would you ever become vegan?

[joshthor]

no. the only way i would stop eating meat is if there were no meat left. i also cant stand vegans. it may be a generalization, but literally every single one i have met is way too judgy and self righteous.

animals are food. they are also the tastiest of foods. animals have no souls, more so, they cant talk, cant build self sustaining civilizations, and they cant consciously create anything but more of themselves. thus, we should use them to our full advantage, since we can do all of those things.

meat is not murder, fur is not murder, it is food and it is clothing. the Indians had it down, using every part of the animal. i wish it was the case in our society, but we are wasteful. that doesnt mean imma boycott meat or fur, i just wish corporations would work on it.

many of my vegetarian freinds say cutting back on our meat consumption would be able to feed other countries, but if you think about it, if we cut back, they wont get the food anyway, it wont be produced and we would be left with a whole bunch of useless cows.

 

[Luk3us]

I will NEVER go vegan. if a Doctor told me I'd die if I ate one more strip of bacon, I'd go to the grave with grease on my chin and a smile on my face.

Couldn't have said it better myself. ^_^

 

[chibivash]

i could never give up bacon. i don't have it often, but i do get a hankering every couple of weeks. mmmmmmmm . . . . . . . bacon.

 

[chrono16]

In the words of Ron White, "I didn't climb to the top of the food chain to eat F%$@ing carrots". I laugh everytime i hear that line. and on topic, no I would never go vegan. I love me some buffalo burgers.

 

[StormSeer]

I probably will try it sometime in the nearish future, I'm a vegetarian right now.

It's kinda shocking to me how many people here have no idea bout the actual practical benefits of plant based diets. I didn't become a vegetarian because I hate meat, or because I love animals too darn much.

I did it because of the incredible boost to mental clarity and energy.
There is also the benefit of needing less sleep... of course those are only my personal experiences.

In my mind, people who condemn these diets as "unhealthy" have probably never even tried them, or experienced the benefits.
I can't really imagine going back to meat.

 

[PrimoThePro]

I wouldn't based on principle. Vegans tell me they don't support killing animals in any way. Cows are killed in making roads. I don't know all of the facts, and there is a bunch of other stuff too that makes it impossible to be a pure Vegan.

 

[comet5002]

Lolno.

Besides the fact that I LOVE meat and animal by-products (I actually just had a dinner of chicken and eggs with a glass of milk, now how's THAT for an animal meal), I have never known a vegan that was not only a vegan because "it's cruel to animals" and "I would save an animal over a human" and "I love PETA".

 

[Isolda Sage]

Nope. No way! I'm very happy with my place on the food chain.

 

[spartan231490]

no. the only way i would stop eating meat is if there were no meat left. i also cant stand vegans. it may be a generalization, but literally every single one i have met is way too judgy and self righteous.

animals are food. they are also the tastiest of foods. animals have no souls, more so, they cant talk, cant build self sustaining civilizations, and they cant consciously create anything but more of themselves. thus, we should use them to our full advantage, since we can do all of those things.

meat is not murder, fur is not murder, it is food and it is clothing. the Indians had it down, using every part of the animal. i wish it was the case in our society, but we are wasteful. that doesnt mean imma boycott meat or fur, i just wish corporations would work on it.

many of my vegetarian freinds say cutting back on our meat consumption would be able to feed other countries, but if you think about it, if we cut back, they wont get the food anyway, it wont be produced and we would be left with a whole bunch of useless cows.

Cutting back our meat consumption would not help feed other countries. The US gov't pays farmers every year not to use some of their land. If we ate less meat, the only thing that would happen is that meat would be more available and therefore less expensive, maybe.

 

[Death God]

Not only could I not afford it, but I enjoy bacon and steaks too much to give up. So, no. Never in a million years.

 

[ReaperzXIII]

Considering 90% of my diet is a form of meat or flesh then hell no! Not only am I willing to eat animals if the entire world stopped producing readily available meat products I would hunt them myself! I am getting my bacon/sausage/beef/chicken one way or another!

Also I'm black so that should be enough of an answer

It is not morally wrong to eat animals, I'm morally wrong for eating that baby cow? Well then so are tigers, lions and any predator willing to eat a baby cow. I ate veal once as the cruel bastard I am I told my friends "I could taste the suffering. its like schadenfreude in meat form"

Hell I would eat horse if it tasted good

 

[DarthFennec]

FUCK NO. I couldn't go more than a week without some delicious bacon or steak or General Tso's or green eggs and ham or whatever, I just couldn't survive, that would be absolutely horrible ...

