Plant Based Pollution
What the fuck has happened? The annoying food preferences of some people have been made even more annoying by the change in language. Once upon a time, there were vegetarians. They were generally just below the radar, and they avoided meat. Unfortunately, these were deemed lightweights by some of their own ranks, who decided to up the ante and go hardcore.
Yes, vegetarians started to be looked down upon .... by vegans. With an air of dismissiveness, this new breed of self-righteous eaters set about telling the world about their preferences and mission in life. The poor old vegetarians had to make a choice - shuffle off to the shadows, outdone by those whose eating rules were stricter, or join them in the campaign to be different.
These days, there are few vegetarians, and more vegans - who tell you what they are and expect the world to service them. Now we have a further level of grief - the use of 'plant-based' as the defining phrase to describe their bent.
I am happy with meat-based food. I like vegetable, and am thus omnivorous. I have nothing against people with a desire to avoid meat - I just wish the whole mission did not have to adopt this pathetic term 'plant-based' which is now polluting the language.
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