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Miketogoz t1_iulo9r2 wrote

Reply to comment by Humoer in [OC] There are more self-described vegans than vegetarians among US users of Twitter by jasonjonesresearch

I just see it as vegan being a too much of a foreign word in 2010 and after it became a wide known concept, lots of vegetarians actually realized they were vegans.

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pumpkin_fire t1_ium1uvu wrote

Who didn't know what veganism was in 2010? It was absolutely a well known concept. Scott Pilgrim vs the World the movie came out in 2010 and has a whole subplot mocking vegans, and it was in no way some obscure concept back then. It had already been a mainstream concept for decades by that point. The Simpsons episode where Lisa discusses veganism with Paul McCartney came out in 1995, and no-one was like "what the fuck is veganism?".

I'm very curious how old you were in 2010.

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Miketogoz t1_iumplar wrote

17yo if you are interested in. I'm not saying the concept didn't exist, just that it wasn't as hip as it is now. I don't really remember seeing vegan dishes at restaurants, just vegetarian ones.

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I_am_Godfather1 t1_ium9efm wrote

Vegetarianism is based on religion. Veganism on animal abuse prevention

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excitato t1_iumt6ni wrote

Not exclusively. My wife is vegetarian for moral reasons and likes cheese (among other things), so she has little interest in becoming vegan.

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