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Vegeterians do you eat seafood, if so why? If you're doing it for the animals isn't it a little hypocritical?
| No I don't, I care about all the animals! | 11 | |
| Yes I do, I'm doing to be healthy and lose weight! | 12 | |
| Yes I do, I need a source or protein! | 45 | |
| I'm not a vegetarian but felt like voting anyway! | 59 | |
| Other (Add a comment) | 15 |
I think some vegetarians are kinda hypocritical. I have met quite a few people who claim to be vegetarians, but still eat whatever they like.
Like eating a beef steak is horrible! But eating chicken is okay, since chicken is NOT an animal? Same thing with fish. Fish are obviously vegetables?
"Save the animals, eat only half of them!"
I'm not a vegetarian but for some reason I can't STAND the thought of eating any kind of seafood.
I'll only eat fish if it's breaded, like fish sticks. And if it's fresh- forget it. I'm not a vegetarian by the way. For the most part, seafood just grosses me out. Shrimp, lobster, etc.
I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. It's because I despise plants and want them all to die!
Okay, serious answer. Do I eat fish? Yes. Do I feel good about it? Not exactly. But this isn't a black or white issue. It's not about whether you eat meat or not. It's about what you are prepared to eat and what you are not prepared to eat. My line is just one bar lower than most people's. And it's one bar above vegans. I'm the middle child.
Vegetarians (or pescatarians in my case) don't go around hating meat eaters. I don't care what you do, just as you shouldn't care what I do. It's a personal decision. But if you've caught yourself feeling judged for eating meat, is it at all possible that it's because you feel guilty for doing it and would like something convenient to strike out at for making you feel this way?
Either way, don't look in my direction. I have my own problems to deal with because I eat fish.
I'm not much of a veggie person myself, but I LOVE fruit! So that's what I'll be having if I do become a vegetarian which I really want to. But my family literally is laughing in my face about it. I should them this video on youtube of what KFC does to there chicken and they were laughing, my dad said "Chicken's are stupid they deserve it!' I was pissed! Which made me even more disgusted (I'm a fairly stubborn person, if someone thinks I can't do something it makes me 10x more determined to do it!). But I know if I become a vegetarian I do need some source or protein, but I think it could possibly be hypocritical if I eat fish but I don't eat meat because fish are animals aswell. But they are a source of protein and like @KeyBoardSolo said they don't remember or even feel the pain. I think the longest memory spand they have is 3 seconds.
And I wouldn't try to pressure anyone into eating vegetarian, but laughing about these chickens being stomped on and chucked agaisnt a wall is horrible. I'm fine with people eating meat (I have my whole life) but when people just laugh about something so cruel it pisses me off. My dad said they were made to be killed, he might be right but were they ment to be stomped on and beaten and have there beaks cut off and every limb in there body broken, tortured but still alive and it horrible pain (my dad was raised on a farm where they killed the animals for food so he's been brought up this way, but it still annoys me when he talks this way, one time he told me (I was only 12 at the time) that he had a rabbit farm and his sister got really close with one of them and named him and everything. One night they were having rabbit and he just comes out and says 'Hey sis, were having you're little furry friend Brownie isn't he good?' stuff like that make me get really made at him).
It's horrible what they do in those factories, and my mom said 'Hahaha KFC Kuntucky Fired Cruelty! Hahaha' my brother said 'Hey want some KFC for supper tonight!' and my dad said 'Cruelty taste so damn good!'.
Well, I largely agree with you. I certainly don't think any animal has been put on this planet to die for our benefit. To think that way is arrogant beyond belief (sorry for insulting your family). It does sound like you have problems with your family and are choosing vegetarianism to prove a point to them. It really does need to be your own choice.
Next, yes, not eating meat means that you need to find things like protein, vitamin B, and iron in non-meat sources. It's really not difficult to do this and still avoid fish. I eat fish because I like it. The reason I have a problem with it is because I don't believe that fish are clueless amnesiac robots. In terms of its sense of the world, a shark has more ability to feel than a human, never mind a chicken. Although I'd never eat shark, a shark is a fish, and it's difficult to assume that nature has conspired to make all fish singularly unintelligent except one which has a quantum leap in the intelligence stakes. Evolution doesn't work that way.
I think it's great that you are thinking about vegetarianism. Food science has advanced to a point that we don't need to eat anything that has ever lived (including vegetables). Most things can be synthesised. But it would make for a hideously boring diet and I don't think anyone would go for it until that synthesis also makes food taste like bacon, chocolate, bread, etc.
One thing I should say - being a vegetarian can be hard work. It means a lifetime of studying food labels to see whether animal products are sneakily inserted into otherwise non-animal food. This is because our food industry is an absolute fucking shambles. If everyone simulataneously realised the truth about the food industry, we would riot. Things to look out for are cheese (rennet, from animal sources, is often used), jelly/jello (anything with gelatin is suspect), and anything containing white sugar (which may have been whitened using bones). Because of this, cakes and sweets can be difficult to prove vegetarian (which is why I bake so often myself).
Finally, vegetarianism comes with some health benefits. You're less likely to get some cancers, diabetes, heart disease, and Alzheimer's.
