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
Its NOT Meat Eaters Vs Vegetarians.
Meat Eaters that eat sufficient vegetables have an equally reduced risk of heart conditions & cancer. (Proven in the pro vegetarian university studies as quoted above)
BUT ‘Meat Eaters’ often don’t eat enough veg, increasing their risk.
Vegetarians do not get any Vitimin B12 (as its only found in meat) which leads to neurological disorders. Vegetarians are also at far higher risk of Anemia and protein deficiency, as obtaining the required levels of all the necessary amino acids is next to impossible, unless you are very dedicated and have a lot of spare time. (And you eat dairy/fish)
Meat provides all the human body needs in the most efficient and easy way. That is why its popular (its easy),
In a survival situation, I would prefer to be a meat eater and I have no problem killing an animal to preserve my own life… The animal would (if possible) kill you, to preserve its own life.
You can often ‘see’ bad vegetarians (they look I’ll and malnourished)
Great article. I’ll share it 🙂
Dude u r sooooo fucked up in every way!! U say ur sorry for swearing in ur intro when u should be saying sorry that people r killing animals inhumanely all over the world just for their pleasure. U need a better education and u r a total asshole. U r rude and disrespectful to vegetarians and healthy people everywhere. They put insane hormones and steroids in the meat u r eating today and its disgusting. Y don’t u go and watch meatvideo.com and look at the ways they r treating farm animals from the time they r born to when they die of cruelty and not natural causes. Those animals barely even last an hour to almost a year in those farms and they r being beaten everyday for no reason and then sent to slaughterhouses and killed while still alive and not even put on pain killers or nothing. U say we are killing little animals and eating a fucking rabbit in vegetables when ur the one eating greasy fattening bacon that might even hopefully kill u!! (: This is why America is going to shitt because of people like you!! Those people that are vegetarians are helping the lives of animals because who would want to die to be eaten. People that try and help animals r good people and u come over and eat a pork sandwich in their face and say fuck u… I totally hope u go kill urself and never populate this earth as long as u live sir u r disgusting and disrespectful to good people everywhere and u have no right to say that or even post this on the internet. Being healthy is a choice and being sick is what u r if u keep eating all that shitt on your plate that u call good for u. And im not a vegetarian tho , I do eat meat and I find it discusting , i have to eat whats on my plate or i starve for the day to be sent to bed.. i don’t have a choice in this world to eat meat or not im just a 16 year old 9th grader and i make better choices than u and im actually a person with a heart!! i choose to eat carrots instead of bacon…. U have no heart and i hope u no tht!!
Your lack of grammar shows how intelligent you are. Your argument shows even more. You are fucking stupid and need to be knocked off your high horse. You want to be a sickily looking pussy? Fine. The fact is farm animals are nothing but food and while I do wish they were treated better they are alive only to feed us. Animals eat animals, and we are animals.
Hi Brendan, you should really learn to get a proper education and learn not to be an stupid, ignorant fucking idiot.
Hope that was good grammar.
Hi Daniel,
“Learn to get a proper education”
*an stupid”
Maybe you should acquire an education my friend, that was truly the furthest fucking thing from correct grammar / sentence structure.
Have a shit day!
Not to mention the fact that plants affect the environment more directly than killing animals.
Additionally, this is all under the assumption that plants are not ‘alive’ and have a ‘soul’ like animals so it is okay to eat them since they won’t ‘feel’ any pain.
The smarter human beings get, the more stupid they become.
The reason vegetarians dont see any harm in eating plants because they dont have a nerve system, therefore its obvious it doesnt feel any pain. Inclusion, being vegetarian doesnt mean were reqlly advocating the ending of meat production its only that we dont take part of being a carnivorous vermin that are meat eaters.
Sorry to say, but you’re immensely misguided.
