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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
I was a vegetarian for years, before adult-onset food allergies made me have to restructure my whole diet. I wasn't preachy. There were folks who knew me for months--coworkers and the like--and they'd have no idea. Until eventually it would come up. Someone would ask what I was eating, say "oh that sounds good....wait there's no meat. Are you a vegetarian?" And then that was it. Every fucking day there had to be some comment about why I was a preachy asshole and real Americans have more bacon grease than blood in their veins or some nonsense. Happened more times than I care to admit. Mostly dudes but not always.
gpt
This is pretty much me… I was vegetarian lite (rarely eat meat because taste), then I developed lactose intolerance. Now I’m “vegan lite” (DISCLAIMER: NOT EVEN A REAL VEGAN) and I still get labeled as hoity-toity even though I only mention it in contexts of “I really fucking miss cheese” or “can we go somewhere where I can eat the food”

Ironically, it has made me more interested in veganism, because their responses have all the marks of an ignorant culturally-based superiority complex.