It’s your life do what you wanna. Don’t preach to me about all my life choices & how I am polluting my body with meat.
You can give me advice – go ahead, but when I wanted to go to Wendy’s instead of some palace of pita you acted like I asked for a pint of your blood.
“You should at least try to get your fat ass to stop craving meat, and start eating actual vegetables, do you know what they are, vegetables?” was your response. Yes, i do know what a vegetable is…
So we gave in and all went to a pita/sub place. And after you went on with the discovery channel explanation on how being a vegetarian is the best thing you can do for your body, you get up to the counter and order a chicken salad wrap. When did chicken become a vegetable?
You went on and on in the car about healthy living and proper eating. We were only 2 blocks away from the restaurant and we wanted to walk, but no, you had new shoes and they pinched your feet… So not walking on them will loosen them up really good?
So we get there, I paid for the parking of your car to the restaurant you wanted to go to and you spoke volumes on how great this place is. Truly it is a great place to eat, I should know, I used to work there in college.
Since you’ve been there ‘a million times” you should have remembered they didn’t take debit. but that was all you brought. I wasn’t falling for it, I was not paying for your lunch after you started world war three to go there. You shuffled your ass to a bank machine. Upon your return you ordered a chicken wrap. with lettuce. And salt. After you went on about how bad meat is for you, salt isn’t that great either. So to you veggies out there: practice what your preach. If you want all your friends to be veggies like you, be an actual veggie. —Common sense with a side salad.
This article appears in Jul 8-14, 2010.
Eating the flesh of a dead chicken negates your friend’s vegetarian claim. Vegetarians source protein from plants not animals. Your ‘vegetarian’ friend sounds young and naive.
“Eating the flesh of a”….whatever animal, is usually an inflammatory expression self righteous vegetarians use to pat themselves on the back. Vegetarianism is indeed good for your body since you are not eating a lot of saturated fats, but you have to know a lot about nutrition to make sure you are getting all the vitamins and nutrients you need.
However, the best reason to not eat meat is environmental not health related. It takes a lot of natural resources to raise a steak or chicken sandwich. The carbon footprint of a steak is huge. raising cattle uses lots of land, lots of water, lots of fossil fuels and divert land that could be used to raise more energy efficient food that could actually help the worlds food supply ( and distribution ) problem. I know a few vegetarians who like to go on and on about how much healthier it is for you but i have never heard them EVER bring up the environmental issue? why is that??
If you love the environment, it’s better to eat a salad in a hummer than a cheeseburger in a Prius.
Self-righteous would hardly describe me since I am only concerned with what is on my own plate and have never been one to care about what someone else chooses to dine on unless they have cannibalistic preferences:)
Just stating a fact. Meat is the flesh of a dead animal. To each his own. To each his zone. As long as my zone is well away from the cannibal’s zone, lest I receive an impromptu dinner invitation. Hehehehehehe!
Your friend sounds like the trendy vegetarian type. You know, they educated themselves with a couple of really narrow-minded books and blogs, and then all of a sudden, they’ve got hipster-level smug attitudes.
“However, the best reason to not eat meat is environmental not health related”. I heard this argument for it too, but realistically, unless you’re consistently using local produce, that tomato you’re eating has probably travelled farther than a steak has, and probably has seen more chemicals too, especially considering that most produce in a grocery store comes from factory farms in California.
HolyfuckingChristonacracker – why would you waste any time with such a person? Life is waaaayyyy too short, OP. Ditch this stupid cuntflap.
This conversation happened in real life:
“I am vegetarian.”
“We specialize in sushi, which is fish. We only have salad that is totally vegetarian.”
“Oh, I eat fish.”
“I am vegetarian. I would like the miso soup and salad.”
“The miso soup has fish broth.”
“Oh, the broth would be fine.”
maybe a bitch slap with a bunch of leeks upside the head whilst bellowing “you coulda had a v8”
stop your yammering and drop a dead cooked animal on the table, and enjoy it. fuck those that go against how and what you choose to eat. it all comes out in basic tones of brown anyway.
