Eggs: Vegetarian or Not?

[Deleted User] · April 2015

badbnagdway said:

abcdevonn said:

emmaaa said:

abcdevonn said:

ashley8918 said:

redoryx said:
Okay, as a former vegetarian, I'm just going to ask that if you're Pescatarian, call yourself Pescatarian. I get that most people don't understand what that means and that's because nobody has taken the opportunity to explain it to them, so see it as an opportunity to educate. Otherwise, vegetarians have to have the following conversations:

A: But you eat fish, right?
Me: No. Fish is an animal.
A: But my vegetarian friend eats fish.
Me: Your friend isn't vegetarian.
A: But they say --
Me: Yeah, no, they are Pescatarian. They eat fish but no other animal. Vegetarians don't eat any kind of animal.

And now the vegetarian becomes the bad guy for calling their friend a liar.
Yes, this happens to me a lot too. Everyone is convinced that I do, in fact, eat fish. I FUCKING DON'T. STOP. I do no eat any dead things, kthxbye.
I'm just saying this usually doesn't come up with proper timing for a teaching moment. It's usually during a work lunch order, or something similar like, "What do you want on your meatball sub?" "I'm going to skip out, actually. I'm a vegetarian." And I don't think that causes any confusion for them in the long run because I'm not ordering salmon at work. They don't even know I eat fish.
I honestly don't know how hard the conversation would be.

You: No, I'm a pescatarian.
Them: What is that?
You: That means that the only "meat"/animal I eat is fish.
I'm not saying it's a hard conversation. It is just more complicated. That is all. I don't think that means I am posing as a vegetarian, or making it harder on vegetarians, because, as I've said, I rarely eat fish and when I do it is usually with people who already know that I am, in fact, a pescetarian. I don't think I am confusing their sensibilities when they already know. I also don't ever lead with "Hi, I'm abcdevonn and I am a vegetarian!" It almost never comes up in my life unless someone is asking what I am ordering to eat.

ETA: Grammar
Yeah, agree. People understand vegetarian better than pescatarian. It's not impossible to explain but it is challenging. Plus, frankly, I live inland. Although I like some fish and crustaceans I hardly ever eat them here unless at a very good restaurant, and would rather that someone having me for dinner at their house know that I don't eat meat than that I eat fish. It is nearly impossible to buy good fish at the grocery store where I live and I have had people feed me bad fish before. There is nothing worse to eat than bad fish.

Also every time people find out that I DO eat fish, all they want to do is make fish when I come over. My parents are the worst about this. I don't really LOVE fish. I don't go searching for fish. I just occasionally eat it! So please, my friends and family, stop shoving tilapia in my face!

novella1186 · April 2015

abcdevonn said:

badbnagdway said:

abcdevonn said:

emmaaa said:

abcdevonn said:

ashley8918 said:

redoryx said:
Okay, as a former vegetarian, I'm just going to ask that if you're Pescatarian, call yourself Pescatarian. I get that most people don't understand what that means and that's because nobody has taken the opportunity to explain it to them, so see it as an opportunity to educate. Otherwise, vegetarians have to have the following conversations:

A: But you eat fish, right?
Me: No. Fish is an animal.
A: But my vegetarian friend eats fish.
Me: Your friend isn't vegetarian.
A: But they say --
Me: Yeah, no, they are Pescatarian. They eat fish but no other animal. Vegetarians don't eat any kind of animal.

And now the vegetarian becomes the bad guy for calling their friend a liar.
Yes, this happens to me a lot too. Everyone is convinced that I do, in fact, eat fish. I FUCKING DON'T. STOP. I do no eat any dead things, kthxbye.
I'm just saying this usually doesn't come up with proper timing for a teaching moment. It's usually during a work lunch order, or something similar like, "What do you want on your meatball sub?" "I'm going to skip out, actually. I'm a vegetarian." And I don't think that causes any confusion for them in the long run because I'm not ordering salmon at work. They don't even know I eat fish.
I honestly don't know how hard the conversation would be.

