Vegetarians - why?

BigDaddyRonnie

Ok, I am probably going to offend some, but its not my intention.

However, I just don't get it, and never will. There has never been a good argument presented to me. I figure because whenever I ask why, they almost always get offended. For the life of me, I don't understand why I can't ask for a reason?

So why?

And please remove all of the tofu answers. That stuff is just nasty.

DieVixen

why does it matter

vim_n_vigor

You know, they don't feel like there is a good reason to eat meat. Eat your way, I'll eat mine, and they will eat theirs.

cyurt

i was a vegetarian for 5 months just recently. everyone has different reasons weather it be for the saving of an animal or because they do not like meat period.

think of the one food you hate....would you want someone judging you if you dont like it?

california_peach

You'd eat any tofu recipe I made and you would ask for seconds.

BigDaddyRonnie

i was a vegetarian for 5 months just recently. everyone has different reasons weather it be for the saving of an animal or because they do not like meat period.

think of the one food you hate....would you want someone judging you if you dont like it?

See, I will eat everything...I mean EVERYTHING (except tofu, so then that is not everything). You name it, I have had it. I could have one of those food tv shows.

So not liking food, or foods, or types, or ingredients, or...that is not the option for me, so maybe that is why I have no understanding of what the word vegetarian means to a person.

Pedal_Pusher

My motto is if it works for you, use it. Live and let live, brother.

76tech

some people just don't *like* meat.

others are opposed to animals being killed for food.

tadpole242

Ok, I am probably going to offend some, but its not my intention.

Yes it is.

doorki

Ok, I am probably going to offend some, but its not my intention.

Yes it is.

That is not really fair. How can someone ask for clarification on a stance if the people with the answers immediately take this stance?

rhichi

I've been a vegetarian for 9 years, and honestly, it really comes down to taste preferences for me. I don't like how meat tastes. I don't like how it smells, and I don't like how it feels (either when I'm eating it or when it's sitting in my stomach). I also get creeped out at the thought of eating muscles when I myself am made of muscles. It's just too close for my liking.

That said, I don't care if other people choose to eat meat; that's totally their preference. If it doesn't bother them, then I don't see it as my business to try and gross them out or convert them. If there ever came a time where I had to eat meat or die, or if my desire to eat a steak overwhelmed my distaste for it, I would do it. I actually have tried meat a few times over the past few years to see if I really wanted to continue being vegetarian, and every time it (the meat in question) was just not for me.

sktllmdrhmz

I see lots of people jumping the OP and no one giving a reason. Given that's exactly what the OP says always happens, I wish I could find it ironic, but it's exactly what I was expecting, too.

hiker282

Vegetarianism and veganism are both manners of eating that don't make sense and don't appeal to me. The ethical stance in particular kind of rubs me wrong, but as long as they're not getting all militant and demanding that I change my eating ways, I won't complain. Them not eating bacon just means there's more for me.

ETA: spent a lot of time in Hawaii and never met a tofu I could eat without gagging. It doesn't matter what it tastes like, it's the texture that makes my throat scream in protest when I try to ingest the stuff.

EmCarroll1990

I simply don't like to eat things that are cute.

rhichi

I see lots of people jumping the OP and no one giving a reason. Given that's exactly what the OP says always happens, I wish I could find it ironic, but it's exactly what I was expecting, too.

I think, and I could be wrong in this particular case, that the reason some vegetarians get defensive quickly is because a lot of us are often presented with "Carnivore Trolls" who pretend to be curious about vegetarianism and then just want to bash us for not eating "real food" or whatnot. So, unfortunately, when someone has a legitimate question, the walls go up right away so as to avoid having to go through the whole rigmarole again.

It's actually a pretty interesting thing I've experienced. Vegetarianism is strangely polarizing; many veggies assume meat-eaters will belittle their choices, and many meat-eaters assume veggies are trying to convert them to the PETA lifestyle. So then in defense they both fall deeper into the stereotypes. It's really interesting to obverse.

sherry9300

I'm not a vegetarian, but I can go meatless for days at a time. I'm just not a big meat and potatoes type person. What really does throw me is the fake processed meat substitutes for vegans/vegetarians. I supposed those are simply for people who choose to go vegan/vegetarian for animal-ethical reasons. I mean, if I want chicken, I will eat chicken not some mystery protein made to look chicken-like.

