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I wasn't even going to rant about this, but the insane amounts of stupidity I've seen recently just got me so mad!
It is a MAJOR irritation of mine when people claim they don't eat meat when they really do!
Okay, so I was watching that show 'For the Love of Ray J' on VH-1, and he had the contestants do some challenges for the chance to go on a date with him that night. One of the challenges required each team to eat 4 hot dogs (they looked SOOO nasty!) before continuing. To make a long story short, one team won, and the contestant nicknamed 'Platinum' tells Ray she "doesn't even eat meat", but she did it for him (but she ate all four hot dogs!). These weren't even just hot dogs, they were chili dogs with MASSIVE amounts of greasy meat piled high on them, with a giant side of greasy fries. THEN they go out and have suchi for dinner! Great! Just great, you moron! Go on national TV claiming to not eat meat, and stuff your face with hot dogs!
Then I heard someone else claim to not eat meat, but eat chicken.
Okay, stupid crap like that REALLY, REALLY ticks me off! I don't care what others eat, but why do they feel the need to lie?!!!
Let me break it down. When it comes to humans:
Omnivore - eats animals, non-animal foods at the same time
Vegetarian - NO animals! NO animals whatsoever in ANY FORM!!
Why is it so frickin' hard for some people to understand?!! How come people don't know the difference between animals and plants all of a sudden?! That's basic stuff taught to little kids! How'd they get through school/life being so DUMB?!!!
I'm irritated because it's these morons who confuse others and make it hard for those of us who really ARE vegetarians, because when we come along, confused people try to serve us meat, or foods with meat juice, with the equally confused response of, "Well, the vegetarians I know eat chicken/fish". Then they're NOT vegetarians! They're lying ignorant wannabe turds! People should know what 'vegetarian' means just by the word. It's got VEGETABLE in it, as in PLANT/NOT ANIMAL! HELLO!!
Along with this, I can't stand the seemingly endless sub-categories for vegetarians, which just adds MORE confusion! People have turned a concept that should be easy and simple to understand into something that is unnecessarily confusing. I blame picky eaters who want to feel special. "I'm a lacto-vegetarian." "I'm an ovo-vegetarian." "I'm an ovo-lacto-vegetarian." "I'm a pescatarian." "I'm a pollo-tarian." "I eat honey." "I'm a flexitarian." What the heck?!! Not all vegetarians eat the same things, and that's fine, but all these sub-categories? Just stupid.
Eggs are NOT animals. They COME from animals and may CONTAIN baby animals, but they themselves are NOT animals, and the ones eaten in places like the United States are NOT fertilized and never were and are treated, so they're lifeless shells of goop and nothing else. No animals eaten.
Milk is NOT an animal. It COMES from animals and may CONTAIN creatures like bacteria, but if it's been thoroughly treated and pasteurized, there's nothing in it. It's just an opaque, white liquid. No animals eaten. Same with milk-based/dairy foods, and butter substitutes (margerine, the stuff most people buy from the store) are made from oils and salt, so they don't even have milk in them. However, with cheese it's a bit different, as some cheeses are made with material that comes from the stomach (not all, but some, and some butters might be similar, though this is not as likely).
Honey is NOT an animal. It COMES from bees (insects are animals) and is a source of food/energy for bees, but it's NOT an animal. If you think about it, honey is basically sweet bee vomit, as they ingest the pollen or nectar and then regurgitate/spit it back out, and it gathers, and then they use it for themselves.
Fish IS an animal, along with shrimp, crab and lobster, clams and oysters. As far as I'm concerned, 'pescatarians' are just pickier omnivores who eat seafood instead of other forms of meat, and 'flexitarians' are just omnivores who don't eat meat all the time. Why or HOW they got grouped with vegetarians, I have no idea.
Chicken IS an animal, as are ALL birds. This one should be obvious, but some people, for whatever reason, think that eating birds isn't eating meat. Just strange.
I hate to break it to people, but insects are ANIMALS, too. They may not be hairy or feathery or fleshy like other animals, but they're STILL animals. As are creatures like worms and sponges, and bacteria are classified by SOME as basic-form animals (for those who eat yogurt - there's bacteria/probiotic-free yogurt, but it's not nearly as prevalent as yogurt with bacteria), though it's not as clear with bacteria (since some feel that since we already have our own bacteria in our bodies, it's okay (better to just ask, as some people just don't like yogurt - and cheese).
Meat juice is STILL consuming animals. It's not like the animals took a hot bath and got out and the water was saved. Their remains are STILL in the meat juice. Meat juice is salty because the salt was extracted out of the bones and fat and other tissues.
You know what a person who does not eat animals in any form, nor anything that comes from them is? A VEGAN!
I'm tired of people pretending to be vegetarians and confusing others. I and other vegetarians get asked stupid questions like, "Do you eat chicken?" "Do you eat fish/seafood?" because of the confusion, and then there's so-called meatless/vegetarian foods being prepared with meat juice (chicken/beef stock). I was even asked if I eat potatoes. POTATOES!
I've got a cousin who told me her dad doesn't eat meat, but he still eats chicken. You know I quickly corrected her.
Like I said, I truly don't care WHAT others choose to eat. That's not why I get mad. It's people confusing others that work my nerves. Pretending they don't eat meat and they just ate from KFC. What a bunch of crap. There is NO such thing as being 'semi-' or 'technically' a vegetarian. A person either is or is not, it's not that hard to figure out, and is just as absurd as some claiming to be 'technically' virgins (sex = no virgin).
For the ones who like to say they don't eat meat but they really do, PLEASE STOP IT. For those who know people who are 'vegetarians' but they still eat meat, THEY ARE LYING TO YOU. Real vegetarians are NOT going to eat animals, not even sometimes or occasionally, and YES, meat juice is still something we do NOT consume. We don't eat animals, PERIOD. End of story. Yes, it IS that serious.
** One more thing I'd like to share with those who may not know. French fries, from restaurants are NOT 'safe' as EVERYTHING is fried in the same grease/oil. It's JUST AS BAD as a 'vegetarian' meal being made with meat juice. Also, jello and many candies are not 'safe' either, as they contain gelatin, which is a substance from animal bones (gelatin capsules, like the ones for medicine, are the same).
Okay, rant over.