Ho yeah. I’m not vegan, I’ve been a vegetarian for the most part of my life now but I was alwaya quite lucid: I am not vegan because I do not have the courage to be. It is extremely easy to be a vegetarian in a rich country in 2026 but it still is not to be vegan.
Socially, vegetarian is acceptable and even often seen as brave or whatever. You can easily not eat meat when you’re invited or go out to eat. Veganism is often seen as extreme and it is hard to eat out or get invited.
I have sadly had my own run ins with the stereotype of a crazy vegan more than once due to the type of social environment I am connected to. There are some very extreme and annoying vegans out there, but honestly, I feel like times have changed enough these past ten years that I run in to way more normal and reasonable vegans nowadays. Veganism and the political issues they have been focused on for a long time are becoming more and more normal - at least where I live - so the crazy vegans are slowly being drowned out more and more by normal people who are either going vegan or choosing more vegan options.
I see shops and restaurants becoming more and more accommodating to vegan options so I think in the future, it will become much easier to go vegan both socially and practically.
Ho yeah. I’m not vegan, I’ve been a vegetarian for the most part of my life now but I was alwaya quite lucid: I am not vegan because I do not have the courage to be. It is extremely easy to be a vegetarian in a rich country in 2026 but it still is not to be vegan.
Socially, vegetarian is acceptable and even often seen as brave or whatever. You can easily not eat meat when you’re invited or go out to eat. Veganism is often seen as extreme and it is hard to eat out or get invited.
Yeah I get you.
I have sadly had my own run ins with the stereotype of a crazy vegan more than once due to the type of social environment I am connected to. There are some very extreme and annoying vegans out there, but honestly, I feel like times have changed enough these past ten years that I run in to way more normal and reasonable vegans nowadays. Veganism and the political issues they have been focused on for a long time are becoming more and more normal - at least where I live - so the crazy vegans are slowly being drowned out more and more by normal people who are either going vegan or choosing more vegan options.
I see shops and restaurants becoming more and more accommodating to vegan options so I think in the future, it will become much easier to go vegan both socially and practically.
🤗