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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
It's like the idea of seeing you not eat meat is oppressing them and then they have this narrative activated about how whiny you are because their aunt has IBS and doesn't eat bread now.