Why do you meat eaters find it SO funny to tease us vegetarians?

Question

I mean, come on! You eat vegetables too! Dont you have a favorite? We just happen to like them so much, we eat them for every meal. What is so bad about that? We get our protien, trust me. Eggs nuts and beans contain plenty of protien. Heck, some of us even take multivitamins! Not all of us are sickly and dangerously skinny, I'm not what you would call thin and Ive been vegetarian for a year now.

Not all of us are trying to force our beliefs on you either, but if you start something, you are asking for it. Vegetarian lifestyle is pretty healthy, it saves the planet, and it saves you money. http://www.flex.com/~jai/articles/101.html

Animals are killed JUST FOR FOOD. they dont die happily,dont live happy lives..they are slaughtered, just for food. And we feel bad for them. Is that so horrible.

Why do you tease us?

Answer 1

I'm not sure why some meat-eaters love to prey on veg*ns. I liken it to the same reason that people pick on others who are a different race or ethnicity:

If people are not familiar about a particular group, rather than learn about it and become a more well-rounded person, they lash out with insults and jokes to make themselves feel better. Apparently that group stands for something or represents something that is lacking within themselves and they feel inadequate in some way. Hurling jokes and put-downs (in their demented thought) levels the playing field and they don't feel bad about themselves anymore.

I'm not sure why anyone would feel threatened by a group of folks who don't eat meat, but I guess some are. They like to generalize and make fun. To each his own, but they're only showing their own insecurities.

Just MHO.

Answer 2

because every vegetarian is the same. thinking there above us and laying facts on us about how much better it is financially to be a vegetarian and how its better for the world.

Answer 3

I think some vegetarians are just too sensitive about the whole thing and some omnis are just being stupid.. Teasing is meant to be funny as is done among friends.. It's not any different from teasing your friends about their hair, clothes, taste in music, movies etc

On the other hand, perhaps they are becoming more defensive about it because some omnis won't leave them alone.

Thing is who came first: the preachy vegetarian or the intolerant omni. Like the proverbial chicken and egg question, I doubt if you are going to get a definitive answer.

Answer 4

Not all meat eaters tease vegetarians.

I'm subconciously a vegetarian...well partially. I only eat chicken and fish. That's because I dont like meat not because of any values or beliefs.

And you vegetarians also have to understand that we started killing animals as our way to get food and survive....just as wild animals do.

Answer 5

Because(like you apparently) being a veg for many is simply an affectation to get attention?  Congrats, you're getting it. Once a veg starts crying about being oppressed they lose all credibility with me.  I have plenty of veg friends that don't whine and somehow no one picks on them.  

As for saving the planet, get over yourself.  You want to do something productive, spend a buck a day to feed a kid in the third world instead of depriving yourself to get sympathy and harrassed.  I sponser operations to fix cleft lips for $30/month. Try doing something positive instead of being another victim.

Answer 6

In response to - But, Humans are Carnivores!

I personally believe that humans are indeed Herbivore's.

