Bizarre, stupid or just plain annoying comments regarding vegetarianism?!
Bizarre, stupid or just plain annoying comments regarding vegetarianism?
The other day, when I explained to someone why I was a vegetarian he said, "If we don't eat the animals then they'll die."
Can anyone beat that?
3 weeks ago
badmotherrucker, I don't watch SouthPark - I've just met some pretty ignorant meat-eaters in my time.
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3 weeks ago
badmotherrucker, I don't watch SouthPark - I've just met some pretty ignorant meat-eaters in my time.
My personal favorite; "Plants have feelings too"
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Conscientious vegan
Whatever. ?
"I knew you were a vegetarian so i bought you fish"
that's my favourite! i didn't eat fish even when i did eat meat!
my father in law has known me for 12 years and he still offers me meat at dinner!
I once heard somone on TV say, it's not my fault I'm NOT a vegitarian, if god had wanted me to be one he wouldn't have made animals out of MEAT.
No thats quite good - Im a vegetarian too. Well done the meateater for once.
i remember once i was trying to explain to a group of friends why i didn't eat meat they told me that if we didn't eat animals they'd over run us... which isn't true at all..
Had a similar comment made, i.e. - if we didn't eat animals they would die out because there would be no need for them. Based on that kind of logic, we need to start eating polar bears and elephants etc, to prevent them becoming extinct.
he probably means if we dont eat animals - nobody would bother rearing them..and they would become extinct.
i dont understand why people care what others eat...i am a veggie & happy with what i eat - & my hubby is a meat eater - its a personal choice i think.
being someone who enjoys a good tender, juciy, mouth watering slab of 16 oz steak. i see it this way:
If me and a majority of the other people in this world keep eating the animals that eat all the veggies, the vegitarians wont starve.
So no more smack talk, were doing our part to help you survive.
P.S. WE do mostly eat the ugly animals anyway.
The debate is futile, unless both sides are thoroughly informed. Most vegetarians do not know much about agriculture and most meat-eaters do not know much about agriculture. :)
I'm a full pledge vegan, the only one in my family. And during in one of our family reunion brunch this question came up.
"what would you do if all the plants have gone extinct and all that's left to eat are the animals, how in the world will you ever survive?" and I said " I'd kill my self."
Who said dat? ..Bob Money is da' name standin' up for Vegans is my game.
..A K A ..Hitman Harry!!!!
...yuz gotta problem I gotta problem..tell me! who it iz..
Im packin' lead know...never show up to a gun fight wit a knife..Ya' kno'..rest in your peace..I gocha back!..and yea'..I'll beet em'!
PS..no Robert DeNeeroe jokes tho' aweye-t!
we were like having debate about vegetarianism and i said animals feel pain and he said "i just cant take thinking about those berries and all those cute vegetables suffering while people rip their testicles off of their body"
You really do have to laugh at ignorance.
I get asked, 'What on earth do you eat then ??' as if meat is all there is.....
At a work-related dinner, one of my coworkers, upon learning I was vegetarian (because I asked the waiter for the vegetarian option) informed me that there were some nice-looking plants growing on the wall that I could eat if they didn't bring me the right meal. At that moment, I realized I was working with a simple-minded STUPID person!
Mmm, get the feeling some of these 'stories' are apocryphal and are being used to affirm your baseless assumption that vegetarians are morally and intellectually superior to omnivores.
Easily some mad preaching vegans have used these words
Meat eaters are Immoral, murderers,bullies, and the best to date peado's it's no wonder you have this attention through some thoughtless people from your own section, I have not insulted your belief ONCE yet I have a stalker giving thumbs down,trying to make me a Nemesis out of me for your cause, a cause I actually respect but if you have narrow minded extremists preaching you will always get these comments.
This section is stuck in a loop you need to ask for a Meat and Fish section then perhaps the balance could be addressed
it is because they are die-hard meat eaters that they can't see how bad it is for them!
they're brain-washed into thinking they'll die if they don't eat it by meat-producers positive aggressive marketing campaigns.
the dim do tend to believe what they're told for fear of having to think for themselves & it's just easier to not give a vegetarian diet a second thought.
i always get the idiot who gets agitated with the " You must miss bacon sandwiches " & stuffs it right under my nose!
it doesn't smell in the least bit appetising or pleasant to me, it smells bad.
i own up to gagging at their lack of consideration, it usually puts them off enough to move away!
the best one i've heard is that a veggie will die from either vegetable over-load or from a lack of iron.
