Excellent. I'll get them when I go to the bookstore this weekend.
Half of my friends are vegans, and I can't stand them when they get preachy about it. Yes, American agricultural practices are cruel and environmentally disasterous, but these friends live in a Jewish community where kosher organic meat is easily avaliable. Not to mention the fact that the human body is not evolved to handle exclusively plant-based diet. (That being said, it's also not designed to handle as much meat as the average American eats.) Really, veganism is either an excuse to get self-righteous or an inability to self-regulate. It rarely has anything to do with food.
Oh, I completely agree. Veganism is actually really unhealthy, and most of the people who choose to follow that lifestyle are NOT doing it for they're heath. And often come with an extra bonus of self-righteous.
Actually, the best reason to be vegan I ever heard was from the book Vegan Virgin Valentine. The main character decided to go vegan because she was obsessing about her boyfriend, and being vegan requires so much thought and paying attention to what you eat and planning that she knew she couldn't be vegan and obsess about her ex-boy at the same time.
And then when she truly gets over him there is a triumphant two-cheese grilled cheese sandwich.
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Good books, because I suddenly have the attention span to sit down and read for more than thirty seconds at a time.
Science, 'cause the flist needs moar nerd hot talk.
Logical debates and discussions
And more cannibals. At the very least, fewer vegans.
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The Hunger Games. (READ IT.) The Wizard Hunters. Faking It.
And more cannibals. At the very least, fewer vegans.
At the CoOp a couple of weeks ago, I saw a girl with 'vegan' on a metal tag at her neck. I wanted one that said 'carnivore.'
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Half of my friends are vegans, and I can't stand them when they get preachy about it. Yes, American agricultural practices are cruel and environmentally disasterous, but these friends live in a Jewish community where kosher organic meat is easily avaliable. Not to mention the fact that the human body is not evolved to handle exclusively plant-based diet. (That being said, it's also not designed to handle as much meat as the average American eats.) Really, veganism is either an excuse to get self-righteous or an inability to self-regulate. It rarely has anything to do with food.
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Actually, the best reason to be vegan I ever heard was from the book Vegan Virgin Valentine. The main character decided to go vegan because she was obsessing about her boyfriend, and being vegan requires so much thought and paying attention to what you eat and planning that she knew she couldn't be vegan and obsess about her ex-boy at the same time.
And then when she truly gets over him there is a triumphant two-cheese grilled cheese sandwich.
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That must have been the best grilled cheese ever.
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See, at that point, I would definitely qualify veganism as a eating disorder.
That must have been the best grilled cheese ever.
The author lingers appropriately on the first bite.