God, this thread got lame fast. Take a bath, you hippies.
shut it asap.
k thx.
I wasn’t vegan because I was terrible at reading labels for all the little things, and because I did like to eat cheese (rennet-free). I was strict because I HATED it when people called themselves vegetarian and then would say ‘But I eat fish’ or ‘But I eat chicken’ and then people would assume I ate those things. I didn’t want to be one of those people. So I was strict with my diet, to match my label, and I also avoided leather products for the same reason. I also hung out with vegans online (there was a forum run by Sarah Kramer - you know, the ‘How it all Vegan’ and ‘The Garden of Vegan’ and the girl she wrote at least one cookbook with and then they kind of split and the forum seemed to disappear a while after that - around the time she wrote ‘La Dolce Vegan’ which I thought kind of sucked) and met up with people I met online. I like vegan food. I eat meat now but I still think most of it is super gross and gag when I try to eat it, but that’s besides the point). Plus, there are those assholes who when they find out you’re Veg start going on about how it’s their right or whatever to kill things and eat them and you Vegns are always saying this or that blah blah blah, and I’d just be sitting there thinking ‘I said NOTHING about your dinner, so SHUT UP about mine.’. That, or the people who would come up to me and say ‘If you were trapped in a room with a chicken, and you could only get out if you killed the chicken, what would you do? HA!’ (which, for me, was never an issue b/c that was why I was veg, but the whole thing was just ridiculous.) I actually hate telling people I used to be vegetarian because I always hated how people would tell me stories about someone they knew who was vegn and then started eating meat again at a BBQ b/c they couldn’t resist a burger, or other ‘conversions to meat’ stories, and I didn’t want to be one of those stories because meat eaters always seem so self-satisfied at those stories.
I’m not going to be able to convince you guys the story is real…eh, what can I do. Believe it’s fake if you want to, though why I’d go to the effort of making it up I don’t know. You guys are weird. 
i was going to say ok, i’ll take that as a good reply and i understand, but then you called us weird. =)
I’m not going to be able to convince you guys the story is real…eh, what can I do. Believe it’s fake if you want to, though why I’d go to the effort of making it up I don’t know. You guys are weird.
“Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story” - Mark Twain
Fiction or non-, they* ARE *entertaining = keep 'em coming, Teags
FWIW: I vote "non-fiction"
I’m not going to be able to convince you guys the story is real…eh, what can I do. Believe it’s fake if you want to, though why I’d go to the effort of making it up I don’t know. You guys are weird.
“Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story” - Mark Twain
Fiction or non-, they* ARE *entertaining = keep 'em coming, Teags
FWIW: I vote "non-fiction"
Sadly, I don’t have any more. All I have is the disasterous pancakes on a canoe trip when I was trying to be vegan (I did go through one moral period, shortly after reading ‘Portrait of a Burger as a Young Calf’ - great book even if you eat meat, it’s quite balanced - about the dairy industry). There were 3 of us, and one of my friends is allergic to gluten, so for our second morning (first breakfast out on trip) we had vegan gluten-free pancakes. You can use banana as an egg substitute, and I’d done that in cooking successfully. Sadly, banana does not make a good egg substitute in pancakes and our pancakes were terrible, though they did have a nice banana flavour. The worst thing was my friend had suggested, since she couldn’t have packaged instant oatmeal, that we could have ‘mealy’ for breakfast - sort of a porridge made of corn meal or rice meal. We said fine, except she only brough up corn meal and we eat corn meal porridge for breakfast 10 days straight and it was the worst ever.
See, not exciting at all.
Pete Bethune’s trial in Japan should be wrapping up any day now, with sentencing within a month.
He’s facing up to 15 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to 4 of 5 charges, challenging the assault charge.
Sea Shephard has cut him loose, banning him from future campaigns, because he broke their rules by bringing a hunting bow and arrows on board the Ady Gil. He claimed that he was going to shoot buteric acid laced arrows into the dead whales to spoil the meat.
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Ditto that Ted Trendy. Completely bogus story.
Im not vegan, dont hang around with vegans etc etc but I have heard people say exactly that. PETA does exactly what was mentioned. Never underestimate the stupidity of an animal lover who doesn’t understand the basic laws of nature. There are plenty out there.
Sea Shepherds! I met some.
The foster parents of my German Shepherd were super into animal rights and were vegans etc. Because I was vegetarian at the time (not for moral reasons, I think meat tastes yucky) and involved in animal rescue they assumed I was into animal rights.
