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
If you did even a ounce of research you would know that your argument has major flaws like the second reason it is a proven fact that being vegetarian your heart attack chance is 15% will meat eaters is 50%. Not only that but your own anti-vegetarians Epic meal time host Harley Morenstein proves that eating meat can make you more obese because he himself said he gained about 15 to 20 pounds more than when he started the show. And your third reason sound like your saying all vegetarians eat veggie burgers, but I don’t because I think that the ingredients are disgusting. Also did you know that your apparently delicious bacon tastes the same as human flesh so just think of eating a human when eating that double bacon cheese burger. And if you ever thought about trying tofu and cooked it right you would find it better then meat or so all my friends think that eat it. And while you eat bread and cereal (I am pretty sure you do to) . Four is actually wrong because if you did research for hours like i did you would know. The fifth one is so stupid like my last sentence I’m pretty sure you eat both bread and cereal and the meat you love so much it causes more ecosystem problems. And you kill even more small animals, bugs, and microorganisms. Yet again do some research you would know being a vegetarian is healthier then being a meat eater. While you think I’m misinformed you are most defiantly wrong like i said you need to do your own research instead of stating a opinion. So i hope i pissed you off and to let you know I feel physical better as a vegetarian so if you give it a try you might of understand instead of this bullshit you are saying.
Preach!!!!!
Ummmmmm why do you know what human flesh tastes like? And if you don’t eat veggie burgers and eat meat (aka not a veggie burger) how exactly do you remain a vegetarian?
XD I laughed my ass of while reading this. You should become like a comedy writer or something because this is just so much fun to read. XD
You know that cutting down grain is not hurting the ecosystem right? If you cut down trees than that is a different story. As well as studies scientifically proving that you feel better and less fatigied. You know that meat has L-Tryptophan in in which makes you more tired. As well as the fact why bugs get killed in the process is due to the fertilizer and everything else we put in our food for farming, so that our food looks more appealing. Instead of sharing your opinion on a single kect you have no clue about, actually do some research.
Kaitlyn, YOU DO SOME RESEARCH, idiot, type L-Tryptophan benefits into google before posting it makes you tired. It is an ESSENTIAL amino acid, you moron! Read and you will find it is necessary. You may have had some sort of point, until you declared that it is bad and that others should do some research, before doing any yourself. Twat!
L-Tryptophan making a person tired is a complete myth. Research before you speak. Troll!
Even in 6th grade we learned about energy we gain from food. The further away from the actual plant, the less energy you receive from what you are consuming.
Wow, this one of the least informative, poorly constructed arguments I have ever read. As soon as one writes about killing micro-organisms by eating plants and that eating plants is equivalent to eating the animals that left waste products their legitimacy is gone. Yes, you learned things in your 101 college courses, you are angry that people do not eat meat for some reason. Perhaps some people do not wish to contribute to the horrific conditions that are associated with the factory farm system. Perhaps some people can think beyond having to have bacon at every meal. Vegetarians support the destruction of ecosystems? This is your argument? Do you not think grazing land destroys ecosystems? What about the massive amounts of crops grown to feed the billions of animals, do you think that may alter ecosystems. How much water goes into that? I am not trying to state one should be one way or the other, but at least do some homework.
Vegetarianism is a mental disease.
I find it hard to argue with that statement.
Wow….most ridiculous, not researched article I think I have ever read. Two things to consider: before making these outlandish claims, research both sides of the coin. I challenge everyone to research Joel Fuhrman and read his books. Eye opening information…Nutritarian lifestyle is epic and life changing. The benefits of a plant based lifestyle far out weigh anything else…..which leads me to my second point. Imagine for a moment if being a vegetarian or vegan or Nutritarian were true in its core values and or theory’s..The impact on the meat ( beef, pork, chicken, fish, ect industries) would be catastrophic. And if those industries took a catastrophic hit, imagine for a moment the catostrophic hit the pharmaceutical industry would take as a result. Let that sink in for a moment. After contemplating that, Google
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen and their diets and they way they raise their children to eat….perhaps one of the greatest quarterbacks to play in the NFL and one of the greatest supermodels of all times…..enough said. Of course there are others who dispute and have other ideas, but remember this….what if your wrong and they are right….is it not worth your health and life to give it a try? Last question for you to ponder: did you know that humans are not only the only mammals…..but the only life form on the planet that eat for pleasure? What does that tell you?
this has to be the most uninformed person ever.
i pray for how smart you think you are and how dumb you think people who refrain from eating meat are.
the human desire to eat meat is the reason all the climate problems.
an acre of amazon rainforest gets chopped down every second so people can build cow farms.
and if you use any of the “common sense” you use in your article, you’ll know that a rainforest > microorganisms living in wheat.
you did not present one fact this article is nothing but excuses and a joke.