You: No, I'm a pescatarian.
Them: What is that?
You: That means that the only "meat"/animal I eat is fish.
I'm not saying it's a hard conversation. It is just more complicated. That is all. I don't think that means I am posing as a vegetarian, or making it harder on vegetarians, because, as I've said, I rarely eat fish and when I do it is usually with people who already know that I am, in fact, a pescetarian. I don't think I am confusing their sensibilities when they already know. I also don't ever lead with "Hi, I'm abcdevonn and I am a vegetarian!" It almost never comes up in my life unless someone is asking what I am ordering to eat.

ETA: Grammar
Yeah, agree. People understand vegetarian better than pescatarian. It's not impossible to explain but it is challenging. Plus, frankly, I live inland. Although I like some fish and crustaceans I hardly ever eat them here unless at a very good restaurant, and would rather that someone having me for dinner at their house know that I don't eat meat than that I eat fish. It is nearly impossible to buy good fish at the grocery store where I live and I have had people feed me bad fish before. There is nothing worse to eat than bad fish.
Also every time people find out that I DO eat fish, all they want to do is make fish when I come over. My parents are the worst about this. I don't really LOVE fish. I don't go searching for fish. I just occasionally eat it! So please, my friends and family, stop shoving tilapia in my face!

lol omg that gif is killing me! Like my eyes are watering from laughing!

thisismynickname2 · April 2015

abcdevonn said:

abcdevonn said:

emmaaa said:

abcdevonn said:

ashley8918 said:

redoryx said:
Okay, as a former vegetarian, I'm just going to ask that if you're Pescatarian, call yourself Pescatarian. I get that most people don't understand what that means and that's because nobody has taken the opportunity to explain it to them, so see it as an opportunity to educate. Otherwise, vegetarians have to have the following conversations:

A: But you eat fish, right?
Me: No. Fish is an animal.
A: But my vegetarian friend eats fish.
Me: Your friend isn't vegetarian.
A: But they say --
Me: Yeah, no, they are Pescatarian. They eat fish but no other animal. Vegetarians don't eat any kind of animal.

And now the vegetarian becomes the bad guy for calling their friend a liar.
Yes, this happens to me a lot too. Everyone is convinced that I do, in fact, eat fish. I FUCKING DON'T. STOP. I do no eat any dead things, kthxbye.
I'm just saying this usually doesn't come up with proper timing for a teaching moment. It's usually during a work lunch order, or something similar like, "What do you want on your meatball sub?" "I'm going to skip out, actually. I'm a vegetarian." And I don't think that causes any confusion for them in the long run because I'm not ordering salmon at work. They don't even know I eat fish.
I honestly don't know how hard the conversation would be.

You: No, I'm a pescatarian.
Them: What is that?
You: That means that the only "meat"/animal I eat is fish.
I'm not saying it's a hard conversation. It is just more complicated. That is all. I don't think that means I am posing as a vegetarian, or making it harder on vegetarians, because, as I've said, I rarely eat fish and when I do it is usually with people who already know that I am, in fact, a pescetarian. I don't think I am confusing their sensibilities when they already know. I also don't ever lead with "Hi, I'm abcdevonn and I am a vegetarian!" It almost never comes up in my life unless someone is asking what I am ordering to eat.

ETA: Grammar
Yeah, agree. People understand vegetarian better than pescatarian. It's not impossible to explain but it is challenging. Plus, frankly, I live inland. Although I like some fish and crustaceans I hardly ever eat them here unless at a very good restaurant, and would rather that someone having me for dinner at their house know that I don't eat meat than that I eat fish. It is nearly impossible to buy good fish at the grocery store where I live and I have had people feed me bad fish before. There is nothing worse to eat than bad fish.

Also every time people find out that I DO eat fish, all they want to do is make fish when I come over. My parents are the worst about this. I don't really LOVE fish. I don't go searching for fish. I just occasionally eat it! So please, my friends and family, stop shoving tilapia in my face!

But, PROTEIN. HOW WILL YOU GET PROTEIN??

Seriously, the only people that ever cared that I didn't eat meat were family, and I had enough "but you're wearing leather shoes" bullshit to last a lifetime with them when I first made the decision to not eat meat ("pescatarian"). You get blank stares with "pescatarian." Just saying, "Oh, no thanks, I don't eat meat" or quietly ordering your cobb salad without bacon is all you really have to do. I don't like debating my choices with people who think I NEED PROTEIN.

