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
This is the dumbest article I’ve read. Why do you care if people are vegetarian?? Let people eat what they want, what is it to you? Also, it doesn’t help your cause by continuously calling people who choose not to eat meat stupid. you obviously have too much time on your hands.
No offence but Vegans are so up themselves, such snooty cunts.
You don’t know many vegans, do you?
I seen many vegans on YouTube. They are forcing their lifestyle onto others, using ad hominem against those who consume meat. Worse of all, they use illogical rhetoric and false facts in order to indoctrinate others.
This is so stupid. Its a personal choice. Vegetarians don’t always believe they are saving the environment, they just rather not fell like they are taking part in destroying it. This article was stupid. I just feel bad you are so narrow minded.
Thus is wang!
whoever made this is pretty ignorant and uneducated. 😉
this is what you call my prey, an idot
In all fairness he/she makes some good points. Theres really no evidence to show that being a herbivore is any more beneficial than being an omnivore. Animals dying is part of nature, sad but true, so the whole moral standpoint on the issue is BS. I have a hard time understanding vegetarians as well. But hey, to each their own. I certainly prefer chicken/fish to red meat, but to cut meat out all together? I simply don’t see the point.
You’re right. Animals being skinned and burned alive is part of nature lol you’re a fool
Hello! Modern slaughter techniques minimize the suffering of animals. US slaughterhouses must conform to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA) which mandates that livestock be stunned unconscious before slaughter. [65] Many of the largest US meat producers also adhere to the handling standards developed by Dr. Temple Grandin [87][89] which factor in animal psychology to design transportation devices, stockyards, loading ramps, and restraining systems that minimize stress and calm animals as they are led to slaughter. [88]
God put meat/animals for our survival saying that it’s wrong to eat organisms is retarded. Animals eat each other why because they want to live another day so I eat meat because of protein and calories to keep me going salads not going to do that for me animals eat animals don’t act like a saint for not eating a hotdog or steak any omnivore would have gladly scoffed the meat down
Animals have less of a choice. Cats cannot be vegan. Dogs can but its hard. For Humans it is a choice.
The god defense is the stupidest defense flesh eaters use.
I don’t like you very much, can you please have this argument with a Lion, I really want you to get in its face about eating meat. What makes you think you are better than any animal on this planet? You are trying to protect and pretend us an animals are the same yet you wont have a nice intelligent discussion with a Lion about its meat eating habits. Shame on you !
I love this. Just awesome. I pretty much said this entire bit to my 16 year old daughter, who is quickly becoming a sheep…..and I am losing the battle. I hate today’s mainstream media.
You’re daughter is becoming a good person at a young age. I wish when I was 16 I took the same route. Think before you speak? You basically just had a sook because you’re daughter has chosen not to support the death and responsibility for murdering animals.
So you’re trying to change you’re daughters ways because she has a heart? Makes a lot of sense
Sane and sensible vegan here- I will say that when I first stopped eating meat at 14 years old, it was because the concept of meat grossed me out, which I think is a valid reason for not wanting to eat it. As I’ve gotten older and learned more about the industry, I grew passionately opposed with the factory farming system. I do not have any moral objection to the idea of eating animals for food, but I’ve always known it wasn’t something I wanted to do. I have maintained a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle for years after simply because I believe that voting with your dollar is one of the most powerful things you can do. If I do not agree with something, I do not put my money towards the industry.
That being said, I have never pushed my lifestyle on anyone else. But if you just step back and look at the language of this article and the comments below, it seems that many meat-eaters feel disproportionately defensive about their own lifestyle choices. Many vegans and vegetarians can be aggressive about their diets, but the majority of us are not. I sense that you feel judged by these people, when most of us are just trying to do what we feel is right. Please re-evaluate your language in this article and see how outrageously aggressive your language is.
Sane and sensible vegan here – No such thing stopped reading at that point. hehehe sorry I just wanted to make myself laugh
You are ridiculously stupid for thinking its brave to be a vegetarian and extremely misinformed about the “Vegetarian Lifestyle.”
Fuck you. You are just another one of these uneducated hypocritical liberals who only reads titles instead of articles to get their information.
Lol god you people are disgusting especially the cocksucker that wrote this article
“Cocksucker”? So you’re a Morrissey-hating homophobe?
“No it doesn’t, you rationalizing crazy person.” Rational people, being called crazy since 2015.
Veganism is about hurting the least amount of people as possible. While somethings may hurt animals. It is better to do so rather than torturing animals. Also just because your food taste better does not mean it is moral. Just because it feels good doesn’t make it good.
Also for the part where you said I am eating meat without me knowing it.
Well firstly foxes aren’t as smart as humans. And can’t really make a decision like us. Also last time I checked they were carnivorous creatures. Furthermore we didn’t have to murder an animal to have a plant. You can grow plants without poop. But if they do then that is because an animal ate another animal.
Again animals aren’t as smart as us, they can’t make decisions like us. So it’s not as evil as us doing it. Us being that we know exactly how this is being affected.
Also a little tip for you… If you’re trying to persuade someone, be mature about it.
You do relize that it takes 2800 pounds of corn to produce 1250 pounds of beef… so in reality you half to destroy move land to produce the food for the cow to get less food realy? Plus the land to hold the cows in…
Watch fork over knives to find satistics or facts on health benefits.
Plus some people don’t like the taste of meat period it’s the sauce that makes it taste good… if you boiled dome meat and took a bit out of it I bet it wouldn’t taste good ethier.
Before being vegatarain I would get tired at 3 minutes run/walk and out of breath. A month of no running then became vegatarain I made it 30 minutes run/walk before becoming tired. I felt full of energy.
I lost 16-18 pounds and now stable at healthier weight and I’m eating more then before not restrictions butter, chips or candy ethier.
Also even meat eaters like my veggie burgers… no there not tofu as I don’t like tofu at all.
Also your logic about plants containing animal product from soil… would mean all water contains pee or poop since that where some water came from before being dryed up into the sky/clouds/air. And all air contains farts.
You do realize that your argument is completely fucking retarded, right?
A. Going from meat to veggies isn’t going to boost your run time by 27 minutes in a single month.
B. Veggies don’t magically make you in shape.
C. Humans have teeth made for meat and vegetables.
You people can bitch and moan all you want about animal cruelty, it’s not gonna stop, ever. As a matter of fact, I hope it doesnt stop, for the sake of my tasty burgers. I don’t give a fuck about some shitty cow. I don’t give a fuck about some shitty pig. They’re made for me to eat. Vegans are like the self-righteous conservative christains. Think you’re above other people in the world, because your beleifs are different. Guess what. The world isn’t gonna change for you little shits.
you talk about food… we still have something to eat, some plants, some animals…
but there are some people that have nothing to eat, not even clean water to drink…
Becoming vegetarian will not help alleviate world hunger. The 925 million [105] people in chronic hunger worldwide are not hungry because people in wealthy countries eat too much meat. The problem is one of economics and distribution. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world “currently produces enough food for everybody, but many people do not have access to it.” [108]
Derp the facts are right in your face, you just forgot to research them. You’re not stupid, you just have bad luck when thinking.