weird things omnis say in conversation
Posted by gnarls_baudelaire on Jun 08, 2009 · Member since Aug 2007 · 434 posts
I've noticed that some meat-eaters who have a lot of veg*n friends precede every food-related story with "Well, I eat meat..."
This really annoys me. Why the qualifier? We get that you aren't vegan. We aren't going to look at you like you have two heads upon your utterance of the phrase "chicken sandwich." Come on now.
What are some other awkward things omnis say when talking to vegans/vegetarians?
Hehe, KMK.
Soo, another account of people feeling the need to tell people i'm vegan. Me and my mom were shopping and she said something about making steak tonight, the girl that worked at the store jumped in saying she misses her moms cooking and i better be thankful and eat it all. I said i cook my own food, she got all crazy and my mom whispered to her that i'm vegan. The chick freaked out saying i was crazy.
And again, me and my friend were at subway, we kid around about me being vegan sometimes. He just always asks me if the vegan is hungry (i started that though, heh). And he told the guy i was "A vegan" I told him not to say "A" vegan because its classing people, blah blah we had this discussion on the boards somewhere, and i was explaining it to him, like saying that person is a gay, blah blah. The guy that worked there laughed at me, giving my friend reinforcement to tell me i'm stupid and thats not even close to the same thing.
Gotta love those omnis. (heh, this has turned into a venting thread for me, you may ignore my rants if you wish haha)
I met my friend K at the grocery store to pawn off a lot of zucchini plants I grew from seeds. Once the swap of giant planter happened from my car to hers, we went into the store. All was fine until I was done and ready to check out. She was so silly and embarrassed said "Its my boyfriends birthday, I have to go get him a lobster." then she covered my ears and said "dont listen!". Like I didnt know what the poor critters in the tank were for.
And another time, tis a bit naughty so turn impressionable eyes away!
We were out at the Japanese restaurant for my friend C's bday. They all get hibachi and I always order sushi. Anyways the show is over they all have huge mounds of food and the chef is gone. C spears a chunk and waggles it at me asking if I want some protein. I quickly ask his girlfriend M if I she minds my probably dirty response. She didnt care as she thinks he deserves it for teasing me every single time we go out there.
So I lean over, look at him and say in my best sexy tone "If I want your protein I will let you know". hahah He didnt blush or get embarrassed but it was funny nonetheless!
I was with a group of friends, playing a game and we were chit chatting and I was saying out my bug man laid out rat traps in my garage (the kind that snap and trap) and I threw them away. I explained that was just too cruel and got the "animals don't suffer" speech from a friend whom I though had a brain. Ugh.
"Here have another bite. I can tell that your realllllly enjoying my meaty burger!"
CLEARLY has a small youknowwhat.
Ohhhh, the snide comments I could make about this "person". They run through my head in profusion, mostly in French, which is the best language to be sarcastic in that I have ever come across. But, sadly, I have a rep to maintain....sigh. LOL
What i can't stand is when some people say in response to a vegan/vegetarian..."That's why God put the animals on this earth...for us to eat". It's like...OH? Did God tell you that himself!!?? I can't tell everyone how many times I hear this from people.
Oh man, i always get the god put them here to be eaten thing. I've had people get so into it saying i was going to go to hell because i wasn't carrying out his plan because i dont eat animals.
Oh man, i always get the god put them here to be eaten thing. I've had people get so into it saying i was going to go to hell because i wasn't carrying out his plan because i dont eat animals.
Man, I'm glad that I don't believe in god.
If i bring up that i gained weight since stopping eating meat people just say i'm unhealthy. It seems like a lose lose situation sometimes.
This has bitten me in the ass before, too! During a conversation about what I "can" eat, I mentioned to one of my mom's friends that I have actually gained like 5 lbs. since going vegan because I've fallen so in love with cooking & experimenting with food. She then said, "Well, that's probably because your diet is so carb-heavy & there's not enough lean protein in it." Uh, no - it's probably because I ate too many damn cupcakes & cookies when I realized how delicious vegan baked goods are! :P It's not like beans & legumes ("carb-heavy" plant foods) are going to make me gain weight if eaten in healthy portions... Give me a break. It's really sad to me how demonized carbohydrates have become in our society. It's just ridiculous.
Anyway, I have also gotten comments that I'm "too thin," and it's probably because I "can't eat anything." Oh, well. That's life, I guess. (By the way, I'm a very healthy weight & am nowhere near being emaciated. If I was a meat-eater, no one would think twice about my weight or study me for any sign of malnutrition. ::))
ooohhhh I like this quick reply thing.
The other day at the coffee shop i was with my friend (the one who knows lots of vegans with man boobs and who wore a fur coat to the veg restaurant. remember her?)
