What's the craziest veggie stereotype/myth?

Question

Go on, impress me ;)

Answer 1

I heard that all vegetarians hold secret meetings where they perform tofu eating rituals and initiate new members.  Spiked goji berry juice may or may not be involved.  My friend secretly watched one of these meetings and found out that they were praying to Cthulhu to destroy the world so people couldn't eat meat anymore.  True story.  Vegetarians are also known to dress up as clowns, sneak into circuses, and replace kids' hot dogs with cotton candy... EVIL!  How could someone do such a thing.  I have also seen vegetarians decapitate heads of lettuce.  Why!?!  What did it ever do to you?  Also, they don't really have pale skin, but they wear SPF 4Billion sunscreen that dyes their skin.  They do this so they can identify each other in a crowd.  It is a well known fact that every single vegetarian if fluent in their native language and if that doesn't frighten you, then you need to watch more TV.  Vegetarians also have a secret handshake... but instead of actually shaking hands, they use their dreadlocks.  I have also heard from a very reliable source that vegetarians talk in the 4th person!  Imagine the horror.

Answer 2

Probably the craziest ones come from the non-veg*n veg*n police, whole like to claim a huge list of things veg*ns don't eat or do, which have nothing whatsoever to do with animals.  Like "vegans don't eat flour/yeast/chocolate/sugar, etc..."  One person here even phrased it that chocolate *comes from* milk.  And another claimed we can't eat potatoes.  Huh?  And of course, vegans can't use petroleum products (because that would be causing pain and suffering to a dinosaur that's been dead for 65 million years?!?)

I'm laughing at Myrtle's one about our teeth falling out.  Never heard that one.  In fact, my dentist just told me that I could expect to keep my teeth for another 75 years.  I'm 38 so it's not all that likely that I HAVE 75 years, but it was a nice compliment nonetheless.

Answer 3

My favorite is that we're all pale weaklings- because it's so fun to respond with "But Seal, Forrest Whitaker, Hank Aaron, Carl Lewis, Lenny Kravitz, and Edwin Moses are all vegetarian."

Answer 4

if u swallow a seed the fruit will grow inside u!                                        

Answer 5

That's we're all sickly pale, tree hugging hippies, PETA supporters that lack protien. Such a stupid stereotype.

sure my avatar is pale but I'm not. There's nothing wrong with caring about the earth. Not all veg*ns agree with PETA philosophy or methods. And there are plenty of plant based sources of protien.

I just hate generalisations... I'm sure you've already heard most of them...

Answer 6

The one I came across in a question here the other day about vegan pregnancy (as copied word for word):

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The way you eat may change whether you have a healthy baby, or one of those hand-held deformed ones. Also vegetarian eating habits have been known to spur certain behaviors in children once born. If you don't want your child to end up as a serial rapist or murderer, then you should eat like an American.

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That one floored me.

Answer 7

That there is such a thing as semi-vegetarian, pesce or pollo vegetarian.

Answer 8

That veg's are all thin and in great health, or that it's a great way to diet.

No offense, but bad eating habits don't disappear just because someone stops eating meat, there are no meat products in most candies or potato chips and other such junk foods.  I've seen more and more people declare themselves vegan or vegitarian for the "diet perks" only to find they've gained 10 lbs filling up on carbs trying to replace the meat.

Answer 9

I collated over 50 comments here, not all are stereotypes but a few are, help yourself :

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

1 - We have canine teeth

2 - We were meant to eat meat

3 - Where will all the cows go

4 - Vegetarians need supplements

5 - We need meat

6 - Do vegans swallow

7 - The bible says God gave us animals to eat

8 - You need meat for protein

9 - animals are killed humanely

10- Cows need to be milked otherwise they die

11- Eggs are baby chickens

12- vegetarians are sick and pale

13- Vegetarians are preachy

14- veggies have no sense of humour

15- we are hypocrites

16- we eat chicken

17- they eat fish

18- we eat non-veggie cheeses etc

19- Why do we eat mock meat

20- we crave meat........

21- plants have feelings too

22- meat is good, wholesome food

23- we all support PETA

24- would we eat chicken/fish/cow/pig ( etc ) if we were on a desert island with no veg.....

25- can we eat animal crackers

26- we are all hippies

27- they all wear leather

28- we only eat salad

29- meat wouldn't be so tasty if we weren't meant to eat it.

30- vegetarians go around other Y!A sections and criticise meat-eaters

31- Vegans are not vegans because cars have glue in them and petrol is made from dead animals

32- PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals

33- Vegetarian: and old Indian word, meaning 'bad hunter'

34- If i threaten to kill another chicken if you didn't eat this dead one, would you ?

35- If we were meant to only eat vegetables we would've been born with 2 stomachs like cows.

36- The ocean will be over loaded with fish if everyone goes veggie

37- Will we go back to eating meat when we finish our diet?

38- If you ate meat, you wouldn't have that cold/flu etc

39- We never shower

40- Vegetarians loose thier hair because of thier diet

41- Get over your fad

42- You need milk for strong bones

43- It's an attempt to gain attention

44- Vegan men are g*y and cannot get it up

45- People become all quiet with a sad/tragic demeanor..and often times say "ohh..im so sorry."

46- "vegetarians" are suffering because we are denying ourselves all this "wonderful" meat.

47- You don't know what you're missing...as if most of us have never eaten meat.

48- cows enjoy being milked

49- what do you eat then? if at all

50- It's a sin to be a vegetarian

51- but...meat tastes so good....

