Note: This post is not meant to target those who are vegetarians for religious reasons or those who are vegetarians because they have some chronic disease that doesn’t allow them to eat meat. Instead, I’m targeting every single idiot out there who is a vegetarian for reasons like animal cruelty and health benefits.
Edit 9/10/14: Alright time to clear some air here. I started FitMole back in June 2011 and wrote this article in Aug 2011. Back when I started the blog I was trying to discover the best way to generate more traffic. So I thought to myself, “what’s the best way to get people talking?” So I came up with this article and the slightly edgy, and some might even call immature headline. And yes, I know the article can be seen as a bit offensive and ignorant. I still stand by my claims 100% that going vegetarian isn’t healthier than eating meat, but I do take full responsibility for some of the slightly ignorant comments I’ve made about animal cruelty. Other than that, can the person who keeps sending me death threat emails stop now 🙂
First off I just wanted to say I’m sorry. I normally don’t swear in the post title, but I just have to emphasize how stupid it is to become a vegetarian. It’s stupid, ridiculous, unnecessary, stupid, and did I mention it’s FUCKING stupid.
I have a couple of friends and family members that are vegetarians, and don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate them. I just can’t understand why they decided to follow this lifestyle.
When I ask them why they decided to become a vegetarian, they give me reasons like “Oh, it makes me feel good,” “Because meat is bad for your health,” or “I don’t want to harm animals.” Whenever I hear these reasons, I just put on my best “nod and pretend to agree with you” face.
So why is becoming a vegetarian stupid? Lets take a look:
1) You aren’t saving the lives of animals
I get it. You don’t like it when the heads of baby cows and pigs are chopped off, but do you really think eating that tofu burger is saving lives.
Fruits, vegetables, and grains are a staple among vegetarian diets, but did you know that millions of animals die just so you can enjoy that piece of bread? Eating foods like grains means destroying ecosystems and all of its inhabitants. It means killing all the little animals, birds, bugs, and microorganisms that live among the fields.
Do you know how many little animals and microorganisms die when farmers use machines to plow through wheat fields? The answer is a lot more than 1 cow.
As cheesy as it sounds, everything in life requires sacrifice. Animals are killed to get meat and ecosystems are destroyed to get grains. So the next time I’m eating a steak, don’t you dare judge me for killing a cow.
2) There is absolutely zero scientific proof showing that going vegetarian is healthy
When I want to believe something, I need proof. I need definite scientific proof.
And no, proof doesn’t mean reading a quote in Shape or MensHealth magazine. In order to convince me about anything I need to see a scientific study that shows causation not correlation.
For example, eating less food will make you loss weight. This is a stone cold fact that will remain true no matter what.
However, there is absolutely ZERO proof showing that going vegetarian will decrease your risk of heart disease, cancer, or whatever nasty stuff you can think of.
The only thing we have are thousands of studies showing a correlation between an increased risk of disease and an increase in meat consumption. We have studies that conclude that eating meat “may increase” your risk of heart disease, but this doesn’t mean crap. It’s inconclusive and doesn’t prove anything. Saying that your risk of heart disease “may increase” from eating red meat is like saying you “may” be able to breath fire if you eat enough jalapenos.
And yes, before you get all crazy on me, I have read the China Study a.k.a the vegetarian’s wet dream. For those who don’t know, the China Study was a big study conducted by Dr. Campbell who basically concluded that meat is killer.
While the China Study garnered a ton of media attention a couple years ago, it is also an incredibly flawed study despite it’s massive scale. But talking about all the flaws in the China Study is beyond the scope of this article, so let me turn you over to a great article written by Denise Minger of Raw Food SOS. She did an amazing job in analyzing the China Study and basically debunked every single aspect of it.
People need to stop believing the mainstream media, and need to start looking at the actual research and facts.
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3) You don’t get to eat meat
I know this is a bit obvious, but being a vegetarian means that you don’t get to eat meat. EVER. That means no steak, bacon, horse, or BBQ ribs. The closest thing you’ll ever get to meat is some glued together crap made of wheat and soy.
