Vegetarians - why?

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.

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

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

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

Yes it is.

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.

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.

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.

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*

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.

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.

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:

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

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:

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.

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...