Firstly, if it wasn’t for the FACT that our primate progenitors ate MEAT, bone marrow, and animal derived fat; our brains would not be as big as they are now. We evolved big giant thinking brains because our ape ancestors ate meat. Vegetarianism and Veganism is an ideology, not a biologically superior mode of survival.
second, meat eating diets are not inferior to vegetarian diets. Most of the degenerative diseases that we get that are effected by diet are the result of bad omega 3 to omega 6 ratios.(especially heart disease)
it is the modern American diet with ratios such as 1 in 30 or 1 in 40 ,that are unhealthy. (one omega 3 to fourty omega 6)
in stead of the healthy 1 in 7 or lower.
besides, i would rather die at the age of 73 of a heart attack while eating bacon, than die at the age of 73 of a heart attack AND Alzheimer’s disease while eating salads. Or better yet, not die of a heart attack at all; because i ate oysters, grass fed beef, flaxseed, and fish.
crazy vegan people need to keep their propaganda and ideologies to themselves. they do not use reason. if a meteor were to hit this planet right now and darken the skies for a year or more; all of the vegetarians would probably die out, and we would weed their weak mental genetics out of our gene pool for good.
Vegans need to keep their ideologies to themselves but allow YOU to spread yours, I see. Idiot.
Your argument was incredibly weak(not to mention flawed) from the beginning, however as soon as you said that eating plants is the same as eating animals because of the ‘liquified’ remains of said animals in the faecal matter of their predators… I mean, really? That’s your argument?
Its abt pain at death asshole..its not abt fuxking ecosystem that bugs our consciousness…..plants doesnt have nervous system and they arent conscious…so its all abt that fucking nervojus system ppl feel befor kill….and i dont have to argue abt ur retard brain…your low levels of knowledge or ur fucking iq …u r very less informed…u r not going to save any eco system by eating meat nor u wont die eating veg…eating meat was crucial for humans fast development but not necessary now…and veg is always healthy…u can get those fucking proteins in different veg items…..neevr. seen such an immature retard.
I have recently become a vegetarian. It’s not about any of the arguments you so passionately explained. It’s simple. I see my animals as equal, my family members, my loved ones. Therefore I understand how they and all other animals can suffer. I don’t want them to suffer for simply something I could choose not to put on my plate if there’s plenty of other food I could have. I have no problem with animals eating other animals (which we are) but I don’t want to make another suffer for such a tiny thing as nice taste in my mouth for a few seconds. And the way farming is right now and the process it took for that burger to get to your plate, I know that animal suffered at some moment to make that happen for you. I don’t think another creature’s life is worth that. That’s just my own personal choice to make.
You are like me brother. I am a hindu from Nepal. I don’t want to harm animals or to eat them. So, i only eat vegetables and fruits. So, I am healthier too. One year ago, i left eating meats or fish.
you are completely missing the point of veganism. I am really happy that im a vegan and don’t miss meat at all, because of what happens in slaughter houses. AND if you like facts, maybe you should try looking at some!!! YES!! THERE ARE HUNDRED OF STUDIES that show that a veggie diet is better for you!. 😀 by the way, yes we are technically saving the lives of animals, because if we don’t do it, no one will. more and more people are changing, because they are watching other people do it. being vegan is SUPER easy for all you readers, and it makes you feel good(physically and mentally) so reachrch some ACTUAL studies before you make a decision on weather you let millions of inocent creatures die at your mercy every. single. day.
Guys, sorry but I am telling you truth. I am a hindu from Nepal where people have faith on God and goddess and cow is worship here. My grand father was a vegeterian and he lived for more than 90 years due to having healthy and fresh vegetables. This means that having vegetables and fruits and avoiding meats and fish is the best way to live a healthier life. My grand father passed away in the april of 2015 and when he passed, at the same day earthquake took place in Nepal and brought a huge destruction. I also became vegeterian because of my grand dad.
Veganism/Vegetarianism is about reducing cruelty.ex:field mice were killed for planting wheat crops in order to create a box of vegan cereal.But cows were given some of the wheat for food=>eating that cereal is less cruel than eating steak,because the steak was made from cows whom ate the wheat that was planted on the field where mice were killed.On the other hand,the vegan cereal required only the planted wheatto be made,not the cow.That is an example of how some products are less cruel than others.
Holy fucking shit I cannot stop laughing after reading this article!!! Lmao you made my night!!!! Haha I can’t stop someone help me . Whoever wrote this has a knowledge span of a 6th grader and their ego justify whatever is stated. My god, poor man. He needs to gain knowledge!!