And please, don’t tell me that your veggie burger tastes better than my double bacon cheeseburger, okay? Don’t tell me “Oh, but it tastes just like the real thing.” No it doesn’t, you rationalizing crazy person. It doesn’t matter how hard you try, a piece of tofu will never taste as good as a greasy piece of beef.
So if vegetarians are so concerned about their health, then why do they opt for highly processed foods likes breads and cereals that are not found in nature as opposed to real animal meat which has been around since…. forever. It makes no freakin sense.
4) Vegetarians are actually eating animals without knowing it!
This past summer, I took a Biology 101 class at a community college to fulfill some general education requirements for my degree. While the class was a complete waste of my time and I pretty much bull-shitted my way through it, I did learn something quite interesting.
I learned about the food web, which is basically description of “who eats who” in the environment.
It goes something like this:
fox eats rabbit => fox poops into the soil => the living soil then absorbs the poop(which includes the rabbit) => fruit and vegetable plants absorb that exact same soil to grow => humans eat those same fruits and vegetables
This process happens EVERYWHERE in nature.
So even if you’re a vegetarian, you’re technically eating dead animals, albeit in a more indirect liquid form. But last time I checked, vegetarians were all about saving lives no matter what.
Don’t be a vegetarian
Despite everything you’ve heard, vegetarians are NOT the health conscious animal saving saints that they’re made out to be.
Instead, vegetarians:
- Support the destruction of ecosystems to obtain their food
- Kill millions of small animals, bugs, and microorganisms
- Aren’t saving their health since there’s absolutely zero scientific proof showing that meat is bad for you
- Are actually eating meat without knowing it
- Are simply misinformed about every aspect of the vegetarian lifestyle
So if you’re a vegetarian, then hopefully I’ve done my job to piss you off beyond belief, and if I converted you, then that’s cool too.
Once again, the only reason why you should be a vegetarian is for religious reasons or because you have a some chronic disease that doesn’t allow you to eat meat. But even if you’re a vegetarian for religious reasons, you might want to start questioning the logic behind your beliefs, just saying.
Alright guys, be sure to share this article with every single vegetarian you know, and to close out this article I have 3 parting words:
FUCK YOU PETA
Thank you you wonderful courageous person. I have a friend who thinks she’s so great coz she’s vegan and is saving animals and shit and said I was being offensive when I said that people should eat cows instead of dogs. She so fucking stupid, she’s all proud that she’s vegetarian and said stuff about believing all animals are equal and everything has its rights, and yet she eats eggs, and products containing milk. She thinks it’s wrong to harm animals in any way and yet she drinks the milk that a cow produced, which had probably been with the intention of feeding the milk to its offspring. Dumbfuck doesn’t think it’s wrong to steal some poor little calf’s milk haha but thinks it’s wrong to keep and breed cattle for food
They milk a specific type of cow which does not need offspring to produce milk, and they do exploit these animals making them live terrible lives to murder them. and anyway dumbfuck is a little rude also vegans don’t eat milk or eggs so something about your story is off.
People are animals too, and we need them here to survive, not eating meat isnt going to help until everyone stops but people like you are in denial about the reality of things
Not eating meat is bad for you, it’s cold hard facts. People will never stop eating meat because nature intended it. Yes the way they treat animals is bad, but that is what needs to be stopped, animals need to live naturally. But vegetarians are only hurting themselves With their countless lack of nutrition and sociability.
Actually, vegans and vegetarians can have perfectly healthy lifestyles. There are no nutrients that a vegan cannot get from plants that someone can get from meat.
vitamin b12 ???
Any fermented plant
That is the dumbest thing here….you…are an idiot.
Idiot: a stupid person
The last time I checked, someone with an IQ of approx. 150 is not a idiot.
Don’t you love how people come up with crap and become angry because they are told how eating Animals in wrong? LOL. It is mainly because that reminds them how horrible they really are then they feel extreme guilt and make up a bunch of false statistics or manipulate statistics to make people feel good about slaughtering animals.
