# How Popular Are Dogs... on a menu? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 3, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693 "2008-08-03T10:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/181 "2008-08-05T09:47:43Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] Why is it acceptable to protect dolphins from ending up on someone’s plate, but not dogs, anyone? [/QUOTE] Last I checked, dogs were not on the verge of extinction. Quite the opposite, in fact. If dogs _were_ dying out, I’d be fine with a prohibition of eating them, and I would reject all cultural arguments about ‘old-timers’, ‘tradition’ and people being ‘set in their ways’. In my book, culture is not holy. The thing is, though, that in plenty of areas, dogs are a pest rather than an endangered species. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/182 "2008-08-05T10:02:38Z")
[QUOTE=Švejk] Last I checked, dogs were not on the verge of extinction. Quite the opposite, in fact. If dogs _were_ dying out, I’d be fine with a prohibition of eating them, and I would reject all cultural arguments about ‘old-timers’, ‘tradition’ and people being ‘set in their ways’. In my book, culture is not holy. The thing is, though, that in plenty of areas, dogs are a pest rather than an endangered species. [/QUOTE] A good enough reply, but using that argument, you could make a far better case for eating humans. After all, we are omnivores, so it probably wouldn’t affect our diet too much. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/183 "2008-08-05T11:33:13Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] A good enough reply, but using that argument, you could make a far better case for eating humans. [/QUOTE] Yes, you can make that case, as long as you are a sub moronic troll. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/184 "2008-08-05T11:37:05Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] Yes, you can make that case, as long as you are a sub moronic troll. [/QUOTE] Evidence? Cites? Let’s see what you’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/185 "2008-08-05T11:38:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] Yes, you can make that case, as long as you are a sub moronic troll. [/QUOTE] I guess he qualifies. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/186 "2008-08-05T11:40:01Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] Evidence? Cites? Let’s see what you’ve got. [/QUOTE] To paraphrase-Your posts are our cite. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/187 "2008-08-05T11:40:26Z")
[QUOTE=Who\_me?] I guess he qualifies. [/QUOTE] - see post #184 \* ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/188 "2008-08-05T11:43:01Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] - see post #184 \* [/QUOTE] Your posts are my cite. (Dammit! I didn’t look up past **ivan’s** last post and I copied **Czarcasm’s** post almost verbatim.) ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/189 "2008-08-05T11:45:59Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] To paraphrase-Your posts are our cite. [/QUOTE] So, am I trolling in ALL of my 700+ posts? What percentage **exactly** of my posts on here, display evidence of “trolling” or “sub-moronic” behaviour? You and anyone else making accusations are going to have to be precise here, or otherwise I’m just going to discount it as subjective opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/190 "2008-08-05T11:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] So, am I trolling in ALL of my 700+ posts? What percentage **exactly** of my posts on here, display evidence of “trolling” or “sub-moronic” behaviour? You and anyone else making accusations are going to have to be precise here, or otherwise I’m just going to discount it as subjective opinion. [/QUOTE] 37.78% of your posts are obvious trolling attempts. 23.34% of your posts are less obvious trolling attempts. 38.88% of your posts are just batshit insane. Good enough for you? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/191 "2008-08-05T11:53:00Z")
[QUOTE=Who\_me?] 37.78% of your posts are obvious trolling attempts. 23.34% of your posts are less obvious trolling attempts. 38.88% of your posts are just batshit insane. Good enough for you? [/QUOTE] No. You’ve just pulled them figures out of your arse. p.s. Now shove them back in. Your brain’s leaking out. eta - Amendment before grammar police arrested me. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/192 "2008-08-05T11:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] No. You’ve just pulled them figures out of your arse. [/QUOTE] Cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/193 "2008-08-05T12:00:02Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] p.s. Now shove them back in. Your brains are leaking out. [/QUOTE] Now Dude, that isn’t very nice. Prove to me that I didn’t read every one of your posts and arrive at my numbers legitimately. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/194 "2008-08-05T12:05:13Z")
[QUOTE=Who\_me?] Cite? 😃 [/QUOTE] The only accuracy was that they added up to 100. If you want to convince me you’ve read ALL my posts - so you can make at least a half-assed attempt at ‘truthfulness’ - you are going to have to bring **‘evidence’** to the table. You can add your own subjective analysis of said **‘evidence’** as well, if it helps your cause. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/195 "2008-08-05T12:09:26Z")
[QUOTE=Who\_me?] Now Dude, that isn’t very nice. [/QUOTE] Excuse my rudeness, I mistook your post for one of **Ale’s** , who suggested I was ‘sub-moronic’, and was replying in kind. Sorry, dude. \*Hang on! I take that back. You fucking agreed with him! \* ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/196 "2008-08-05T12:15:43Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] The only accuracy was that they added up to 100. If you want to convince me you’ve read ALL my posts - so you can make at least a half-assed attempt at ‘truthfulness’ - you are going to have to bring **‘evidence’** to the table. You can add your own subjective analysis of said **‘evidence’** as well, if it helps your cause. 😛 [/QUOTE] Look, the problem here is that you demand evidence, but do not provide any of your own. You try to rile people up to get a reaction. Trolls, by definition, try to rile people up to get a reaction. I don’t believe for a second that your OP was meant sarcastically, I believe you claimed that to get out from under the shitstorm you started. Your opinions are not evidence. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/197 "2008-08-05T12:17:45Z")
[QUOTE=ivan astikov] \*Hang on! I take that back. You fucking agreed with him! \* [/QUOTE] And I still do. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/198 "2008-08-05T12:25:00Z")
[QUOTE=Who\_me?] Look, the problem here is that you demand evidence, but do not provide any of your own. [/QUOTE] What evidence do I need to provide? I’m not the one accusing anyone of ‘trolling’! [QUOTE=Who\_me?] You try to rile people up to get a reaction. Trolls, by definition, try to rile people up to get a reaction. [/QUOTE] You know this because you know me so well, eh? Come on, where are the abundant examples? [QUOTE=Who\_me?] I don’t believe for a second that your OP was meant sarcastically, I believe you claimed that to get out from under the shitstorm you started. [/QUOTE] I agree, there was nothing sarcastic about my OP. It was a sincere attempt to find out more about the subject, albeit not in an emotionally detached manner. [QUOTE=Who\_me?] Your opinions are not evidence. [/QUOTE] And nor are yours, or anyone else’s, but that is all I’m getting. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/199 "2008-08-05T12:37:34Z")
I tried to eat dog once. I like to think I’ll try anything, but I just wasn’t even able to put the dog in my mouth. I did eat horse in Japan. Oddly enough, served raw and sliced thinly, it was more like tuna sashimi than Mr. Ed carpaccio. In other words, not too bad, but still I won’t eat it again. The taste isn’t enough to overcome (1) the cost and (2) the fact that I’m eating a companion animal, even though it’s kind of a cow-sized and cow-shaped companion animal. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693/200 "2008-08-05T12:48:48Z")
Let me help you out. The figures given by **Who Me?** indicate there are 276 blatant trolling attempts within my post count. Go and get the 10 best examples, and we’ll go on from there, shall we? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-are-dogs-on-a-menu/458693.md?page=11)