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[EmiPrime]

Just like terrisus seems to talk about Apple more than actual Mac owners, it's like some of you spend more time whining about vegetarians and vegans (and making braindead posts about bacon) than those people actually spend time talking about that subject.

Most meat eaters in my experience find the fact that I am vegan quite interesting and can be respectful about it. If you want to pick a fight over ethics don't get upset if someone who abstains from eating meat says how they feel about it.

 

[Clydefrog]

the lack of protein makes them irritable

*chews on hairy pork rind*

 

[OverBlood 3]

That would be "For every animal you eat."

For every animal you don't eat would be more like
100,000,000,000 x 3

Either way, good luck to them.

 

[Esch]

Some people are just offended by the very presence of somebody at the table who doesn't eat meat. As if the only reason that I am not eating meat at their table is to show them my "ethical superiority", or as if ordering the vegetarian option on the menu is some sort of statement directed at them. (It is not, I just don't eat meat.) Yet this is is how annoyingly many people react to my passive presence.

This is super true lol, even as someone that enjoys his meat for sure.

 

[jstripes]

Just like terrisus seems to talk about Apple more than actual Mac owners, it's like some of you spend more time whining about vegetarians and vegans (and making braindead posts about bacon) than those people actually spend time talking about that subject.

First, I don't recall posting in any vegan thread before. Second, this thread is about annoying behaviour the OP has observed.

 

[DrFaustPhD]

I got into an argument with some indian dude thats vegetarian that says eggs are okay to eat.

Eggs are vegetarian apparently if you are indian.

Yeah, eggs are totally vegetarian. They're not vegan, but they're definitely vegetarian.

They're just chicken periods.

 

[stufte]

This joke has always been extremely dumb and I think anyone who uses it has a lack of critical thinking skills.

Well I just told my super crunchy Boulderite vegan friend that joke and she thought it was hilarious.

Maybe jokes don't have to take "critical thinking" into account to be funny.

 

[Krauser Kat]

completely non discript vegan here. The only time it ever comes up is if im in a restaurant and need to check to see if something is made with butter or milk.

 

[Empty]

it's quite a challenge to contain yourself when you believe fervently (such that you'll change your diet significantly) in something very opposite to a large proportion to the rest of society, even more maddening when you see that thing just passively accepted as part of the culture. you see the same thing with atheists who can't deal with people believing in religions as they think it's a big con.

though honestly i think this is quite an outdated stereotype, most vegetarians and vegans i know bend over backwards to seem normal in response to the constant moaning about loud obnoxious vegetarians, such that the reaction to the stereotype is now way more prominent in the culture than the original.

 

[ElTorro]

Eggs are vegetarian.

Strictly speaking, that's true.

However and interestingly, the production of eggs claims more animal life than the production of beef, simply due to the fact that egg production ultimately relies on chick sexing, and for a given quantity of eggs you have to kill way more chicks in that process than you have to kill cattle for the same quantity of beef.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

It's so much easier to annoy vegetarians than the other way around lol

----

Me: I'm trying to go vegetarian. I'm only having peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast.

Vegetarian friend: Ah-huh. Cool.

Me: *eating grilled chicken for dinner* omg, I'm so vegetarian these days, you would not believe what I had for breakfast. I'll just have rice to finish this off, I don't want to kill any animals.

---

Oh, and if you ever pass a tree with some ribbon or decorations around it (happens more often than you notice), just point at it and say "Oh, is that your work?"

Oh, and always drop mentions of how Hitler was a vegetarian.

 

[Ushiwaka]

One of my vegan friends tried to convince me that milk is actually bad for us and doctors have been lying to us all these years :|

 

[CornBurrito]

Well I just told my super crunchy Boulderite vegan friend that joke and she thought it was hilarious.

Maybe jokes don't have to take "critical thinking" into account to be funny.

Maybe some people use the joke not as a joke, but as an insult. I don't really care about your friend btw.

 

[kirblar]

Well I just told my super crunchy Boulderite vegan friend that joke and she thought it was hilarious.

Maybe jokes don't have to take "critical thinking" into account to be funny.

There's a "type" of Vegan that the joke is about- its pretty implici that it's #notallvegans.

I've got some dietary restrictions and the "fad"/"evangelical" types drive me up the wall as well.

 

[whatsinaname]

Q: How can you tell if someone is a vegan?

A: Don't worry, they'll tell you.

[IG]http://i.imgur.com/GnV3ITZ.jpg[/IMG]

Most of us socialise over food. Why is it a surprise that food habits come up as a point of discussion?

 

[terrisus]

Just like terrisus seems to talk about Apple more than actual Mac owners, it's like some of you spend more time whining about vegetarians and vegans (and making braindead posts about bacon) than those people actually spend time talking about that subject.

Man, those most be some pretty quite Mac owners.

 

[Krauser Kat]

the lack of protein makes them irritable

*chews on hairy pork rind*

Wat!? you smiley face tells me your joking but its annoying how as soon as someone knows your vegan they automatically turn into a nutritionist.