Haha typical animal flesh eater. Oh no I am not in the popular group of murdering animals. The only ones that deserve to be eaten are Humans. You know? the Plague of the earth?
l-carnitine in a meaningful concentration.
full of bull shit I see
Today in our world, we have industrialized and sanitized everything. Vitamin B-12 comes from bacteria that was once abundant in the soils we got fruits and vegetables from. Today, the farming soils are sterilized and the produce is washed extremely well and so all b12 is gone. This is also an issue for the grains and soybeans fed to animals. The people who raise animals must buy b12 injections for their animals so they do not develop a deficiency and so that the animals contain b12 in their meat. If you eat meat for b12, you are essentially supplementing through someone else’s body. You could take a small b12 pill with the rest of your vitamins everyday, but I guess most people prefer to get it through b12 injected flesh chunks.
if we all stopped eating meat all the animals would either be in a zoo or be extinct. so i don’t get what the big deal is
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Damn yeah animals would rather be tortured all there life and killed then not being brought into the world….. Fucking most stupid comment ever.
This is just rude. If she’s your “friend” then don’t call her a dumbfuck. Because I can call you the same.
You are wrong, from beginning to end. You also seems bitter and in conflict with reality and research. The only reason for eating meat would be the strictly egoistic ones. If you wanna save your health and spare nature you should start hunting down some carrots right away! Good luck with your cancer to be!
Your wrong killing animals is wrong so what if we eat animals that are reincarnated into fruits that are technically animals- oh crap I am eating dead animals. People don’t eat food it harms the ecosystem and animals on the other hand air is delicious and free. Why spend money on food when you can eat air and drink water-oh crap water is part of the aquato ecosystem. Sorry guys. Air is the healthiest thing to eat and doesn’t give you cancer like red meat and doesn’t decay. You will soon realize that eating air is the best because when aliens come to eat you you will feel the animals pain.
There is no evidence. This is invalid. And who cares if we never eat meat? I don’t want to kill 100 cows for one hamburger. And at the stores, the “red” meat packages are pumped full of carbon monoxide to maintain the red color. That doesn’t sound healthy to me.
100 cows for 1 hamburger? more like 1000 hamburgers for one cow are you dumb do you eat 100,000 pound burgers
This doesn’t even cite references, obviously because there are only references that negate his premise as well as discredit his opinions. Genuinely moronic, How did this even get past an editor?
Well be lazy why don’t you dumb ignorant imbecile, got a great tip so to stop you from proving you’re both brain dead and very stupid
get your fat lazy deluded ass off that computer chair and do some research dumb fuck and you’ve got the double standard hypocrisy to say someone else is retarded ROFL
Fuck off and take your brain dead bull shit somewhere else retard
You’re trying to argue a comment by calling them by insulting names. You’re using a propaganda term that has no validity in this situation. That is like being in a debate and calling the opposing party false just because they don’t look like resonable people.
Not to mention the bee’s that are exploited to pollinate crops, increasing numbers of farmers (especially the organic ones) are relying on paying bee keepers to move their hives to their farms to pollinate their crops.
Perfect example of double standard bull shit if you ask me.
Have you not heard of self-pollinating crops?
you do realize that animals in the agricultural business eat crops too, so saying that vegitarians are destroying the ecosystem is an immensely flawed argument. Not only does twice as much land have to be cleared to produce enough food to go to the animals that are then killed and sold to us (instead of starving populations) but land has to be further cleared for grazing room. So if you were actually concerned about the ecosystem, pollution or even the well being of animals then yes, I’m sorry to say that vegetarianism or veganism is your best route. And about the argument that “because there are only studies pointed towards the fact that meat causes disease and shortens lifespan so it doesn’t count” that’s like me saying that cigarets don’t cause cancer because there are studies on it and apparently studies mean nothing to you.
