Do non-vegans really refuse to date vegans? (monyet.cc)

submitted 9 months ago by Robustic@monyet.cc to c/vegan@lemmy.world

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I decided I would be willing to date a non-vegan since despite the conveniences and shared ethics of other vegans, it can be hard to find them in general, and maybe I could influence people positively, though probably without any expectation for them to go vegan (but still hoping society will move toward it one day anyway).

But online questions asking people (non-vegans) if they would date a vegan really shocked and surprised me when most of the answers were no, mostly for reasons of inconvenience and a fear of being pulled into veganism. This leaves me feeling like finding other vegans may be my only option after all. Is this somewhat accurate?

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[-] neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Locking this thread for now, because there seems to be some omni-trolling happening and I'll be heading to sleep rather than patrolling this thread. Please read the "What is Veganism?" part of the sidebar before commenting, thanks!

I (or someone else) will unlock it when all the comments have been moderated and when people stop trolling. Seriously, this is a vegan community not a plant based diet one.

Edit: Unlocked. Please don't conflate vegan and plant based and remember that veganism is NOT a diet!

[-] Robustic@monyet.cc 5 points 9 months ago

Hi, I just wanted to ask something (not specifically related to this thread actually). It seems like most people in this community are non-vegans rather than vegans. Would that be accurate?

[-] neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago

I think the people who are subscribed are vegan, but it takes one omni to start a huge comment thread and then the post gets more visible and they all turn up here to commit some veganbashing

[-] nachtigall@feddit.de 7 points 9 months ago

I think on a rather small platform like Lemmy it is inevitable that non-vegans find their way into a vegan community (or "outsiders" to any community in general) by the All feed.

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