• duncesplayed@lemmy.one
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      Indeed. I used to have a circle of friends/acquaintances that had a huge number of vegans and vegetarians. I can honestly say I have encountered literally 0 vegans or vegetarians ever mention it unless food was being served. But if food is being served,I mean…you really can’t avoid having to tell everyone.

      On the other hand, I have witnessed a huge number of meat-eaters become insecurely defensive, aggressive, bullying, harrassing as soon as anybody mentions that they don’t eat meat.

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      No, thank you.
      No, thanks.
      Nah, don’t want to have that.
      See the thing is I’m a vegan, so none of the things you’ve offered would work, and I don’t want to burden you, so it’s okay, I’ll have something on my way back.
      Yes, these chocolate biscuits aren’t vegan. Thanks for trying, but it’s okay, I’ll manage.

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        Whatever the highest rank is.

        Arch- usually indicates the highest form possible without utter transcendence into a different form, or at least a, well, overarching rank of some sort. (Semantically related, but not etymologically, apparently. At least not directly. But I digress.)

        It is, after all, why the name of Arch Linux is what it is (so sayeth Wikipedia). The creator wanted it to be the best with no equal.

        An arch-vegan might be one best at not only avoiding animal-based produce but also convincing people to convert to veganism, as well as making normally well-adjusted vegans feel that they’re not being a good enough vegan.

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    Vegan when eating, Arch Linuxing when computing, communist when sharing, capitalist when investing, …

    The list knows no end. Why not just say what’s appropriate for each particular circumstance?

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      Why not just say what’s appropriate for each particular circumstance? Because its vegans and arch users.

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    I don’t volunteer either piece of information, but sooner or later someone is going to overhear me ordering vegan food or see me opening my lunch and the dreaded conversation will have to happen. I wish people would just let me make my own food choices in private without making a big thing about it.

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      But they feel attacked. They want to continue living in blissful ignorance of how animals are treated or how bad it is for the environment. Same as windows users who don’t want to be reminded what corporate cucks they are. Some even go so far as to become utter bootlickers (see also Elon Musk fanboys)

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      Yeah, the stereotype drives me nuts. Like, yes, food is a big part of day-to-day life and sometimes I need to explain when asked why I’m not eating if there’s nothing for me at, say, a company event. I try to avoid it as much as possible and just say I’m not hungry.