Ever think of becoming vegetarian? NOW WITH POLL

[jbaggins]

Thank you, anything done in my honor is acceptable.

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
I'm an omnivore, and have considered becoming vegetarian in the past, and still go through periods where I eat very little meat. But reading this thread and seeing you blather on about it makes me want to have a nice juicy steak for dinner. I'm going to go to the freezer and thaw out some ribeye (from a steer that *I* raised myself and bottlefed from when he was a week or so old) and have myself a barbecue in your honor. :beer:

 

[FoBoT]

there is a reason animals are made of MEAT you know

 

[imported_Lucifer]

I am a vegetarian. I have never eaten meat my entire life. Not planning on eating it in the future either.

 

[Piobaireachd]

I'm a vegetarian by proxy. Veggies are what my food eats.

Nothing like a nice hunk of very rare prime rib still bleedin' on the plate.

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I'll continue to eat meat every day.

 

[neutralizer]

Meat tastes good. PERIOD.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: funboy42

Originally posted by: jbaggins
veggie bodybuilders

Originally posted by: Gurck
Kind of a biased poll there... anyway, I voted the taste is more important, but in reality the nutrition is probably the biggest reason. Humans have evolved to be omnivores, veg-ans/etarians are more prone to vitamin deficiencies. Plus I lift weights and getting enough protein from beans isn't an option :laugh:

So your a body builder (vegi one at that) and yet you can eat eggs and drink milk?
How can you call yourself a true vegieterian then? Your drinking milk that comes from a cow (duh) and EGGS that make a chicken (when the male chicken does his thing). But its all coming from meat animals. I would think if your a vegan you cant eat anything at all that lives. Which is kinda funny because plants do think in a way. It moves to position itself to take in more sun. Trees in the rain forest grow very tall to take in most of the sun light leavign hardly any for smaller plants and animals. They have living cells. Look at the venus flytrap. It lives off a meat diet and it is a plant. There has to be some brain there somewhere, Maybe not centralized but spread out like a lobster or crabs is.

I mean if you eat plants because they have no thought or brain why is it that they do stuff that seems to prove they do. If not they wouldnt care where the sun was pointing, would even bother to reproduce. So I guess I just dont get it.

And besides there is nothing like the taste of a good steak, ham, bacon, chicken, turkey, I would ever ever give up to eat alfafa or bean sprouts. I gots to eat my meat (perves cows chickens )

I don't believe drinking milk is considered eating meat. Only Vegans don't drink milk either. As for eggs, that's another story.

 

[91TTZ]

If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat!

 

[Baked]

I love animals, especially the taste and texture when I chew on them.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
If God didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them TASTY!

Fixed

 

[BurnItDwn]

Never considered it.
I doubt that I ever would consider it.

Perhaps when I'm like 80 years old, I might cut down to like, less than 1 pound of meat per day, but until then, I'm gonna eat Meat as much as I please.

Humans have always eaten meat. I don't see any reason to stop.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Thin Lizzy
I am a vegetarian. I have never eaten meat my entire life. Not planning on eating it in the future either.

You never or you don't remember?

 

[Mo0o]

You can maintain a perfectly healthy diet while eating meat. Moderation is the key. If someone is concerned about animal rights then they should be vegans and not vegetarians.

 

[eplebnista]

No, i don't give a damn about animals.

 

[judasmachine]

I already am. on basis that i don't have to eat meat as i can get the nutrition i need from other sources. no big deal.

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: MrBlahh
PingSpike
Warning: Above post may contain bullsh|t or traces of bullsh|t related products. If reader has a history of allergic reaction to bullsh|t it is advised they avoid consuming this post.

Any bullsh|t in that long post above?

It was an interesting post but the only thing I didnt really follow is the line about the early plant eating humans dying out. Just becasue they died out doesnt mean it was becasue of their diet or alteast you didnt offer any evidence of that.


These meat eating/vegetarian topics are always interesting but sort of a waste of time. You can have your beliefs and Ill have mine.

<I guess im the only vegetarian for moral reasons....>

It says may contain bullsh|t.

The meat of that post is based on my personal readings regarding human evolution, a couple good discover channel specials and of course the ample knowledge of my biologist and evolution buff fiance.

