The 9 Most Annoying Things That Have Been Said To Me About Being A Second-Generation Vegetarian
I was raised Vegetarian.
So even as Vegetarianism and Veganism has become more main-stream, I’ve been sat here in a unique kind of space, that not many people get to see.
I’ve spent my entire life as a Vegetarian.
Which, especially when I was younger, before it became popular, did create some tensions… not least because nothing used to be labelled with a ‘V’ or whatever.
So, because some of the things that have been said to me I now realise are hilarious af, and some are just unbelievable, I give you the 9 most annoying things that people have said to me about being 2nd generation Vegetarian:
1. But chicken isn’t like… a chicken.
Yes, yes it is. The only difference is one is alive, and one is dead.
2. Pork/beef/sausage/insert-food-here isn’t meat!
…we need better education in this country.
3. But fish isn’t alive!
Could’ve fooled me, tbh.