scams and cults tend to draw a specific kind of person. the smugness and elitism combined with massive fomo was the pull for this one. this made it actively repulsive for anyone not in the target audience. really a lot of trends are like this to a greater or lesser extent. Lots of sonic fans are neurodivergent and aren't cishet. vegans come across as kinda grating because that was the style of argument that convinced them. People who go into academia really really need approval.
scams and cults tend to draw a specific kind of person. the smugness and elitism combined with massive fomo was the pull for this one. this made it actively repulsive for anyone not in the target audience. really a lot of trends are like this to a greater or lesser extent. Lots of sonic fans are neurodivergent and aren't cishet. vegans come across as kinda grating because that was the style of argument that convinced them. People who go into academia really really need approval.
As a vegan this is like, the first good vegan (not really) insult I've heard
Thanks. I wanted to be very careful to make my observation but not insult vegans(at least not hard).