Silly/Annoying/Funny Things Omnis Say

[alligatortears]

If I saw someone high-fiving with their "bros" after eating beef, I'd probably give them a look that either indicates that they are five years old or have something fundamentally wrong with them.

Something like:

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[Josh James xVx]

I prefer this one

 

[FortyTwo]

Something like:

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Either that or:

 

[CrazyCatLady]

"Not even fish"
"No"
"What if you caught it yourself?"
:-|

 

[alligatortears]

Either that or:

I like that one!
We have the best celebrity crushes

 

[FortyTwo]

You referenced mine, I referenced yours.

 

[alligatortears]

You referenced mine, I referenced yours.

I don't have a Sara one but:

 

[CrazyCatLady]

"But goat milk's ok?"
"No"
:-|

 

[AeryFairy]

"But goat milk's ok?"
"No"
:-|

I've had this before! People think I can drink goat's milk or the lacto-free stuff because there's no lactose in it, so it's vegan :S

 

[FortyTwo]

"But it doesn't hurt the cows!"

This one is so stupidly simple, yet so ridiculously common. And it's incredibly difficult to explain to someone without outlining the entire meat and dairy industry, and by then everyone thinks you're a lunatic or making things up.

 

[alligatortears]

"But it doesn't hurt the cows!"

This one is so stupidly simple, yet so ridiculously common. And it's incredibly difficult to explain to someone without outlining the entire meat and dairy industry, and by then everyone thinks you're a lunatic or making things up.

Yes-and then they start on about how their meat is always special and cruelty-free. And then say how they could never be vegetarian because of McDonald's... :/

 

[ledboots]

Yes-and then they start on about how their meat is always special and cruelty-free. And then say how they could never be vegetarian because of McDonald's... :/

I let most things go, but when someone starts waxing lyrically about their happy, grass feed beef and backyard chickens and then says something about Mc Donald s or KFC, I will jump all over them. Don't lie to me or yourself about your animal product sourcing!

 

[Digger]

I hesitate to post this here because my mom is not a 'stupid' omnivore... she's just 83 and has Alzheimer's... but it was an interesting conversation nonetheless:

ME: Mom, I made you some vegetable soup.
MOM: There's no meat in this!
ME: That's because it's vegetable soup.
MOM: There's supposed to be meat in vegetable soup!
ME: (sigh)

Can't really fault her for this... since vegetable soup (at least where we live) normally does have meat in it.

 

[thefadedone]

This morning the Today Show ran a segment about the Meatless Monday movement in LA. They had their nutritionist on who once again claimed that fish was vegetarian and therefore okay to eat on Meatless Mondays. This isn't the first time she's done this. She has also made the same statements about chicken.

 

[Josh James xVx]

Last year when I was able to leaflet, a 4H guy tried to accuse me of being some outsider and not understanding his culture. So I opened my mouth, and in my thick southern drawl recited the 4H pledge I had said many times growing up:

I pledge my head to clearer thinking,
my heart to greater loyalty,
my hands to larger service,
and my health to better living,
for my club, my community, my country, and my world!

Then I informed him it is because I never stopped believing in these values that I was asking him to help stop violence against animals. He didn't seem to know how to react to that. I wish he'd taken the booklet. Apparently he learned different things in 4H than I did.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I just read this on a British forum:

Please don't think I'm getting at you but yesterday I got some cows with calves to graze my field and they've had such a time today exploring their new home and frolicking about that it's seem such a shame to think that if everyone turned veggie there'd be no point in their existence. If it wasn't for meat eaters I don't know how I'd manage the field in a way which I and the neighbours would approve. Next year the calves will spend with their mates in the field to the front of the house but I can't imagine how this particular wolds countryside would look if it weren't for grazing. Animal husbandry doesn't have to be cruel, I just so love having them about it worries me that it is becoming so uneconomic to keep animals.
In other threads I keep pushing the importance of Omega 3's in brain development and general health, I'm particularly concerned that the vegetarian sources such as linseed simply aren't as effective as fish oils I hope your the kind of vegetarian which also doesn't exclude fish.

 

[Lord Snot]

So. Many. Points. To. Argue.

 

[Josh James xVx]

He's not our target audience. He's made up his mind to support the past. We should spend time talking to those who want a better tomorrow.

 

[alligatortears]

When I told this girl in my tutor group I was vegan (because she asked) the first thing she did was ask everyone else in the room if the liked cheese
I'm not going to start eating it again on a majority vote

 

[FortyTwo]

When I told this girl in my tutor group I was vegan (because she asked) the first thing she did was ask everyone else in the room if the liked cheese
I'm not going to start eating it again on a majority vote

This.

People have told me before "dude, just eat meat."

Yeah, I'm going to go back on a major ethical decision just like that. Gee, thanks for letting me know that I should! Now I'll be sure to enjoy meat because you happen to.