But really, to each his own. You can be healthy or unhealthy either way.

gwengogreen1

Please do not get offended anybody, but i think it is very unnatural for someone to not eat meat. think about cavemen, they ate meat all their lives, they needed it to survive. they did not eat any grains either. Sure it saves you from the fat, and maybe a heart attack being a vegetarian, but if you eat lean cuts of meat, its even better for your health. Sure they are adorable, but you need meat to survive, or at least be as healthy as can be. I was a vegetarian for a VERY short time, because i joined PETA. sure it kills animals, but you are never 100% vegetarian, because think of all the flies a year that you eat in your sleep... I think its really cool when people are vegetarians, its just not for me, because i love meat too much.

please nobody get offended, this is just my opinion.

*edited to fix a spell error*

juliaamilee

Why does it matter? To each their own.

lizziebeth1028

For me personally I just don't like the taste of most meats...so it's not an ethical decision or a dietary one. I think cheeseburgers taste gross. Steak blahhh. Ham...ick. I do eat chicken if it's grilled and burned beyond recognition. I love smoked turkey (helloooo sodium lol) as well as hot dogs burned on the grill!!!! And bacon!!!! Yummy!! So for me it's just a preference.

Flissbo

It's a personal choice - simple as that! I could go into details but it kinda sounds like you've made your mind up already. Sorry if I'm wrong and you are genuinly have an open mind? Would be happy to share if that is the case.

LIke someone else mentioned I don't go round trying to convert people, I buy and cook meat for my man, I just ask that he thinks about where that food has come from. (the same as we all should do with anything we put in our mouths lol!)

tadpole242

Ok, I am probably going to offend some, but its not my intention.

Yes it is.

That is not really fair. How can someone ask for clarification on a stance if the people with the answers immediately take this stance?

I think it is perfectly fair, when people start any kind of statement with " I'm not a ...... but…."
What they are really saying is “I know I’m a..... But I'm going to say/act like one anyway”
Be it a troll or a bigot or a racist or just a ****. They know in advance the rise they will get when they say what they say, and get a perverse joy from the attention.

lizziebeth1028

Please do not get offended anybody, but i think it is very unnatural for someone to not eat meat. think about cavemen, they ate meat all their lives, they needed it to survive. they did not eat any grains either. Sure it saves you from the fat, and maybe a heart attack being a vegetarian, but if you eat lean cuts of meat, its even better for your health. Sure they are adorable, but you need meat to survive, or at least be as healthy as can be. I was a vegetarian for a VERY short time, because i joined PETA. sure it kills animals, but you are never 100% vegetarian, because think of all the flies a year that you eat in your sleep... I think its really cool when people are vegetarians, its just not for me, because i love meat too much.

please nobody get offended, this is just my opinion.

*edited to fix a spell error*

I'm not offended:).....but what if you don't like the taste?!?!

stacygayle

You'd eat any tofu recipe I made and you would ask for seconds.

I wouldn't....it would put me in the hospital severe soy allergy :sad:

Squidgeypaws007

I SWEAR I saw this thread last week....

stacygayle

People think I'm crazy because I won't eat white foods. To each his own. I don't care what anyone else eats. It's their body they can put in it what they want

Ripcode

However, I just don't get it, and never will.

So why?

If you don't get it and never will, why are you asking why?

rrrbecca11

You'd eat any tofu recipe I made and you would ask for seconds.

This. Even my meat-eating husband adores my beer-breaded tofu. And that's only one example. :-)

As to why, it's because all my research and my gut feeling and the looks and diseases and overweight of people who chow down the meat constantly have convinced me. Do whatever you want. I don't preach. I don't have to. If my absolutely marvelous health, stamina, energy, positive outlook and MUSCLES don't win any converts, then nothing I can say would either.

Oh, and also so I don't have to pick user names like "Big Mama Rebecca". :bigsmile:

jentarver

Since when did asking "why" become sooo offensive?!

sherry9300

Ok, I am probably going to offend some, but its not my intention.

Yes it is.

That is not really fair. How can someone ask for clarification on a stance if the people with the answers immediately take this stance?

I think it is perfectly fair, when people start any kind of statement with " I'm not a ...... but…."
What they are really saying is “I know I’m a..... But I'm going to say/act like one anyway”
Be it a troll or a bigot or a racist or just a ****. They know in advance the rise they will get when they say what they say, and get a perverse joy from the attention.

That's exactly how I started my quote, but I have no earthly idea what you're talking about. Again, to each his own.

callmeBAM

tofu leads to man boobies.

aloranger7708

I've been a vegetarian for 9 years, and honestly, it really comes down to taste preferences for me. I don't like how meat tastes. I don't like how it smells, and I don't like how it feels (either when I'm eating it or when it's sitting in my stomach). I also get creeped out at the thought of eating muscles when I myself am made of muscles. It's just too close for my liking.

^ This. I've just never really had a taste for meat...