Levi: I’m with you extremism makes me want to be extreme back at them…it’s a rough road to travel, we should discuss over 5 guys or baja fresh sometime.

Arguments for vegetarianism from PETA? Really? The same misogynistic, fat-shaming lunatics who compare eating meat to the Holocaust? Not the most credible or objective source.

No, it wasn’t the best analogy, but it was one that would resonate with readers of this site more than, say, Judaism. Especially as I know plenty of Jews who eat the foods you described, making your analogy flawed for totally different reasons.

A more appropriate comparison would be someone who really likes bacon, sausage, ham, cheeseburgers and shellfish dates someone who’s Jewish. Do you have to convert to Judaism to date someone who’s Jewish?

Pushy vegetarians and vegans make me want to eat veal meatballs just to spite them. Chill ones can share my bag of potato chips or some of my carrots.
Pushy Conservatives make me want to go out and be as gay as openly as humanly possible.
Pushy Liberals make me want to talk about nuking and napalming stuff.
Pushy people just suck in general.

This post makes me hungry. Amelie, we should go to Five Guys together sometime.

I don’t, essentially because I don’t think there’s anything unethical or immoral about eating animals. It’s part of the food chain, the cycle of life and perfectly natural. I feel no guilt about eating what little meat I do.

I think the way some of them are raised is unethical. But there are farms that are ethical, free range and antibiotic free. I think as a nation we eat more animal products than we need to.

But veganism isn’t, in of itself, morally superior. I could just as well point the poor treatment and exploitation of migrant workers on farms. Or the unfair trade practices of crops that harm underdeveloped countries. Do you know what farm your fruits and vegetables came from?

89% of soybeans have been genetically modified. I have a problem with that.

If it’s just about ethics, what matters more is where your food comes from, not what type of food it is. Save yourself the trouble of researching everything you eat, and find a local farm to buy from or a farmer’s market.

I’m a strict vegetarian and my BF isn’t. I do all the cooking, so he’s basically vegetarian-by-proxy. Is he hungry all the time? Unsatisfied? No, never. When we eat out, he can order anything he wants. Do I shame him into vegetarian options? Only when he wants to share dishes with me. If we’re eating solo, he can order whatever he wants.

I’m actually torn on this situation, just a bit. I in no way want my bf to change himself for me, and I’m proud of the fact that after nearly 3 years together he’s still very much himself in a lot of respects, his diet being one of them. However, I can’t help feel disappointed (or disgusted?) when he orders a rare beef burger or chicken with mixed vegetables. Not because he’s not changing his behavior for me, but because he doesn’t share a value with me that I hold deeply to my heart.

But instead of showing this disappointment, we make it into a joke. I tell him that for each ounce of flesh he eats, he’ll have to wait one hour before I’ll kiss him again. I get the opportunity to communicate one of my concerns (tasking meat in his mouth) without judging him or his behavior.

Bus seriously, Amelie, expand your horizons. You won’t be young forever, and with all that flesh rotting in your colon,, you might not get the opportunity to share your GF’s full life with her. Now, I’m not being judgmental. Just concerned.

Also, veg*n’s really do taste better. I’m serious.

(Also, I always love people who take the additional time to post and bitch about what a waste of time this or that article was.)

Between religion, culture, and our nation’s obsession with any fad diet that doesn’t kill its participants in a week, food is a massively loaded issue. Amelie, grats to you and your girlfriend both for finding what works for you =)

Your critique was thoughtfully sarcastic – until you said that. In the spirit of your sarcasm: Classism is *so* attractive and not at all, you know… ignorant.

what is the point of this slop?

also, i dislike this person’s attitude and totally disagree with her, but does that mean i have to hate all meat-eaters just like she hates all vegetarians because she dated one who irritated the hell out of her? nope. why? because i have a brain. a well-functioning totally vegan-fed brain. i choose to lead a healthy vegan lifestyle. others do not. that’s their business and i don’t hate anyone for their choices.

that was a waste of 2 minutes of my life, but whatever. gonna go eat some organic couscous and rehabilitate some rescued factory farm animals now… ciao!

To Amelie, while I think veggies and fruits are delicious I agree that life is just not worth it with our a little grease in it. I have a good friend who is a vegetarian (the judgment and ridicule free kind), and we can only have her over if we’re making salad, pasta, or something along those lines. I can’t imagine how hard it would be if my partner, who I cook for every day, was a vegetarian.

You are doing the same things those vegetarians you encountered were doing to you, judging them. and now you’re trying to write a blog post attacking them so you can defend your big mac and beef nachos?

I was hoping this article would have some valid points instead of being a whiney, pointless rant.