Haha. A past vegetarian room mate sometimes ate fish. I guess fish are the untermenschen of the animal world and deserve no respect from “vegetarians”. I have nothing against people that have a different diet than mine. If they don’t preach to me then I won’t shove hamburgers at them. Live and let live…or eat and let eat I guess? Hell, I’d love to have some vegetarians at a BBQ. It means I’ll get dibs on the last steak.
vegetarians don’t cook up well on a barby, sodypop. something to do with all the bullshit in them i think. last time i saw one cooked, was on an documentary on cannibalkism in the congo, missionaries are more tender i hear.
I heard Mormons taste like chicken. Only one way to find out…
I’m a member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals).
She’s not only preachy and hypocritical, but also cheap.
I encountered some folks at the Stampede today who were bitching about the lack of vegetarian choices at the food kioks.
Fuck did the 30 something year old female loudmouth get pissed off when I pointed out all the bales of hay she could be munching on for cheap.
Mmmm mmmmmeat *drools*
I know there are many forms of vegetarianism out there…some people will eat fish, some will eat chicken, some eat eggs and dairy, some don’t…but, what I really don’t get is veganism. All the best food is made from SOME sort of animal product. *sigh*
I’ve known a lot of vegans in the past few years and almost all of them looked malnourished. Probably something to do with the lack of protein in their diets.
Kitty, I think a nutritionally informed vegan is well aware of the many sources of meatless protein and less likely to be malnourished. Pasty vegans could be a result of their lack of nutrition education, not a lack of protein.
Your friend is a moron. Although she may decide someday to stop claiming to be a vegetarian, sadly, she will always be a moron.
and the witnesses are too boney, and no fat. the krisna’s on the other hand, brown nicely if you use just a bit of saffron on them, mmmmmmm saffron.
Paella made with Hairy Fishnuts – Lifer I am so there!
That’s the thing OL, most vegans aren’t that educated. They’re doing it because it makes them feel better about themselves. It’s rarely about religion or being healthy or living without hurting animals.
It’s a trend, a diet, just like Atkins.
Fruitarians. Now that’s extreme, especially when they claim that they will only eat what has naturally fallen from a tree.
hmmm, fruitarians…bet they taste good and if they don’t die when they fall from the tree, beat them with a branch to tenderize them^^^
I have heard that the meat that’s closest to us tastes the yummiest. That means human meat should taste the best to humans, and that one’s family members (especially the young) would top the list. But I have seen a documentary about an individual who had to resort to cannibalism due to extreme circumstances, and having seen the anguish and pain that caused the individual, I would not joke about cannibalism. The individuals has been asked by others what it tasted like, and to which there was only this answer, with eyes full of tears: “how could I taste it? I just swallowed.”
Ever have meat from an animal that was a family pet? Mmmmm. You can really taste the love.
that is why i prefer the lowly chickpea mon cher…i have seen and read many things about the need to eat human flesh and it aint joyous. it’s funny in a monty pythonish way only
omfg people at the Calgary Stampede looking for veggies ? that’s like going to Lilith fair and asking for like bondage porno 🙂
i wasn’t going to say nowt but you gave me an opening martym…rodeos suck ass
What have watching bucking broncos, bull riding and calf roping got to do with dietary preferences? Does a vegetarian preference mean one shouldn’t attend rodeo shows? (Cue rodeo theme song…”He’s an Indian cowboy in a rodeo and I’m just another little girl who loves him so-o-o-o-o”)
ahem i don’t cur…i intensely abhor certain forms of entertainment snort grrr rooo
Both Iggy and Harper are currently at the Stampede prompting the question – What does a Stetson have in common with a pair of frilly knickers? – They can both accommodate a cunt, quite neatly. Thank you Marty for the Lilith Fair/Bondage Porno imagery – It’ll keep me grinning till wake-up time tomorrow. And VOR’s bales of hay riposte is a keeper. Just see if I can’t find some way to use it in the near future.
Eat Livestock – Torment Members of Parliament for Amusement! Rawk, Rawk.
You people are silly.
