Silly/Annoying/Funny Things Omnis Say

[Danielle]

The one I often get is, "then you can't drink beer, right?!" Because I guess Saccharomyces cerevisiae is kind of an animal.

To be honest, the whole fungus thing is kind of murky, but I try not to think about it too much.

I hope they aren't sentient.

 

[Mr Crunchy]

I hope they aren't sentient.

Me too. When I used to brew my own beer I referred to them as "my little yeastie beasties". I'm awfully fond of the little buggers.

 

[FortyTwo]

I see them as more of plant-protists than plant-animals.

 

[Danielle]

"Don't eat veal" So as long as you only eat the mother, it's okay.

 

[Amy SF]

"Don't eat veal" So as long as you only eat the mother, it's okay.

Related: People who are horrified by the process of producing foie gras and swear never to eat it for that reason, but who have no problem with the idea of eating roast duck or goose because it's the whole bird, and not just the fatty liver.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I was watching Chelsea Lately and they were talking about a news story where a cat started "attacking" a baby and the family in Portland. A woman (comedian?) said that perhaps the family was feeding the cat vegan cat food and that was why it attacked the baby because it was hungry. I laughed at that even though it is quite annoying as well.

It sounds like the man kicked the cat though which isn't funny. Cat attacks baby, traps Oregon family in bedroom

 

[Wolfie]

Baby pulled cat's tail, cat scratched baby (barely), ******* dad kicked the cat. Last I heard it was at a shelter and they were trying to decide if they were going to hire help to work with the cat or give it up. I say the cat's not the one who needs a behavior eval.

 

[Dropkick]

When I was a baby I went to pet my Aunt's cat (Spicey) when it was eating. This was a mistake*. The cat scratched me.
My Mom grabbed the cat by it's tail and flung it away from me across the kitchen floor (the cat was okay).
Afterwards I was told not to pet Spicey when it was around it's food. I learned a lesson, I don't know if Spicey did. No one had issues over this event, life went on.


*They also had a standard poodle named Inky. Spicey had learned to defend her food.

 

[Wolfie]

See, your mom should have smacked herself for not watching her baby instead of being mean to the cat for reacting like a cat. I've always had several dogs at a time and when small kids were at my house, I was on top of their every move and every interaction, period. I don't get people who think animals should just tolerate whatever a kid does to them. The vast majority of my dogs have loved kids and I still never left them alone together until the kids were old enough to understand how to treat a dog appropriately.

 

[Calliegirl]

My new roommate is a gullible, believes everything she hears omni. When I told her I was a vegan, the first thing she asked is what blood type I was, and was shocked to hear I didn't eat meat with an O blood type. I tried to tell her that blood type has nothing to do with what you eat, but she says she has friends that follow it and swear they feel great.

I'm going to do my best to educate her on not believing everything she hears, but it's going to be a long, hard road.

 

[thefadedone]

My new roommate is a gullible, believes everything she hears omni. When I told her I was a vegan, the first thing she asked is what blood type I was, and was shocked to hear I didn't eat meat with an O blood type. I tried to tell her that blood type has nothing to do with what you eat, but she says she has friends that follow it and swear they feel great.

I'm going to do my best to educate her on not believing everything she hears, but it's going to be a long, hard road.

Ugh. Good luck with that. Why is it that the most naïve people seem to be the most stubborn people?

 

[Dropkick]

Do cows actually have A, B, AB, and O blood types?
I think the people who told her this were making fun of her brain power. You should tell her the people who convinced her of this might not really be her friends.

 

[Calliegirl]

Actually it was some marketing gimmick to sell books, the blood type diet. You know there are always people who will believe anything they read in a book, no matter how ridiculous.

 

[Dropkick]

Actually it was some marketing gimmick to sell books, the blood type diet. You know there are always people who will believe anything they read in a book, no matter how ridiculous.

You should always consider everything you read with a grain of sand unless it comes from a reliable source.
i.e.:

 

[Danielle]

"Those whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad.
Those whom he wishes to make mad he first makes vegetarian"

 

[Blobbenstein]

you'd think a lightning bolt would be simpler.

 

[Dropkick]

"Those whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad.
Those whom he wishes to make mad he first makes vegetarian"

He didn't like Adam and Eve? Even before the fall? Crap! What chance do we have? Everybody run! Hide!

 

[Danielle]

annoying when omnis are like
"Vegetarians shouldn't eat veggie meat because it tastes like meat"
"I agree with you, that's why I eat real meat!"
Like what lol.

 

[Amy SF]

annoying when omnis are like
"Vegetarians shouldn't eat veggie meat because it tastes like meat"
"I agree with you, that's why I eat real meat!"
Like what lol.

Yeah, omnis don't get why we veg*ans go to the trouble of avoiding "the real thing" and then eat fake stuff that is designed to look, taste and even smell like "the real thing".

I believe it's difficult for us veg*ans to explain our diet to omnis because we're not a monolithic group. We don't all believe the same exact things and eat the same exact things. Some avoid fake meat in part because it's designed to look, taste and smell like real meat. Others do eat it BECAUSE it's a lot like the real thing but it's plant-based. We can satisfy that craving for meat without eating animals. We can also feel less like dietary and social outcasts when we can have a Tofurky roast for our holiday dinner while the rest of the family is eating turkey. There are long-winded explanations for why we eat, or don't eat, whatever. But a lot of omnis aren't willing to sit and listen to us go on and on about it. Plus, they get this preconceived notion about what veg*ans eat or not based on one or two veg*ans, and then they think that applies to all veg*ans.

"I dated a vegan once and all she ate was salad."

"My sister's hairdresser says she's a vegan, but I think she eats fish but won't eat cheese except once in a while. And I think she had turkey at Thanksgiving, so why won't you eat any of that?"

 

[Blobbenstein]

I wondered if it s because they fool themselves into believing that they eat meat for nutritional reasons, so why eat fake meat, they think..