ANYway, I get soymilk in my chai of course, but the owner had been talking about getting organic milk for dairy. I was just asking if he had done that yet (I wanted to know if the soy would still be .50 more because its cheaper than organic milk). but anyway, friend X walks in half way thru the conversation behind me and whispers loudly and points to me and says, "she's a vegan". She sounded like a snake.
i just looked at her and said, I was ASKING him about the dairy milk! I guess she was trying to tell him so that he wouldn't talk to me about dairy milk.....but I really don't like her speaking for me! LOL
I know this is an old thread, but I just found it - and when I read this post, I sat here LOLing. I forgot about that lady! She sounds like a gem. ;)
To amuse my friend I have eaten twigs, sticks and leaves off the ground before.
I have also made it apparent that I will gnaw on tree bark too...
When over at his house we play the what can Eric at game, where we go though everything in the house. His fiance is getting got at it, she can toss me a snack pretty quick.
when people apologize for eating meat i just say "Well you wouldn't be apologizing if you felt there was nothing wrong with eating meat."
They usually don't know what to say to that
The one I used to get a lot was, when people found out I was vegetarian they would be like "Oh my god!" {insert apocalyptic face of utter disgust and disbelief here} "Why???"
My response is always "if you knew some of the things that I knew, you would be too"
They then proceed to get extremely panicked and beg me "not to ruin it" for them.
I usually just end up telling them that they really should research what they're putting into their bodies...I mean..they only get one.
so i was in my anatomy class this past weekend and the instructor, Mary, brought out this pig elbow she had obtained from eating ham. So, she's pointing out to us that pigs also have similiar elbows to humans except their olecranon sticks out more than ours does. Later on in the class this woman, Susanna asked me if i was bothered by her showing us a pig elbow. i was like... "uh... no. just because i choose to have a certain lifestyle doesnt mean i'm going to get all offended or mad when i'm confronted with animals/meat-eaters' habits." now... if someone were to put meat in my food or shove it in my face, thats a different story. its anatomy class. showing me a pig's elbow was relevent and i wasn't eating it or smelling seared flesh. why would i care? silly woman!
so i was in my anatomy class this past weekend and the instructor, Mary, brought out this pig elbow she had obtained from eating ham. So, she's pointing out to us that pigs also have similiar elbows to humans except their olecranon sticks out more than ours does. Later on in the class this woman, Susanna asked me if i was bothered by her showing us a pig elbow. i was like... "uh... no. just because i choose to have a certain lifestyle doesnt mean i'm going to get all offended or mad when i'm confronted with animals/meat-eaters' habits." now... if someone were to put meat in my food or shove it in my face, thats a different story. its anatomy class. showing me a pig's elbow was relevent and i wasn't eating it or smelling seared flesh. why would i care? silly woman!
You're different than me, then. I actually would care. I wouldn't complain about it to the teacher or make a big fuss (in this context, anyway), but I would be bothered, even if I keep it to myself. It makes me sad to see or smell dead animal bodies, so even if it wouldn't ruin my day or anything (I can't break down every time I see a body part of a dead animal or else I'd never get through the day), it would still sadden me. I understand why she asked that, and Susanna would have gotten a different answer from me than she got from you because I would have explained that it makes me sad, even though I can see the relevance in an anatomy class (or something like that). 8)
so i was in my anatomy class this past weekend and the instructor, Mary, brought out this pig elbow she had obtained from eating ham. So, she's pointing out to us that pigs also have similiar elbows to humans except their olecranon sticks out more than ours does. Later on in the class this woman, Susanna asked me if i was bothered by her showing us a pig elbow. i was like... "uh... no. just because i choose to have a certain lifestyle doesnt mean i'm going to get all offended or mad when i'm confronted with animals/meat-eaters' habits." now... if someone were to put meat in my food or shove it in my face, thats a different story. its anatomy class. showing me a pig's elbow was relevent and i wasn't eating it or smelling seared flesh. why would i care? silly woman!
