veganism: The way we have been conditioned, it just seems so weird to a person who eats like the average person. It was weird to me before I went vegan. Ironically, veganism should be the normal diet, with things like meat dairy and eggs being the added foods people eat..... Being vegan is great, by the way.|||i'm not vegan, but i think veganism makes a lot of sense for ethical, health, and political reasons.|||it's a knowledge thing. naturally, the people who know the most about veganism are vegans (generally), and in today's world, different is strange. those who don't know the benefits or details about being vegan just think we're weird and different. i agree, it's the most natural diet aside from raw, and it should be the normal diet. it's also great. it's HARD, but worth it!|||Before I went Vegetarian, I had not heard of Veganism, but I was quite young/sheltered. After going Vegetarian, I met some new friends (...not related to going Vegetarian), one of which was an on again off again Vegan, so I was exposed to that. Found it intriguing and tried to go Vegan for awhile and felt like crap because I wasn't eating properly... Just was eating things that didn't have animal in it. Tried going Vegan again this past Fall, and have been very successful.|||Pretty much everyone I've met thinks its pretty out there... people view it as extreme, different, sort of like being on a no-sugar, a raw diet, an atheist, etcetera, to most people. Only one person has ever gone"oh, ok, you're vegan" and skipped over it. I think thats just because they're curious, though, because it really is foreign to most people. Not weird... just sort of not mainstream, if that makes sense. That veganism should be a normal diet is an opinion, but personally I think it would be a nice change for most people from the SAD and definitely greener.|||i admit yes, it kinda does, its something most of us cant understand well, as you say, we HAVE been conditioned, to see certain things as acceptable, food is one of the many things on the list that is affected by that i honestly cant imagine what its like, its not easy to contemplate that kind of lifestyle but then, many cant contemplate being vege either,where as to me, its just life, no problems at all, so, thts the point isnt it i admit its mroe healthy sounding, but i dont agree it should be the 'normal' diet part of the normal diet, or a majority of it yes, but we are by our biologcial nature omnivores, so meat is a part of that too, the 'normal' human diet, should include it its our choice not to eat it|||I'm an omnivore and no. Vegans don't seem weird since there is a spectrum in all sorts of things. For food you have the meat eating Atkins folks to the other end, vegans. Actually, what seems weird to me is people who claim to be vegetarians, but they still eat chicken and fish. Both of which are meat in my book. That's weird to me. I, also, believe vegans are the true vegetarians. All the other types that eat animal products are just wannabes.|||Veganism seemed weird when i was a vegetarian. I think ppl frown upon it because it's advertised as "extreme" when it is, in turn, the most natural way.|||Yes, veganism seemed crazy to me when i was a vegetarian. Even more so when I was an omnivore. Then I actually learned about it.|||It doesn't seem weird, it seems like a pain in the butt. I try to make one vegan dish for each pot luck we have at work (many vegans here) and researching ingredients without animal products drives me nuts.|||Yeah, when I was a vegetarian it honestly seemed like the weirdest thing of all time. Funny how much things change! It seems like the only choice now... Thinking back, I hadn't even heard of veganism when I was an omnivore.|||i think it's what ever an individual wants my grandmother can't stand the smell of meat i love it not weird just different i like different|||No it doesn't seem weird, and vegan-ism should be the normal diet is just your opinion.