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A while pass after I told him a few vegan meals he could prep easily to get him started. He says he hasn't done anything vegan because he's just been eating whatever his mom cooks. I wanted to smack him upside the head.
How old is he?? Tell him to pull himself together, grow up and learn to take care of himself!!
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Elielisa
People are just serious and that's the worse. My ex even told me : "Why don't you like chicken? Cause where I'm from ( South Carolina ) all black people I know love chicken" He used to piss me off too when saying " You're a vegetarian! I keep on forgetting! "
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I broke up with him not long after!
I'm not surprised! I hope he learned something from being broken up with over it!
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I heard a corker today. Made my blood boil. 'Well if I enjoy it, the animal didn't die in vain'
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I heard a corker today. Made my blood boil. 'Well if I enjoy it, the animal didn't die in vain'
Boo. Just replace the word "animal" with "person" and therein lies the issue. That is more of that twisted, selfish logic that would get you committed in any other situation.
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Tied between,
"I would be vegan, but my doctor won't let me."
and
"I don't eat the cute animals. But chickens are horrible! They deserve it."
The second one scares me a but more though; apparently she has evaluated the attractiveness of each being and has decided the ugly ones should die more?:undecided:
I've heard the same one about pigs :mad: The person said that because pigs are cannibalistic and disgusting and so we should klll them. :(
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In that case we should kill all pigs not breed them!
So stupid!!
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I don't get much People asking me anymore but for some reason when I walk out of the house with a PETA shirt or jumper with Vegan on it I get the most evil glares... Me? I'm the one doing the right thing.
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Haha evil glares for a word..
I bet you'd get less glares with a jumper that said c**t on it!
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#1 "But that's what teeth are for"
#2 "They're already dead, so might as well eat them or they'll go to waste"
Some people have sick thinking patterns.
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okay let me share ith you what I heard yesterday: Kat we have to eat meat to survive, I know you do this because of ethical reasons but that animal would die anyway! what your mum says? that you re not normal right? normal people eat meat. < aaa somebody shoot me ;) >
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Oh hey Kat, I am Crypriot!!
Yeah that is really stupid! Shoot you? You should shoot them! =P (Joking of course!)
My grandma is fine with my Veganism, my dad isn't though!
Dad seems to think it his right to eat the dead flesh of other beings.
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It is interesting because my husband and his parents all think that my diet is very good and read all about Eat to Live and The China Study and such, but cannot seem to break the habit. They always talk about how those animal products are bad and killing them, yet cannot seem to let them go. It frustrates me because they all have health problems, especially the in-laws. So I suppose the excuse is just not wanting to give up the comfort. And for them, I think it is the emotional comfort more than the taste or anything. But I can't get them to watch anything like Earthlings to appeal to their moral sense.
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I can't get my husband to watch Earthlings either. Recently we traveled to visit his family in central Minnesota. In this part of the state those long horrible chicken row buildings or whatever you call them (that truly look like concentration camps) abound. Usually they are all shut up so you cant see what is going on inside and there are no windows. We drove by one and the door to the one side was open and a huge fan was set up to blow inside. It was extremely hot that day. You could see literally thousands of chickens crowded on the floor all trying to get close to the entrance, and the sight was horrible. I wanted to photograph it but there were warning signs all over. My husband was the FIRST to comment about how awful the scene was. But a day later he was eating chicken at the dinner table at his parents house without a second thought. Sighs.
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I wanted to photograph it but there were warning signs all over.
Yeah, it's an act of terrorism to photograph a farm from a public road... or something like that. It's some bonkers law that was passed.
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ha ha ha its not funny, but I know what you are talking about. I tried to push my flatmates to watch Earthlings once ( I know i shouldnt have... ), then they called me cruel person! Can you believe it? Someone who eats boiled dead bodies is telling me,person who eats vieggies and wants to save some lifes.. that I am cruel ;/ ;/ ;/ people dont wana see whats goin on out there becuase they might not like it and pizza with bacon will not be that tasty anymore... :(
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My husband was the FIRST to comment about how awful the scene was. But a day later he was eating chicken at the dinner table at his parents house without a second thought. Sighs.
I see this all the time. I work with a lady who kept asking me questions, so I told her all about milk and dairy. She didn't drink milk for a few days, and said that every time she saw milk she thought about how it had pus in it. But she is back to it now. Out of sight, out of mind I suppose. Even my husband knows about animal suffering and talks about how awful it is, but can't resist some pork bbq or something. What is it about these toxic foods that keep people so mesmerized?
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This I heard on the TV yesterday...'We kill and eat baby deer not because they taste good, simply because we can!'