If you get the chance, PLEASE take the time out to read this :) -

Facial Muscles

CARNIVORE: Reduced to allow wide mouth gape

OMNIVORE: Reduced

HERBIVORE: Well-developed

HUMAN: Well-developed

Jaw Type

CARNIVORE: Angle not expanded

OMNIVORE: Angle not expanded

HERBIVORE: Expanded angle

HUMAN: Expanded angle

Jaw Joint Location

CARNIVORE: On same plane as molar teeth

OMNIVORE: On same plane as molar teeth

HERBIVORE: Above the plane of the molars

HUMAN: Above the plane of the molars

Jaw Motion

CARNIVORE: Shearing; minimal side-to-side motion

OMNIVORE: Shearing; minimal side-to-side

HERBIVORE: No shear; good side-to-side, front-to-back

HUMAN: No shear; good side-to-side, front-to-back

Major Jaw Muscles

CARNIVORE: Temporalis

OMNIVORE: Temporalis

HERBIVORE: Masseter and pterygoids

HUMAN: Masseter and pterygoids

Mouth Opening vs. Head Size

CARNIVORE: Large

OMNIVORE: Large

HERBIVORE: Small

HUMAN: Small

Teeth: Incisors

CARNIVORE: Short and pointed

OMNIVORE: Short and pointed

HERBIVORE: Broad, flattened and spade shaped

HUMAN: Broad, flattened and spade shaped

Teeth: Canines

CARNIVORE: Long, sharp and curved

OMNIVORE: Long, sharp and curved

HERBIVORE: Dull and short or long (for defense), or none

HUMAN: Short and blunted

Teeth: Molars

CARNIVORE: Sharp, jagged and blade shaped

OMNIVORE: Sharp blades and/or flattened

HERBIVORE: Flattened with cusps vs complex surface

HUMAN: Flattened with nodular cusps

Chewing

CARNIVORE: None; swallows food whole

OMNIVORE: Swallows food whole and/or simple crushing

HERBIVORE: Extensive chewing necessary

HUMAN: Extensive chewing necessary

Saliva

CARNIVORE: No digestive enzymes

OMNIVORE: No digestive enzymes

HERBIVORE: Carbohydrate digesting enzymes

HUMAN: Carbohydrate digesting enzymes

Stomach Type

CARNIVORE: Simple

OMNIVORE: Simple

HERBIVORE: Simple or multiple chambers

HUMAN: Simple

Stomach Acidity

CARNIVORE: Less than or equal to pH 1 with food in stomach

OMNIVORE: Less than or equal to pH 1 with food in stomach

HERBIVORE: pH 4 to 5 with food in stomach

HUMAN: pH 4 to 5 with food in stomach

Stomach Capacity

CARNIVORE: 60% to 70% of total volume of digestive tract

OMNIVORE: 60% to 70% of total volume of digestive tract

HERBIVORE: Less than 30% of total volume of digestive tract

HUMAN: 21% to 27% of total volume of digestive tract

Length of Small Intestine

CARNIVORE: 3 to 6 times body length

OMNIVORE: 4 to 6 times body length

HERBIVORE: 10 to more than 12 times body length

HUMAN: 10 to 11 times body length

Colon

CARNIVORE: Simple, short and smooth

OMNIVORE: Simple, short and smooth

HERBIVORE: Long, complex; may be sacculated

HUMAN: Long, sacculated

Liver

CARNIVORE: Can detoxify vitamin A

OMNIVORE: Can detoxify vitamin A

HERBIVORE: Cannot detoxify vitamin A

HUMAN: Cannot detoxify vitamin A

Kidney

CARNIVORE: Extremely concentrated urine

OMNIVORE: Extremely concentrated urine

HERBIVORE: Moderately concentrated urine

HUMAN: Moderately concentrated urine

Nails

CARNIVORE: Sharp claws

OMNIVORE: Sharp claws

HERBIVORE: Flattened nails or blunt hooves

HUMAN: Flattened nails

DYBA (Do Your Bit for Animals)

www.doyourbitforanimals.webs.com

Answer 7

i have no problem i eat both

Answer 8

I LOVE MEAT AND I USE TO THINK THAT WHAT IS THE POINT ON BEYING VEG I USE TO THINK THAT PPL SHOULD EAT WHAT THEY WANT, and i use to eat junk food, but then i got fat from eatting allot and 2 weeks ago  i went on a helthy diet after changing my whole way of eatting i realised how crazy i was for eating nasty fast food, and my point of view changed in only one week i realized that your body is separated from your brain and it askes for healthy food but one doesnt know, i ffel like my body tells me when its hungry and what kinds of food it needs, my point is don't worry about them those ppl eat what ever is infront of them  instead you have a special diet witch they lack, i see fat ppl ordering a huge steak, what are they thinking??