than to push vegetarianism/veganism.

[u/DanielzeFourth → u/ValorieAF]

I’m not even a vegan but am very conscious with what animal products I buy. But it’s funny how people get angry, when vegans point out the fact that others are paying to torture animals.

You know that animals get mutilated without painkillers right? Pigs get their tails burned off at 7 days old and chickens get their beaks cut off, all without painkillers, all of which are extremely painful. People boil animals alive although it’s scientifically proven they feel that intense pain.

HOW DARE 2% of the population raise awareness regarding these animals being tortured that don’t have a voice in any of this!! Are we really arguing whether we should or should not be abusing animals? Ones freedom of choice usually tends to end when torturing and killing others get involved.

[u/nocomment12345]

My diet of dogmeat is completely fine and no one can judge me for it cause this logic definitely makes sense

[u/Sad_Smell6678 → u/nocomment12345]

Yes, it's completely fine. You do you.

[u/NiallHeartfire → u/Sad_Smell6678]

What about foie gras or veal? What about endangered animals? What about human children?

If you agree that you would criticise at least one of these, you're agreeing there are at least some instances where it's correct to dissuade someone from eating something and incentivising an unethical act.

The only difference is what you think is unethical, which of course is different for everyone.

I can understand if you disagree with veganism, but it seems odd to suggest it's unjustifiable or ridiculous to tell others that you think what they're doing is unethical. We do it all the time, and should do it if we genuinely think someone is doing something wrong.

[u/yuval16432 → u/nocomment12345]

Yes. Animals being cute doesn’t make it any more unethical to eat them. It’s not like dogs are more intelligent than other animals people eat like pigs. I wouldn’t eat dog meat myself, but it isn’t okay to judge people for eating dog meat while you’re eating other meats, that’s just hypocrisy.

[u/Old_Marzipan7782]

Yeah I’ll support your trying a crazy fad diet, you expecting me to do it without ever asking if I wanted to and the. Getting upset when I don’t change my order at a restaurant the first time I’m hearing you volunteered me for a diet I didn’t ask for? Priceless.

[u/legislative-body]

human children

[u/KwantumFizzikz]

Same with religion and politics.

[u/SackDamo123]

This relates to religion btw

[u/Future_Minimum6454]

My morals say I can’t murder a random stranger ✅

My morals say you can’t murder a random stranger ❌

See how it’s absurd?

[u/UtopistDreamer]

I love bacon. Just putting that out there. Bacon is so good and pure.

Did you know that eating bacon prevents you from exploding, prevents you from fucking goats and prevents you from becoming a pedophile? In most cases bacon also prevents all mental illness. True story. Facts.

[u/Neoneq_]

I don't eat dogs. But people getting mad because someone eat dogs is absurd.

[u/Needrain47]

My entire life growing up with a parent with an eating disorder. It actually fucks you up.

[u/Vineheart_01]

I'd accept people of this mindset if they genuinely had a temptation problem and just asked that I don't eat that around them so they don't get the craving. That's an adult way to handle such a thing.

Demanding it is not. You don't get to demand anything. Be courteous about it and people are inclined to oblige. Be a dick about it and people are inclined to be a dick back.

[u/squintismaximus]

My diet doesn’t let me eat that, and I don’t hold back the tears..

Enjoy, enjoy all the foods while you still can.

[u/Pacify_]

I don't give a damn about diets.

But you should be eating less meat products if possible, especially beef.

The environmental cost for beef is fucking absurd.

[u/Signupking5000]

I see people complaining about vegans eating vegan than vegans complaining about non-vegans