Poll - To Eat Meat, or Not to Eat Meat?

Elspode · 08-09-2004, 03:12 PM

Okay, I need the data in order to make my assumptions, wild-assed claims, and off-the-cuff generalizations accurate enough to actually use in future debates, so please vote.

slang · 08-09-2004, 03:15 PM

Sorry Ep.

"only worthy of....."

Elspode · 08-09-2004, 03:17 PM

Patience, boy, patience. I'm old and slow.

garnet · 08-09-2004, 03:19 PM

Thanks but I'll just stay away from this subject from now on. Have fun.

Elspode · 08-09-2004, 03:23 PM

Now, doggone it...I'm trying to back up my generalization. YOU are a member of this board now, and you should vote your conscience. I could be wrong, and most people here might turn out to be vegetarians or vegans.

Actually, I'd kind of like to find out that this was true. I always thought of most of these people as being sort of carnivorous...cannibalistic, even.

Kitsune · 08-09-2004, 03:25 PM

cannibalistic, even.

The hell? What are you getting at?

Kitsune · 08-09-2004, 03:33 PM

Then they invented stuffed crust pizza, and I was a goner.

I still have pizza, just not with meat. Yeah, sounds boring, but I'm a total sucker for a local place that makes one with artichoke, garlic, and cheese. And yes, its tasty.

I used to have willpower.

This is what I find so odd about my recent change in eating meat -- I don't have much of an urge to eat it, anymore. I started eating at places that serve some outstanding veggie and fish stuff and, after some weeks of it, the idea of eating a huge, greasy burger seemed really unappetizing. In fact, anything with large amounts of visible fat seems really disgusting. I still go for a loaded up chili dog now and then, but we're talking once every six months or less. And BBQ has to happen at least once a year. Outside of that, I'm very content to avoid the stuff.

Although having fish as a primary source of protien just isn't nice on the wallet, I have to say. The moment I become broke, again, this is all very likely to change. Chicken happens specifically or money reasons, along with tofu although I only like the kind I get at the French-Vietnamese place up the street, the little Japanese place in town, etc. Home cooked stuff is a lot more difficult in terms of taste. Bleh!

Addition: you can be, by the way, a vegetarian and still eat really unhealthy, just as you can eat meat and continue to eat healthy. I know some people who eat no meat at all and could stand to lose 10, 20, or 60 pounds.

Elspode · 08-09-2004, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitsune

cannibalistic, even.

The hell? What are you getting at?

Sort of a 'we eat our own' backhanded reference.

Obviously, my attempts at humor here lately are falling pretty damn short. I think I'll slink back into a hole and contemplate my relationship with my fellow beings for a little while.

Kitsune · 08-09-2004, 03:52 PM

Obviously, my attempts at humor here lately are falling pretty damn short. I think I'll slink back into a hole and contemplate my relationship with my fellow beings for a little while.

Umm... I just didn't understand. Maybe I'm missing some previous posts or something. No harm intended.

But I am hungy, now.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-09-2004, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode

Sort of a 'we eat our own' backhanded reference.

Obviously, my attempts at humor here lately are falling pretty damn short. I think I'll slink back into a hole and contemplate my relationship with my fellow beings for a little while.

Of course we do but only the dead ones, after all we're not savages.

Kitsune · 08-09-2004, 03:23 PM

I don't really like eating things with faces, but fish is okay.

Hmm. I fall into this catagory, although it has nothing to do wth "faces" and more to do with what I consider healthy. Red meat almost never happens, chicken rarely, fish quite frequently.

Elspode · 08-09-2004, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitsune

I don't really like eating things with faces, but fish is okay.

Hmm. I fall into this catagory, although it has nothing to do wth "faces" and more to do with what I consider healthy. Red meat almost never happens, chicken rarely, fish quite frequently.

This is a healthier eating outlook, and I applaud your choice. I used to have willpower. Then they invented stuffed crust pizza, and I was a goner.

We frequently have fresh salmon on the grille at our place. MMmmmmm....

You didn't vote, though.

Clodfobble · 08-09-2004, 06:09 PM

I'VE thought all your posts were funny today, Els.