You're different than me, then. I actually would care. I wouldn't complain about it to the teacher or make a big fuss (in this context, anyway), but I would be bothered, even if I keep it to myself. It makes me sad to see or smell dead animal bodies, so even if it wouldn't ruin my day or anything (I can't break down every time I see a body part of a dead animal or else I'd never get through the day), it would still sadden me. I understand why she asked that, and Susanna would have gotten a different answer from me than she got from you because I would have explained that it makes me sad, even though I can see the relevance in an anatomy class (or something like that). 8)
to be honest, at first it started to bother me. not sure exactly why, but in the context of everything i realized logically i shouldnt be bothered by said actions. i'm trying not to become closed off to omni's and their lifestyle. sometimes i make jokes about how i'm superior than the omni's i work with (this is because they are teasing me) but i really dont feel that way and i dont want to ever feel that way. yes, i think being vegan is the best option for the world and yourself but that doesnt mean i'm better. so... thats why it really didnt bother me, because i thought about it too much(and i'm the only vegan at my school). but animals are my friends and yes, eating them makes me sad. thanks for that response! its interesting to know!
so i was in my anatomy class this past weekend and the instructor, Mary, brought out this pig elbow she had obtained from eating ham. So, she's pointing out to us that pigs also have similiar elbows to humans except their olecranon sticks out more than ours does. Later on in the class this woman, Susanna asked me if i was bothered by her showing us a pig elbow. i was like... "uh... no. just because i choose to have a certain lifestyle doesnt mean i'm going to get all offended or mad when i'm confronted with animals/meat-eaters' habits." now... if someone were to put meat in my food or shove it in my face, thats a different story. its anatomy class. showing me a pig's elbow was relevent and i wasn't eating it or smelling seared flesh. why would i care? silly woman!
You're different than me, then. I actually would care. I wouldn't complain about it to the teacher or make a big fuss (in this context, anyway), but I would be bothered, even if I keep it to myself. It makes me sad to see or smell dead animal bodies, so even if it wouldn't ruin my day or anything (I can't break down every time I see a body part of a dead animal or else I'd never get through the day), it would still sadden me. I understand why she asked that, and Susanna would have gotten a different answer from me than she got from you because I would have explained that it makes me sad, even though I can see the relevance in an anatomy class (or something like that). 8)
to be honest, at first it started to bother me. not sure exactly why, but in the context of everything i realized logically i shouldnt be bothered by said actions. i'm trying not to become closed off to omni's and their lifestyle. sometimes i make jokes about how i'm superior than the omni's i work with (this is because they are teasing me) but i really dont feel that way and i dont want to ever feel that way. yes, i think being vegan is the best option for the world and yourself but that doesnt mean i'm better. so... thats why it really didnt bother me, because i thought about it too much(and i'm the only vegan at my school). but animals are my friends and yes, eating them makes me sad. thanks for that response! its interesting to know!
Oh, I totally know what you mean. I'm with you. :)
five min ago at work, a lady bought nutty buddys and ice cream sammiches for everyone. here's a hillarious omni convo:
lady: 'leslie! which would you like....nutty buddy or ice cream sammich?'
me: 'oh...i don't eat dairy....but thank you thats sooo nice of you!'
long pause, awkward stare...
lady: 'oh...well...oh ok...why?'
me: 'i'm vegan.'
long pause
me 'well, to be specific, an allergy...it gives me horrendous gas...never really was into it; trust me it would be bad for everyone if i ate ice cream. BAD! BWAAAH!'
office breaks into laughter
supervisor (trying to be nice)" 'well, i can get you some lactose stuff so you can eat ice cream with us!'
so i smile and totally ignore the fact that she offered me lactose...but i have an 'ahem, allergy'..interesting.
oh and totally disregarded that i said i was vegan, haha.
Leslie - that's really funny. Something that totally reminds me of your story is this, which happened to me at work a few months ago...
I have been at my current job for two years, and everyone knows I am vegan. One of our ladies from accounting brought in "chocolate wacky cake," which is one of those "accidentally vegan" recipes because it uses vinegar instead of eggs, and oil instead of butter. (I think it originated during the Depression because oil & vinegar were cheaper than eggs & butter.) Anyway, she made it because it's her favorite cake, and it was not meant to be a special treat for me by any stretch - and she frosted it with buttercream. Not vegan buttercream; buttercream made with dairy butter. So, she called everyone into the break room to have some cake, and to be polite, I went, too, just to sit & chat with people.
As she was cutting pieces, she said, "Jessica, you want a piece, right? I put real buttercream on it, but you can just eat around that or scrape it off. The cake part is vegan, I think." Me: "Actually, I'm good without it, but thank you, anyway! I appreciate the offer." She looked super offended & everyone teased me for being "soooo picky" because I wouldn't eat any "tainted" cake. I actually wasn't even in the mood for cake, and the thought of scraping frosting made with dairy butter off cake so I "can" eat it is just not appealing to me.
That was kind of a long story, but I still think about it often not because it bothers me, but because it was so weird. They just don't get it. ::)
oh yea, it really is somewhat sad how we are the *outcasts* socially; when, really, we just are different. we are taught that in society, discrimination against gender, race, and religion are bad...even against sexual orientation. so why should dietary orientation warrant any type of discrimination? is it because its the only thing left in society that society deems worthy or 'safe' of prejudice and query?
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