I agree pain girl I so don’t get rodeos just using an example of when in Rome thing 🙂
OP I sincerely hope you punched your friend in the nose at the end of this day. If not you need to grow a set of balls dude. If the bitch eats chicken she’ll maybe suck on your eggs after you grow them.
Shit, if I want to go to Wendy’s for a burger I will. They sell salads and chicken there. It’s not like the iced tea has bacon in it.
Stupid vegephiles. They’re just jealous when they smell those nice burgers and steaks BBQing.
Mmmm-mmmm – gotta love those veggie pesticides.
I find it odd that both pro-choice and vegetarianism/eco-blahblah are both liberal ideas and often go in hand. How can someone say “No one else should have a say what I do with my body” and then turn around and try to tell someone else what food to put into theirs.
Fever: “That’s the thing OL, most vegans aren’t that educated. They’re doing it because it makes them feel better about themselves. It’s rarely about religion or being healthy or living without hurting animals.
It’s a trend, a diet, just like Atkins”
Have you conducted a vegan survey to determine nutrition education levels? Likewise their reasons for becoming vegan? Someone does something to ‘feel better about themselves’ and this is considered a bad thing? Most of the vegan/vegetarians I know have been carrying on their trendy-diet-Atkinslike (Atkins? The true carnivore diet as an analogy for veganism? Huh?) practice for years, even decades. How long do these trends and fads usually last?
Perhaps the most annoying thing about anyone’s dietary choice is the need some people feel to get up on the pulpit about their own choices while forgetting that we ALL have the right to choose.
I find it disturbing that people who are fortunate enough to have food on their plate devote their energy to objecting to the choice of others while there are people on this planet without a scrap of bread who are dying for want of any kind of nutrition.
“Perhaps the most annoying thing about anyone’s dietary choice is the need some people feel to get up on the pulpit about their own choices while forgetting that we ALL have the right to choose.”
Yes, and you’ll find that cuts both ways, especially considering that there are many vegans/vegetarians who stand up on their pulpit and look down upon us “savages”. I’m simply illustrating the lunacy of it all. The OP is right, the attitude of their friend is inappropriate, and that’s the exact attitude that generates negative attitudes towards that group. We all have the right to choose, and I choose to eat meat (and to answer your question, no, I’ve never taken a vegan survey, I don’t need to, nor do I want to) on a regular basis. I leave vegans/vegetarians alone, and even when I have friends over for a BBQ, I adhere to their needs and requests. But there needs to be tolerance from both sides. I choose not to listen to your food politics, and I won’t bother you with mine.
And the vegan/vegetarian diet has been commercialized, a trip to Planet Organic shows you that, and as far as I’m concerned, that makes it no better than Atkins. Just like “trans-fat free”, it’s a label, and it’s proven to sell especially to those who softly leaned towards it before, but didn’t because it wasn’t mainstream. But now that trapped Yoga (another things that has been commercialized, but that’s a whole other topic) practicing housewives have gotten their hands on it, it lacks the weight it once had.
I support all forms of vegetarian diet preferences for all the varied reasons offered by their adherents. A vegetarian diet truly is better for your body and here, in these twilight years of the planet’s first truly global civilization, a vegetarian diet is also better for what remains intact of the planet’s biosphere.
Of course, the closer to home that your food originates the better. Local food is not only becoming a necessity for reducing the damage we are doing to the ecosystems that support us, but in a few short years local food will become the reality for all of us.
I consider myself a lacto/ovo/porcino/bubulo/pullo vegetarian. Some say that my dietary restrictions are so broad that they aren’t restrictions at all and in fact render the term “vegetarian” meaningless. I have been criticized by both other vegetarians and ignorant meat eaters for my dietary preferences, but they are mine and I will pursue them with vigor until I am no longer fit enough to wield a hakapik.
I’m all about freedom of choice – except for smokers and hillbillies.
“A vegetarian diet truly is better for your body…”
I would question this statement… from all those who’ve laid claim to it.
I will admit, I don’t think I’ve come across an obese vegetarian….
though at the price of veggies, they would have to own a farm to get like that.
not to mention they would be the most ‘regular’ person on the planet.