Factory farms are the number one leading cause of the destruction of the ecosystem. Be it the energy needed to sustain such a mass factory to raise and slaughter the animals, or the immense amount of deforestation required to grow the crappy corn and soy that they stuff the animals with; it’s all because our society chooses to OVER CONSUME meat. Not to mention the cruelty and atrocity that takes place when these animals are slaughtered by the thousands. And you think the meat you’re eating is actually beneficial? The nutrients and health benefits that come with eating meat are obliterated when the animal is living in a stressful environment, injected with steroids and hormones to get fat fast, and eating a diet that is no where near what they would naturally be consuming. Truth of the matter is, all the food we eat nowadays is shit. Whether it’s the pesticide ridden vegetables, the GMO corn, the food-colored cheese… The list goes on and on. But when I know that the meat I’m eating came from the living anguish of another animal, I will refuse to do so. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that some people cannot live without meat and being a vegetarian is simply not feasible for them, but at least make the choice to not live in ignorance and buy meat that is not only healthy for you, but comes from sustainable and humane sources. Buying local or certified humane is the first step to solving this problem.
Also, there is no such thing as scientific proof. Everything we know from science to be fact is simply due to that fact that nothing else has come along to indicate otherwise. Science is based on theories, theories which are merely supported or shown to be false. For you to be asking for scientific PROOF that being a vegetarian is better for your health, sorry to say but you’re never going to find that pot of gold because it doesn’t exist. As does not the proof that eating meat CAUSES heart disease exist either. I suggest you look at reliable and notable journals, instead of the news articles that tend to exaggerate and extrapolate experimental results.
Ultimately, sorry to say that your article did not deviate me from being a vegetarian, but it did support my understanding that many people simply choose to live without thinking of the effect they have on our world- both direct and indirect.
I highly recommend you watch “Good Food, Bad Food”, a documentary which shines a huge light on the vast problems associated with our food today and the simple changes we can make to save both ourselves and our world. Another great one to keep an eye out for is “Cowspiracy”. The full documentary is not yet released but the trailer is out.
Dear Keith,
From Finland with Love!
First of all, thank you so much for writing such a bold article and making your points in such a meaningful and intelligent way. Writing such an article in this phony, hypocrite and double standard world of ours need true courage which you truly possess. Each and every word in your article shows your great writing skills and the way you presented your case is really marvelous.
It is not the reason that because I myself is a meat eater so I liked this and I am applauding and cheering for you but the honest truth is that I am a man of logic, I only believe whatever make sense. Your article makes logical sense and answers fully to the ”dumb brains”, only if they want to hear.
Anyhow I don’t want to take much of your time. Once again Thank you so much for loading me with more logical weapons, I mean with your reasons you presented in this article and keep up the good work.
By the way you have a great humor, I laughed like a baby so many times while reading this.
Take care
Further proof that meat eaters are brain dead, psycho’s who are full of hate, rage, cancer and death.
I hope you choke on a burger.
Next time write and article seeded in LOGIC.
Meat eaters are DISGUSTING.
“I hope you choke on a burger.”
who is full of hate and rage!!
lol
Great article.
The funny thing is that vegetarians actually believe they’re healthier and somehow morally superior for not eating meat, which obviously they are not, but hey, if you want to follow a diet that’s missing healthy nutrients and be a frail and sick individual it’s your right to do so. I’ll keep being a murderous meat eater with pleasure.
Just to name two things wrong with this article..
Vitamin 12 comes from animal products, not just meat. So you get it from milk, eggs, etc.
There has been an insane amount of research done on the benefits of vegetarianism?!
You obviously didn’t do your research before writing this ridiculous article.
Why you are fucking stupid:
-There IS scientific proof that being vegetarian is healthy.
– Meat is not healthy, think about it; A fox eats a rabbit, a rabbit is VEGETARIAN. Any animal that you think is ‘healthy’ has GOTTEN their nutrients from PLANTS. Even carnivores, they eat herbivores, and herbivores are vegetarian. So why not get it right from the source??
– Against animal abuse?? Then why do you still eat animals (seriously).
– Do you REALLY think that it is right for animals to be killed in slaughter houses JUST so people could eat the animal’s FLAVOURED CORPSE??
And no, we vegetarians do not feel like we are superior for not eating meat. We just have thought about this and we know it is the right thing to do. Every single one of you should think carefully about what is right and what is wrong. A lot of you support meat eating because of the things you have been taught, but I suggest that you re-think all the things that you have been taught about this.
