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A VEGAN influencer is feared to have died of starvation after attempting to live on a fruit only diet. Zhanna Samsonova, 39, previously told how she spent four years eating and drinking just fruits…

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's because the majority of vegans act like self righteous assholes towards non vegans. I have no problem with your diet choice but don't try shaming me for mine, it makes you look like a dick and does not help your cause at all.

[–] GreenCrush 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The majority of carnivores act like self righteous assholes towards non carnivores. I have no problem with your diet choice but don't try shaming me for mine, it makes you look like a dick and does not help your cause at all.

[–] WoahWoah -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Being an omnivore isn't a "cause" in the same way veganism is, and you know it. Most people are omniverous--there is no "cause" to be had. Vegans make up less than 4% of people. On average, a little less than people who follow a "keto" diet.

I know very few, if any, carnivores though, so maybe you're referring to a specific group of people with which I am unfamiliar. Or maybe you were just using self-righteous hyperbole for rhetorical effect in the name of your "cause." Wouldn't that be ironic?

[–] GreenCrush 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol where do you get your data from? There are way more vegans than that. Enjoy the carcinogens bud!

[–] WoahWoah -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You're right, you're not self-righteous at all!

I got it from polling cited on animalfoundation.org, which puts the number of vegans at around 1.1%. I rounded up because I was trying to be generous. Other polls put the number under .5% in the United States, but I was trying to give you some supportive numbers--otherwise it would actually be more like "there are 8x more people doing Keto than practicing veganism in the United States," and I didn't want to demoralize you and your "not a cause" cause.

We're all enjoying plenty of carcinogens, yourself included, I assure you.

[–] GreenCrush 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's so funny that you put so much effort into making yourself feel good about eating the flesh of dead animals. Fuck you.

[–] WoahWoah 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not putting any effort into that at all. Again. Being an omnivore is not a "cause" and doesn't require any effort to feel fine about it given it's the default dietary choice of the vast majority of all humans on the planet.

I am however putting (minimal) effort into making fun of you for literally doing what the original commenter--who wasn't me, incidentally--said vegans do.

And now you appear to have reached the inevitable, defensive conclusion: "OMG Y U TRY HARD FUK U." So edgy.

U mad? Y U mad bro? Lolol

[–] Pili 1 points 1 year ago

The majority of vegans aren't self righteous assholes. We couldn't give a shit about what you eat. What we are against, is the exploitation, rape, torture, and murder of animals for entertainment.

If you can grow meat in a lab without resorting to the coercion of individuals less privileged than you, that's great and we have no problem with that.