I hate vegetarians
Especially the preachy ones, piss me right off. Man's evolution has largely been attributed to meat eating. Research has shown that meat eating hominids had larger brains than their vegetarian counterparts because the amount of calories contained in the meat left more time for thinking as they weren't constantly scratching around in bushes for manky berries.

We don't have four stomachs, we have canine teeth, and the fact our appendicies have shrivelled up like a cock in the cold leads me to the conclusion that vegetarians are wrong, wrong, bloody wrong. Nature intended for us to eat a varied diet which includes meat and who the hell are you to tell us otherwise, you nut-loaf scoffing, holier-than-cow fart factories? You are part of nature's great cycle, and it knows more than you and your hairy shirt will ever know.

And don't start with that healthier diet crap. Didn't do Linda McCartney much good now did it?
( Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 16:51, 24 replies)

*click*
For "holier-than-cow fart factories"
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 16:56, closed)

hrm
if I recall correctly, the move towards increased cranial capacity was a result of being frugivorous, and having to retain mental maps of which trees were producing fruit at different times of year...

Meat-eating was a relative late-comer to hominid development, and even then was more or less limited to scavenging. Hunting is waaay down the line, and has generally - even in foraging societies - contributed less than 20% of the total calorific intake.

That said, whereas meat eating cannot be conclusively tied to brain power, snarfing down a massive steak is undeniably more manly and appealing than nibbling on a damp legume, so it possibly contributed to breeding somewhat.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 16:58, closed)

Really, we're meant to eat fish.

( Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 17:06, closed)

I prefer them in their natural habitat
Growing thickly in the fertile soils of this green and pleasant land, buried to the gills, tails swaying majestically back and forth at the whim of the summer breeze.

At least I imagine this is where they're from, as they're apparently a part of a vegetarian diet.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 17:08, closed)

I suppose people who call themselves vegetarians but who eat fish
are a little like people who call themselves christians but who support war -- both are missing a few key points there.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 18:51, closed)

There was a recent Horizon program
That suggested it was cooking that lead to a better release of nutrients and thus more free time and the resultant possibilities for advancement.

I agree with everything else with the teeth & stomach though. We evolved to eat meat, fruits and leafy vegetables. Grains not at all.
(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 17:52, closed)

No grains?
Then what will we do for beer?
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 18:54, closed)

I think I'll be drinking mine
;)
(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 22:52, closed)

No, we evolved to eat meat, fish, fruit and veg
Hence we can digest them all

/pedant
( drunkenoaf, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 21:15, closed)

Well
I kinda count fish as meat.
(Richy_T hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 22:52, closed)

What about sea cucumbers?
It's kind of a grey area
( Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Fri 2 Apr 2010, 0:24, closed)

I don't sea any cucumbers.
Do you?
(Scritty Bakerman., Fri 2 Apr 2010, 22:49, closed)

I'm not much of a fan of ranty vegetarians
but I do eat a lot of vege food, just cos it's easier and cheaper. What does that make me?
( Damien's Hearse, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 19:00, closed)

Pragmatic.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 19:08, closed)

Tight
(Wilton Mitrowserz, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 19:10, closed)

Regular.
( Allisade would love to hear from you, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 19:23, closed)

What I really hate about vegetarians
When they come to dinner I have to cook a special thing for them, BUT when I go to theirs they never cook me meat. Meat is Murder but I assume that Fish is justifiable homicide.
(johnners hitting things with hammers until they work, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 19:25, closed)

Omnivores
We're meant to eat whatever we can get our murdering paws on. Animals that are too slow/stupid to get away from us, fruit, berries, roots, shoots, carrion.

The human race spread around the world by it's adaptability - living off what is available. We're generalists, not specialists. While megafauna mammals died out along with sabre tooth cats and the like we ate ANYTHING.

Humans ate meat when they could get their hands on it or failing that things that didn't run.
(Audax Victor, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 19:52, closed)

Preachy?
I, on the whole, do not eat meat. The reason is that I think killing a creature that has a ongoing desire to live is wrong. I also think that most modern farming is cruel. I don't preach to meat eaters, and my son eats meat. I will quite happily buy steak for my mates for a BBQ, and I am also aware that;
Without Farming there would be no cows
Any life is better than no life
we are evolved as Omnivores

And on occasion I eat a bacon sandwich, usually when I am pissed.

But what I shove down my neck is my business, and mine alone. Both preachy sides of this debate can fuck off as far as I am concerned.
(micmac is happy as a pig in shite, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 21:48, closed)

Clicked for "my business and mine alone", and "both preachy sides of this debate can fuck off"

Amen.
(IHaveComeAmongThee__Twice Tissues on the left. Self-esteem on the right., Thu 1 Apr 2010, 22:17, closed)

Malodorous.
Vegetarians do smell a bit farty.
(Woofie, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 21:59, closed)

I was raised a vegetarian but have since reformed, and all I really have to say on the matter is that meat is tasty, but so are a lot of things I grew up with that most meat-eaters would regard with the same distaste my mother regards meat. People shouldn't try to force their dietary or nutritional beliefs on anyone else, but people who don't try new things are just silly.
(Legion, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 9:51, closed)

Looking...
...forward to bowel cancer then?
(rampants, Wed 7 Apr 2010, 15:54, closed)

Depends...
...what flavour is it?
( Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 11:46, closed)