Anyways, I got invited to a potluck at their house with some of their friends. All very dedicated vegans and animal rights activists. (One guy was also a triathlete and trained on the treadmill with one of those oxygen things that simulates high altitude).
A couple of them had spent time with the Sea Shepherds aboard their boat being good animal rights activists.
It was hilarious - the conversation somehow turned to what would you do if you saw a predatory animal about to kill a prey animal. Almost all of them said they would jump to stop the attack and save the prey animal. (I was like ‘Ummmm…no you wouldn’t. You’d get hurt if you did.’ But I would love to see get a bear or a pack of wolves or a mountain lion off of its prey.)
I pointed out that while they had stopped one killing and saved that life, they had also deprived the predator of his food and ability to sustain himself which could weaken him, and that he could slowly starve to death if as he was weakened he could no longer hunt effectively. That while they had saved one life, they could be responsible for the death of another. This confused them.
(And I won’t even go into the date I had with a guy I met there…I don’t know what I was thinking going out with someone that into animal rights.)
that sounds like the biggest made up story i have ever heard, of the tens of thousands of vegans i have meet, i have never met anyone who would do that, yet you found a whole room of people who would do something so stupid?
i love how vegans are so stupid and can’t comprehend your superior logic and reasoning.
this thread is delivering many laughs, everyone keep it up, those crazy AR people…
Im not sure why you took that so personally as it wasnt an attack on vegans so much as pointing out how moronic some people are when they stand on high and try to change the laws of nature. Again I dont know that I have ever even talked to a true vegan but I have heard people make similar comments that were animal lovers.
It might be a good idea to step back a second and think about calling people liars who are not trying to further their agenda and have nothing to gain from lying. For ranting about someone judging someone for their views you seem very anxious to do exactly the same thing.
Maybe a steak would help?
Maybe a steak would help?
Actually, when I gave up red meat, the first thing I noticed was that my chronic anger issues pretty much disappeared.
Maybe a steak would help?
Actually, when I gave up red meat, the first thing I noticed was that my chronic anger issues pretty much disappeared.
I know what you mean. If I tie one shoe tighter than the other I run faster. But it has to be my left shoe and only on Thursdays. 
That helps? I’ll have to try that!!!
It was quite a revelation …
Something happened at home that would have normally sent me into a flying rage of screaming, cursing, blaming, throwing & breaking things … but I just said “Oh, okay”
D’Wife asked, “Aren’t you upset?”
“Just a little, but there’s nothing I can do about it right now. We’ll fix it tomorrow”
“You sure you’re not angry? It was pretty stupid of me”
“It happens, no worries”
After I’d gotten everything taken care of the next day; it occured to me that I hadn’t had any red meat in about 6 weeks.
Having read the above, I immediately ran to the freezer and pulled a 20 oz. ribeye out for dinner.
God, this thread got lame fast. Take a bath, you hippies.
Yeah, why do all college chicks go through some obligatory vegan phase?
I want more videos of Japanese guys kicking hippy ass.
I want more videos of Japanese guys kicking hippy ass.
Looks like they stole the rocket launcher from 1990s American Gladiator.
Yeah, why do all college chicks go through some obligatory vegan phase?
I think you’re overstating a bit. I managed to graduate from college w/o ever dabbling in vegetarianism or lesbianism.
Looks like they stole the rocket launcher from 1990s American Gladiator.
it sounds just like it too. BEWARE NITRO!!!
I think you’re overstating a bit. I managed to graduate from college w/o ever dabbling in vegetarianism or lesbianism.
What about high school? They say kids grow up fast these days.
Anyway, overstating is what the LR is all about, right? This is place where I learned “ad hominem attack” and “straw man”.
Maybe it was just my two sisters who went through a vegetarian phase which thoroughly pissed off my mother, ruining countless family meals and turning me against vegetarians forever.
I know a guy who set off a CS grenade in an Okinawan whorehouse back in 1988. He didnt hurt anyone, but he surely did upset the local government. He’s got another 20 years to go in solitary on a diet of fish-heads and rice.
I think Sea Sheperds are fools. Mainly because they do not appreciate who they are dealing with. If this guy were busted for the same crime by the Royal Danish Navy, I suspect he could enjoy his confinement with bountiful herb and prostitutes.
The Japanese are the wrong people to mess with on the high seas. I hope they lock his ass up and throw away the key = fish heads and rice baby!!