Clodfobble · 08-09-2004, 09:51 PM

A friend of mine had been vegetarian since around the age of 11, and simultaneously had a very strained relationship with his father, whom he had nothing in common with. His father told him he would pay for college if my friend would eat an entire steak--Fear Factor rules; no puking halfway through or it doesn't count. Anyway, my friend did it. Said he had pretty violent gas afterwards, but nothing unbearable.

Elspode · 08-09-2004, 10:57 PM

Well, hell...I hope he gassed his dad a good one. Serves him right for making the poor guy eat something he didn't want. What a prick.

View Poll Results: Consumption of Meat - What do you REALLY think?
Meat eating is great, may I have some more please?	32	68.09%
I only eat meat that I feel is worthy of my consumption.	11	23.40%
I only eat meat that I kill, dress and prepare myself.	0	0%
I don't really like eating things with faces, but fish is okay.	2	4.26%
Eating anything from the animal kingdom, or anything that comes out of that creature, is wrong.	2	4.26%
Voters: 47. You may not vote on this poll

08-09-2004, 03:12 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Poll - To Eat Meat, or Not to Eat Meat? Okay, I need the data in order to make my assumptions, wild-assed claims, and off-the-cuff generalizations accurate enough to actually use in future debates, so please vote. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog Last edited by Elspode; 08-09-2004 at 03:17 PM.

08-09-2004, 03:15 PM	#2
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Sorry Ep. "only worthy of....." Last edited by slang; 08-09-2004 at 03:26 PM.

08-09-2004, 03:17 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Patience, boy, patience. I'm old and slow. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-09-2004, 03:23 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Now, doggone it...I'm trying to back up my generalization. YOU are a member of this board now, and you should vote your conscience. I could be wrong, and most people here might turn out to be vegetarians or vegans. Actually, I'd kind of like to find out that this was true. I always thought of most of these people as being sort of carnivorous...cannibalistic, even. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

08-09-2004, 03:19 PM	#4
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	Thanks but I'll just stay away from this subject from now on. Have fun.

08-09-2004, 03:25 PM	#6
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	cannibalistic, even. The hell? What are you getting at?

08-09-2004, 03:33 PM	#7
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Then they invented stuffed crust pizza, and I was a goner. I still have pizza, just not with meat. Yeah, sounds boring, but I'm a total sucker for a local place that makes one with artichoke, garlic, and cheese. And yes, its tasty. I used to have willpower. This is what I find so odd about my recent change in eating meat -- I don't have much of an urge to eat it, anymore. I started eating at places that serve some outstanding veggie and fish stuff and, after some weeks of it, the idea of eating a huge, greasy burger seemed really unappetizing. In fact, anything with large amounts of visible fat seems really disgusting. I still go for a loaded up chili dog now and then, but we're talking once every six months or less. And BBQ has to happen at least once a year. Outside of that, I'm very content to avoid the stuff. Although having fish as a primary source of protien just isn't nice on the wallet, I have to say. The moment I become broke, again, this is all very likely to change. Chicken happens specifically or money reasons, along with tofu although I only like the kind I get at the French-Vietnamese place up the street, the little Japanese place in town, etc. Home cooked stuff is a lot more difficult in terms of taste. Bleh! Addition: you can be, by the way, a vegetarian and still eat really unhealthy, just as you can eat meat and continue to eat healthy. I know some people who eat no meat at all and could stand to lose 10, 20, or 60 pounds. Last edited by Kitsune; 08-09-2004 at 03:37 PM.

08-09-2004, 03:52 PM	#9
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Obviously, my attempts at humor here lately are falling pretty damn short. I think I'll slink back into a hole and contemplate my relationship with my fellow beings for a little while. Umm... I just didn't understand. Maybe I'm missing some previous posts or something. No harm intended. But I am hungy, now.

08-09-2004, 06:09 PM	#13
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'VE thought all your posts were funny today, Els.

08-09-2004, 09:51 PM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	A friend of mine had been vegetarian since around the age of 11, and simultaneously had a very strained relationship with his father, whom he had nothing in common with. His father told him he would pay for college if my friend would eat an entire steak--Fear Factor rules; no puking halfway through or it doesn't count. Anyway, my friend did it. Said he had pretty violent gas afterwards, but nothing unbearable.

08-09-2004, 10:57 PM	#15
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Well, hell...I hope he gassed his dad a good one. Serves him right for making the poor guy eat something he didn't want. What a prick. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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