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Spot on for my Dad. Don't tell parents anything at all about personal things anymore. I'm not even vegan by any means. They just sneak lactose into everydamnthing as a sweetener and I prefer not taking earth-shattering shits every time I somehow miss it and being in pain when I wake up.
I swear, the whole "You know if someone is a vegan because they'll be sure to tell you" thing is a total myth. Never seen it once in my life.
2010s, OMG they were everywhere. It was just a thing. Veganism became super trendy and people hopped on the bandwagon. Now that it's not cool anymore, most of them have hopped onto another bandwagon or have aged out of chasing trends altogether. But they're always out there. Right now, I hear a lot about K-Pop, Formula 1, and... third places. That last one catches me off guard because I have a related degree and when I was in school the concept was relatively obscure, so it catches me off guard, but in a good way (I work in a museum which charges for entry).
Anyway, eventually enough pretentious attention-seekers hop on the bandwagon and annoy enough people that they become the subject of ridicule. They move to the next thing, and the OGs get to be the butt of the joke for a generation. It blows.
Person: "Vegans won't shut up about being vegan"
Vegan: embarrassed sigh
Person: "They're constantly telling me about it."
Vegan: hiding behind something
Person: "I just don't get it! They've got leather clothes. Where do they think wool comes from? Protein is nutrious! Are they too good for eggs?!"
Vegan: Slinking out the back door
A lot of committed vegans I know don't sweat over it if mistakes are made on the "vegan" menu. They advise the staff politely, discarding what they can by hand and eating that they can't. Wasting a meal makes a mockery of the point of being a vegan in many ways.
This teenager possibly gets it. Dad is intentionally overdoing it. There is a lot we can learn about how to do better politics here. Perfection is the enemy of the good.
Edit: Obviously allergies and diseases are a whole other thing. There is a reason getting it right is still very important, but if that's the case nobody is messing around, especially not Dad.
Assuming you are willing/qualified to be a spokesperson for vegans:
When you encounter a menu item marked "Vegan" and discover that it isn't, do you often speak to the manager to advise them to either remove the label or change the recipe?
I'm not vegan, but I often mention menu mistakes to the server/cashier in the hopes of helping a future guest.
Depends if you like the place and want to come back again. Or indeed if you have the time to do a good deed for others. Power to you good sir. I try to do the same.
I just don't sweat the small stuff myself. I'm not a vegan or someone with allergies/sensitivities. Power to anyone who wants to be a strict vegan, but I'm just arguing unless you have dietary health reasons, when it comes to minor mistakes, a bit of flexibility just takes the tension away. You aren't a bad person if you're not a perfect vegan every meal and nobody (including yourself) should hold it against you if you just eat what's served, whether a restaurant or friends house.
As another non vegan (AKA "carnist") I agree FWIW.
I think they were talking about the line cooks making a mistake, not the menu being fraudulent.
I remember hearing a dunk on vegans a while back that went “how do you know someone’s vegan? they’ll tell you.”
but in my experience it’s more like “how do you know someone hates vegans? they’ll tell you.”
how do you know someone’s vegan? they’ll tell you That statement reads to me the same as “how do you know someone has food allergies? They’ll tell you.”