Oh my word!!! I am lost for words!!!
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"I could only be a vegan if my health was at risk eating meat"
this one made me laugh. idk, it's just funny because of the absurdity! :p your health IS at risk from eating meat!
the most facepalm-y comment i've ever gotten was several years ago, when I was vegetarian--not vegan, but considering it and starting to read up on it.
"but we evolved to eat meat! the paleo diet is the only true way to eat. if you don't believe that, then you're completely denying science and living under a rock".
and this came from a dude on a blind date! lol. needless to say i didn't go out with him again. (and now i'm engaged to a guy that i absolutely adore, and as the cherry on the non-dairy sundae :p , he went vegan a few months ago. :) )
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It wasn't so much an excuse not to eat meat, but I was asked this yesterday -
"If you're vegan, how can you drive a car? Isn't oil made from animals that died millions of years ago?"
Cue me being told that there was no point in doing it if I can't "do it properly."
The same person has also told me that they love animals, but won't eat a single meal without meat in it.
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the most facepalm-y comment i've ever gotten was several years ago, when I was vegetarian--not vegan, but considering it and starting to read up on it.
"but we evolved to eat meat! the paleo diet is the only true way to eat. if you don't believe that, then you're completely denying science and living under a rock".
I have a vegetarian friend whose BF is trying the paleo thing. She keeps telling him how worried she is about him. He has lost weight, but he looks bigger because he looks asll swollen and pale/clammy to me. I can't imagine how awful he must feel.
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The same person has also told me that they love animals, but won't eat a single meal without meat in it.
I hear this all the time. And from people who will actively speak out for animals rights. They even know all about factory farms, etc and work with rescue farm animals. But it is just too convenient to keep eating meat. It really lowers my opinion of people, but I am trying to be patient and understanding. Phew.
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Not exactly the right place for this I guess but:
I made some 'yorkshire puddings' and my mother said that she liked them, after that I said "good, that's one unhealthy thing replaced then" and she responded with "it's not about unhealthy or not it's just a different opinion, me and you have different opinions" to which I almost face palmed and wasn't even sure where to start lol.
How is 1/4 the calories, zero cholesterol and more of every vitamin and mineral an opinion? She is on a weight loss diet currently so replacing high calorie low nutrient foods with low calorie high nutrient foods is surely 'healthy'. The difference was egg, white flour, full fat milk and lots of oil vs whole wheat flour, gram flour, unsweetened soy milk and a tiny amount of oil.
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"it's not about unhealthy or not it's just a different opinion, me and you have different opinions
Yeah, I hear people getting "facts" and "opinions" mixed up a lot. Being vegan helps the planet in numerous ways: that is a fact, but everyone else would swear it was just an opinion. Animals suffer when we hurt and kill them: same thing. It is denial that has been fostered for generations, so it is difficult to reverse that programming. Really really difficult for some people!
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Yeah, I hear people getting "facts" and "opinions" mixed up a lot
Haha, that's just life isn't it?
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One that I remember fondly .. It's a two-parter
1. Our brains only evolved to be big because our ancestors ate meat.
ERGO!
2. If we stopped eating eating meat our brains would start devolving back into little brains again.
Reason I remember that fondly was that I was presented with it in front of a large 'audience' of omnis by a good natured monkey that someone had carefully shaved especialy for the occasion.
The plethora of nonsenses it was based on led to me doing a one man comedy routine that had everyone (including the shaven monkey) pee-ing their pants for a good 15-20 minutes.
Obviously no animals were harmed in the process.
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Yeah, I hear people getting "facts" and "opinions" mixed up a lot.
1. If you dont want other people to do something wrong then that it is wrong is fact.
2. If you want to do something wrong and someone else doesn't want you to then that it is wrong is opinion.
I simply find this to be an interesting example of the 'evolution' of language.
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I get so irritated with that argument too, that there is no such thing as a vegan because animal products are in everything from cement to houses and cars. A lot of us are trying to change that (there are actually all vegan bicycles out there now for instance) but in the meantime it isnt about perfection and purity, its making an honest effort to cause the least amount of suffering to others and lessen our carbon footprint and treat our environment and each other with more respect and less ownership. I wonder why that is so hard for others to comprehend?
I also know someone at work who claims to love animals and care about animal causes, but then watches horse races and chows down on chicken and milk chocolate at lunch. Right...
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I found out a couple days ago that a vegan I know is now an ex-vegan and is eating meat again. I do wonder what his flipping lame excuse is :mad:
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I do wonder what his flipping lame excuse is :mad:
Ask him and let us know!