 

[OverBlood 3]

Strictly speaking, that's true.

However and interestingly, the production of eggs claims more animal life than the production of beef, simply due to the fact that egg production ultimately relies on chick sexing, and for a given quantity of eggs you have to kill way more chicks in that process than you have to kill cattle for the same quantity of beef.

That's why I don't eat eggs or milk because well it's obvious why.

 

[eot]

Some vegetarians are annoying?
Yeah well some people are annoying, vegetarians or not. Maybe you just don't notice the vegetarians who don't compare the food industry with Hitler.

One of my vegan friends tried to convince me that milk is actually bad for us and doctors have been lying to us all these years :|

It's not good for your bones, no.

 

[CornBurrito]

There's a "type" of Vegan that the joke is about- its pretty implici that it's #notallvegans.

I've got some dietary restrictions and the "fad"/"evangelical" types drive me up the wall as well.

Tell that to people like xsarian then.

 

[soepje]

It really goes both ways. I don't eat meat, it's my choice and i respect it if other people choose differently. Yet, for some reason there are people who feel the need to aggressively defend the fact they eat meat to me once they find out i don't.
It would honestly be awesome if people could just be left alone to do their own thing when it comes to this. I don't preach and i don't wish to be preached at. Too bad that seems so difficult for some people.

 

[Spider from Mars]

It's so much easier to annoy vegetarians than the other way around lol

----

Me: I'm trying to go vegetarian. I'm only having peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast.

Vegetarian friend: Ah-huh. Cool.

Me: *eating grilled chicken for dinner* omg, I'm so vegetarian these days, you would not believe what I had for breakfast. I'll just have rice to finish this off, I don't want to kill any animals.

---

Oh, and if you ever pass a tree with some ribbon or decorations around it (happens more often than you notice), just point at it and say "Oh, is that your work?"

Oh, and always drop mentions of how Hitler was a vegetarian.

Sick jokes dude!
Got a newsletter I can subscribe to!?

 

[OverBlood 3]

(Annoying) Vegan community thread - Give Peas a Chance

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=849008

Just thought I'd give it a plug.

 

[Deaf Spacker]

I've just been told that eating meat is immoral.

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Save the planet, eat

Spoiler

a

vegan.

 

[Zombine]

Yes, there are annoying vegetarians who feel the need to comment on what others are eating. But when I was vegetarian, I was on the receiving end of critisim by just about every meat eater I know. I think the moral of the story is everyone should shut the fuck up and mind their own business.

 

[EBCubs03]

Pretty much all humans are annoying

 

[SquiddyCracker]

Maybe your carnie-mind is just too dull to react to atrocities in any other way but delightful glee as the next McCapitalism burger slides down your greased up throat.

Spoiler

Just kidding <3 Vegans/Vegetarians can be just as annoying as everyone else - they're only human.

 

[OverBlood 3]

I've just been told that eating meat is immoral.

What do you expect them to say, 'badabababaaa I'm lovin' it!'?

 

[kick51]

i just can't go without this stuff

 

[Lycanthrope]

Just like terrisus seems to talk about Apple more than actual Mac owners, it's like some of you spend more time whining about vegetarians and vegans (and making braindead posts about bacon) than those people actually spend time talking about that subject.

Most meat eaters in my experience find the fact that I am vegan quite interesting and can be respectful about it. If you want to pick a fight over ethics don't get upset if someone who abstains from eating meat says how they feel about it.

Well-said.

My biggest issue with the animal industry is that it is morally reprehensible: it encourages a culture of "animals are for food and don't deserve compassion, mercy, etc."

I like to believe that we're at a stage in our evolution where we are capable of realising how our actions affect the world, that animals experience pain and emotions in much the same way we do even if they lack the faculties to process information in as complex a manner as we do.

We need to treat the animals we use for food in an ethical and humane manner. However, the fact is that most people don't give a shit. As long as it's meat or it's cheap then most people don't care to consider its origins or how the animal was treated. And that is something I believe is very, very wrong.

Killing animals for sport or for pleasure is indicative of a very damaged psyche. Promoting the false belief that animals are incapable of experiencing legitimate pain or that how they express pain is simply a "reflex" is absurd and yet it's an absurdity that has permeated throughout societies across the world in different forms.

Throw a stone and it's likely to hit someone who firmly believes in the superstitious nonsense that it's fine for animals to suffer because, "They don't have souls."

There are nowhere near enough people to stand up for animal rights or for the basic ethical treatment of animals. So I'm terribly sorry that you'll occasionally hear a vegan or vegetarian express outrage because, frankly, that's the only way a compassionate minority can raise any awareness.

 

[.GqueB.]

Everyone deals with annoying people all the time. I'm vegetarian but I'm not judgmental about meat-eaters. I don't care all that much. But I'm always dealing with people who "don't understand why I don't eat meat". Then you have people that directly give me shit for it.

Some people are annoying canks. Big deal.

 

[Deaf Spacker]

What do you expect them to say, 'badabababaaa I'm lovin' it!'?

