Shard
[RL] I'm gonna kill a motherfucker.
Shard
One of the people I know through work (they're a customer/friend of a coworker) has decided to go vegan.
Shard
Which is great for them!
Shard
But when they decided this, they also said that they'd never become one of the preachy vegans.
Shard
I currently have them muted on Facebook because EVERY repost was friendsnotfood.
Shard
And then, last night, they've reacted to a repost I made from the local butcher's running a competition with an angry face.
Shard
Also, every time they come in, they mention how well being vegan is going and how much better they feel for it. To which I always reply, "I'm glad it's going well FOR YOU."
Shard
I honestly don't care that they're vegan. I'd just like them to stop being a dick about it.
Pinky Hood
Reminds me of an old joke. How can you tell if someone's a vegan? They won't shut up about it
Shard
All too often.
fae/femme 🧚🏽♂
How many vegans does it take to change a light bulb? Two. One to screw in the light bulb and one to tell you they are vegans.
Shard
Probably also to ask if there were any animals harmed in the making of the glass.
hellpet
How do you know if there's a vegan in the room? Don't worry, they'll tell you.
ReJenerator
I had a friend become vegan and told me I'd feel better about things if I did, too. I told them (truthfully) that I'd tried vegetarianism and my body doesn't process vegetable proteins properly, and it gave me malnutrition. He stopped pestering me about it.
ReJenerator
(That's true, by the way.)
Shard
Oh, I absolutely believe that. There are people who can't be vegetarian or vegan because of the way their bodies deal with the proteins. Though some people like to ignore that fact.
Shard
Which is why, whenever they get going on this, I do the 'for you'. Because it isn't for everybody.
Layla42
Preachy vegans are the worst. You do you, pal but leave the rest of us alone.
StupidSexyV⚠der
they deserve a beating honestly
Λɱιτ
Like yay for someone being vegan, but unless you're mentioning it because I've invited you over for a dinner party and am inquiring after dietary restrictions/allergies or something, or we're talking recipes...please stay in your lane.
Λɱιτ
I have an uncle who is vegetarian-by-religion (he's Jain, they don't eat meat, root vegetables, and a bunch of other things) and while he's never tried it with me because I have a reputation in my family of being arch and direct, I've often seen him tell otherS that they oughtn't eat meat because "it's bad" and like please keep your opinions to yourself man.
Jaetopus
please keep hands, feet, and opinions inside the ride at all times
kaylin
are you my doctor? no? Then fuck off with your dietary nonsense
Jaetopus
as someone who doesn't drink alcohol and doesn't eat chocolate, so many people love having opinions about what other people are eating when it has nothing to do with them
kaylin
Λɱιτ
: also lol, "a reputation for being arch and direct" ilu
Shard
I also love you, Amit.
Shard
But yeah. I'm not going to sit them down and force them to eat meat. Unless I'm suggesting a restaurant (which I did once and they, fairly, asked if the restaurant did vegan) or asking you out to lunch, I don't fucking need to know. Especially not pretty much every time I see you.
Jaetopus
it's just so hard to resist a good basking in moral superiority /s
Shard
I'll be honest. It kinda makes me want to go have a nice big hamburger and post the picture to Facebook.
Shard
Just like I have been known to repost things about how there are more holidays in December and January than just Christmas. Because of one of my aunts.
Jaetopus
or do a big Sunday roast next week with lots of leftovers that you can talk about how delicious they are all week
kaylin
people like this are why there are t-shirts out there saying "for every one animal you don't eat, I'll eat three"
StupidSexyV⚠der
yep
Shard
Being a vegan isn't their WHOLE personality.
Shard
They're also agender.
Shard
And gay.
StupidSexyV⚠der
juuvi: oh that REALLY is
Lofwyr
Funnily enough it's veganism that forces me to eat meat most of them times when out eating with people - a lot of restaurants can't be arsed to have a vegan and a vegetarian meal on their menu, so they just have something vegan (or multiple vegan somethings). Now due to my allergies vegan alternatives usually make me violently ill or could kill me.
Lofwyr
Aka me sitting over here being forced to choose meat over a nonexisting vegetarian option that I might have been interested in otherwise
StupidSexyV⚠der
yeah that makes sense, nut allergies?
Shard
My brother-in-law's partner is possibly going to have to stop being vegetarian (she became vegetarian, for the most part, because he is) because she's developed a gluten allergy.
StupidSexyV⚠der
oh man
Lofwyr
StupidSexyV⚠der
: peanut (with epipen), sesame, all sorts of nuts (the mix of nuts and sesame is the kicker. vegans love tahini and nuts)
Lofwyr
oh man gluten allergy sucks
Spookitty
I actually know a local place that was mostly pizza that opted out of having vegan cheese for years because of the way the melts behaved in comparison to real dairy. But they had both gluten-free pasta and vegan friendly options in other places.