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^ Yes, I agree with Blueberries, do ask him! I never know whether to feel angry at these people who 'quit' or to feel pity or something :sad:
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The doctors told her she could die if she didn't eat animal proteins
Goshhhh.. what kind of doctor was he/she ? Fortunatelly I have met only " well educated " doctors in my life. Poor girl indeed ;/
It's not an excuse but yesterday my "friends" tried again to show me how wrong I am and how harmful being a vegan is for me.. ha ha ha Im laughing but let's be honest - it's sad, I like that people and have enough proving and repeating myself every single time.. anyway, yesterday:
D: Kat! Have you ever considered that letuce may suffer too when you eat it ?
Me: Man please.. at least it has no eyes and it is not crying or trying to escape from me.
D: You are doing yourself a big harm you know that? you will be weak and sooner or later you will regret that decision.. we have watched one program about vegetarians and they had worse results in everything..
Me: Was it MTV ? ha ha.. do we have to repeat it again? have you heard about vegan athlets being the best..
D: No it's not true
Me: It is, check it!
D: No comments
We repeat this kind of conversation every single time we meet, Im not atacking them, Im peaceful and the only thing I do.. is saying "thank you" for the meatballs.. their excuses: S: I dont eat meat because I know that animals suffer, I eat only chicken < bitch please!> , D: I like meat.
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^ Yes, I agree with Blueberries, do ask him! I never know whether to feel angry at these people who 'quit' or to feel pity or something :sad:
I asked and he told me. He says that they are 'purely selfish reasons', and he does 'feel guilty'. One reason he says is that, because he consumes so many calories daily, it's hard to cook in bulk and make it varied and not expensive as a vegan. Also, sometimes he craves junk food that isn't vegan. And silly things like shopping for shoes and trainers, and that a non-leather belt he had fell apart within weeks.
I just feel really angry. This is a 'guilt' from which he can relieve himself.
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I was on a course at work last week, after finding out I as vegan an 18 year old new staff member asked me "What's that?".
After I explained she said "I would die if I didn't eat meat".
I refrained from using my first response (which was not particularly friendly) and instead said "well I've been doing it for 4 years and I'm still going strong"
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I don't remember the conversation correctly but here it goes.
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Friend 1: "Humberto! We need meat to survive!"
Me: "Dude! We can live on a plant diet."
Friend 1: "But God put animals for us to eat."
Friend 2: "I agree!"
Me: "You said you didn't believe in God."
Friend 2: "I don't."
Me *what I want to say*: "THEN WHY THE **** DO YOU AGREE WITH HIM? OH WAIT YOU'RE FULL OF EXCUSES!"
Me *what I actually said: "Dude! You might want to think before you speak!"
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Me: "You said you didn't believe in God."
Hahahahahah! Made my day. Disconcerting cause misunderstanding of veganism/health/ethics seems to be able to make an atheist use God as a rationalization...
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After I explained she said "I would die if I didn't eat meat".
I've had that one a few times ..
"Really? Do you have some incredibly rare disease?"
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I don't remember the conversation correctly but here it goes.
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Friend 1: "Humberto! We need meat to survive!"
"Only two possibilities exist here then: 1. You are talking out of your buttox. 2. You are talking to the dead.."
Or, possibly ...
"Good heavens Doctor! What is your prognosis on how long I have to live?"
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I asked and he told me. He says that they are 'purely selfish reasons', and he does 'feel guilty'.
Honesty and a conscience!
My guess is that it is only a matter of time before he 'caves' Pusskins.
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Hahahahahah! Made my day. Disconcerting cause misunderstanding of veganism/health/ethics seems to be able to make an atheist use God as a rationalization...
It's quite pathetic that some people would step out of something they strongly believe or not believe in for their own comfort.
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A friend of mine said that he did not view the killing of nonhuman animals, for him to eat, as murder (as in morally wrong). He was unable to develop this thought nor was he able to answer why, for example, baby male chicks should be thrown into a bin alive to die and or be thrown into a grinder and fed to other chicks.
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My dad once said that he ate meat to preserve the species. As in, why else would humans continue to allow pigs to exist if not for bacon? Mental.
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My dad once said that he ate meat to preserve the species. As in, why else would humans continue to allow pigs to exist if not for bacon? Mental.
Hi Leighna :)
That one is not totaly mental as it happens.
If the whole world went 'abolitionist' (i.e. NO livestock, pets, zoos, safari parks, aquariums, et-al) many species would go extinct and a lot of people would rarely get to see any, but a few common species of, animals at all.
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.. a lot of people would rarely get to see any, but a few common species of, animals at all.
That's what nature documentaries are for! Getting to see animals in the flesh is a privilage, not a right.