The early plant eating hominid species weren't really humans perse, they were just a divergance along the way that didn't go anywhere like neanderthals. (If we are to believe recent research that suggests that neanderthals and cro magnon man didn't interbreed. Also this species existed much earlier on than neanderthals did.) There were many different hominid species before our species evolved, all of them died out for the same reason any species of animal dies out: They were unable to adapt to some sort of change in their envirnoment. I have no evidence of why exactly they died out...I don't think anyone does. But the fact that they don't seem to exist anymore seems like good evidence that they did die out for some reason.

I wasn't trying suggest that plant eating is the path to extinction, just that nature tried that path early on for hominids and it didn't work for whatever reason. We're the product of the alternate route.

In the world of evolution their are generalists and specialists. Specialists, like the cheetah excell at one thing. While their selected food source exists, they thrive. But they are doomed to a short existence as a species due to their specialisation; When they're food source migrated or disappears they're screwed. Generalists are opportunists, they aren't particularly good at anything but at the same time they're good enough at doing more things. Generalists last longer. Some of the oldest species on earth are examples of generalists, the horseshoe crap and aligators. Some more recent generalist species are crows, racoons, bears, etc. They're hurt by times of scarce food as well, but they're species are more versitile and therefore more likely to survive.

Here's a good link about early human evolution, brain and hand development in regards to tools and its relation to meat eating.
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Humans are the ultimate generalists IMO. Naturally, we're absolutely sh|tty at doing most things. However, we have the capability to do virtually anything we want.

 

[mb]

Vegetarianism is a disease. Filet mignon is the cure.

 

[rgwalt]

I have canine teeth and opposible thumbs for a reason... I'm on top of the food chain and I enjoy my position.

This being said, I think that as a society we eat too much meat, and it can be unhealthy in excess. Also, raising meat causes a lot of environmental damage. The amount of fertilizers and pesticides used to raise food for livestock could be greatly reduced if we just consumed less meat.

Personally, I've almost stopped buying and cooking meat at home. I still buy canned tuna, and the occasional frozen pizza or dinner containing meat, but otherwise I don't cook meat at home except on special occasions. I've started eating more vegetable-based fake meat products just because they are easier to deal with and more sanitary. I do, however, enjoy ordering meat when I go out, whether it be a hamburger, a chicken dish, meat pizza, whatever. I just let someone else go to the trouble of preparing it.

R

 

[neonerd]

I couldn't go without meat....it's sooooo delicious :beer:

going to go grab some now

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: rgwalt
I have canine teeth and opposible thumbs for a reason... I'm on top of the food chain and I enjoy my position.

This being said, I think that as a society we eat too much meat, and it can be unhealthy in excess. Also, raising meat causes a lot of environmental damage. The amount of fertilizers and pesticides used to raise food for livestock could be greatly reduced if we just consumed less meat.

Personally, I've almost stopped buying and cooking meat at home. I still buy canned tuna, and the occasional frozen pizza or dinner containing meat, but otherwise I don't cook meat at home except on special occasions. I've started eating more vegetable-based fake meat products just because they are easier to deal with and more sanitary. I do, however, enjoy ordering meat when I go out, whether it be a hamburger, a chicken dish, meat pizza, whatever. I just let someone else go to the trouble of preparing it.

R

Good post. I myself am slowly but surely reducing my meat consumption like you. I have no intention of become vegetarian, but I don't want to eat pound after pound of meat either. I weigh close to 200 lbs. and I don't think I eat much more than 100 lbs. of meat in a years time

 

[SleepWalkerX]

i have seriously thought about it, and the thought of an animal getting slaughtered really turns me off. but they're so damn tasty. plus i'm living with my mom so if i wanted to be a vegetarian she'd probably shove meat down my throat anyway.

 

[konakona]

taste is cultivated, there is plenty yummy veggie recipes out there... that beign said, i eat meat when its supplied for free (poor student i am), but my grocery run might have like 20% meat content at most.

 

[totalcommand]

Animals serve three purposes at most:

1) To look cute (so you won't kill them).
2) To become an exquisite meal for us or other animals.
3) To be used for research.

#1 is clearly a defense mechanism on the part of the animal, so I say we just bypass it and go hardcore after numbers 2 & 3.

 

[Landroval]

Anyone here eat human flesh? It might be tasty and there are always lots of smaller, weaker people you can shoot

 

[jacob0401]

Animals are just too tasty....b