This letter is just awesome. It was sent to I Own the World from a person with an increasingly militant vegan roommate. It’s a must read for hilarity purposes only.
The internet was invented so that lunacy like this would no longer be wasted among a few friends but with the entire world so we can all mock militant vegans together.
The letter continues (and with better resolution) at I Own the World. Check it out.
July 11, 2011 at 8:48 pm
If this were my roommate I would so be eating bacon every day of the week from that moment on and watching TONS of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations whilst enjoying said bacon.
And a tall glass of milk to wash it down 🙂
July 11, 2011 at 9:01 pm
We had a woman like that in our office–off the scale of sanity. You don't want to knwo what religion she followed since you probably never heard of it —and neither did I before I came to work here. Did I mention how she only wore pastel colors and considered black and red to be evil? You don't want to know anymore…
Patt
July 11, 2011 at 9:35 pm
I'm not sure an equally passive aggressive venison BBQ would be a good idea…she might just get violent on you. I doubt she is pro-life…
July 11, 2011 at 9:38 pm
If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat?
July 11, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Too funny.
But on a not funny note, I'd be willing to be miss high and mighty vegan is 100% pro-abortion.
July 11, 2011 at 10:23 pm
*reads*
I don't see what's so unbelievable. Seems like a pretty standard self-centered twerp to me. Whoever submitted the note should start watching out for physical harm directed at them– it's usually step two after confrontation doesn't work.
They might want to warn their employer, too.
July 12, 2011 at 12:40 am
Honey??? What's wrong with honey? And comparing physical child abuse with eating "animal products"? What a selfish, narcissistic dolt.
July 12, 2011 at 12:41 am
It's from animals.
Same as milk.
IIRC, the theory is usually "that's slavery!"
July 12, 2011 at 12:42 am
Well I'm convinced. I'm probably going to start slow as a vegetarian and take it from there…
July 12, 2011 at 12:50 am
My favorite line in arguing with a vegan is-
"If you can't eat animals…. why are they made out of meat?"
July 12, 2011 at 12:55 am
Time for a new roommate, I'd say, or at least sleep with one eye open. This lady has gone completely off the rails. Scary!
July 12, 2011 at 1:10 am
Having competed in the Nebraska "Beef it's What's for Dinner" competition, and having had many students who are attempting to be vegetarian or vegan, and given this study (http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/comp-anat/comp-anat-9b.shtml )
I say, eat meat. Be happy.
July 12, 2011 at 1:25 am
My advice to this person:
1) Get a new roommate
2) Say farewell to this one with a giant freakin' pig roast on the front lawn.
That's what I'd do.
July 12, 2011 at 2:07 am
If you want to be evil, there's always the jellybean route… having jelly beans around, wait for them to grab a handful and eat them, then mention the "jelly" is from animal by-products.
Or see if there's a Cattle Men's Association (or the women's aux, which has a lot more names) and get one of their animal byproduct pamphlets– did you know most flexible plastic is made with animal byproducts? How about most car tires? Mouthwash? Elastic?
July 12, 2011 at 2:28 am
did you know most flexible plastic is made with animal byproducts? How about most car tires? Mouthwash? Elastic?
Don't give her any ideas. Next she'll demand he walk around naked and stop bathing.
July 12, 2011 at 2:38 am
Here's one.
Amy- I doubt there's any chance of her talking to me….
July 12, 2011 at 2:55 am
Foxfier, given what my students have said, they are on to you. Sorry. I say we use lard in cookies and hide meat products in soups by using broths and stocks.
Or just force feed a good chuck-eye steak to the uninitiated!
July 12, 2011 at 3:44 am
I think I'll stick with cooking bacon.
The annoying thing is, there are some folks I know who can't eat much meat. A friend of my husband's can take things with broth and a small amount of chicken, or some bacon sprinkles, but anything else leaves him in a world of hurt. Really makes things tough since he does NOT want to be associated with the folks like the one that did this letter!
July 12, 2011 at 3:53 am
I'm a member of PETA, Papists Eating Tasty Animals! ROTFL! Scotju
July 12, 2011 at 7:24 am
I can understand why someone would choose to avoid eating meat
and try to stop using animal products. Not my cup of tea, but I'm
happy for them that they're walking their talk.
What baffles me about vegans and the PETA brigade is that I have yet
to meet a single one that is also committed to the idea that
abortion is wrong.
As for the author of this note, she strikes me as awfully high-handed.
Making a unilateral decision about what she will permit her roommate
to eat in her own home? Not her place to make that call. And if she is yet another vegan that is indifferent to the evil of abortion because
she believes in a "right to choose", how would she square that stand
with her own denial of her roommate's right to choose her dinner?