Silly/Annoying/Funny Things Omnis Say

[Alice-Bee]

I was in town last week and two girls waving WWF leaflets in my face, save the animals! I wish I had replied 'I am saving them, by not eating them...is thata sausage roll on your table..hmm'

Urgh.

Also had some people come to the door before saying about abused dogs, laying on the guilt. I hate that, they dont know how involved people are in AR...how rude!

 

[Danielle]

my dad knows i'm vegan.
offered me birthday cake. said he didn't know what was in it.
and was like, "hey.. at least I offered. if you don't wanna eat it, I will."
some people just don't get it. if you wanted me to have a slice of cake, you could get me a slice of vegan cake.

 

[CrowCaw]

During a potluck at my husband's work, he was asked if potatoes and jalapenos were vegan. Yeaaaaah.

Another time, someone saw him eating soup and asked (in a grossed-out manner) what "those orange things" were. They were carrots.

 

[Clueless Git]

I was in town last week and two girls waving WWF leaflets in my face, save the animals! I wish I had replied 'I am saving them, by not eating them...is thata sausage roll on your table..hmm'

I had this with some worthily enthusiastic 'save the planet' bod from Greenpeace.

Not a vegan it turned out; Was a bit stumped when I asked "why put in so much effort to save the planet whilst completely avoiding the easiest, cheapest and single most effective of all ways so to do?".

Apparently 'save the planet' solutions that cost £8.00 per month are far easier to sell than are 'save the planet' solutions that save you far more than £8.00 per week.

Guilt trippin' conscience appeasing bunch-o'num-nuttz, imho.

I signed up anyway though.

 

[Calliegirl]

A veg*n friend had posted that he didn't have a lot of respect for people who demand rights for themselves, while stuffing their face with meat.

This is part of the reply from one of the idiots defending eating meat and hunting:

We've been hunting deer in north america for thousands of years. The white man for several hundred. Considering how many I see dead on the side of the road, I don't think there's a shortage.
And frankly, I don't think farming is all done well, but it doesn't much battery if it's humane or not. They aren't humans. They are animals.
Pain and suffering is not a chemical that floats in the air and infects plants and animals. It's only a personified, superimposed belief that we know what and how they think and that their feelings will affect us.
Don't get me wrong, I love animals. I love animals much more than the vast human population. I'm also a hunter since I was 6. I do my best to get quick, clean kills. And I don't have regret after I've done it.
Without me killing that deer, it would cause potentially a lot of damage and maybe even kill a person.

As you can imagine I had a lot to say to him. 4 paragraphs of correcting this and other stupid things he said.

 

[Freesia]

I have worked with deer briefly before and they dont go around killing people. If anything they try and run as far away from people as they possibly can.

 

[Forster]

I had a client driving her daughter and her daughters friend, deer ran into the road, she swerved to avoid it and rolled the vehicle. Killed her daughter's friend, she was 16. It happens and many times there is absolutely nothing one can do to avoid a collision. I always told my kids that if a collision with a deer is inevitable not to swerve. My son followed my advice last year and walked away from the wreck, his car didn't survive but he did. People aren't going to quit driving and deer aren't going to stop running onto highways.

 

[FortyTwo]

A veg*n friend had posted that he didn't have a lot of respect for people who demand rights for themselves, while stuffing their face with meat.

This is part of the reply from one of the idiots defending eating meat and hunting:


As you can imagine I had a lot to say to him. 4 paragraphs of correcting this and other stupid things he said.

Yeah, pain and suffering aren't chemicals that float around in the air. They are the result of electrochemical interactions in the body, and they are definitely real!

 

[Moll Flanders]

A person online mentioned Meat Free Mondays and she said she was going to try it but she wasn't going to turn into one of those "self-righteous" vegetarians.

 

[Danielle]

I think my dad thinks I'm just avoiding animal products for my health.. Which is far from the truth. I could eat junk food all day, as long as it's vegan junk food.

 

[Calliegirl]

I think my dad thinks I'm just avoiding animal products for my health.. Which is far from the truth. I could eat junk food all day, as long as it's vegan junk food.

Would it be a bad thing if you were doing it just for your health?

 

[Danielle]

if i were doing it just for my health, I would make exceptions. Like I'd probably would have ate that birthday cake. If you only eat a slice a non-vegan cake once a year, I can't see it having a negative affect on your health.
If you're only doing it for your health and aren't ethically against eating animal products at all, I don't see why you wouldn't make exceptions once in a while, especially if it's only once a year. That is, if you don't have any medical conditions or food sensitives or allergies. Though it is great people eat mostly vegan for any reason.

 

[Calliegirl]

if i were doing it just for my health, I would make exceptions. Like I'd probably would have ate that birthday cake. If you only eat a slice a non-vegan cake once a year, I can't see it having a negative affect on your health.
If you're only doing it for your health and aren't ethically against eating animal products at all, I don't see why you wouldn't make exceptions once in a while, especially if it's only once a year. That is, if you don't have any medical conditions or food sensitives or allergies. Though it is great people eat mostly vegan for any reason.

Ohhhh gotcha. I took it that he was saying it like it was a bad thing.

 

[thefadedone]

I really hate the "humane slaughter" arguments. No slaughter is humane.

I also get irked with the "Vegetarian fed" labels on meat at the grocery store and restaurant menus. So eating an animal that doesn't eat an animal makes it okay to eat that animal?

 

[Wolfie]

I made eggplant bacon, it was great. It wasnt exactly like bacon but it was still pretty nice and definitely something to put in a sandwich. Some of the pieces remain soft and other pieces crisp up like chips.

I don't care if it's the wrong thread, I want the recipe.

I don't get the fascination with real bacon either. The smell makes me want to vomit.

 

[thefadedone]

I don't care if it's the wrong thread, I want the recipe.

I don't get the fascination with real bacon either. The smell makes me want to vomit.

I think it's the smoky/salty flavor combination that seems so appealing.

 

[Amy SF]

I think it's the smoky/salty flavor combination that seems so appealing.

Yes!

 

[amhappy1]

My new assistant was raised on a farm and is married to an avid hunter. She's great to work with, but we each think the other is crazy. She was talking about her husband's "trophies" and I told her that I thought they were disgusting. She laughed and told me that I was silly because she thinks of them as pets that she doesn't have to feed.

 

[kibbleforlola]

My new assistant was raised on a farm and is married to an avid hunter. She's great to work with, but we each think the other is crazy. She was talking about her husband's "trophies" and I told her that I thought they were disgusting. She laughed and told me that I was silly because she thinks of them as pets that she doesn't have to feed.

Groooooosssssss.

 

[Amy SF]

My new assistant was raised on a farm and is married to an avid hunter. She's great to work with, but we each think the other is crazy. She was talking about her husband's "trophies" and I told her that I thought they were disgusting. She laughed and told me that I was silly because she thinks of them as pets that she doesn't have to feed.