52- meat builds muscles

53- If we didn't eat animals, they would all be overpopulated and they would take over the Earth and then what would we do

54- You don't eat dairy or eggs EITHER? Then how can you live? What do you eat for breakfast?"

55- children should never be vegetarian, they need meat to develop

i love dispelling them in my own subtle way. When people expect a hippie veggie to turn up in a Toyota Prius or something, i love turning up in my car. I don't bat an eyelid but just watch thier jaws drop...very funny. Those that know thier cars will look in the cabin expecting 5 dead cows, but, sorry to disappoint, mine is one of 2 custom orders each year where all interior is cloth...I inwardly smile as they slouch away all crestfallen....2-nil.

new car due 18th of August and not a dead cow in sight.

Answer 10

Hi Hollywood (nice new avatar)

I have heard some pretty laughable stereotypes.  Of course there are some veg*ns who may fit one label or many, but that doesn't mean one should assume that all are like that.

Some stereotypes:

TERRORISTS

While some people are out for animal liberation and perform some questionable acts in the name of animal rights, we are no more terroristic than any other group.  

HOMOSEXUAL

Veg*nism is seen as a rejection of meat, which is one of the most important symbols of masculinity for many men.  A man who does not eat meat is seen as effeminate, g*y, weak, inferior to the strong, masculine, straight man.  We all know, of course, that veg*nism encompasses all races, cultures, creeds, and sexual identities, so saying that all veg men are homosexual is like saying all meat-eaters are straight (I have known some g*y men who could put away a sausage or two, haha.)  

Also, women who are outspoken of their position on veg*nism are seen as being militant, which may lead many to believe they are g*y as well.

WEAK/TIRED/PALE/LACKING NUTRIENTS

While it's true that veganism is lower in vitamin B12 than other diets that include meats, this doesn't have to be the case, when fortified foods are eaten.  Obviously protein, calcium, iron, and all other nutrients can be found adequately in plant-based foods.

Have you ever been to the drug store or chemist? I doubt they make all those supplements for vegetarians. haha.

Those are the main ones that I have heard. Luckily though, I have really only heard that from people online.  

:D

Answer 11

well, all of the stereotypes have pretty much been mentioned now.

but my favorite question EVER on this site was,

"can i get pregant from tofu?"

here is the link: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

i would suggest reading it....there are some hilarious answers =)

EDIT:  i'm with jo (below).......sorry everyone, but i'm a liberal tree-hugger too, lol.  i apologize for perpetuating that stereotype, but if it's any consolation i was those other things before i was veg. =)

Answer 12

Oh dear Hala.... I am a tree hugging, animal rights campaigning hippy with a pale complexion and a supporter of every group you can think of ... save the animals, save the rain forests, save the little bumble bee sitting on the shed etc. It's not a myth ....I am that stereotype. ;-)

Right on brother .... pass the spliff man.

Answer 13

They turn green and their hair falls out xD Kudos to the idiot that thought that one up.

Answer 14

I got told

" Vegetairians, are all hippies & tree huggers. But honestly it's true, my teacher told me , that if you dont eat meat during puberty, yuo dont go through it.........."

and she went on& on & on

So if that was right i'm never gonna grow & have b***s & have children

Even though i've done all those apart from the children bit!

But i'm a lucky vegetairian all others dont!

lol

i'm like wtf

Answer 15

It's the protein thing. I get asked about that more than all other concerns but another funny one is people asking me if I'm gettting all my vitamins lol.

Answer 16

I have heard plenty of those myths, including some of these gems:

A) All vegetarians support extreme, violent measures to "liberate" animals.

B) Vegetarians don't believe in keeping any pets at all.

C) Vegetarians are abusive and demanding and force people to cook meals just for them and are generally unwelcome at social gatherings.

D) Vegetarian women don't get periods.

E) Vegetarians f**t and p**p a lot, but inexplicably...

F) Vegetarian p**p doesn't smell.

G) Vegetarians are all anemic.

H) Vegetarians are ugly, greasy and stinky, since they don't wash, bathe or use any beauty products because everything is tested on animals, and that rubber ring in the shower nozzle might have animal content in it, and they're trying to start some sort of compost pile in their belly-button, or whatever.

I) Vegetarians eat nothing but tofu and other "fake" meat-wannabe food made out of bizzarre chemicals that are just SO much scarier than the antibiotics, hormones and pesticide deposits in animal flesh.

J) Vegetarians have nothing but deformed, sick babies, which they starve to death or otherwise abuse by depriving them from meat, since children must eat animal corpses to make it to adulthood, or else they'll be like, so, so sick that they'll like, die, oh my God man!

Answer 17

That animal rights activists  hate humans.  I saw that one again in an answer from the GWS category.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 18

My friend was telling me of a conversation she overheard in our break room at work, someone was telling someone that if you eat fruits and vegetables together, they will combust inside of you hahah I think that they got that idea from that crazy food combining diet. And we work in a hospital too, one would think if that were true, the emergency room would be overflowing with people whose insides were blown out XD

oooh, that strawberry/spinach combo is a killer!

EDIT: awww, I just realized that you meant vegetarians... well I'll leave my story up because I think it is amusing anyways :D

Answer 19

-  vegetarians lose their teeth

-  vegetarians have coagulation problems (our blood doesn't coagulate, we're all hemophilics)

-  pregnant women HAVE TO eat meat because, otherwise the baby's brain and internal organs cannot form

- we only eat garden salads

- questions such as "which salad has less calories A or B?" as if the main purpose of vegetarianism/veganism was to lose weight

- all vegetarians have iron problems in the long run and they have to start eating meat again

- etc etc etc.

Answer 20

that even though we're veg*n, chicken would be okay?!