Why Being a Veg*n SUCKS!
Posted by Kennedy28 on Sep 11, 2007 · Member since Jul 2007 · 780 posts
Ok Ladies and Gents, this topic spawns off of BreyettEyes post on "Reasons why not to be a Veg*n". This is of course a satirical approach as to why its so effen hard to be yourself with people who just don't get it. Ok I'll start.
Reason #1. Because when you kindly tell people you don't want to taste the cheese they brought into the office, they insist that you do, and when you say no thank you again and finally tell them you don't want any because you in fact do not eat cheese, they stare at you and call you crazy.
I found out that the office manager at my old job is a vegan and my former MT manager is now a vegetarian. One told the other that indeed Dragonfly IS a vegan. She cornered me online yesterday and asked. She is eating a LOT of tofu and I said, ohhh after 30 yrs I am tired of it! I eat BEANS.
Yes, sigh the love affair continues
# whatever it is...when you are asked what you eat, you say "a lot of beans" and you get geez...you must fart like all the time! Remind me not be stand in back of YOU.
Yup, being vegan means you have no feelings, are in desparate need of a therapist, you gotta be gay, you just have not got a clue how "good" meats tastes and you must be lacking in intelligence because vegetables aren't all that good for you, not like flesh foods. Ignorance!!!!!
I'll keep my 130 total cholesterol, my 75 triglycerides, my 35# weight loss without trying this last year (although I think it is actually more), the lack of nasty rotten flesh smell in my house and kitchen, the utter lack of constipation, and ummm my increased energy level, shiny hair and nice nails.
Ok Ladies and Gents, this topic spawns off of BreyettEyes post on "Reasons why not to be a Veg*n". This is of course a satirical approach as to why its so effen hard to be yourself with people who just don't get it. Ok I'll start.
Reason #1. Because when you kindly tell people you don't want to taste the cheese they brought into the office, they insist that you do, and when you say no thank you again and finally tell them you don't want any because you in fact do not eat cheese, they stare at you and call you crazy.
I rather have people call me werid or stare at my like im some alien, then rather eat dead anmials.
Weird is the new cool. :) I hear ya on this, yay Veg*ns!!
Weird is the new cool. :) I hear ya on this, yay Veg*ns!!
I don't know...to me....personally.....Weird has always been the new cool. ;)
Weird is the new cool. :) I hear ya on this, yay Veg*ns!!
I don't know...to me....personally.....Weird has always been the new cool. ;)
OoOoo...sorry I just got word of it through e-mail...not knowing that weird is the new cool is the new cool. :P
Weird is the new cool. :) I hear ya on this, yay Veg*ns!!
I don't know...to me....personally.....Weird has always been the new cool. ;)
OoOoo...sorry I just got word of it through e-mail...not knowing that weird is the new cool is the new cool. :P
why didn't i get that email?! ;) ;D :D
Guess I'm not cool....just plain ol' "weird".... :-\
Weird is the new cool. :) I hear ya on this, yay Veg*ns!!
I don't know...to me....personally.....Weird has always been the new cool. ;)
OoOoo...sorry I just got word of it through e-mail...not knowing that weird is the new cool is the new cool. :P
why didn't i get that email?! ;) ;D :D
Guess I'm not cool....just plain ol' "weird".... :-\
No no...well it did say at the bottom of the e-mail in teany tiny type that "those who are already aware that they are cool will not receive this e-mail"
SEE!! you are cool!
Are we on 63?
63. If you have children you are also raising veg*n, you are abusing/neglecting them and they are destined to shrivel up and perish. Especially if Nina Planck is lurking nearby.
Are we on 63?
63. If you have children you are also raising veg*n, you are abusing/neglecting them and they are destined to shrivel up and perish. Especially if Nina Planck is lurking nearby.
OMG!!! I had never heard of Nina Planck before, so I Googled her after reading this entry... And WOW! :o Not a fan...
I did like this rant against her, though! ;) The author raises some really good points & she's not even a vegan who has to defend herself! :)
http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/05/22/nina-planck-stirs-the-pot-vegans-get-steamed-film-at-eleven/
Are we on 63?
63. If you have children you are also raising veg*n, you are abusing/neglecting them and they are destined to shrivel up and perish. Especially if Nina Planck is lurking nearby.
My family, of course, brought up the vegan couple, and their dead baby, as an argument that veganism is unhealthy. :sigh:
I reassured them that I do not exist on (mostly) soymilk and applejuice. That story is just sad all the way around. Sad for the life extinguished so early, sad for the first time parents (don't have enough info to be sure that the young couple knew what they were doing was wrong), and sad that the situation is being exploited & used for anti-vegan sentiments.