Some of those arguments don’t make much sense…you kind of stretched it. But yeah I agree that some people think that they’re total saints for not eating meat. I’m vegetarian but only because I don’t like meat and vegetarian is a better excuse than “I don’t like it”
I’m sorry that you are so offended by vegetarianism. Here is a good article to read, and refute if you so feel with citations and all! I believe that everyone is entitled to their opinion, and diet, but continually educating ourselves is never a bad thing!
Last thing, I have been reading articles arguing for both sides because I’m trying to be vegetarian, and I do appreciate that you did this!
A comment on the statement about indirectly eating animals through fecal matter and plant absorption. It is not possible for plants to absorb nutrients through fecal matter that contains, well, meat in it. That is why when manure is used, it is from an animal that is herbivorous. For fecal matter to be turned into arable soil, it would have to be digested by an insect to be made into soil, or something of a similar fashion.
Bonus Comment: This isn’t a place to call vegetarians by dastardly insults.
You obviously got dumped by someone that was a vegetarian and now you need to find a way to vent to the world.
If you don’t like or understand our lifestyle; stop caring. We don’t kill or hurt the animals, if we eat them through Fox poop, we didn’t kill it, humans aren’t responsible for that. And seriously? Do you even have a fucking heart? I understand you like your burgers, but are you saying your LIKES and STUBBOTNESS is better than a LIFE?!
this whole article is so dumb
So for your last point you thought you might recycle a bit of lion king. Does it also hold that you’re stupid if your against cannibalism because when humans die they’ve gone into the soil so over our lifestyle we must have consumed some amount of human carrion albeit “indirectly”. Does it also hold against people (the majority of society) who believe that eating dogs cats and a large number of other species are stupid because they rot into the soil. Some people might have beliefs that aren,t yours but instead of acknowledging you insult and ridicule. Then reverse construct an argument based on conclusions you had already made and not critique them because you,re already right. Ignoring any possible stances or unique perspectives that different individuals may have(not to agree but to understand). The only thing that should be loathed is your attitude. I really hope this isnt your genuine approach to people with differing opinions but just a way to score internet hits with an incendiary title and poor concieved means to an end arguments.
No evidence was provided by either side proving that one is better than the other. In my opinion, you’re all fucking idiots. Eat what you want, and let others do the same. I swear, some people just aren’t happy unless they’re telling someone else what they should and shouldn’t be doing with THEIR LIFE. Worry about your own goddamn self, fools.
A no-sider. Thank you!
p.s. I am commenting to the person MF of July 21, 2015
“Eating foods like grains means destroying ecosystems and all of its inhabitants. It means killing all the little animals, birds, bugs, and microorganisms that live among the fields.”
So where do you think cows are raised? In space? Or in a field? Where do you think the billions of tons needed to feed cows come from? A vacuum? Or from a field?
Pound for pound, meat requires far more land and resources to produce than any plant based food.
“fox eats rabbit => fox poops into the soil => the living soil then absorbs the poop(which includes the rabbit) => fruit and vegetable plants absorb that exact same soil to grow => humans eat those same fruits and vegetables”
This is beyond retarded. Would you call the fungus growing on a block a cheese the same as an animal product? Would you ever call the rot that forms on a corpse meat? No? Then why would you state that plant based foods are the same as eating meat because the soil is composed of the dead?
” The closest thing you’ll ever get to meat is some glued together crap made of wheat and soy.”
Or you could just eat plant based foods based on their own merit, plenty of which are absolutely fantastic. Get a rice bowl with beans, grilled veggies, all three sauces, and if you want, some corn and guac, and even a bag of chips if you feel so inclined.. I challenge the majority of people to find that disgusting.
“There is absolutely zero scientific proof showing that going vegetarian is healthy”
Where’s your proof that meat is healthy? Protip: It doesn’t count if it comes from a study funded by the meat and dairy industries. 😐
Old or not, this article is still fucking stupid, as are your views on it.
You have raised all the points I wanted to and I appreciate it.
Rubbish.
You’re just selfish.