I'm afraid for vegetarians

The vast majority of  vegetarians (including vegans) don't need to take supplements.  The only vital nutrient found in meat that a vegetarian may not get enough of is vitamin B12, which one could get through fortified foods like tofu, soy milk, cereals, and a whole lot of other options.

" @DanielJW said:

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Our teeth aren't actually meant for eating meat.  Our "fangs" are way too small and not very sharp.  If you look at animals that are truly omnivorous their fangs are still much larger and sharper than ours.  They have much smaller insisors for tearing meat off of bone.  Their jaws are also much stronger.  And the biggest reason that some animals kill animals is because they have to survive.  "

"@FiestaUnicorn said:

" @DanielJW said:

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Our teeth aren't actually meant for eating meat.  Our "fangs" are way too small and not very sharp.  If you look at animals that are truly omnivorous their fangs are still much larger and sharper than ours.  They have much smaller insisors for tearing meat off of bone.  Their jaws are also much stronger.  And the biggest reason that some animals kill animals is because they have to survive.  "

yea but we have guns :)"

" @EpicKool said:

"@FiestaUnicorn said:

" @DanielJW said:

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Our teeth aren't actually meant for eating meat.  Our "fangs" are way too small and not very sharp.  If you look at animals that are truly omnivorous their fangs are still much larger and sharper than ours.  They have much smaller insisors for tearing meat off of bone.  Their jaws are also much stronger.  And the biggest reason that some animals kill animals is because they have to survive.  "

yea but we have guns :)"

So do bears:) "

"@FiestaUnicorn said:

" @EpicKool said:

"@FiestaUnicorn said:

" @DanielJW said:

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Our teeth aren't actually meant for eating meat.  Our "fangs" are way too small and not very sharp.  If you look at animals that are truly omnivorous their fangs are still much larger and sharper than ours.  They have much smaller insisors for tearing meat off of bone.  Their jaws are also much stronger.  And the biggest reason that some animals kill animals is because they have to survive.  "

yea but we have guns :)"

So do bears:) "

bears dont have guns!at least not ones that kill you "

dude I wounder if the only reason they don't eat meat is because they don't want to kill animals. if so that is retarded,  it's like trying to fight Golbal warming on your own.
and BTW human teeth has evolved to be verry versatile even more than a bears. and yes we don't have fangs witch makes it easyer for us to handle our meat and clean it, witch a bear cant do (atleast in the same way)

" @EpicKool said:

"@FiestaUnicorn said:

" @EpicKool said:

"@FiestaUnicorn said:

" @DanielJW said:

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Our teeth aren't actually meant for eating meat.  Our "fangs" are way too small and not very sharp.  If you look at animals that are truly omnivorous their fangs are still much larger and sharper than ours.  They have much smaller insisors for tearing meat off of bone.  Their jaws are also much stronger.  And the biggest reason that some animals kill animals is because they have to survive.  "

yea but we have guns :)"

So do bears:) "

bears dont have guns!at least not ones that kill you "

Bears do have guns! "

And you don't seem to know that you can get an equal amount of nutriants, protein and iron from things that aren't meant. Also meat is LOADED with unhealthy growth hormones that do more damage to you than what is told.

Oh noes... in this day and age Vegetarians are shunned as badly as mormons...

"Shit the average college student is practically a vegetarian with their diets of pizza, ramen noodles, and mac & cheese. "

Try reading up on the subject instead of getting information from your redneck republican dad. Vegetarians get plenty of protein. Meat consumption is linked to many kinds of cancer. High fibre diets (aka vegetarians) reduce your chance of getting numerous forms of cancer.

If you doubt my supreme knowledge, go read up on the topic at the American Cancer Society, or any other cancer society around the world.

Then read up on how meat is produced, and about the legal quantity of pussing tumor that is allowed to be sold as consumer grade AAA meat.

If yer still reading, we could go into peace, non-killing, and love... but thats probably a bit out of your league!

 Meat isn't the only source of protein, and some vegetarians do eat fish or eggs sometimes.

vegetarians are no fun to eat with.

I usually keep a package of the driest, most tasteless soy patties in my freezer in the off chance that I have a vegetarian over for a barbeque. Don't want one of those delicious steaks or tenderloins I'm grilling up? Sure, I'll heat you up a rubber patty.

I don't get it either I find it wierd and trust me there food doesn't taste anything like meat and I had a couple tell me it does.

I hate vegetarians because they are (or at least the ones I've met) very stuck-up and annoying. For instance, I'd offer to have lunch at some restaurant that serves meat with a group of people, and if one is a vegetarian, they'd make some snarky comment like "Oh no, I don't eat flesh." They seem to think they are single handedly saving the world, and that they are the only sane people. Obviously they're not all like that, but quite a few are.

