I went vegetarian in the 90s and vegan 8 years ago. Everything you said rings true. However, I'm glad people are waking up to the consequences of consuming animal products. What I've noticed is, these days most Gen Xers and millenials I come into contact with when food is around understand why. They don't really push back even if they don't do it themselves. That wasn't the case in the 90s. I was just considered a hippy weirdo. A lot of babyboomers still don't get it and most of the shit I get is from my parent's friends.