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My dad is vegan, but he also has extensive knowledge in nutrition, and only brings it up when people ask why he's in such great shape at his age (he's tried to convince me to adopt a bit of it, and I have, but even he admits it ain't a cheap lifestyle in the States). He was vegetarian for a while before that, although he still indulged in the occasional fish dish.

It's a whole lot more complicated to eat vegan and be healthy than simply "remove cow, insert carrot."

Question: Did the vegan guy bring up his diet as a part of the conversational flow, or did he just abruptly talk about how great eating vegan was? The former is insufferable, the latter is not. And it's where a lot of the hostility comes from in these convos. Itd be like me bringing up my political cynicism in a conversation about flying kites. No matter how good my argument may be, no one asked for it and it won't be welcomed.