Beef was the first thing I boycotted when I started to "put my money where my mouth is." There is certainly beef that meet my standards of food quality but in this era, I have the freedom to choose and the luxury of being picky.
Most farming practices are horrid. Many westerners are too detached from what it takes to put food on the table.
And most people know red meat is bad for your heart. It is also bad for the joints. For me, it triggers arthritis as well as other autoimmune issues, mostly GI stuff.
I'm not sure I understand your confusion. I can't control what other people eat. (Unless you come to dinner of course) but I can support the companies with reputable business practices. These are the same reasons I don't shop at walmart.
im not confused im curious, you said you dont eat cow because of political reasons, i wondered what the political reasons were and cow only? got me curious
That's a really long story. My in laws think I'm vegetarian because they don't know how to buy sustainable food.
It makes me physically ill to eat animals that have been pumped full of hormones and have never seen the light of day. Cows weren't meant to eat corn yet most farms put them on a corn diet. Chickens are just bad. But I need protein and soy isn't an option for me. So I pay attention to the farming practices of my food sources.
I would eat grain fed free range beef but being arthritic, it's a bad idea.
Yes. I like fish quite a bit. My favorite is smoked salmon.
Anchovies are GREAT on pizza, I like Pollock, Cod and Haddock with Fish 'n' chips.
Shellfish, however, is another story. To me they are not much different than insects or worse still, cockroaches. Leaving that aside, there is also the matter of what shellfish eat. Being bottom dwellers, well, what they eat is not pleasant. I don't like what they eat, so I will eat shellfish only very grudgingly; only then it has to be fried most of the time.
I love seafood, it tastes great and should taste like fish. I tried seafood noodles, Barnacle Bill, fish and chips etc, but now I would restrict this to seafood with no pasta/noodles, no breadcrumbs and no batter. :/
I LOOOOOVE SEAFOOD!!!! Actually I only eat Poltrey and Fish. My body is unable to digest red meat properly so i don't really have a choice. But I live in a city where things like sushi comes really cheap, so its awesome.
I've tried shrimp before but that's about it. I'm curious to try lobster. I heard it's good.
Other:
Yes I eat fish and seafood. I eat animals too.
Variety is good for the body.
im not a veggie but id like to try more seafood. Its just hard to cook it and what a pain to order a whole meal at a restaurant if it turns out you don't like it. Fishy tapas creations might be the way forward.
Fish is a lot healthier than pork or beef! So it's a shame if people don't eat it!
Gross. Fish smell bad, feel bad in my mouth, and tastes bad to me. And crustaceans are giant bugs. NO.
I don't prefer seafood but I try to eat it when I think I can handle it.
I always ate fish, being raised Catholic there is a common misconception that fish isn't meat. I never understood it but ate what was served to me as a child. Then I turned veggie, but never gave up fish. I didn't really eat it that much but it's hard to turn down fresh Salmon from the river. At least I know where it came from. And it's food you don't have to pack in if you are camping :)
I stopped being veggie about 2 years ago when I discovered my body doesn't actually know how to digest soy. My protein options were limited so I learned about my food choices. Ultimately, if meat is produced locally, without hormones, and the animal eats what nature intended it to eat while living a relatively "normal" existence, I will use it to nourish my body. Except cows, I still will not eat cow meat for health reasons as well as political reasons.
Even crops of vegetables must sacrifice the lives of many rodents to grow so the animal rights argument only goes so far.
I like fish but don't like any other seafood. I tried calamari a few times but didn't like them, and I always thought that clams and shrimps looked too nasty to eat.
I'm pretty sure the reference is from Dr. Who, the episode where they first meet Captain Jack Harkness.
I'm an Omnivore, and I eat shell fish from time to time.
By which I mean I'm not vegetarian.
I'm no vegetarian. Life is just a quirk of matter. Nature's way of keeping meet fresh. Are you my mummy? (Please, someone get the reference).
I hate seafood for the taste and smell. No matter what kind, no matter how it's prepared, it seems that all seafood shares a certain characteristic that I find massively unpleasant.
Anyway, I don't know if it's true, but I've read that the nervous system of most (if not all) seafood is so primitive that they can't feel pain. They barely have memory. They can't think. They can't feel. They are very much just nature's way of keeping meat fresh. If a vegetarian is in it due to the fact that the slaughtering of animals causes them pain and horror, I can see how seafood could be an exception. They really are just organic machines, incapable of feeling. There's no more horror in killing them than there is in smashing down a building full of LEGOs.
I am a vegetarian, but still eat fish.
I know it sounds a little hypocritical, but if you are a vegetarian and you are not doing it right (Taking the right vitamins) then it can be very unhealthy.
I spoke to a doc two years back and he told me that I would have to have a better source of protein than just the vitamins I was taking.
Gave up beef and pork products because I cannot stand the taste of them. I am basically a vegetarian, I cannot get enough fruits and veggies, and my means of proteins are fish, shrimp and peanut butter. No lard products, no pasta products, no dairy products but do, do breads and crackers. Thanks to this, I lost 110 lbs.
i dont eat any land based creatures not even an insect. to OP that was a good post of yrs interesting and to keyboradsolo i dont get the reference