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Ok, so in my last post I mentioned that I had a whole slew of unbelieveably dumb questions I'd been asked. So here goes:
"You still eat bacon, right?"
"Can you eat animal shaped crackers? Or does that, like, hit too close to home?"
"Can you talk to animals?"
"Do you sneak bites of meat when no one is looking"
And, my personal favorite, the "what would you do if" scenario that will never happen but that people still feel compelled to ask:
"If you were in a forest/jungle/desert and there were no plants, only animals, would you eat one to stay alive?"
"You still eat bacon, right?"
"Can you eat animal shaped crackers? Or does that, like, hit too close to home?"
"Can you talk to animals?"
"Do you sneak bites of meat when no one is looking"
And, my personal favorite, the "what would you do if" scenario that will never happen but that people still feel compelled to ask:
"If you were in a forest/jungle/desert and there were no plants, only animals, would you eat one to stay alive?"
That's really bothersome.
Probably by far my "favorite" one ever to exist on earth.
you don't eat meat but you still like the bone. what!?
It was hilarious!
I think that sometimes people have too much time on their hands to think up stupid questions to ask.
I also love the old protein/calcium line... you know meat and dairy are not the only sources of protein and calcium on the planet and there is such a thing as vitamins. You can't really blame people though, they just dont understand thats why I love when people say things like that or ask questions because your getting it out there and increasing social knowledge even if its only in your own social circle
a joke from friends:
"how could you eat those poor vegetables?! they would be screaming in pain if they could!"
and(sometimes) my reply
"Right.. but you eat things that actually do?"
"Food" I replied.
"if you were stranded on a deserted island and there was nothing there but a chicken, would you eat it then?"
i mean, what is the point of even asking? what does it matter? it isn't like it would ever happen, seriously?! some people have nothing better to do than just be unsupportive and ignorant.
And, of course, the answer to question #3 is YES...Anyone can talk to animals, it's just a question of whether or not you can get them to reply. Wouldn't it be neat if you could tell who was vegan or vegetarian just because animals could sense it and would start coming up to us to have conversations? I bet more meat eaters would kick the meat to the curb for that.
Or there is just a "little bit" of meat in that dish.
Cracks me up.
Everyone does think people that are vegetarians or vegans are unhealthy and are going to get very sick.