I'm not sure what this whole vegans/vegetarians deal is, and I don't care, but I also find it immature: just because I don't like carrots, doesn't mean I'll never eat a carrot again... I'll cut back, and have minimal carots. Likewise for vegetarians: if you don't like meat, or you find it immoral or w/e, cut back. No need to eat ten pounds of hemp plant to substitute the protein every day just because you're a prat. Eat minimal meat, maybe stick to fish, but for gods sake, why the hell stop eating it altogether.

And the last reason that I hate vegetarians, is that (the ones that find it immoral) are kind of wusses. I hate to say it, but we are at the top of the food chain, and this is how nature works: eat or be eaten. If nature has flourished for millions of years, why all of a sudden become a total wuss: "how would you feel if someone ate your dad, it's like that for eating cows". No it's not! Cows don't have the capacity to have in-depth emotions: sure, maybe basic ones for survival purposes, but they're frankly too dumb to care to the extent that humans do. They have done scans of cows brains during different situations, and the only part of the brain that kicked up, was the part that deals with fear. Not sadness/anything else.

EDIT: I should also mentioned I don't force this on vegetarians: they can do what the hell they want. I just highly disagree with it.
EDIT2: Reading back in this thread makes it clear to me that the vegetarians in this thread are just as snobbish as the ones I've met in real life. Go figure.

if you're not sure what the whole deal is with them then what right do you have to comment on the validity of what they do? is that not a bit "snobbish" on your part as well?

Shit the average college student is practically a vegetarian with their diets of pizza, ramen noodles, and mac & cheese.

"@Sick_J0ke: uh oh watch out now they're gonna start calling you a "preachy vegetarian" for defending yourself"

" @Sick_J0ke said:

"Shit the average college student is practically a vegetarian with their diets of pizza, ramen noodles, and mac & cheese. "

Having worked in a "health food" store, I could list off TONS of alternative foods you could buy that are full of protein or help prevent any number of diseases. (Just don't get me started on "Organic" food... seriously, if people who buy this stuff new how much gets shrunk and thrown out everyday.... ugg.)

" @bennyboy: I'm sure you would get the same feeling if I came and sat down at a table of vegetarians scoffing a burger and saying "Green? Fuck, thats the same colour as poison, wouldn't catch me eating any of that shit".

by the way, if what you've said is true,  you've only met mostly preachy vegetarians because those who don't preach don't make themselves known to you as vegs.  I'm willing to bet the ratio of non-preachy to preachy vegetarians is a lot higher than what you've experienced.

" @Symphony said:
And most of those health food and organic foods are ridiculously overpriced. One reason a lot of people these days eat more meat, and more fast food in general is because it's relatively cheap. How much does a pound of decent hamburger cost, $3? Now how much does a pound of soy burgers cost? Probably a lot more. "

oh and if you yourself realize hate and stupidity in this thread the least you could do is not contribute to it by adding more hate and stupidity with your own posts.

"oh and if you yourself realize hate and stupidity in this thread the least you could do is not contribute to it by adding more hate and stupidity with your own posts."

oh wait, so you can bored and post here, but if i'm bored i can't because "it's the internet"? my excuse is the same as your excuse, except i didn't  attempt to make a lame cop-out  by telling you "this is the internet. get over it."

Yeah screw vegans. They need to embrace being on top of the food chain.

You can be a vegetarian and still get everything that you could get from meat, through nuts and supplements.

1) I'm not a vegetarian.

@Sick_J0ke said:

"@pirate_republic:

First off, just because fear was the only emotional response recorded from a cow doesn't make it  any better. Sadness is an emotion derived from fear, a psychologist will tell you that. So it's hard to directly measure sadness. 

Second, because something doesn't have the capacity for in-depth emotions makes it okay to kill them for food? Really?! Well then while we're at it I guess we should cook ourselves up some babies.... or even the mentally disabled! MMmmm delicious. 

Third, highest on the food chain? Yea we're so dangerous and badass that we need other people to kill the animal and prepare the meat for us. If you really think we're high on the food chain then do this... buy a goat, and try to kill it, let me know how that goes... Using the "we're the best, biggest, baddest people in the food chain" excuse is not a valid argument. Eating meat is a personal choice, not a necessity of our species. 

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Hmmm... have you ever seen a national geographic nature documentary on, say, lions in Africa? They mercilessly kill, ripping cute little [insert prey here] like it's nothing. Do you think that's right or wrong? You mentioned that just because we're on the top of the food chain doesn't mean we have the right to kill... what about those lions? They're pretty much on the top of the food chain in Africa, and they don't have a problem with it. This goes for every other food chain out there. This is the way it works. Kill or be killed. This system has kept the balance of life in check for thousands of years.

Modernly, thanks to globalization, we can get plants with high protein to supplement our diet, making it possible to survive without meat. But that doesn't mean that we have to throw this successful way of life out the window, just because a few pampered humans, who've never seen the harshness of nature, feel guilty about killing a poor little cow.