What are the dumbest things you’ve heard about a “vegan diet”?

[pixiexw]

@m3iceman My brother thinks trees are sentient (mushrooms too)

 

[foundsheep]

@blindly28 I met a guy who thought this. I was like man if I’m giving up single-celled organisms how could I eat plants?

 

[tongdai]

@blindly28 Too many to list here. Saddens me how ignorant many people are. I have had coworkers call what I eat "rabbit food" among other things. It's always fun trying to explain what Seitan or Tempeh is if they see me eating it.

 

[blindly28]

@tongdai Literally everybody says “rabbit food” like… okay? Do you never eat vegetables? And you’re trying to give ME nutritional advice??

 

[tongdai]

@blindly28 It may have partially been because I was eating carrots at the moment which really is a food rabbits eat.

 

[idowednevent]

@tongdai Actually carrots are not good for rabbits, they can eat them as a treat but not as a staple part of their diet due to the sugar content.

 

[nctpremill]

@idowednevent I wonder if that is why my rabbit was so fat when I was a kid. I fed him so many carrots haha.

 

[sammy777]

@tongdai The shameful “it’s called … vital wheat gluten…..” only to get a “vital what now? I thought gluten was bad” etc

 

[hinesyo]

@blindly28 A family member was watching me nibble on a delicious bowl of blueberries and remarked that they looked too big and must be all messed with GMO’s or something. (Called them Frankenberries). Refused to even try one. Which would have been fine but as we were talking, they were ordering lunch from McDonalds. The disconnect is real!

 

[blindly28]

@hinesyo Love how they’re acting like McDonald’s is organic

 

[syl4jesus]

@blindly28 Wait, it isn't?

 

[ekbonsa]

@hinesyo Omg the way people rationalize

 

[sfarley]

@blindly28 My (ex) friend said she had "grey" colored complexion from eating vegetarian for 10 years.

 

[mikefarman]

@sfarley Gandalf, is that you?!?!

 

[blindly28]

@sfarley Well that’s definitely a new one. I’ve only been vegan for 6 years, so maybe in 4 I’ll start to see what she means /s

 

[sfarley]

@blindly28 Yeah she literally ate nothing but animal products but somehow was "deficient in quality protein".

 

[blindly28]

@sfarley If anything, that would further prove that she should be fully plant-based instead of vegetarian, opposed to going back to eating meat. Like, she almost only ate animal products, and because she had some sort of issue, that means the lack of meat was the problem? Okay then

 

[syl4jesus]

@blindly28 20 years here and I'm not grey. I do have baggy eyes though. They could be from sleeping very little, but nah, mate, I'm sure it's because I'm vegan.

 

[gr8ful2b4gvn]

@blindly28 "it's IMPOSSIBLE to stay alive without any protein"

like... do this people know beans? pea? chickpeas? it doesn't make ANY sense

 

[blindly28]

@gr8ful2b4gvn Protein is fake unless it comes from murder and exploitation, duh /s