Comments on: Family Dinners and Veganism

By: Toren

Toren — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:29:55 +0000

ps – I’m 80% vegan, but I probably would only eat what you brought if there were nachos to dunk in it. No offense, just prefer carbs.

By: Toren

Toren — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:25:36 +0000

I know I certainly eat a little vegan now and then.

maybe your aunt thought it was from Vega.

By: Blogosaurus

Blogosaurus — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:54:37 +0000

No, I don’t have to bring a main, but then I wouldn’t get one! Woman does not live by salad alone. I require a heartier portion to my meal. Though it is true I could probably meet my nutritional needs by hoarding the entire salad/appetizer portion of the meal and snarfing it down by myself in the bathroom. Or I could bring a casserole.

I have no idea if a pig is as smart as a three year old. Probably they are. If there’s one thing a psych degree does, it trains you to go to the research and abuse it like a redheaded stepchild. No field does more rigorous research or holds itself to a higher standard of same (flame!). I haven’t seen any research about this, but I will say three years olds are pretty stupid (except perhaps you, who was reading at 3), so that doesn’t say much for the pig.

Ha!

By: Incognito

Incognito — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:37:09 +0000

Are you required to bring a main? At our Thanksgiving, held usually at an Aunt’s house, one could easily bring a salad or a dessert. If you brought a delicious salad, would it be noted for it’s Vegan-ness? Perhaps in the minds of the “norms” (let’s be fair, your diet is abnormal…) an entree without meat is perhaps an oddity, while a salad without meat is standard. Thus, less remarkable, thus, less remarks?

I have a cousin who is Vegan, and she gets along fine, without any comments, except from me, when she tried to explain to me how a pig is as intelligent as a three year old child. A Psych graduate this one. I cry bullshit. I want to see the standardized tests!

I could read at three.

Can you dispel this psych-myth?

~I.