people that are vegetarian

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Try this.

I wasn't really serious, just wondering how far hippies would go with this. I did hear about that before, though, and found this after about 2 seconds of work.

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I did look it up: plants "may" feel pain but dont scream

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You know plants scream when hurt, right?

[RunDownHouse]

Look harder. Some studies have found they vibrate at a certain frequency in response to certian stimuli, if I remember correctly. Hippies have interpreted this as "screaming."

You're awfully demanding.

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Look harder. Some studies have found they vibrate at a certain frequency in response to certian stimuli, if I remember correctly. Hippies have interpreted this as "screaming."


I dont
You're awfully demanding.

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[bravos1]

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Try this.

I wasn't really serious, just wondering how far hippies would go with this. I did hear about that before, though, and found this after about 2 seconds of work.

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I did look it up: plants "may" feel pain but dont scream

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You know plants scream when hurt, right?

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First sentence of the study... "IT IS now possible to hear plants scream."

[bravos1]

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I couldn't just stop by wendy's anymore, I actually had to think about what I was putting in my body all the time.

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I don't get it [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Everytime I go to Wndy's I have to think about what I am putting in my body.. "Hmm Double w/ Cheese today? Oh, maybe a triple.., OK a double, a chili, and a order of nuggets it is!"

Maybe I should become a veggy.. it would make it easier for sure..

Waiter : "Sir, what will you have today"
Me : "Just bring me a plate, I'll pick some grass out front"

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[bustedchucks]

im a vegablearian

its laziness, carrots are much easier to catch than antelope.

actually methinks its pretty gross "what shall i have for breakfast this morning....mmmmmm mmmmm a corpse and an abortion (ham and eggs). breakfast of champs.

[jojobinks]

the responses in this thread, taken as a whole, describe why many vegetarians are reluctant to speak about reasons why they choose to not eat meat. the responses here are not particular to OOT. they're pretty much the way the general public responds to vegetarianism.

[turnipmonster]

generally the negative responses I get are either incredulous , i.e. "if you don't eat meat then what on earth do you eat? just tofu?", or argumentative "well do you not use other animal products then? you know beer is fined with fish bladders, right?" and other such nonsense.

I just usually explain my reasons aren't particularly moral and I think everyone (including me) should be able to eat whatever the hell they want.

I was vegetarian (borderline vegan, but I was lazy about that sometimes) for four years, but it was for health reasons, not any moral reasons. I lived with this buddhist girl (from china, I'm anti-hippy) and she was pretty strict about her diet. Since I mostly ate with her, I got used to her diet. I felt much, much better once I cut meat and dairy out of my diet. Like, insanely better.

I eat meat (and sometimes dairy) these days, mostly because there arose a lot of situations where it was inconvenient to be vegan, and while I was willing to break my diet on those occaisons, I'd get violently ill a large portion of the time. I'm still mostly vegan but I try to have meat at least twice a week and dairy once, just so my body remains accustomed to it. I mostly stick to fish for the meat, but I do have steak maybe once a month.

[Brainwalter]

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im a vegablearian

its laziness, carrots are much easier to catch than antelope.

actually methinks its pretty gross "what shall i have for breakfast this morning....mmmmmm mmmmm a corpse and an abortion (ham and eggs). breakfast of champs.

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Nope, the eggs we eat are unfertilized.