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#64
A doctor tells you that you have been eating this way for far too long, as if it is an unhealthy fad, like Atkinson's, that people go on and off of. Then he makes the brilliant suggestion that, "if you refuse to eat healthy meats", you should at least phase a few eggs into your weekly food consumption.
He then looks really annoyed, sighing through gritted teeth, when you remind him eggs come from an animal and will not be making their way through your digestional track either.
My family, of course, brought up the vegan couple, and their dead baby, as an argument that veganism is unhealthy. :sigh:
I reassured them that I do not exist on (mostly) soymilk and applejuice. That story is just sad all the way around. Sad for the life extinguished so early, sad for the first time parents (don't have enough info to be sure that the young couple knew what they were doing was wrong), and sad that the situation is being exploited & used for anti-vegan sentiments.
So true.
What number are we on? I already forgot. Anyways, it sucks being vegan because when deciding on a restaurant I always get the comment "Well, you can have a salad there." If I really wanted a salad then I would've just stayed home.
What number are we on? I already forgot. Anyways, it sucks being vegan because when deciding on a restaurant I always get the comment "Well, you can have a salad there." If I really wanted a salad then I would've just stayed home.
Good one; how about:
#65 Anyone who you eat out with who knows before you go out insists that you choose the restaurant because "well, you're the difficult one."
#66. The inevitable "I used to be vegan/vegetarian once...and now I eat lots of meat!".
I always hear this from people.........who were vegetarian/vegan for like a week. I mean come on!
#66. The inevitable "I used to be vegan/vegetarian once...and now I eat lots of meat!".
I always hear this from people.........who were vegetarian/vegan for like a week. I mean come on!
Guilty as charged. I was vegetarian for 12 years and stopped. When I would meet a vegetarian my guilt would show...."I used to be a vegetarian............." :)
Guilty as charged. I was vegetarian for 12 years and stopped. When I would meet a vegetarian my guilt would show...."I used to be a vegetarian............." :)
Lol....but 12 years trumps a week anyday Tweety. You really were vegetarian! :P
Guilty as charged. I was vegetarian for 12 years and stopped. When I would meet a vegetarian my guilt would show...."I used to be a vegetarian............." :)
Lol....but 12 years trumps a week anyday Tweety. You really were vegetarian! :P
LOL.....thanks for the support. I would always feel convicted when I met a vegetarian and my heart would ache and I would miss being a vegetarian so much. It felt like a homecoming when I went veg*n again.
67 maybe?
Not so easy to find good shoes, bags or belts!!!
And most that you can find are horribly cheap looking, or just tasteless.
(PS- check out the Vegan Boots thread to conquer this one!)
Okay, so I'm lame 'cause this is a reply to vegeroni on #6: My coworkers are a bunch of asian computer nerds who are all lactose intolerant, so they LOVE when I bring in "Pizza Rolls" or "Cheesecake!"
#68 - "Hey, you wanna go grab something to eat? Oh, wait, I guess you can't eat there, or there, or there." YES I CAN! I'M AN ADULT. I AM CAPABLE OF FEEDING MYSELF. Notice that I don't say, "Hmm, I know you're on antidepressants, let's be sure not to go any place that serves alcohol." Or "Gee, based on the size of your gut, your cholesterol must be high, let's not go any place that uses oil in its food." Blech.
#69 - your tongue is starting to hurt from all the biting you do when your omni family watches a nature show and is appalled by images of animals hunting in the wild, animals being hurt, injured rescue animals in Africa, etc, and they say, "I can't believe anyone would treat animals that way," right before they sit down to a meal of fried chicken. ???
#68 - "Hey, you wanna go grab something to eat? Oh, wait, I guess you can't eat there, or there, or there." YES I CAN! I'M AN ADULT. I AM CAPABLE OF FEEDING MYSELF. Notice that I don't say, "Hmm, I know you're on antidepressants, let's be sure not to go any place that serves alcohol." Or "Gee, based on the size of your gut, your cholesterol must be high, let's not go any place that uses oil in its food." Blech.
Hahaha, that last line is hilarious. ;D The "I guess you CAN'T" part kills me every time. As if vegans have some unfortunate, bizarre allergy to animal products like vampires do to garlic. I CAN eat whatever I want. I choose not to eat certain things. Oy.
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