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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:38 PM Original message |
13 Breathtaking Effects of Cutting Back on Meat |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't forget: cheaper meat for those of us who like food. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. What do meat and food have to do with each other? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Screenshotted for our happy hour laugh-time tomorrow - thanks! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
129. You're hoping they'll know? |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Meat is considered food? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Yes |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
199. And for some meat eaters, meat is what "food" eats. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
131. Back in the dark ages people ate it, I've heard. nt |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #131 |
143. Probably not as much as we do... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #143 |
148. Didn't literally mean the Dark Ages, just the dark ages. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:45 AM Response to Reply #148 |
149. LOL @ meat drunk! |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
184. Just ask the Inuits |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
90. Meat is dead. Get over it. We're looking ahead. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
196. I eat meat just because assholes like you post shit like this |
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Mollis (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am reading about those facts in a book I am reading |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Crazy in what way? Explaine please. |
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Mollis (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
125. Similar to what it says in that article. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's a good thing popcorn's vegan... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. It's not vegan if you make it properly. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Popped in peanut oil, with smart balance margarine, lime and chili powder |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
50. That sounds really good. nt |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #50 |
72. If you squeeze a lime in melted butter or margarine |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Hmm. How about olive oil? |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. I actually prefer doing it with olive oil but |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Hearing you on FM! :) nt |
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upyourstruly (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #79 |
98. Popeye used to like to do it with olive oil to. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #98 |
109. Pa dum pum. LOL! |
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HotRocks (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:55 AM Response to Reply #109 |
164. LOL |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #72 |
170. "I have a lime tree" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. sounds good, but - do you know how much water is used to process oils, esp seed oils? Lots! |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. I like butter but |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I was just being snarky...;>) |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #62 |
113. How much water and fertilizer goes to farm corn also? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #113 |
140. lots. i think corn has pretty high water requirement. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
182. Not if you use a microwave corn popper |
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DoBotherMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
192. Olive oil & cumin is good too. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. oops sorry dupe |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Say it loud! Say it twice! |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
56. I like mine... |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. I don't like air poppers |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. I used to feel that way, until I put my olive oil in a squirt bottle |
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flying rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
202. MMMM... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought this was going to be about awesome vegan farts. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You said it. Vegan farts are the worst. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. meat rotting in your colon does not make meat eaters farts smell like roses |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. My farts smell like petunias, with a hint of tuberose. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. The vegans were here millions of years ago and the cave drawings |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
139. The pyramids were built thousands of years ago after the advent of agriculture, |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Thank you. k+r, n/t |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. Why does this topic come up like a fart in the bathtub every few weeks? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The thing is, you see, is that you cannot be a progressive |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Small correction: to DUers, meat-eaters ARE freepers. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Bloo..not all JUST YOU! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Heavy sigh. And I've tried so hard to win evangelical vegetarians over, too. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I stand admonished and corrected. |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
66. Stand Downwind please |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
63. Correction: Many DUers who are meat-eaters argue like freepers. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #63 |
116. Correction: Many DUers who are not meat-eaters argue like freepers |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #116 |
128. Can you point to a single poster on this thread or any other who has refuted a single fact... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #128 |
166. There have been lots of posts on DU |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:18 AM Response to Reply #166 |
174. Well, that was an unsubtle call out, absent ANY context. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #174 |
185. I agree with your hunting comment |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #185 |
195. Hey, I'm just a part-time vegetarian, what do I know? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #166 |
178. You seem to be arguing against factory farming, and doing backhanded insults |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #178 |
186. I'm strongly against GM foods. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:18 AM Response to Reply #116 |
157. Heh. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #116 |
165. No; it's the meat-eaters whose arguments are self-serving |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #165 |
179. Meat eaters or those who support factory farms of animals or veg? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #179 |
