New Endangered Species--Vegans
Posted by 7 on Jul 06, 2007 · Member since Oct 2006 · 471 posts
Don't know just how I stumbled across this, but I laughed myself to tears --
The World's Largest Collection of Vegetarian Recipes
Don't know just how I stumbled across this, but I laughed myself to tears --
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA
Awesome! If we're federally listed as endangered I wonder if there will have to be more vegan grocery stores and restaurants?
Awesome! If we're federally listed as endangered I wonder if there will have to be more vegan grocery stores and restaurants?
No..the "Dubya" administration will quickly move to de-list us and extend hunting season on vegans! :o
Maybe "DICK" can take some other Neo-Con "Vegan" hunting and blast him in the face as well.... ;D
that was hilarious! definatley made my morning!
That's taking a poke at vegetarianism. It's an insult.
That's taking a poke at vegetarianism. It's an insult.
Yeah, I have to say I agree with you startaurus, I didn't really think this was very funny either. I just thought it was dumb. Sorry everyone, I try to make a point not to post anything negative at all, but I thought this link was really negative. I know it was meant as a joke, but its still making fun of vegans.
Of course it's making fun of us--but can't you laugh at yourself? I was totally envisioning myself when the PETA - people had the dry-heaves for hours---that would be me and it would be ridiculous.
Maybe I just feel defensive because I'm still not a "real vegan"
The ability to laugh at oneself is what separates us from the politicians.... ;D ;D ;D
Made me want to go pet the veggies in the fridge. :)
It's a spoof article though, who says "baby!" and "Nobel prize" in the same sentence ?!? ???
??? I still think it's funny. I have a dry sense of humor, though - and it reminds me of the yabbitgirl's post about the Arrogant Worms' song, "Carrot Juice is Murder". That was funny, too.
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=15604.0
If plants felt pain, it would still result in less overall pain to eat only plants. This is because of the enormous quantity of plants it takes to raise animals for food.
AshleyKimball mentioned this before. I remember it because I think the same way. If you think about it too much, it could lead to not eating at all.
I have a hard time eating roots, because I've thought about it too much. Plants produce much more fruit/seeds than they need. Eating fruit is easy for me because it's something that we can eat with limited harm (minus the loss of plant offspring). By eating roots I am taking the life of a plant. I am a terrible gardener and in my garden I see how determined plants are to survive. In the breeder post I mentioned gratitude. I was having a hard time eating roots and leaves for a while, but I've decided to force myself and have awareness and gratitude. (And I'm not as weird as that sounds.)
Being alive means being able to communicate to make some noise, to bleed, to move around.
Plants are not alive. Don't fall into that meat eater's trap that they try to make us feel guilty because they feel guilty in eating meat. It's also a way to make fun of us.
"When Tarnish asked professor Lindzer and his research team what they thought this finding might mean, they responded unanimously, "Nobel prize, baby!"
LMAO! I cracked up on that! And come on peeps, you need to laugh at yourself once awhile. That's the best way to get through life. You can't take it seriously all the time! When I read this, I could totally see The Simpsons or The Family Guy doing a spoof about the PETA protesters getting sprayed with V8 juice! Oh man, I can totally envision it! LOL!!
Being alive means being able to communicate to make some noise, to bleed, to move around.
Plants are not alive. Don't fall into that meat eater's trap that they try to make us feel guilty because they feel guilty in eating meat. It's also a way to make fun of us.
Alive is the adjective form of having life (a noun). Living organisms have growth through metabolism, they reproduce, and can adapt to their environment, ergo, plants are alive.
You may say plants can't adapt to their environment, but they do. One way is that they produce different amounts of "sunscreen" based on the light conditions where they grow. That's why you can't take an indoor plant and put it out in the direct sun without ill effect.
But do they bleed no. Do they have the power of movement no. Can they communicate no. They are not alive.
That's what life means to me.
Okay. That's so incorrect that I wouldn't know where to begin. Everyone has to take biology, even in high school. If your instructor said that only organisms with erythrocytes are living, that instructor should be fired immediately.
Okay. That's so incorrect that I wouldn't know where to begin. Everyone has to take biology, even in high school. If your instructor said that only organisms with erythrocytes are living, that instructor should be fired immediately.
LOL! Hey I never said I was good at biology. I mean that's what's good enough for me as a vegan when it comes to meat eating.
You were saying if you think about it alot it could lead to not eating at all. And I was trying to prove they are not alive. It's another way of meat eaters to make fun of us.
Startaurus - I'm not belittling your point. I categorize things for myself that aren't strictly correct categores because it works that way for me.
I was a botany major in school until I figured out how few jobs there were and changed my major. I still love plants. I give up my weekends to help database and georeference local plants. It's cool because the Smithsonian doesn't have a good knowlege of plants in Southern California and we also might contribute my work to a global project. Plants have me in awe because they do all of these crazy things without being able to interact with their environment in a way I understand.
There's a plant that has a particular insect pollinator that likes to visit flowers that already have some insects present. This plant has developed markings on it's flower petals that mimick that very insect feeding on pollen, which in turn fool the real insects who go to that plant. How do the plants know the shape and color of their pollinator? How do they know the feeding position? Okay. There's evolution and plants with the most successful markings will pass on DNA and the next plant is likely to have markings, but sometimes what these plants seem to do is goosebump unreal.
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