# Hypothetical Road Trip: Aggressive Vegan vs. Extremely Pregnant Woman **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 28, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160 "2011-06-28T17:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/61 "2011-06-29T01:38:29Z")
I’ll take the vegan, I am _not_ going to try to deliver a baby. Mealtimes are simple, the more he shuts up, the more likely I choose a place that he might be able to find food. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/62 "2011-06-29T01:52:58Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > On the other hand, I’d ride with MeanOldLady any day, pregnant or not. I bet she’d be fun! 🙂 I was going to say the same about you, too. I’m going to have to join you guys on any upcoming trips. And in advance, “Shotgun!” ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/63 "2011-06-29T01:57:02Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > And in advance, “Shotgun!” That’s one way of dealing with the vegan. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/64 "2011-06-29T02:04:58Z")
I’d go with the pregnant woman, absolutely. I’ve always wanted to see a baby get born (other than the one I had, lol) and I think it would be fun to ride with an expectant mother. Hell, she’s the one who is going to “deliver” her baby, I’d just be there to catch! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/65 "2011-06-29T03:23:01Z")
I think most people picking the vegan are fighting the hypo. Assuming there’s nothing I can do about the vegan except suffer, I’m picking the pregnant lady. I assume she’s checking out hospital locartions on her/my phone. Also I’ve got a built in out for speeding tickets. “I know officer, we just need to get where we’re going ASAP.” I know plenty of vegs I’d be happy to ride with. I hate ideologues of any stripe and my naturally gentle nature would soon collapse, leading to disastrous results. ---
**Author:** ![Aestivalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/66 "2011-06-29T03:58:57Z")
I’d pick the pregnant woman. She’ll have to stop being pregnant at some point, but the aggressive vegan isn’t going to stop being aggressive… ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/67 "2011-06-29T04:06:17Z")
I’m already vegetarian, so I think I could tolerate going vegan for the trip and go along with what the vegan says for the duration of the trip even though I am not as hardcore about it normally. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/68 "2011-06-29T04:15:17Z")
Voted “Pregnant”… but I’d be prepared to change that to the vegan only in the remote case where there was a chance of us getting stranded like the Donner party. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/69 "2011-06-29T05:14:18Z")
> [@Apollyon](#): > > Voted “Pregnant”… but I’d be prepared to change that to the vegan only in the remote case where there was a chance of us getting stranded like the Donner party. 😃 I dunno, in a Donner party scenario, pregnant lady + fetus would probably be better eating than a stringy vegan. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/70 "2011-06-29T05:22:06Z")
> [@horsetech](#): > > I dunno, in a Donner party scenario, pregnant lady + fetus would probably be better eating than a stringy vegan. 😛 Oh, but who could resist the satisfaction of eating the preachy, aggressive vegan? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/71 "2011-06-29T06:57:14Z")
Exactly, since they’re grainfed and the meat is probably really tender. The incessant holier-than-thou passive aggressive bullshit from the vegan would make me kill and eat her halfway to our destination. I’ve dealt with aggressive vegans(I live in Portland, they’re everywhere), and I’ve dealt with extremely pregnant women. I’ll take the prego every time. I’m amused by the people assuming the vegan is male. I’m my experience, I’ve never seen one of those. Always female. Always. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/72 "2011-06-29T08:04:36Z")
Pregnant lady. There is only so much bitching I can listen to before I taped the vegans mouth shut and threw her in the trunk. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/73 "2011-06-29T08:25:24Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I’m amused by the people assuming the vegan is male. I’m my experience, I’ve never seen one of those. Always female. Always. They’re out there, I know four vegan dudes. Definitely the minority, but they exist! ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/74 "2011-06-29T09:03:08Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > They’re out there, I know four vegan dudes. Definitely the minority, but they exist! The aggressive vegan I met was male too - “I don’t preach” to “Meat is murder” in 0.06 seconds. I’ve met plenty of vegans and they’re usually a fun bunch of people since they \* think\* about stuff (like how to make food taste good), but that guy just pissed me off - 20 years and the memory of him still makes my teeth itch. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/75 "2011-06-29T09:54:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’d choose either, but at the first bathroom stop I’d split without them. I love how everyone is being all nice. I’d fucking leave the pregnant woman. She probably has a cell phone. I’d leave the vegan, too. I really don’t care if he/she has a cellphone. To be honest, I don’t shit if the pregnant lady has one either… ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/76 "2011-06-29T09:58:19Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > The aggressive vegan I met was male too - “I don’t preach” to “Meat is murder” in 0.06 seconds. I’ve met plenty of vegans and they’re usually a fun bunch of people since they \* think\* about stuff (like how to make food taste good), but that guy just pissed me off - 20 years and the memory of him still makes my teeth itch. This reminds me of some guy my college hires I think once a year to come. I only saw him once (thank god!), but saw him wondering around campus a few times after that. He would start out all nice. With his bullshit about he’s going to accept us if we openly listen to him. Then he compared beef farms to the holocaust and I was all oh really. :dubious: He also (openly) for crime if it meant freeing animals. So, it’s ok to destory property and ruin someone’s business if you’re a dirty hippie… Er vegan. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/77 "2011-06-29T10:11:56Z")
I would pick the vegan. My normal travel food tends to be lots of cut up fruit and veggies, hummus, pretzels, pita chips. Mainly my normal snack foods that tend to be high fiber. Got to, to keep crapping easily. I get constipated on road trips otherwise. About the only nonvegan thing I like is jerky, cheese and cream in my coffee. I could easily change to drinking only teas and avoiding cheese and jerky for that trip. Although there is tofu jerky that is kickass … mmmmmbbqtofurkeymmmmmm Wouldn’t be anything for them to preach at me over. I drive a high MPG diesel car, and do not tend to have any leather clothing or shoes on. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/78 "2011-06-29T11:03:27Z")
> [@horsetech](#): > > I dunno, in a Donner party scenario, pregnant lady + fetus would probably be better eating than a stringy vegan. 😛 It’d be fun torturing the vegan in that situation, though. “Oh no, we’re stranded and I’m too weak with hunger to fight back… my tasty, meaty legs can’t carry me any further…” See how long they last before taking a bite, and then I can mock them for being a fair-weather vegan before I die. In a non-cannibal situation, I’m still going with vegan. I don’t want to screw up a kid’s birth, and I have a high tolerance for aggressive people. If I dress in non-animal clothing I might be able to put off the discussion until they see me eat. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/79 "2011-06-29T11:12:22Z")
Vegan. I can shout them down, make threats, find all sorts of alternate ways of dealing with them. With the pregnant lady what am I going to do, yell at her until she stops being pregnant? And I’m pretty clueless about the hands on practicalities of childbirth. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160/80 "2011-06-29T11:45:15Z")
The pregnant woman. Obnoxious people suck no matter what their schtick is. Sick, injured, and yes—even pregnant women—I can deal with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-road-trip-aggressive-vegan-vs-extremely-pregnant-woman/587160.md?page=5)