Spookitty
It's nice to have options. I have a friend who is a board member of a group who has all these catered events and she's lucky to be able to have more than water because of food sensitivities.
Lofwyr
we ordered pizza for the kids baptism party because we had a difficult assortment of allergies and intolerances among the guests, and pizza makes it easy to get a variety, and it wasn't hard to get vegan pizza because most pizza places have at least one cheese-free pizza. gluten was the problem.
batman
double down
batman
maybe almost literally-- get a double down from kfc
batman
every time there is a passive aggressive response, respond with a picture of yourself eating like a turkey leg
StupidSexyV⚠der
Lofwyr
: aw man. my client has tree nuts and stone fruit (with epipen) allergies. my condolences those are rough
Shard
Whoooo boy.
Shard
SO.
Shard
(Because of course there's more to this today.)
Shard
They came in this morning while I was on the till, running an errand for a woman who works up the road. Basically came in to get her some scratchcards.
Shard
And I really went back and forth mentally on this for a few minutes, but they're ALWAYS going, "If I ever upset you or make you mad, you know you can tell me, right?"
Shard
They're on the autism spectrum. Socially awkward. I get it.
Shard
Now. I may have been a bit blunter than I should have been, but I basically said, as politely as I could, that I would appreciate it if they would refrain from reacting angrily to posts that I repost from the butchers. That they can block that page if they'd really rather not see anything from there.
Shard
But just because they're vegan doesn't mean I'm going to refrain from posting things to my Facebook page just because they don't like it.
Shard
(Note that I never said JACK or reacted to anything they posted about the whole friends not food thing. I just fucking muted them. I STILL haven't said anything about that.)
Shard
They...proceeded to tell me that they were tired of my attitude and that they were going to report me.
Shard
Which I was just like, "Seems like overkill, but you do what you need to."
Shard
They also came back half an hour later to tell me that they'd taken the reaction down and apologize for the way they'd acted toward me, that it is my page and it's not their place to police what I put there.
Shard
Bless their heart.
Shard
Entirely meant in the Southern US sense.
ellie
Oh, bless their heart 
𝐺𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖
Shard
I only have a few more months to get through this. Which is shit that's going in a DIFFERENT Plurk once I feel able to get shit down properly.
Pinky Hood
Yeesh... 
kaylin
well, at least they apologized instead of doubling down
kaylin
but yeah, bless their heart (southern)
Jaetopus
I'm more confused about how they doubled down then also apologized
Shard
This person is exhausting. Most of the time, I don't engage, even if I am annoyed. This just proves that it's not worth it.
Λɱιτ
I don't understand what this attitude is that they're accusing you of?
Lofwyr
first doubling down then apologising - I do that sometimes. It's not a good trait to have. But somehow my brain is too set in its way to process a change of direction quickly enough to do it while the conversation I'm having is still ongoing
Lofwyr
if they're autistic then that might be the reason for why they did it too
Lofwyr
like. mental direction inertia
Shard
Λɱιτ
: Like I said, I may have been blunter about it than I should have been. Also, I have a tendency when they start talking about how great veganism is of adding, "For you" to the end of their sentences.
StupidSexyV⚠der
sounds like they needed that smack in the ass
Shard
WHICH REMINDS ME.
Shard
(Coming back here from my other Plurk right now.)
Shard
So. Met up with main coworker after her shift to have coffee and a bitch session. And a quick update on some things that I learned yesterday when our cluster manager was in.
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But, apparently, THIS GUY saw her when she was on her way in and wanted to chat, but she needed to grab something before she started, so he said he'd drop in and say hi to her.
Shard
And tell her what had happened between "me and (Shard)".
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Which she'd already heard from me, anyway.
Shard
So, in they come to get scratchcards for somebody else and proceeds to LIE OUT THEIR FUCKING ASS about me.
Shard
Like, says I barked at them right as they came in the door.
Shard
(I did not. Like I said, I wasn't even certain if it was worth mentioning and I waited until after they'd finished the transaction and then asked me if I was okay with them.)
batman
a vegan, a liar, and a gossip. the unholy trinity
Shard
And also told her that what I'd reposted was about dogs being hit and kicked and stuff like that, which she flat out called them out on because she's worked with me for nearly 11 years.
Shard
And told coworker that they'd come back and apologized to me because they consider me a friend. And I'm here like, "If this is what you say about your friends, I'd hate to hear what you say about your enemies."
Lofwyr
wtf
StupidSexyV⚠der
wow
𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚑🐧
Wow
Pinky Hood
Oh that's not being socially awkward. That's straight up them lying
hellpet
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