Things meat eaters say and do

[Linxie]

How utterly rude and disrespectful.:mad:

I know! I was mad afterwards but at the time it shocked me so much I didn't know what to say! I would never speak to anyone like that.

[harpy]

Really, my taste buds gradually changed.

That's interesting Qaxt. I think my eating got a lot more eclectic at your age because I went away to college and was permanently hungry :D

It's good you did it as a matter of principle though and I might well take you up on your offer to use you as an example!

[Shrapnel]

How utterly rude and disrespectful.:mad:
I totally agree! How can the mom of a friend come out and say something like this >_<?

[fiamma]

I agree Shrapnel and BlackCats. What a b*tch. I mean, even if you think it, you don't come out and say it, right?? :confused:

Sometimes when I tell people I'm vegan I get The Pitying Look (=OhYouPoorThing). Like I must have been duped by The Great Vegan God In The Sky :rolleyes:

Anyone else get that?

[harpy]

Some people just utter whatever swims into their brain, and a lot of people have this attitude that people are more important than animals and that if you do something for animals it has to be at the expense of people :mad: You'd think a moment's thought would tell them that the last bit is utter rubbish even if they cling to the first bit.

I don't think I've noticed pitying looks but probably I looked away at the critical moment :D

[Hemlock]

I have just remembered that these people who were amazed I didn't eat honey asked me if I ate peanut butter. Why wouldn't I eat peanut butter? :confused: Have peanuts been reclassified as an animal and no one told me? :eek: :D

OMG please don't tell me you have been eating peanuts:D

I usually just get frank hostility from people and stupid questions - my standard reply is, "Can we talk about something else, you're boring me now". That shuts them up :D

[LGBunny]

I usually just get frank hostility from people and stupid questions - my standard reply is, "Can we talk about something else, you're boring me now". That shuts them up :D

I use something similar myself - usually something like, "it's funny how you get used to these questions after 13 years as a vegan" (it's a chance to get in a dig about how long I have been vegan for and how I am still fit and healthy!).

I have also used, when people are getting quite aggressive about veganism, is "what exactly is wrong with being compassionate?"

[Hemlock]

I have also used, when people are getting quite aggressive about veganism, is "what exactly is wrong with being compassionate?"

That's a very good reply - I'll remember that one.

[Rebbecca]

Do you eat duck?

(I was seriously asked this by a friend!)

[Stu]

Maybe they were from Hartlepool, where they call everyone 'Duck.'
They may have meant, "Do you eat, Duck?"
Although of course, that would be an even sillier question.

[Zero]

Maybe they were from Hartlepool, where they call everyone 'Duck.'
They may have meant, "Do you eat, Duck?"
Although of course, that would be an even sillier question.

Haha :D Stu..... what a clever wit you have sir!

[Stu]

Like, innit.

[Paprika]

Hmm - not so much a stupid question, as stupid assumptions. I have thyroid problems, and occasionally use a walking stick. As soon as I happen to mention that I'm a vegan, people's eyes travel to my walking stick...and they go "aaaAAAAaaaaahhhh!!" :(

And, of course: "But don't you miss MacDonalds?" :eek:

[Zero]

Like, innit.

.....and what not.

[Zero]

Hmm - not so much a stupid question, as stupid assumptions. I have thyroid problems, and occasionally use a walking stick. As soon as I happen to mention that I'm a vegan, people's eyes travel to my walking stick...and they go "aaaAAAAaaaaahhhh!!" :(

And, of course: "But don't you miss MacDonalds?" :eek:

I wish the opportunity to miss them existed, but theres a McBa**rds everywhere you look or someone holding a sign that says 30 seconds walk this way! Or that damn clown on television!

[emmapresley]

i got asked if i wanted a cheese sandwich the other week..by a person who i've known literally for the exact amount of time that i've been vegan..so that's like 2 years. and usually i would've let it go cos i'm beat into a sort of resignation about people asking dumb questions but it riled me this time..so i said to her she knew i was vegan and cheese is dairy etc etc and she laughed dismissively and said she couldn't remember. :mad:
if i see and smell her eating a greggs cornish pasty again i'll not bother to hide my involuntary gag.

my boss also suggested i have some honey and lemon in water cos i whinged about a sore throat the other week. when i said blah blah honey blah it was just met with tumbleweed. i've known this person for about 5 years..2 of which i've been vegan.

i don't know if this means noone gives a stuff about something i give a stuff about. stuff em.

[Stu]

Stuff 'em indeed.

[ms.vegan]

When I tell people I'm a vegan, they look at me kinda weird, and say "oh, are ya"? they seem to think because I can't see, I can't be anything but omnivore. It's 2008, for god's sake, doesn't anyone know anything? In a cafe in town the other day, we asked if they did any options for vegans? she said "oh I always havbe a veggie option, I had cheese and onion pasties the other day"...yeah right, doesn't anyone know what v.e.g.a.n means? Use the damned dictionary!

[starlight]

i got asked if i wanted a cheese sandwich the other week..by a person who i've known literally for the exact amount of time that i've been vegan..so that's like 2 years. and usually i would've let it go cos i'm beat into a sort of resignation about people asking dumb questions but it riled me this time..so i said to her she knew i was vegan and cheese is dairy etc etc and she laughed dismissively and said she couldn't remember. :mad:
if i see and smell her eating a greggs cornish pasty again i'll not bother to hide my involuntary gag.

my boss also suggested i have some honey and lemon in water cos i whinged about a sore throat the other week. when i said blah blah honey blah it was just met with tumbleweed. i've known this person for about 5 years..2 of which i've been vegan.

i don't know if this means noone gives a stuff about something i give a stuff about. stuff em.

omg emmapresley what a wonderful post! You really make me laugh - you have such a great personality and it shines through.

[Rakey]

Aw poor ducks, I love ducks, don't know how anyone could eat one?

[Rebbecca]

Aw poor ducks, I love ducks, don't know how anyone could eat one?

Because they're tasty! duh!



(I'm kidding!)

[xxrequiem]

I get everything from "But what do you EAT?", to "Can't you just be NORMAL and eat like everyone ELSE does?".
I usually say "FOOD" to the formal, and "LOLWTFNO" to the latter. :umm:

I hate when I get people going, "Oh, so you're one of THEM?" Yes, I'm one of THEM. I save animals. Is that a problem? Psh.

[veggiemaya]

somehow I have gotten a lot of "so, but..do you eat fish??"
ummm, huh?

and of course the usual, "but where do you get your protein?" :rolleyes:

[Elahiya]

somehow I have gotten a lot of "so, but..do you eat fish??"


oh, me, too!

just two days ago i was asked if vegans can eat flour.:rollseyes_ani:

[threeheadedpuppy]

Q. "What if it died of 'natural causes'... like if it was run over by a car"
A. Do people normally go round eating road-kill?? would you eat a badger you mashed into the ground?? No neither would I, vegan or otherwise!

Q. "What about meat, if it were cultured in a lab, instead of from something living"
A. No, you keep that filthy kebab away from me! :\

Q. "What about human breast milk?"
A. WTF!!! Thats the last time I let you make me a cup of tea.

Q. "Don't cows explode if they don't get milked..?"
A. .....no. That would be a pretty poor evolutionary trait don't you think?