The vast majority of people who don't eat meat honestly don't care about anyone else's dietary choices. The reason it comes up is because most people assume everyone eats meat. If I was never offered meat, I'd never have to tell anyone that I'm not going to eat it.
There are always going to be outliers like that girl, but compare the relative frequency of seeing people like that vs the absurd number of bacon products (jelly, soap, toothpaste).
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by enraged_camel on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @01:48PM
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The girl I mentioned was an outlier, but hardly the only vegetarian/vegan I've known who always broached the subject of "meat ethics" at every opportunity.
People like that might make up a small portion of the vegetarian/vegan population, but they are a very vocal minority, which skews perspectives.
This is mainly a problem among the very young and very idealistic. As you pointed out you had this experience in your dorm. I also had similar experiences with zelots in college, much less so later in life.
There was a girl in my dorm during freshman year of college who would literally start sobbing if she saw anyone eat meat.