I wouldn't date a vegetarian, and most especially anyone proclaiming to be a vegan. I like meat, cheese, eggs way to much to put up with their disapproval.

Just like I wouldn't date someone who is a more than occasional smoker.

What I don't get about the Atkins diet (OK, so I haven't read much about it) is: If eating bread and/or being vegetarian is a bad idea, how do the French and middle-class Indians manage to stay thin?

OK, so most people in India get more exercise than Americans do. That's a given. But do the French, necessarily? (Supposedly, they buy fresh bread almost every day.)

Lenona, a lot of that is portions, from my understanding. And the french get more movement in their day than us. I think I remember reading the standard US croissant is 4 times the size of a french one. The french bread thing is a lot of a myth, though. Roughly 1/6 of native frenchies are glutein-intolerant.

Sounds to me like she dodged a bullet there.

Middle class Indians also have one of the highest rates of heart disease.

I think Taubes covered it in his latest book. Also, if you are really interested in nutritional science and how fucked up it's been, pop over to Tom Naughton's "Fat Head" blog and watch his documentary. Or order the DVD. Or watch it on Netflix. And then prepare to be angry. Why?

Just go watch it. You'll see.

The nicest thing about vegetarians is they smell more delicious to a zombie than do carnivores.

Also, Amy, the French tend to be quite brutal with one another about weight gain. Over here in soft 'n' squishy America, we'd call it being verbally abusive and "ooh, you've lowered my self esteem, now I've gotta go stuff my face!!!"

The whole "I'm fat, therefore I'm going to go eat" idea is 100% American and 100% fucked up.

The first thing that jumped out at me is that this moron didn't put his requirements in his profile. If the only people you will date are other vegans, why not say so from the start?

Why waste there time and his getting to know each other and then say, "By the way, you're not in the overwhelming majority of people who eat meat, are you?".

oops - their time

The mouth chakra is a minor chakra (And while it may be centered in the roof of the mouth it could also be be in the forehead). While it is the source for the nectar of immortality to flow, the crown chakra is probably far more sacred since it is the center of life energy and oneness with all things.

If you're gonna woowoo, woowoo like you actually know what you're talking about.

Personality disorders come in all forms. When I was much younger I was convinced that people were basically rational, could change and would change if they had sufficient motivation to do so.
Now I think that roughly 20 percent of both the male and female population is crazy enough, that they are basically irrevocably incompatible with anyone other than someone who shares their particular delusion.

People like what they like, so that guy should go to vegdate.

Actually, I used veg date and didn't have much luck with it. But then I don't mind dating people who eat meat. Good thing since I married one.

But yeah, he should put it in his profile. Given that there is a shortage of veg guys he shouldn't have a problem.

On the other hand, maybe he's already been rejected by the girl vegs.

I know I'd reject him if he started blabbing about his chakras early on.

I'd re-evaluate my life and lifestyle if a person that loony considered me their perfect match.

"If you're gonna woowoo, woowoo like you actually know what you're talking about." -Elle
falls over laughing... that's what I was thinkin' Elle.

I'll bet this is all part of twisted Game... and he either isn't any good as a vegan, or doesn't know what he is talking about, and is looking SPECIFICALLY for a non-woo-hoo-non-vegan that he can guilt into something, because he doesn't...

I completely understand where he's coming from.

My nectar of immortality source is in my forehead (some of you may call this the pineal gland or the third eye).

I don't date people who wear corrective lenses because, hey, if your first two eyes don't work, there's a good chance your third eye needs Lasik.

I'm all about the natural.

@lenona "If eating bread and/or being vegetarian is a bad idea, how do the French and middle-class Indians manage to stay thin?"

The French aren't managing to stay thin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_France

"Obesity levels in France have doubled between 1995 and 2004" ... "Nord-Pas-de-Calais is considered the fattest region in France. Fifty-one percent of the population here is considered either overweight or obese. This is in contrast with France's national average at 42 percent.[1] Between 1992 and 2000, in the region obesity in girls double while the total for boys grew by 195%.[4]

Obesity in children is growing at a faster rate than obesity in adults. Obesity in children is growing at a rate of 17% while obesity in adults is growing at a rate of 6%.[1] At that rate, people in France will be considered as fat or obese as Americans by the year 2020"

So much for that myth. So just as the French have also been adopting the high-carb so-called 'healthy eating guidelines' pushed these past few decades, they too are getting fat.