Augh.

lovegood90 · April 2015

thisismynickname said:

abcdevonn said:

abcdevonn said:

emmaaa said:

abcdevonn said:

ashley8918 said:

redoryx said:

But, PROTEIN. HOW WILL YOU GET PROTEIN??

Seriously, the only people that ever cared that I didn't eat meat were family, and I had enough "but you're wearing leather shoes" bullshit to last a lifetime with them when I first made the decision to not eat meat ("pescatarian"). You get blank stares with "pescatarian." Just saying, "Oh, no thanks, I don't eat meat" or quietly ordering your cobb salad without bacon is all you really have to do. I don't like debating my choices with people who think I NEED PROTEIN.

Augh.

Boxes?

Yeah, this isn't an issue that comes up often or anything because I don't volunteer my dietary choices unless I'm asked.

Example: we're at a restaurant. I order something without bacon let's say. Someone asks why I got it without bacon. I say I don't eat it. They ask why. I say I'm a pescetarian. Then they ask more questions about it, don't know what it is, make jokes, act condescendingly and thus I'm uncomfortable, etc etc.

So when I say I tell people I'm a vegetarian instead of pescetarian for my own comfort, it's not even a thing that happens often because I'm not the one volunteering the information/bringing it up first. This is only if other people bring it up.

badbnagdway · April 2015

abcdevonn said:

redoryx said:

hellohkb said:
But if someone asks if you want meat on your meal, why not just say "No thanks"? When servers ask if I want meat I don't explain I'm a vegetarian unless specifically asked. I just say "no thank you". If someone were to press me on why I didn't want meat I would just say I don't want any. If they're gonna be a dick and keep asking or make some stupid joke about it I would ignore it.
Or if you feel the need to explain, just say "I don't eat meat."

I know nobody is trying to be a dick or an asshole and I certainly wasn't intending to call anyone that if it came off that way. I also know it seems like nitpicking but words have meanings and vegetarian and pescatarian are two different things.
Yes, what I am trying to say is I do usually just say, "No. No thanks. I don't eat meat." etc. Which is I guess what I was trying to get to when I said it doesn't usually come up. But I have said "Yes" to "Oh, are you a vegetarian" or similar situations.

Yeah, so I do not proselytize my pescatarianism/vegetarianism (I was a vegetarian for 15 years, I have been a pescatarian for about five years). People who become friends with me often do not even realize for a long time that I do not eat meat because I don't loudly announce it everywhere I go. I just order the food I want to eat, no biggie.

In my experience other people make a much bigger deal out of my dietary habits than I do. Friends and family are always asking me to pick the restaurant we go to, because, you know, I don't eat meat. Kind of results in a face palm because I can eat almost anywhere except for some BBQ places that put backfat in every single item on the menu.

PrettyGirlLost · April 2015

amelisha said:
Is this the time to add that old joke?

"How do you find the vegan in any room?"

"Don't worry, they'll tell you..."

Dying!!!

MollyandD · April 2015

I'm so sick of people asking about my protein. I just say that I get protein from plants and leave it alone. I've been vegetarian for 3 years. I'm not dead yet.

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Someone at work last week said my meatless food was "gross." It pissed me off so bad. Yeah, I eat "fake meat" for lunch, but who cares? It's my food!!!

ElcaB · April 2015

Molly&Domenic said:
I'm so sick of people asking about my protein. I just say that I get protein from plants and leave it alone. I've been vegetarian for 3 years. I'm not dead yet.

.

Someone at work last week said my meatless food was "gross." It pissed me off so bad. Yeah, I eat "fake meat" for lunch, but who cares? It's my food!!!

Eye roll. Why do people think it's okay to call other people's food gross?

thespeshulestsnowflake · April 2015

ElcaB said:
I'm so sick of people asking about my protein. I just say that I get protein from plants and leave it alone. I've been vegetarian for 3 years. I'm not dead yet.

.

Someone at work last week said my meatless food was "gross." It pissed me off so bad. Yeah, I eat "fake meat" for lunch, but who cares? It's my food!!!

Eye roll. Why do people think it's okay to call other people's food gross?

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. Why the fuck do they care, since they aren't the ones eating it?

Erin Skye · April 2015

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