To call out this "vegan"?

[user1486250399]

I'm not actually going to! I know it would be so petty. But it's SO tempting.
She posts loads on social media - videos of cruelty on dairy farms and very self-righteous statements about how everyone needs to stop killing babies, why don't you care you are killing the planet?! What are YOU doing to stop cruelty? When are you going to wake up? Etc.
She was stood alone in the kitchen at a BBQ last summer at a mutual friends house and I walked in and she looked like a rabbit in the headlights. I didn't realise why as I don't care what people eat so I didn't notice but then she said "oh you've caught me being naughty and having some haloumi!"
Fast forward months of more self richeous and aggressive posts.
Then the other day she posted on Instagram a picture of her eating a chocolate mousse. I commented "looks lovely -what is it?" She says "it was! Galaxy chocolate mousse".
And I soooo wanted to say "oh wow I didn't realise galaxy chocolate mousse was vegan!"

[SquiddyMcSquidford]

Maybe I'm a bitch but I definitely would have said that! (May have said similar to a similar friend who was a preachy vegan for a month before falling off the wagon. Nothing against vegans, but don't like people trying to "convert" or make out they're superior).

[LilaJude]

YANBU, that’s bloody annoying! No judgment on what anyone chooses to eat but if she’s going to preach to others she ought to live by her own standards.

[TwittleBee]

oh I actually did often point this out to someone I knew who went preachy vegan... didn't really go down well ever tbh... it would usually be chocolate or cheese I would see her eating. Anyway she isnt even veggie now.

[GruciusMalfoy]

I absolutely would say something. I wouldn't usually, but this level of hypocrisy deserves it.

[RescueRemedy21]

Well there are recipes for vegan chocolate mousse using dark chocolate, which is normally vegan!

[user1486250399]

Yeah, I think being vegan is fantastic if that's your choice - but forcing it on others and then not even doing it properly yourself. Come on!

[user1486250399]

Rescueremedy this wasn't home made -it was a Galaxy one.

[RiverTam]

if she's being that in-your-face about it all then I definitely would, actually.

[VladmirsPoutine]

I'd call her out for the tedious preaching alone. It must become so bloody tiresome. Tell her to live and let live.

[halfwitpicker]

Yeah man I had a so called vegan calling out someone the other week whose grandma apparently eats turtle (live abroad BTW) but then she said she was 99% vegan... So you're not vegan then. So leave the turtle person alone!

[Vagabond]

Here's an old joke:

Q: How do you know someone is vegan?

A: Don't worry, they'll tell you.

[PBo83]

I actually don't think you'd be unreasonable.

'Virtue Signalling' is a real pet hate of mine. There is nothing wrong with having strong beliefs and sharing them (although sometimes this boarders on emotional blackmail) but you have to practice what you preach.

If you want to eat vegan 95% of the time but have a bacon sarnie on a Sunday morning then who am I to judge BUT don't preach about animal cruelty or the like (or indeed call yourself a Vegan...not that it's a badge of honour anyway)

[BreconBeBuggered]

Is the Galaxy mousse even vegetarian, never mind vegan? Cheaper desserts are generally set with gelatine. I wouldn't say anything now, but keep it on ice until you're pissed off by another dose of preachiness. It's not really your business unless she makes it so.

[MaMisled]

Oh my goodness, I'm shaking! I know someone like this too! Haven't caught her out but I know her son well and she loves chicken nuhgett sandwiches and eats bacon sarnies every Sunday! !! She's all over facebook posting hideous photos and videos, spouting her vegan holier than though shit! She also boasts about raising money for animal charities but never, ever walks her own three high energy dogs!!! I go to bed fantasising about calling her out publicly (we have been sworn enemies for a few years) but have promised her son I won't!

[SpacePenguin]

I think yabu a little. No matter how principled, we're all human. Is she not allowed to slip up or have a bad day where she gives in and has a tiny bit of something she misses? I don't think that means she can't still strive to promote veganism.

I am not vegan or even vegetarian, but I think those who try to encourage less meat consumption get an unfairly hard time. Maybe because it makes the us uncomfortable to think about the realities of eating meat and dairy. I know I try to bury my head in the sand about it

[Piffle11]

I know several people who get rather militant about animal rights and vegetarianism: I think that they are all rather hypocritical. One of them told me she was considering going vegan. I said I thought it was a big commitment, especially as she and her DH go out for meals a lot. She said 'oh I won't be vegan when I go out, it's too limiting in restaurant choices'. Last time I saw her she was wearing suede boots, carrying a leather bag … very vegan! Another was posting stuff of FB about the cruelty of the wool trade … and then a week later is showing off her new designer leather handbag. Pamela Anderson did an interview with Piers Morgan: in it she called herself a 'naughty' vegan - 'because I sometimes eat cheese'. Right, so you're not a vegan!

[IDoN0tCare]

I’d call the dickhead out, in a heart beat. I hate these wankers that pretend to be vegan, including the ones that eat eggs, because they’re from pet chickens, or it’s only turkey at Christmas, there was nothing else on the menu, etc. You’re either vegan or not! There’s no in between.

[rillette]

Was on a course with a self-proclaimed vegan who would buy the tomato and feta pasta salad for lunch every day. When confronted she said she was going to go vegan properly next month.

[Lweji]

I suspect the FB posts are more about trying to convince herself than others. She probably does find going vegan quite hard.

Maybe best to talk to her about it than to confront her as such.

[cantfindname]

I have no problems with people who choose to be vegan, it isn't my choice but they are entitled to theirs. My problem is the preaching and guilt tripping of us carnivores. With some it is relentless, as if being vegan makes them superior to the rest of us. I have three vegan friends, one is quiet about it and doesn't broadcast, another is occasionally pushy but the last is a nightmare... constant pics of animal cruelty and memes. She put up a photo of a 'cute lamb' last year and I am very much afraid I replied with 'He will be tasty when he gets a bit bigger!' She wasn't happy with me...

[MikeUniformMike]

The galaxy chocolate mousse is probably not even vegetarian

[Vixxxy]

Someone I used to know was a 'vegan' but a few times I saw them eat chicken burgers. Yet still lectured everyone else about how awful they are for eating meat/animal produce

[SinisterBumFacedCat]

I bet she wears a leather jacket

[Mitzimaybe]

I knew someone who was a preachy vegan for a couple of years then next time I saw them was full-on carnivore having been told by the doctor "that I have to eat liver for my health". Still puzzled by that one.

[amusedbush]

A friend of mine is like this. I've had to hide her posts on facebook because she shares really upsetting images of animal abuse and even in person she is really preachy about "knowing too much to ever go back".

However, every time we go out she'll make a big deal about getting nut milk in her coffee... then orders cheese pizza or a burrito with sour cream. Recently it was pancakes (so eggs) with chocolate sauce and squirty cream.

It's getting harder to keep my mouth shut!