But seriously, I know a lot of vegans, and it seems to me that every single one of them is obsessed with trying to make me feel guilty for eating meat 9_9 Are all vegans like this? I wouldn't expect so but on the other hand what other reason is there to take something so delicious (not to mention, something so staple to every single other food in the country, milk and eggs etc.) out of your diet?

The only reason any vegan has given me is so they can gloat about how they're so much better than I am because I'm hurting the animals by eating meat (which is impossible because between me and said vegan, I'm the only one who eats food that's already dead), I mean they say it's because the meat industry is torturing the pigs and shit before they kill them, but that's going to happen whether I personally eat pork or not so it shouldn't matter to them enough that they want to `convert' me so damn badly. And anyway, why don't they eat eggs from small free-range farms that don't torture their livestock? The chickens are fine, and it's not like you're eating baby chickens because those eggs are unfertilized, so it's more like eating the chicken's period and it would have gone to waste anyway, but NOPE they won't do that either because it's so fucking evil for some reason 9_9

No, I think it makes more sense that people like to be vegan so they can ***** about the fact that restaurants don't give them special treatment by making food that has fake milk in it or something. Basically they do it so they can feel superior and special. Please tell me not all vegans are like this ...

 

[Cakes]

Are you kidding me? Hell no. I would never, EVER give up my rare steak. Being vegan is stupid and only hurts your body. Whats worse, if you try and make your new born child vegan, you are going to have one malnourished baby on your hands.

No. It's stupid and no. Health risks occur when you don't eat meat.

A properly planned vegan diet is perfectly healthy. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12826028]

It is not morally wrong to eat animals, I'm morally wrong for eating that baby cow? Well then so are tigers, lions and any predator willing to eat a baby cow. I ate veal once as the cruel bastard I am I told my friends "I could taste the suffering. its like schadenfreude in meat form"

Generally humans are held to a higher standard than animals. Comes with being capable of reason and all.

 

[BanthaFodder]

I considered it for about .5 seconds. then I remembered how fuckawesome meat tastes. so no. never. ever.

 

[tkioz]

Hell freaking no, human beings are omnivores, we're made to eat meat and veg. Hell the majority of the food I eat is vegetables and fruit, I was never a huge meat fan, but I eat it and fish occasionally, so there is no way I could go vegan...

Wait... I suppose I could if the prize was a threesome with Jeri Ryan and Christina Hendricks.

 

[eyedonutkair]

In an attempt to not fire off my fingers with various reasons why one shouldn't become vegan, my personal experience with vegans and the type of persons they actually ARE in real life, and any other possibly offensive truths about vegans, I will kindly say fark no, i would not.

 

[Snotnarok]

No, absolutely not.

1- I've run into more than a few violent vegans that smacked food out of my hands because it was meat and violating THEIR life choice.

2- I like me steak and chicken.

3-See reasons one and two.

 

[Ulixes Dimon]

I probably wouldnt without having some sort of serious dietary issues, that said Veganism isnt necessarily healthier.
There are issues such as anemia, because Iron from plants is harder for your system to break down, osteoporosis, same reason but replace iron with calcium. A lack of B12 will make both of these worse.
There are also links between processed soy and breast cancer (in both males an females) and an estrogen like chemical found in soy is known to "feminize men" if over consumed.
Granted there are ways pretty much any kind of food can kill you, heck we can die from breathing.

it's all there you just have to do some research before going into it ... also ... the soy thing is true ... thank god soy is only a grain of sand in the desert that is vegan cuisine eh?

And a mere atom in the omnivore cuisine.

hahahaha!

of course, i won't even argue with that .. but how much of the omnivore cuisine will you ever try before you die? ... chances are not all of it ... same with vegan, there's more than enough to keep me intrigued and occupied until the day i meet that dude in the black cloak ;D

Neo?
A New Vegas Ranger?
Batman???

 

[ANImaniac89]

No I wouldn't be able to survive a vegan diet.
Or the local farmers cows would not be able to survives me becoming a vegan, because I know that in my sleep my natural hunger for flesh would take over and I would find myself waking up covered in blood inside the hollowed out carcass of a freshly killed cow......... Dammit now I want a Stake.

 

[Cakes]

The only reason any vegan has given me is so they can gloat about how they're so much better than I am because I'm hurting the animals by eating meat (which is impossible because between me and said vegan, I'm the only one who eats food that's already dead), I mean they say it's because the meat industry is torturing the pigs and shit before they kill them, but that's going to happen whether I personally eat pork or not so it shouldn't matter to them enough that they want to `convert' me so damn badly.

That's a pretty terrible argument. Going by this logic there's no problem with buying diamonds that fund conflict in Africa, or products of slave labour. After all, it's going to happen whether you support it or not, right?