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[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Probably this is already a really basic psychological concept that I re-invented, but anyway.

Sounds like cognitive dissonance to me. I get, I also used to do the smuglord ”actually vegan diets aren't as good as you vegoons think” stuff before I figured out that the best way to get rid of cognitive dissonance was to just be vegan.

I never would've gone to spaces specifically for vegans to proclaim how awesome meat was, though. Do these people think there's a Medal of Edgy Contrarianism in it for them or something?

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This resonated with me. Fuck it, I might give this vegan thing a try.

[–] super_mario_69@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah go for it. Try not to be too hardline if it stresses you out. My therapist told me a neat little thing a while ago when I was going through a similar lifestyle choice and felt like shit because I relapsed or whatever. They told me that instead of making the choice once and for all, you can always choose day-by-day. "Am I vegan today?" instead of "I am vegan."

[–] super_mario_69@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

cognitive dissonance

oh right so that's what it means

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