Now how about India? Hey, we see that they too have rising obesity .. just google 'obesity in india' .. (sorry can't add more links due to the spam filter):

"1998 and 2005, India's overweight rates increased by 20%." ... "In some urban areas, the rates are as high as 40%" ... "India is following a trend of other developing countries that are steadily becoming more obese"

So yes, if you make completely false assumptions about India and France, then Atkins does look a bit suspicious. But if you actually bother to Google and do twenty seconds of research, then Atkins looks remarkably vindicated YET again.

Every country in the world, and every people, that has been adopting Western high-carb eating habits, has been getting fatter.

As for vegetarians, I don't think I could ever date one. I love meat, and think not eating meat is ... well ... how to put this nicely ... stoopid.

OK--someone has to ask so I'll take one for the team: vegans and oral sex, is it OK or not?

Women who eat meat turn me on. This guy's a weenie.

Saw an awesome bumper sticker many years ago. I was a vegetarian at the time and still thought it was funny.

"If God hadn't wanted us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat"

To Meloni,

Doesn't that apply equally to people?

Meloni,I saw a bumper sticker about the same time probably that said
"Vegetarian : Ancient Indian word for Crappy Hunter"

Wouldn't it be wonderful to find out the rejected "online dater"...

...was really Elin Woods?

Nice going, Mr. Roughage!

Q: What do you call a vegan with diarrhea?

A: A salad shooter

Ba-dum-dum-ttsszzz.

Meat is murder,
Tasty tasty murder.

"Vegetarian : Ancient Indian word for Crappy Hunter"

. . . That is just TOO funny!! I am *so* remembering that.

I just tell the Vegan that heesh has just admitted to being an "illegal alien" and ask where heesh stashed the UFO that heesh came in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_of_Vega

Say this the other day on another forum:
Portland where even the h ookers are vegan.

"My mouth is my most sacred chakra. I'd be contaminated from all the dead carcasses of the animals you eat, that are in your saliva." How's that for woo-woo?

OK--someone has to ask so I'll take one for the team: vegans and oral sex, is it OK or not?

Posted by: Hereinashland at March 10, 2011 11:24 AM

That thought entered my mind just when I read what the guy told her...Does he eat pussy and does that "contaminate" his "chakra"

I am a vegetarian and I like oral sex (kitty).....its tasty. I like contaminating my chakra. yum

Well hopefully the vegan women will observe March 14th for what it is. :-D

Meat is murder.

Tasty, tasty murder.

That is all.

"Meat is murder.
Tasty, tasty murder."

Murder
1. the unlawful and malicious or premeditated killing of one human being by another; also, any killing done while committing some other felony, as rape or robbery
2. Informal something very hard, unsafe, or disagreeable to do or deal with
vt.
1. to kill (a person) unlawfully and with malice
2. to kill inhumanly or barbarously, as in warfare
3. to spoil, mar, etc., as in performance [the song was murdered by the singer]
vi.
to commit murder
SYN.- KILL1 - get away with murder
Slang to escape detection of or punishment for a blameworthy act — murder will out
1. a murder or murderer will always be revealed
2. any secret or wrongdoing will be revealed sooner or later

Meat
1. food; esp., solid food, as distinguished from drink: now archaic or dialectal except in meat and drink
2.
a) the flesh of animals used as food; esp., the flesh of mammals and, sometimes, of fowl
b) Informal the FLESH (n. 1a) of a person [not much meat on her bones]
3. the edible, inner part [the meat of a nut]
4. the substance, meaning, or gist [the meat of a story]
5. one's quarry
6. Archaic a meal, esp. dinner — one's meat
Slang something that one especially enjoys or is skillful at

Jay J. Hector,

Thank you for the definitions. Did you have a point to that?

"Thank you for the definitions. Did you have a point to that?"

That meat is not murder, contrary to the claim? Isn't it obvious?

"I don't date people who wear corrective lenses because, hey, if your first two eyes don't work, there's a good chance your third eye needs Lasik.

I'm all about the natural."

Well, on behalf of the roughly 40 percent of all women out there who do need corrective lenses, may I just say...."THANK GOD!" Looks like we're the ones who dodged a bullet. Better pray you never get old or get diabetes....

"That meat is not murder, contrary to the claim? Isn't it obvious?"

Not as obvious as your sarcasm detection FAIL!

Ummm, Angel? I think Gog_magog was being sarcastic.

Dragonslayer666, Billy Joel used to tell a joke at his concerts about meeting Paul McCartney at a party back in the days before Linda died. Apparently Paul was proselytizing about his vegetarianism and said piously "I never eat anything with a face". Billy's drummer was there, and whispered "I guess Linda is shit out of luck then..."

""I never eat anything with a face""

Any decent butcher will take that part off.