193. Well, I took the 'meat eaters' from posts 63 and 116 |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Well, I get called all sorts of names here, even though I've always voted |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Precisely. Thank you very much! |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. And I guess you say global waring is: |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. You mean all that global warming caused by agri-business? |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #44 |
118. Um, the thread is clearly about factory farming. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:00 AM Response to Reply #118 |
171. You labor under a serious misapprehension. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #171 |
181. Thank you."I think vegans, vegetarians and meat eaters ALL ought to recognize the impact of their... |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Why do you keep clicking on it? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Does my asking the question upset you in some way? NT |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. Not at all. Apparently people are interested in it. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Always the same DUers too, drawn like moths to the flame. I think they're conflicted. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
80. To hunting for Bambi? It's a lot of work, you know. NT |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. No matter where you go, there you are. nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Aren't we all? nt |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. Save water, drink beer! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Beer is a vegan beverage. It's OK to drink. |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
61. Them Damn Progressives R Funnee |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah, well the growing of grain ain't no garden of eden either for the environment: |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. A guy can fix that problem, though. |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Which parts? Edible for humans? Even if they were edible the human race would probably |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. LIerre Keith: Weston Price mouthpiece. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #46 |
135. Weston Price - the dentist and nutritionist? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #135 |
172. I'll bet the guy's got a great smile, too--if he's a mouthpiece for an "evil" dentist/nutritionist! |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
47. I agree. Grass fed meat solves a lot of problems. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
58. The vast majority of the grain grown in this country goes to feed livestock. Soy too. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
94. not the case. a kitchen garden with chickens & ducks is "polyface". |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
92. interesting in parts, but she pretty much lost me when she said earth can only support |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #92 |
136. You don't get it - the way we grow that food is un-sustainable! For every |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #136 |
137. i get it just fine & i don't need rehashed boilerplate i've seen many times |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:20 AM Response to Reply #136 |
167. Warning: typo in your post that alerts the meaning significantly |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #167 |
190. My bad. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
119. Yeah, who do you think eats all of those grains? |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #119 |
144. There are so many myths concerning the production of meat -- I don't like factory farming of animals |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #144 |
147. Interesting info, I'm reading it now. |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #147 |
189. Unfortunately so many of the problems with meat production are the result of |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
124. Just bought "Against the Grain" |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. I think it would be foolish for anyone to advocate a purist approach. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #127 |
138. i was a vegetarian for 30 years. i met lots of preachy vegetarians. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm glad I'm still relatively early on this one. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You're a sensible sort of person. Nothing wrong with choosing |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. It isn't an "ALL or NOTHING" approach that has to be taken. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Ilsa..as you know..meat also affects one's mind..'you are what you eat'..so... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. "Vegitables" cooking in the pot, fer sure. |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. sure as hell beats the smell of a rotting cat in the basement... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
70. I am mostly vegetarian. Occasionally I have a small potion of half |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. Looks like I'll be eating more whole grains |
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empyreanisles (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. I'm never giving up steaks. Never. And you won't make me feel bad about it. (eom) |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. But my lentil loaf is just so good...it'll make you forget all about |
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keep_it_real (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Enjoy! |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #35 |
120. Nobody is asking you to give up steaks. |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. Body odor too. I notice than when I go without meat for some time I don't stink. NT |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
45. There is absolutely no chance I'll ever turn vegan. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. awwwwwwwwwwww |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #45 |
88. Well, I am not giving up all meat, I have already cut back on my consumption |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. The Earth is still flat for some, and thats their choice. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Not everyone who likes to create their own reality is a neocon, apparently. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
52. Good thing we culled all those wild herds of buffalo. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
54. Hmm, vegetables, right? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. The meatheads ain't gonna like this.................... |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Centrism and Meatheadedness |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #64 |
115. Yeah huh but with meat it's easier |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
59. agriculture itself consumes about 70% of global water use. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
65. And when there's no more cow ranches or hog farms |
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upyourstruly (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #65 |
103. And we |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Kinda bony, aren't they? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
67. very soon, meat eaters will become the new pro-smokers on DU. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
68. Thank you keep it real |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
