PJV3
Member
Yeah, if the rest of the time he's being nice and friendly then it should just be overlooked as something important to him.
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So a vegan just left the dinner table to sit outside
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Yeah, if the rest of the time he's being nice and friendly then it should just be overlooked as something important to him.
Beer Monkey
Member
Maybe he has Histrionic Personality Disorder. Seems as likely, if not moreso.
Suck it up during dinner and talk to your therapist about it next time. Or post to the militant vegan facebook group he probably belongs to.
TheCochese
Banned
Just wanted to bring this back up for those just joining us:
Dude had no problem being not-vegan in 2016.
Dude had no problem being not-vegan in 2016.
damn you got a Peaks avatar but you are a piece of crap. Hmmm.
Vegan dude in OP acted like a little baby but I think people could show more respect towards people's choices. Like Illitarati is most likely joking above, but I bet some people would actually act similar to his post which makes you just as bad as the guy storming out of the dinner because people are eating fish in front of him.
Switch Back 9
a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
What an hilariously un-self aware post loool.
PersonAndStuff
Member
If you are very apologetic, there is a way to not be disrespectful in doing this. Still pretty ridiculous. People eating meat near you is fairly unavoidable.
They don't have to though. I'm not going to a Vegan's house and expecting a burger.
They're on vacation...it's not ONE MEAL.
crimzonflame
Member
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Remember that, OP.
Ooop, my bad, he took the meal outside.
But rule of thumb, unless you're making a toast to the fine meal, you don't declare shit when someone's hosting you dinner.
I'd say unless they're recluses or no one wants to hang out with them, they've eaten with other people. Surely if you couldn't even stomach a meal around other people eating fish you'd have some inkling it might be an issue and plan ahead.
It's inexcusable either way. If it was a surprise, be an adult and get through it once.
hydrophilic attack
Member
They were vegetarian for a year or two before going fully vegan
TimeEffect
Member
Just say "alright bye" and act like nothing happened
Also, ask his opinion on vaccines
Also, ask his opinion on vaccines
I'm not sure how that would make him dumb. There's no way in hell you personally know every single thing that would bother you about a situation in advance. Sometimes people have revelations.
You sound self-absorbed to me.
Speaking of lasagna, I don't like dishes that are smothered in melted cheese. So when I ate at a family function where a dish like that was going to be the main course, there'd be pasta and sauce for me. I appreciated that effort instead of being bitter that everyone else was eating something different from me, because that makes no fucking sense, honestly.
A vegan not liking meat is a revelation?
Definitely had me dying...
Depends on if he does this all the time... I can understand it but eating meat is a pretty normale thing.. it seems like he would have a tough life
LookAtMeGo
Member
"All we wanted to do was have a nice healthy dinner. Then out of nowhere my inlaws brought out this slaughtered soul on a plate. I was not going to sit there and just watch these monsters tear into the flesh of this once free living being who probably had a family. So I did what any honorable person should do and stepped outside so I didnt have to bear witness to the barbarism of these souless brutes"
Astral Dog
Member
I would laught it off 😂
They are being a bit silly don't they? i would understand if there was no alternative though, or if you were eating a puppy 😣
They are being a bit silly don't they? i would understand if there was no alternative though, or if you were eating a puppy 😣
I really don't get the replies in this thread. Why is him leaving the table politely a problem? Would it be better if he just refused to show up with an excuse of ''I can't enter a house where meat is being consumed.''?
He didn't tell anyone to leave. He didn't tell anyone to stop eating meat. He politely left because he didn't feel comfortable being around meat being consumed. There is nothing wrong with that. I feel this thread is just a stealth vegan hate circle jerk.
He didn't tell anyone to leave. He didn't tell anyone to stop eating meat. He politely left because he didn't feel comfortable being around meat being consumed. There is nothing wrong with that. I feel this thread is just a stealth vegan hate circle jerk.
Triggerhappytel
Member
He's acting like an idiot. If he had a problem with this then he should have communicated it beforehand, but it's fucking selfish to make a scene and expect everyone else to change to accommodate him. What an arsehole.
TheCochese
Banned
"Hey, we're going to a dinner with your family, and we're strict vegans now. Are they all vegans?"
"No."
