weird things omnis say in conversation
Posted by gnarls_baudelaire on Jun 08, 2009 · Member since Aug 2007 · 434 posts
I've noticed that some meat-eaters who have a lot of veg*n friends precede every food-related story with "Well, I eat meat..."
This really annoys me. Why the qualifier? We get that you aren't vegan. We aren't going to look at you like you have two heads upon your utterance of the phrase "chicken sandwich." Come on now.
What are some other awkward things omnis say when talking to vegans/vegetarians?
so it was someone's last day at work today and they had brought loads of goodies in, one being a middle eastern sweet dessert thing.
One lady asked if I wanted any and I said, no, there's no ingredients and it's probably got eggs or milk or honey in. She asked why would that matter and I told her I was vegan.
Strangely this woman has worked with me for a year but didn't know I was vegan. She looked really confued and then asked 'where do you get your calcium?'
I was really confused by her question and replied 'mostly in my vegetables'
her: but they don't contain calcium, you need milk
me: actually lots of vegetables contain calcium
her: I never knew that
I was very shocked by this. She honeslty thought that the only place to get calcium was in dairy!
I was very shocked by this. She honeslty thought that the only place to get calcium was in dairy!
Sadly, I think most people think this... The dairy industry has done an excellent job of making us believe that milk is the best/only source for calcium. I used to believe this, too!
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