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.
[The leaders of anti-vegetarians]
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
God you are stupid. Four stupid stroppy opinions and no facts. Your opinions were just plain ignorant too. Not eating meat doesn’t save animals lives? Seriously, this is why vegetarians are always mad at meat eaters, you’re so fucking dumb!
Unless your 100% accountable for every food and product you use or consume your in no position to put yourself on some bullshit moral high ground. Keep convinving yourself that your such a good person because “you wouldn’t even hurt a fly” get fucked
This is the stupidest article I have ever read in my life. Check out the United Nations report on the impact of animal agriculture on climate change. The contribution of animal agriculture to global warming is more than the entire transportation sector. More than 50% of the planet’s freshwater resources is used for animal agriculture. Animal agriculture is the no.1 reason for rainforest destruction. And mind you,meat-eaters indirectly consume more plants than vegans. What do you think the cattle feed on?? I’m not gonna comment on your ignorant remarks on animal cruelty. You are too dumb and stupid to understand the concept of ethical living.
dude shut the fuck up you retarded ignorant piece of filth
ethical living my ass
hamburgers for life
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Bravo! Your answer is perfect answer for those ignorants!
Hello!Vegetarian diets are not necessarily better for the environment. About 90% of US cropland suffers from top soil loss at 13 times the sustainable rate. [42] 92% of US soybeans (a vegetarian staple protein) are planted with genetically modified soy, immune to herbicides. [43] This immunity allows soy farmers to douse their fields with large quantities of weed-killing herbicides which are toxic to other plants and fish. Some scientists worry that increased herbicide use could create “super weeds.” [44]
Processed vegetarian protein options such as tofu can cause more greenhouse gas pollution than farming meat. A 2010 report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found that the production of soy-based proteins such as tofu could contribute more to greenhouse gas emissions than eating locally produced meat. [16] According to a peer-reviewed 2009 study, giving up all animal products would only give a 7% reduction in green house gas emissions, [106] not enough to be worth the dietary sacrifice.
Did you know that 70% of corn and soy are fed to the animals that you eat.
All of the morons that are saying vegetables are healthy and bla bla bla meat is bad, you’re right.
Meat and vegetables are both bad if not moderated.
That’s why we’re fucking omnivores. Healthy, balanced diets.
if you’re a vegan because of ethics honestly companies couldn’t give less of a shit about 1% of the population
You’re fucking stupid
You are an idiot, my friend
I disagree with every one of your views. Please reevaluate degrading and ridiculing others’ religions.
It’s obvious that text who wrote this is a total example of imbecility!People who eat meat have a complex in front of the vegetarians and vegans because they can’t quit the meat for their egoism and selfishness! Though everyone already knows what impact on our planet have consummating meat , not talking of suffering that cause to animals living and dying in mist horrible way! That human will pay for this ! Especially will pay those who eat meat , it’s enough to look at them , their deformation of whole body and diseases that will follow. Anyway Americans are famous for their “HEALTHY WAY OF LIFE LIKE FAST FOOD MACDONALD’S HAMBURGER.. Have a “MERRY Christmas” without cruelty to all vegetarians and vegans! GO VEGETARIANS AND VEGANS!
Uh dude? Are you for real? Animals don’t die in a horrible way! 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]
Eat what you want, when you want, as often as you want.
We don’t know when our time is going to be up, so let’s be here for a good time, not to sit around the whole time secretly depressed, wanting everyone else to join us in our self inflicted misery, because we’ve been stupid enough to decide:
1. If it tastes good, it’s illegal. Only cardboard & glue will do.
2. If it’s fun, it’s illegal. So why not sit at your low paid office desk job all day whining about “the animals” & have no life at the weekend? Nobody cares. Plenty will pretend to in order to get you to shut the fuck up more quickly, but that’s the only reason they appear to be listening. Also your boss doesn’t care, & for pissing them off, they will never promote you either.
3. Preaching self righteous bollocks is the only other thing that matters in life. That’s why whilst everyone isn’t listening to you, you’ll never get laid either. Another layer of misery to be proud of. Go tell Mother Theresa. She’s dead, so even she won’t be listening. Bonus.
You could of course wake up & smell the coffee (Or is coffee banned too? Too exciting?).
But please don’t. In the unlikely event you ever get invited to dinner, or anything else for that matter, please feel welcome to leave all the meats, fish & dairy available completely untouched. More of the tasty stuff for those of us with a heartbeat. We’ll use our brains & take some of your fruit & veg though, because we don’t care about you. And of course, whilst leaving these staple items untouched & eating nothing but lettuce, do remember that most alcohol is not vegetarian either, so leave that alone too. Finally, whilst eating your lettuce, try to remember that at a social occasion, we give even less of a shit about you then the fake giving a shit act we put on in formal settings. That means totally shut the fuck up. Finally, enjoy your early death, as at the first sign of ill health, you aren’t allowed any medical care or pharmaceuticals, because I’m afraid everything’s been tested on animals before it was made available to you.
You are truly one of dumbest most Unenlightened human beings I have ever come across. But I guess when you are brain washed by the meat and dairy industries your whole life living in the matrix, that’s what is to be expected. Thank fucking god I woke up and don’t share your fucking stupid ignorant selfish viewpoints. Don’t you realize that animal agriculture is the single most destructive thing happening to the planet earth? You know, that place we enlightened mindful people have to share with fucking morons like you. But please, by all means keep eating your meat, lots of it, and hurry up and get cancer, heart disease, or the many proven diseases that meat consumption casuals and fucking die already! You are a cancer to society pal. Did McDonald’s pay you to write your stupid shit? Scumbag
I would like to say that meat consumption in moderation does not cause cancer or heart disease. There are many factors, such as family health and genetics, that cause various cancers and other health issues. Also pesticides and other harmful chemicals being poured onto produce, in my opinion, are more to blame for cancer.