??????
family_guy
Member
I mean if someone said they wouldn't eat at the table for religious reasons would you think something was wrong with them or just let it be? If they got up, explained why, and then excused themselves in a polite manner then I'm okay with that.
this is rubbish. Im from india and we often have many ppl who are vegetarian. (In fact many indian dishes are vegan too) . If we have someoen coming over who doesnt like non vegetarian we dont make everything vegetarian. If you go out with someone who is vegetarian we dont all order only vegetarian. The host usually makes their normal food and something extra for the vegetarian person. Of course if the vegetarian person is the host then it usually is all vegetarian. In fact some vegetarian hosts who used to be non vegetarian sometimes even go the extra mile and cook something non vegetarian for guests even if they eat only vegetarian. The minority food preference is accodmodated with a extra dish or two. Not by upending the entire meal.
HawksWinStanley
Member
If this was the case, and the guy was actually respectful about it, then it wouldn't really bother me that much.
But the fact that this is your family vacation and now you mentioned you're all being handcuffed to a vegetarian diet is ridiculous and incredibly selfish of him especially when special meals are being made for him.
lol
Chainsawkitten
Member
"Eh, I won't have a problem with them eating fish."
"Now that I'm actually here, it does actually bother me, even though I thought it wouldn't."
I won't argue about this since I know you want to hate him
you're being intentionally dense about what I'm saying.
Permanently A
Junior Member
I don't think he did anything wrong. Maybe it was in his tone or something, but if he doesn't want to eat next to a dead fish no one is forcing him too. All these concerns about his future and stuff - that's on him. As far as I can tell he politely excused himself and you're overthinking it.
Yep..you don't force your way on others.
I'd still always respect the host though. That's my own moral stance though.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
I'm an easy going guy, but i'd really have a hard time not being pissed at this.
perfectchaos007
Member
As a carnivore, I would not walk out on family time if they were serving me a vegetarian meal. That would be rude of me. I guess vegetarians are just more intolerant than carnivores/omnivores.
PJV3
Member
Someone has to be wrong and someone has to be right in every situation where people think differently.
No. He can live how he wants, in his house. No one is forced to change how they live because he feels they should.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
So by this logic if I go to a vegan household we'll all be having steak then right?
Only If the same vegan would cook me some steak if I go over to their house.
But i'd never expect or even want them to do that.
I have a bunch of vegan friends who know I'll probably never make a vegan dish in my life. They know If I'm at their house they're not gonna allow any meat and if we go out to eat itll usually be to at-least a vegetarian place. But they're not gonna come over to my house and expect everyone to be eating Vegan. 1 or 2 guests don't get special treatment like that
hydrophilic attack
Member
They buy vegan clothes
For example, TIL that Vans are vegan, while Converse are not, because of glue apparently
Always trying to stick it to vegans. Yea I was there too. Just let it go. Doubt the guy has clothes with leather if he feels so strongly about veganism that he'll leave the dinner table because others are eating meat.
Some vegans do still buy 2nd hand leather or slowly phase out parts of their wardrobe that had animal parts before they went vegan.
Why, why the aggression here? And just why would animal free clothing be so hard (Vegans you know usually research stuff, including glue).
Agreeing with the circle jerk post above, these threads always end up toxic.
He could of handled it better, don't go or don't make a scene but the aggression is toxic online, it really is. This board has always seemed like a fairly friendly place, but the mention of Vegans and it's nuggets and take the piss time...
One Eyed Willy
Member
I wouldn't appreciate someone coming into my parents house, who went out of their way to cook a vegan option for them to disrespect them in their own fucking house. I would have followed him outside and told him he was no longer welcome and it was time for him to leave. Followed with...
"Don't bother coming back here in the future until you can act like an adult and have respect for my parents and their house."
Then respond accordingly depending on whatever stupid answer he had.
"Don't bother coming back here in the future until you can act like an adult and have respect for my parents and their house."
Then respond accordingly depending on whatever stupid answer he had.
BibiMaghoo
Member
I would never be that rude as a guest, especially when effort had been made to cater for me. Fuck that dude.
Gotdatmoney
Member
The rest of the world doesn't need to alter just because you made a choice. It's totally cool if you want to be vegan but everyone else shouldn't be subjected to it because of you. That's the reality. Don't go to the dinner if you are mad people are responding to your choice.
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
You might be a little biased, Bass260.