Anybody want to commiserate on something that sucks?

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Probably this is already a really basic psychological concept that I re-invented, but anyway.

    Sounds like cognitive dissonance to me. I get, I also used to do the smuglord ”actually vegan diets aren’t as good as you vegoons think” stuff before I figured out that the best way to get rid of cognitive dissonance was to just be vegan.

    I never would’ve gone to spaces specifically for vegans to proclaim how awesome meat was, though. Do these people think there’s a Medal of Edgy Contrarianism in it for them or something?

      • Yeah go for it. Try not to be too hardline if it stresses you out. My therapist told me a neat little thing a while ago when I was going through a similar lifestyle choice and felt like shit because I relapsed or whatever. They told me that instead of making the choice once and for all, you can always choose day-by-day. “Am I vegan today?” instead of “I am vegan.”