That’s All.
Please provide a link to a study that confirms “that meat consumption in moderation does not cause cancer or heart disease”. The studies I have seen conclude that every serving of red meat increases your risk. It’s funny that you think pesticides on produce is to blame for cancer, do you know what animals eat? They eat produce, and lots of it. If pesticides are present on produce, there will be much more of it in meat, as animals often accumulate those pesticides in their muscle and fat. The same way that apex predators like albacore tuna have more mercury than prey in lower in the food chain like anchovies.
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1134845
http://gracelinks.org/media/pdf/pesticides_tp_20090515.pdf
http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/walletcard.pdf
That is the rankest piece of bullshit I have ever read. Where did you come up with that? Because I searched ” what’s the most destructive thing to nature” and there was not one mention about agriculture. Plus if it were true, wouldn’t it be better to eat the methane producing livestock? Your so stupid
Holy hell did you wake up in the wrong side of the bed? Not only have you proved nothing by stating things that aren’t even proven, but you also showed your immaturity by telling someone to go die. Please go back to high school so you can learn how not to make an ass of yourself, Ruch, because you are making vegetarians look bad.
What really bothers me about vegans, is they do it to save living creatures. Plants are living creatures. You may not be able to understand a plant, but it is alive. When you eat a plant raw, you are eating it while it is aware. So which is worse, eating something after it has died, or while it still lives? It’s similar to people wanting to save only the cute animals.
If you are a vegan, you are out of touch with the reality of the universe.
Ad hominem. So what’s the point of ethics? Let’s humor you to believe that plants feel pain (which we have absolutely no reason to believe). It is the most basic form of energy we can process. Eating animals, requires the death of more plants than if we were eating them alone and the animals themselves. This is undeniable from the diminishing law of returns. Also it requires a lifetime of suffering and domestication for the animal. So in any epistemologically sound reasoning veg*n is a morally utilitarian ideal.
“But no I hungee and I reed artical that say I cool and what if plant hurt??? O: I can’t do ny theng Gud for dis worl :/ I so much smart than ghandi, Socrates, Einstein and da Vinci bc I cool and like bacon lol BACON FTw. I am da 95% like Mac donals and don’t no to cook”
People constantly ask me this since I am a vegan. Here is my answer.
-Plants have no nerves or nerve endings.
-Also the pain they feel is very minimum.
-Plants are inanimate.
-When you are to cut off a pigs head, it doesn’t grow back, when you cut off a branch of a plant it grows back providing you with more of whatever you are growing.
-A tree doesn’t have a spinal cord
-When you cut something off it’s branch it doesn’t try to scream, cry, run away, ect.
All sentient beings deserve to live their lives to the fullest.
We don’t eat meat to survive, but if we do, animals will die, it is just a valid arguments, I dun mind people eating a lot of meat in front of me, but I just find this article completely offensive, respect diversity, and please grow up.
If you’re honestly finding this article offensive, then you are the one who needs to not only grow up, but also grow a pair.
Our bodies have developed to eat meat.The inclusion of meat in the ancestral diet provided a dense form of nutrients and protein that, when combined with high-calorie low-nutrient carbohydrates such as roots, allowed us to develop our large brains and intelligence.You think animals will die…how about plants?
Watch Cowspiracy
I don’t give a fuck about you and your stupid article? I am vegetarian just cause I feel that this is what I want and believe me I don’t need a reason and justification to do what I want. Because it seems to me that you need a logical reason to do things which in reality it doesn’t. Eating fucking cakes and sweets also fucks up health and this IS scientifically proven however it doesn’t make not eating them. You want to eat meat? good for you, well I don’t.
This is not a stupid article! You’re just pissed off beyond belief because it is the truth and you don’t want to believe. Deal with it, it’s the facts.
not even close bro. for your sake I hope you aren’t any older than 13, otherwise this is pathetic.
How the fuck do vegans think they’re saving animals by not eating meat, when there’s THE REST OF THE FUCKING WORLD WHO ARE STILL EATING IT! Your amazing switch to an animal saving lifestyle Is INSIGNIFICANT to the massive demand of meat. It’s how we humans became the most advanced species on this planet. We ate meat, got smart and made more progress than any other animal. So if your comfortable saying “FUCK YOU MAMMOTH MURDERERS!” To your prehistoric ancestors, GO EAT GRASS AND DIE YOU COWS!
Uhh I thought we became smarter because of agriculture….we were able to save food for the coming seasons and thus we didn’t have to keep moving looking for animals to hunt
Over the years there have been dramatic increases in veganism. Studies also show that many years into the future (And I am talking many many many years!) majority of the world will actually be vegan. The reason of this is because of the amounts of water that animals intake is very high. A pound of chicken takes 518 gallons of water. A pound of beef takes about 1,800 gallons of water. Yes, vegans actually are saving animals lives, eventually, the demand will decrease and I’m not saying the whole world will be vegan but maybe vegetarians.
Also, when you quote “Eating meat is how humans became more advanced,” that is not all necessarily true, Albert Einstein was a vegetarian and he helped us advance. Sir Isaac Newton was a vegan, he helped us advance.Thomas Edison, Steve Jobs, De Vinc, were also vegans. 🙂
lol retarded fuckin article “No scientific evidence AT ALL showing vegetarians are healthier” AYY LMAO