Their opinion is not fact, as much as they wish it was, it's not.

Would vegetarians eat meat if it was grown in a lab?

 

[blame space]

i just can't go without this stuff

this meat is epic

 

[OverBlood 3]

Their opinion is not fact, as much as they wish it was, it's not.

Would vegetarians eat meat if it was grown in a lab?

Well obviously their opinion isn't fact but it's their opinion isn't it. Just like your opinion differs from theirs.

I might eat meat if it was grown in a lab if it was cruelty free, I'm not sat here waiting for the day though. Why do you ask?

 

[stufte]

Maybe some people use the joke not as a joke, but as an insult. I don't really care about your friend btw.

maybe.

maybe people do a lot of things.

maybe it's still funny though even if you don't personally find it funny.

There's a "type" of Vegan that the joke is about- its pretty implici that it's #notallvegans.

I've got some dietary restrictions and the "fad"/"evangelical" types drive me up the wall as well.

I'm totally down for whatever people want/need to eat, and IRL most vegans i know are super chill and even cook meat for people when they come over.

 

[.GqueB.]

Their opinion is not fact, as much as they wish it was, it's not.

Would vegetarians eat meat if it was grown in a lab?

Depends on why they don't eat meat.

 

[Deaf Spacker]

Well obviously their opinion isn't fact but it's their opinion isn't it. Just like your opinion differs from theirs.

I might eat meat if it was grown in a lab if it was cruelty free, I'm not sat here waiting for the day though. Why do you ask?

The question was asked in the debate, I just got glared at.

 

[anaron]

Nothing is more insuferable than the bacon culture people who come into threads posting images of meat

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Sick jokes dude!
Got a newsletter I can subscribe to!?

Did you know brocolli screams when you eat it?

 

[John Kowalski]

Of course he does. It's his only available venue to approach those things. It's his only outlet against the carnivoronormativity that he can't help but witness constantly, as he eats with his friends, as he watches television with constant advertisements referring to meat, as he walks alongside restaurants, and to how constantly these petty concerns (holy shit, he's too vocal about his ideology and how much he practices it!) are often raised as valid arguments against vegetarianism.

It's perfectly valid. Unless vegetarianism is allowed into the cultural conscious, it has to be as vocal as it can.

 

[EmiPrime]

There are nowhere near enough people to stand up for animal rights or for the basic ethical treatment of animals. So I'm terribly sorry that you'll occasionally hear a vegan or vegetarian express outrage because, frankly, that's the only way a compassionate minority can raise any awareness.

Indeed, if I didn't think that it was a morally superior position why would I put myself through the inconvenience? If someone feels attacked by that, then frankly tough luck.

 

[ElTorro]

However, the fact is that most people don't give a shit.

Most people actually do give a shit, as evidenced by the fact that they are compassionate towards dogs, cats, and other common pets. They just don't apply that standard to the animals they eat because (1) we are not confronted directly with what meat actually is and how it is produced and (2) eating meat is such a normal and deeply ingrained part of our every day culture that the conflict between being compassionate towards pets and eating other animals with comparable mental faculties just doesn't come to mind.

That's probably the main source for "discussions" at the dinner table. The very presence of somebody who doesn't eat meat brings that thought up in other people's minds, if that person wants it or not.

 

[breakfuss]

Eh, I disagree OP. Meat eaters are by far more obnoxious.

 

[OverBlood 3]

Did you know brocolli screams when you eat it?

Hya hya, good one.

 

[Man God]

People who are passionate about something annoy people that aren't. News at 11.

 

[Mango The Magician]

Some are preachy about, just like some meat eaters get preachy and hateful to some vegans and vegetarians for no real reason. Basically, both groups has it's fair share of jerks.

 

[V_Arnold]

For every annoying vegan, there is two annoying meat eater who feels attacked by the fact that I am not eating meat. At least two. And I am seriously downsizing that number.

OnlyonTheInternet.Gif.

Seriously.

Also, it is kinda hard to just "live and let be" when it cames to slaughterhouse practices. It is like telling "Oy man, next thing you gonna tell me that torturing animals 24/7 is not coolio! I aint tellin ya to torture them, so leave me be".

Thing is, there are serious social artifacts left in how our society treats animals. There are more clever pigs out there than some of the dogs, yet the dog's rights are at least two thousand years ahead of the pigs. A quick introspection or just a pig pet would reveal that yeah, it woudl be wise to rething our approach to these so-called "food sources".

And all that is hard to contain when you just discover vegan/vegetarian alternatives. As the rest of the world will shove those big mac ads in your face everywhere you go.

 

[EmiPrime]

Their opinion is not fact, as much as they wish it was, it's not.

Would vegetarians eat meat if it was grown in a lab?

I don't know if I would but if it becomes cheaper to produce than raising and slaughtering animals and that can eventually be phased out as demand drops then so much the better.

 

[stufte]

Nothing is more insuferable than the bacon culture people who come into threads posting images of meat

This is a thread about how some vegans/vegetarians can be annoying, I'm not sure what you expected.

And not everything is a "culture", ffs.