Have never met a happy vegan. Not one. But I have known some happy vegetarians of the Indian sort. I think the main difference is they were that way because of their religion and upbringing and did not expect others to change for their sake. The personality type of westerner, raised in a meat eating culture, who becomes an obsessed fanatic vegan, insisting that everyone must conform to their obsession, is no different than any other whether it be Nazis, Communists, or shriek in your face feminists.
People try to make their veggies look like meat.
You ever seen anyone try to dress up meat as tofu?
Have never met a happy vegan. Not one. But I have known some happy vegetarians of the Indian sort. I think the main difference is they were that way because of their religion and upbringing and did not expect others to change for their sake. The personality type of westerner, raised in a meat eating culture, who becomes an obsessed fanatic vegan, insisting that everyone must conform to their obsession, is no different than any other whether it be Nazis, Communists, or shriek in your face feminists.
Agree. And they never look healthy either(after all that)
This one fellow & I would hang out a lot, we would share stories of growing up, things we did, regular guy talk. I asked him if did not eat meat because of his religion, he replied; "no, we never had meat, could not afford it. A family member had a plantation and we ate what we grew"
He never developed a taste for meat.
Another notable and noble thing I recognized is that they look back on the abject poverty that they grew in as humorous and pleasant.
Going to grade school in shifts, studying at night by the light of streetlamp because they did have electricity in their home, etc... laughing about the industrious things they did to get ahead and help support their families...
I know some vegetarians that personally don’t like the taste of meat and found over a period of time the less they ate meat the better they personally felt...they could care less if someone else liked steak and if they were out dining and they accidentally eat some meat it was not the end of the world. they just preferred not to eat meat.
“...insisting that everyone must conform to their obsession, is no different than any other whether it be Nazis, Communists, or shriek in your face feminists.”
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You forgot the screaming angry men with beards and towels on their heads.