"total vegetarian"

[Blobbenstein]

I just came across the term 'total vegetarian' and it seems to mean the same as 'strict vegetarian', ie no meats, egg or dairy etc...

I think that sounds better than strict vegetarian. Maybe it will catch on.

 

[Amy SF]

Sure. But what's wrong with strict vegetarian?

 

[Blobbenstein]

I think people don't know what it means.
Some people think it is someone who doesn't eat fish.

I used to think it meant someone who makes sure that their cheese doesn't contain animal rennet.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I think there are too many terms for the same thing. Confusion can stem from there being a dozen terms for the same thing, and people not understanding they all mean the same thing, or not knowing which ones have a small difference.

 

[Pirate]

why do people keep inventing new terms for things? it makes my brain hurt and im in the v*gn community. I hate to think how an omni chef would feel haha

 

[Amy SF]

why do people keep inventing new terms for things? it makes my brain hurt and im in the v*gn community. I hate to think how an omni chef would feel haha

I agree. I really dislike the words pescetarian and flexitarian. If you're not a vegetarian or vegan, but occasionally eat a veg*an meal, if it's not your regular normal diet, you're a freakin' omni. No amount of pretending will make you anything else. Sorry. Thank you.

 

[Blobbenstein]

yes, but if people couldn't call themselves pescetarians or flexetarians then they might just call themselves veg*ns.

 

[Pirate]

Im fine with pescatarian. 'cause people who only eat fish like to feel special and have a name. I'd rather they made one up than used vegetarian!

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I think that's an opportunity to educate, not an opportunity to invent more and more new terms.

I actually don't mind pescetarian for someone whose only meat consumption is only fish. I knew someone online who called herself vegetarian but ate fish. After I explained to her the issues this could cause for actual vegetarians, she adopted pescetarian instead.
Then I've seen people who eat only fish calling themselves aquarivores.

Wtffff. The existing term wasn't good enough for them? They needed to feel special by inventing a new word? If they go to a restaurant, how confused will the wait staff/chef be when faced with all these terms? We can't even agree on a term amongst ourselves, no wonder restaurants can't get it right.

 

[ledboots]

Aquavores LMAO
ETA:
Oops Aquarivores, still LMAO

 

[Freesia]

I would rather the term pescetarian is used a lot because it would reduce the confusion that is always out there about vegetarians and fish. If people knew about the term more then there would be the following conversations happening:

Person 1: So, I am cooking for everyone, is there anything I need to know, allergies, preferences, etc?
Person 2: I am a vegetarian.
Person 1: Ok so you want me to make you a vegetable based dish?
Person 2: Yes but fish is ok.
Person 1: Oh, so you are a pescetarian.

If everyone knew about the word pescetarian, then it would make things a lot less confusing for everyone.

 

[thefadedone]

Aquavores LMAO
ETA:
Oops Aquarivores, still LMAO

I saw a group on FB call themselves Seatarians because they ate only veggies and sea animals.

I admit that I get annoyed with the Plant Based people also. Apparently to some of them plant based also means fish. I guess I missed that day in class when the teacher taught us that fish grew on trees.

 

[Blobbenstein]

I think I missed that day too....I think I had a bad cold...

 

[Clueless Git]

I saw a group on FB call themselves Seatarians because they ate only veggies and sea animals.

I admit that I get annoyed with the Plant Based people also. Apparently to some of them plant based also means fish. I guess I missed that day in class when the teacher taught us that fish grew on trees.

Seatarian????? Jesus H. Christ!

Think I'm going to take to calling myself a kickinthenutsifist.

Thats like a pacifist who abhors all forms of violence apart from kicking peeps who say dum-bassed things in the nuts.

 

[KLS52]

I had to give a new friend a little education over the weekend. We were at an adoption event and she brought up the vegetarian subject and proceeded to tell me how she told her husband that I was a vegetarian but that I was normal, not weird like other vegetarians. Hahaha, is she in for a rude awakening when she gets to know me better, lol.

She said how there are many different kinds of vegetarians...you know, like the ones who eat dairy, fish and...wait for it...chicken! I took her by the hand and gently explained the terms of lacto ovo, pescatarian and "if-you-eat-chicken-no-way-in-hell-are-you-a-vegetarian".

 

[beancounter]

She said how there are many different kinds of vegetarians...you know, like the ones who eat dairy, fish and...wait for it...chicken! I took her by the hand and gently explained the terms of lacto ovo, pescatarian and "if-you-eat-chicken-no-way-in-hell-are-you-a-vegetarian".

No matter how often I try to explain it to my parents, they still think someone who eats fish is a vegetarian.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I saw a group on FB call themselves Seatarians because they ate only veggies and sea animals.

I admit that I get annoyed with the Plant Based people also. Apparently to some of them plant based also means fish. I guess I missed that day in class when the teacher taught us that fish grew on trees.

Oh good lord.

I also hate Plant Based and Plant Strong.

 

[Second Summer]

Intuitively, "strict vegetarian" sounds to me like someone who is very strict about not consuming anything non-vegetarian from cross-contamination or minuscule amounts of ingredients of unknown origin etc, and at the same time it creates the idea that other vegetarians are less strict, perhaps they eat a fish or two once a week like Bill Clinton?

It's not easy to come up with a good term that describes accurately what we want in one simple word.

 

[thefadedone]

Oh good lord.

I also hate Plant Based and Plant Strong.

Those names drive me nuts.

I've been searching restaurants on Yelp the past few days and using the key words "vegetarian" or "vegan". 95% of the search results have either the restaurant itself or the reviewers describe chicken or fish eating as vegetarian.
One local cafe promotes a vegetarian/vegan day of the week with gyros as the special. Chicken or lamb gyros!

 

[Music Platter]

I think that it is okay for people to create new names for themselves, as long as they distinguish the difference. I mean, who's to say that someone can't coin a new word? They have to start somewhere.

Also, do you guys think that it is okay for a "strict vegetarian" to say that their on a vegan diet? I'm not really sure if I am "vegan" enough in some respects, but I don't really like the term strict vegetarian.