Why Do Vegetarians Get Laughed At And Mocked So Much?

[honeydip]

I am human. I will breed you and indescriminantly kill you for my food. I will also select the ones that feel nice, kill you and make you into my clothes. When I feel lonely or need to seek solace in my terrible life I will use you for your companionship and convince myself you love me.

Now I get laughed at a lot by turning to vegetarianism more and more but does the above not sound just pathetic?

[WaldoMcFroog]

I don't laugh at vegetarians (I'm married to one, as it happens) but I think your description of non-veggies' behaviour is way too simplistic to the point it's a straw man argument.

I'm also unsure why this is in Religion and Spirituality.

[joggerjayne]

How does one "look like a vegetarian" Fluff?

Do you have straggly a beard and pale complexion, and slightly lank hair, and wear inappropriate sandals?

Actually, I think I've just realised why vegetarians get laughed at.

[ummmm]

My favourite meat is duck. I go to the park and feed the ducks and think 'you're so cute but you're also really tasty'

[joggerjayne]

#nostereotypes

[ummmm]

Jayne - spot on :-)

[EcclesCake]

I wonder if honeydip feels mocked because as he sits eating his lunchtime chip butty all those around him are sniggering because they know the chips are cooked in dripping and not vegetable oil!

[mccfluff]

my beard is very well trimmed, i'll have you know

i reckon its cos i used to look like a hippy

[joggerjayne]

ummmm and I are friends again!

:0)

[mccfluff]

just don;t stick *iddy* onto the end of anything again.....

[Anngel]

So you wear plastic shoes then?

[joggerjayne]

By the way ...

//turning to vegetarianism more and more//

How does that work?

If one is only giving up meaty things bit by bit, then one is not, strictly speaking, a vegetarian.

[ummmm]

Did we fall out Jayne?

[LazyGun]

Eric Cartman from South Park on Hippies :)

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103809/hippie-infestation

[joggerjayne]

//So you wear plastic shoes then//

#smellyfeet

[mccfluff]

perhaps you call yourself a 'v' and add more letters as you progress

[joggerjayne]

Not us, ummmm ... x x x

#gr8mates

[LazyGun]

I once had a real- world conversation with a couple from Canada who insisted on finishing pretty much every sentence with what they considered to be a funny and pertinent hashtag .... They are now #pushingupdaisies :)

[joggerjayne]

#annoyinghabit

[honeydip]

I think eating vegetarian meet is stupid too really. I think the only people who eat that do it for health reasons that they need to avoid meet though right?

[joggerjayne]

Yes