So, you advocate eating your own shit then? Because human shit ends up in the soil and ocean?
What I never understood about the assumption that eliminating meat from your diet makes you automatically healthy or healthier than meat eaters is the fact that you can be a vegetarian and eat cheetos cookies pizza soda beer nachos drenched in cheese sauce french fries candy and a shit load of other things that are not healthy but dont contain meat. Whereas I can have a piece of grilled chicken or fish, exercise daily, drink nothing but water and be perfectly healthy. So lets get some perspective and tone down the hype.
My best and only response I give vegetarians when they question me or try to convict me for eating meat is as follows:
“Have fun with your growth deficiency.”
I don’t add any supportive or elaborating details nor try to bring vegetarians over because what’s the point? Once people latch onto a belief and consult it with others, they’re only looking for support and reassurance. Progressing the conversation is a waste of valuable meat eating time.
1.) You don’t seem to understand this simple fact, and it absolutely disrupts any point you could have made here… you must feed animals plants to survive before you butcher them mercilessly because you’re too stupid to know that. Far more animals die because of animal agriculture than would die from a nation of plant eaters. Here is proof: http://www.animalvisuals.org/projects/data/1mc I’ll judge your idiot choice all I want (microorganisms are decidedly not capable of experiencing emotional pain because they lack the neural sophistication to do so)
You are welcome, here is the next point.
2.) What’s so funny is that in the sidebar of the same exact study you linked here, there were at least two other studies contradicting your point with dates the same year and a year later. All cause mortality increases with red meat consumption even when controlled for other lifestyle factors. There is far more evidence against the health of eating cow parts than for medically speaking. I’m laughing at this internally because there are studies by cancer institute and health institute alike asserting the minerals, vitamins, phytonutrients, and fiber present in plant-based diets can provide incredible disease prevention. Not even a stretch for me to say that.
3.) You are highly conditioned. You believe that because you were raised in a specific time period, specific place, and haven’t challenged your zeitgeist yet. Keep trying. “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.” This makes me giggle because you seem to be saying that unless it isn’t processed in anyway it can’t be healthy. That isn’t true, and in fact nearly all animals are hardly natural in anyway because we feed them things they are not supposed to be eating, antibiotics, an absurd amount of water is required to grow crops to meet their extreme calorie needs, and what’s worse, no matter what you think the return after you introduce a trophic level is always going to be worse. Don’t even bother talking about protein because amino acids are complete in quite a few plant foods as well. I can name some but you don’t care because you didn’t bother researching anything to contradict your point to find the truth before you shared this blazing ball of idiot magnet misinformation on the web for everyone to repeat and repeat ad nauseum for guys like me to deal with later THANK YOU SO MUCH Brosef! Always a pleasure doing business with you.
4.) Your fourth point is staggeringly ignorant. We are technically built out of billions of years of all sorts of mayhem and destruction and it makes a furball of difference to the fact that we reason ethically and to assert that “circle of life bro” just obliterates any reason to stop torturing and murdering innocent sentient beings for your gustatory pleasure proves to me that you should PAY A FUCKING TENTION in COLLEGE KEITH. I saw that slide too. It didn’t mean shit to my choice to be vegan.
Seriously, read harder, read more because you are fucking my life up dude and I’m going to start humiliating everyone I see talking about this like they know something. Good to know that there are guys like you that can give me the courage to stand up for a cause that doesn’t only have my interests in it.
The goal of veganism is to cause the least harm. It comes with other benefits but perhaps you should focus on someone else besides yourself for this one. Go vegan.
THANK YOU J and well said. The amount of willing ignorance that our society allows itself is appalling and it’s articles like this that keep the quotient high. Stay strong fellow vegan 🙂
The reasoning in this article (not to mention the aggressive title of it) is juvenile in its reasoning, and facile. Your whole argument relies on worn out cliches, and a soap box rant that has no interest in any other view. As it happens, I’m actually not a vegetarian, but I have a growing awareness in the absolutely fucked up deal that animals get from us. I’m interested in intelligent input on the debate. You should be too.