73. Too many steaks still walking around mooing and farting! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
77. Shhh! They would rather be dead than give up their burgers! nt |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
194. everyone dies of something... |
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upyourstruly (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
78. A good way to grow veggie's |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
82. But but but I loves my meats even when they sticks the heads back on cooked fish and birds! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. rofl. |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Yummies! Ever had pickled pigs feet? I LOVE eatin' feet. |
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upyourstruly (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #87 |
96. The pickled |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #87 |
100. No, just the skin. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
89. Some Native Americans have a name for vegitarians... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. They probably spelled "vegetarian" correctly, though. |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. And what do you call people who shoot buffalo from trains for sport? |
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upyourstruly (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Dam good shots |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #95 |
102. I dare say welcome to the armed madhouse, and du. |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. People who waste good food. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #93 |
101. extinct |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. I'm lovin it. |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #93 |
107. the same as you call those that would drive a whole herd of buffalo off a cliff... |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #89 |
121. Many Native Americans didn't really eat much meat. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
97. I guess it's the daily 'I hate meat eaters' thread................ |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #97 |
110. Isn't invoking "hate" the refuge of the publican fearmongers? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #110 |
151. Right |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #97 |
122. Shouldn't you be starting a thread about how much you hate the Japanese? -nt- |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #97 |
141. God Bless This Here Bacon-Wrapped Steak! n/t |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
104. Now that it's been a few hours, you know the most telling thing about this thread? |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. its a slippery slope, f. you have to nip this shit in the bud... |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #104 |
111. Because we're properly nourished, we're able to read past the title |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Two things: |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #104 |
117. Nevermind. Sacred oxes getting gored, it's always the same. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #104 |
175. Oh, there's plenty of insult on both sides of the street. NT |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
112. Cutting back on "factory meat" rather than "going vegan". There is a difference. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #112 |
132. That's what we do....weekends are bbq time! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:51 AM Response to Reply #112 |
163. We get locker meat from a local farmer. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #163 |
180. We do also and it is much better and I'm glad to know my food |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
123. ah, now it works |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
126. You know, I have already known most of this for years, it's why I became a vegetarian |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #126 |
130. that needed to be said |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Thanks, and to come clean, I'm not actually a vegetarian anymore. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #133 |
146. it's like turning all your lights on |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #146 |
150. Now you've gone too far. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #126 |
134. The OP said "cut down" not "cut out" |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #134 |
142. When I was a vegetarian I would get so much shit from certain meat eating friends. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #142 |
145. Right??? Personally I think there is some kind of jealousy there |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:53 AM Response to Reply #145 |
152. "vegans seem self-controlled and in charge of their eating" |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #152 |
153. No. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #153 |
154. I read labels because I am allergic to MSG |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #154 |
155. It's your own qualifier that makes you look stupid. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #155 |
156. So, I should read labels to inform other shoppers that the food isn't healthy for them? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #156 |
158. At what point, and be specific |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #158 |
159. Excuse me? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:34 AM Response to Reply #159 |
160. Good. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #160 |
177. Oh the drama! OK right, the typical American diet is PERFECT! |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #142 |
191. I have the opposite reaction - I figure good - that leaves more animal protein for me and mine. |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:33 AM Response to Reply #126 |
161. I'm not sure why I can't eat beef anymore. Tried to make a meatloaf last night for supper and it |
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empyreanisles (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
162. I also don't see how vegans go without cheese. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #162 |
187. I'm not vegan but I can't eat cheese... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
168. I've read stories of babies and children dying from vegan lifestyles |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:33 AM Response to Reply #168 |
169. Well there's this awful story about omnivores almost killing their kid |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #168 |
188. I've heard that meat eaters eat their babies! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
173. i for one will continue on with the diet of a hunteing/gathering omnivore. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #173 |
183. I don't think vegans think that. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #183 |
198. that's one of the major benefits of being at the top of the food chain... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
176. #14: reducing the suffering of animals raised on factory farms . . . |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
197. Good post-ignore the blowhards that dislike anything that challenges their narrow view of the world |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
200. Abstinence leads to a healthier life style. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
201. Humans wouldn't be "human" if it weren't for meat. |
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