& then proceed to waste their time trying to find proof that all green-leafed vegetables DO NOT contain more iron than red meat.
proving that vegetarians are more intelligent than meat-eaters, FACT!
Can't really beat it, but I get a lot of comments,
One was (when I was having soup for lunch) "It must suck not being able to eat stuff being a veggie" I didn't realise I didn't eat things! As if meat was the only food!
When I said I didn't like brussle sprouts "But you're a veggie, your supposed to like all vegetables" Doesn't mean I don't have taste, I didn't like them before, I don't like them after.
From my gran "If all there was to eat in the world were cows you would eat them wouldn't you?" My reply "The fact is, there are more than just cows in the world, and I have a choice in what I do and what I do not eat."
People!
One time my wife and I, both vegans, went to a buffet restaurant for a Birthday party, and the person ordering the food said, "They'll take the salad bar."
Ha ha! That is stupid. I think the funniest thing is being told that you'll become malnourished by a wise individual shoving KFC down their throats. Oh yes, I'm sure you are quite the nutritional expert. A member of my family (I'll not say who) was shaking their head and enquiring as to where I get my calcium and protein from...while feeding their one year old baby a chocolate biscuit and a packet of crisps for lunch!
P.S
I love how this innocent question has turned into an 'us and them' argument...yet again!!!
And they say veggies are easily offended...
Well for me the worst is when i'm talking to a guy and then I say i'm vegetarian and he goes "Aw, that's ashame" >:l
"And with what do you wash your hands?!" - lol ... with water ?! my classmate asked me this question after she have heared that I'm vegan.
I had an uncle of mine try to explain something similar - "If we don't hunt deer they will starve to death...wouldn't that be more cruel."
I tried to explain how all life seeks balance (humans are the exception). Deer populations if left alone would achieve balance with their environment and would eventually achieve numbers that would be supported by the food available to them.
However, add federally supported feeding programs & loss of land to development and you have instability.
If you really wanted to control deer populations why do they only have a Doe Day - when you can legally kill the females. The males can mate with several females so hunting them all season will not control the population it only helps maintain or increase the numbers.
Vegetarians and vegans are faced with hundreds of years of propaganda about why eating meat is "necessary". I just smile and laugh to myself whenever I hear this ignorance. We are in the middle of a low point in human intelligence development..
Talking with my aunt [who knows I've been veggie for years]:
Her: "Hi honey I've made some potato salad, you can tuck into that... the rest of the family are having some meat and things to go along with theirs."
Me: "Ummm no thanks, I'm not really feeling very hungry right now... maybe I'll grab some later on."
Her: "Would you like some of this chocolate mousse I bought?"
Me: [After inspecting box] "No thanks!"
Her: "Why not?"
Me: "Sorry I can't eat that it has gelatin in it."
Her: "What does that mean?"
Me: [Trying to make it simple] "Jelly stuff that's made from animal bones, hooves and connective tissue."
Her: [In a raised voice so everybody around can hear] "Oh come on... that's THE most ridiculous thing I've ever heard."
Family: *Lots of laughter*
Me: *Sigh.* :-/
Just one of the many cheerful conversations I have to put up with every day. lol
dunno but the dude who said that must be dumb!
The stupidest one I've heard thus far was actually on Y!Answers!! It was in the newborn section and a question was asked about breastmilk and a child after the age 1. Some woman replied that after all her research she learned that cow's milk is the best thing to give a toddler because it helps their brain grow!! Even my milk drinking husband still refers to and laughs about her ignorant comment!
its true if people didn't eat meat .then the Fields would b empty.why do farmers keep animals ? 2 make money no money no animals .and if Ur trinking we need wool ? 1 sheep = ￡3 wool?
I think the best one I've gotten would be when I went out to eat with a group of friends.
Them- 'lets go to a steak house'
Me- "a steak house? um....
Them- "don't worry, you can graze on the lawn!"
Right, because all veggies eat would be salad.
I've been a veggie for six years, and my entire family and group of friends know that! It still surprises them to know that actually, I don't want a beefburger or 'lovely' sausage off the BBQ!
I still get the famous:
"Why don't you want a bacon sandwich?"
"Because I'm a veggie"
"Since when?"
"Since about... hm... nearly seven years ago"
"You weren't always a veggie though?"
"No, but I decided to become one..."
"Why on earth would you do that?"
"*sigh*... long drawn out explanantion follows"
"But you eat fish, right?"
"No!"
"But you love sushi!"
"I love vegetarian sushi"
... sigh.