# Is BEEF a lifestyle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598 "2015-10-05T11:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brovolone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@brovolone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brovolone)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/21 "2015-10-05T17:32:17Z")
Nevermind, both Idaho and Wisconsin require front and rear registration state license plates-- making it illegal to have a front CHEESE or POTATO one. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/22 "2015-10-05T17:32:32Z")
The Onion said it best when it comes to the true nature of beef. (possibly NSFW, spoilering the link just in case) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W0GaF7I0so](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W0GaF7I0so) ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/23 "2015-10-05T23:46:16Z")
In Idaho, every license plate says “Famous Potatoes”. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/24 "2015-10-06T01:08:10Z")
Behold! License plates for [Milk](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=milk+license+plates&view=detailv2&&id=0C83FD4393E5D43C8B15CD7E828257F4B80E3B3D&selectedIndex=11&ccid=eQLJ7dPe&simid=608048029895361034&thid=OIP.M7902c9edd3de80b87280e0ff9eed16a6o0&ajaxhist=0) and [Vegans](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=milk+license+plates&view=detailv2&&id=0C83FD4393E5D43C8B15CD7E828257F4B80E3B3D&selectedIndex=11&ccid=eQLJ7dPe&simid=608048029895361034&thid=OIP.M7902c9edd3de80b87280e0ff9eed16a6o0&ajaxhist=0). ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/25 "2015-10-08T02:11:31Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Of course not. They say SPUDS. It’s snappier. If a Florida car bearing a BEEF plate encounters an Idaho car bearing a SPUDS plate, do they mutually annihilate each other? If a Florida car bearing a BEEF plate encounters a car bearing a PASTA plate, do they chemically react to produce a plate of flying spaghetti monsters? ---
**Author:** ![CerebrAl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@CerebrAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CerebrAl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/26 "2015-10-09T00:01:50Z")
> [@](#): > > ``` > Anyone see these plates? Know someone who has one? > > ``` Yes and Yes The plate belongs to a truck owner with a large parcel that he or she uses to raise cattle or otherwise works in that industry. I’m guessing you live north east of town. Stop by and we’ll fire up some steaks…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/27 "2015-10-16T22:33:27Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I’m as meat eatin’ as anyone but that’s a bad argument. Anyone invested in it would point of the differences between a wild impala out on the veldt versus factory farming. Or, hell, even free range farming since the lion is culling the herd and the strongest impala survive versus every cow being earmarked for consumption. Don’t kid yourself, Jophiel. If a cow ever got the chance, he’d eat you and everyone you care about! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/28 "2015-10-16T22:40:49Z")
Actually, in Idaho they wouldn’t have just POTATO or SPUDS in big letters on a front licence plate unless it was a vanity plate. Unlike Florida, Idaho requires front licence plates as well as back. Idaho does have “Famous Potatoes” on the bottom of every licence plate (but not everybody is happy about it.) ---
**Author:** ![northporlarbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@northporlarbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/northporlarbear)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/29 "2015-10-16T23:31:38Z")
Eating meat is not a matter of righteousness. Obviously, impala doesn’t want to be eaten by lion neither; it is not ok neither. It is a matter of fairness. Humans are in the position to be attacked & eaten. It is fair to eat other animals. Although humans are not in a position to be eaten anymore, that’s because humans are doing a good job. It doesn’t make the meat eating any less fair. Of course, the animals being eaten have the right to hate the humans though. Meat eating is not a right thing; it is a fair thing. It is a matter of “doing it anyway”. Aside from being the right thing, fair & self-interest. Animals can hate rightfully. Humans shouldn’t really try to evade from a rightful hatred but just accept it & go on eating to be fair. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/30 "2015-10-17T23:38:34Z")
“Although humans are not in a position to be eaten anymore” People still get eaten now and then. Probably most notably by sharks. No it’s not a huge number per year, but it happens. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/31 "2015-10-17T23:55:40Z")
> [@brovolone](#): > > So in Idaho, do people have license plates that say POTATO in the front because it’s robust and lucrative? > > Or in Wisconsin, CHEESE? > [@Senegoid](#): > > If a Florida car bearing a BEEF plate encounters a car bearing a PASTA plate, do they chemically react to produce a plate of flying spaghetti monsters? Nobody goes to a cheese barbecue, has a nice rare potato, or makes a succulent roast pasta sandwich with horseradish sauce. Try to make sense, people! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/32 "2015-10-18T21:27:21Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Nobody goes to a cheese barbecue, has a nice rare potato, or makes a succulent roast pasta sandwich with horseradish sauce. > > Try to make sense, people! You don’t win friends with salad. ---
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/33 "2015-10-19T06:17:50Z")
People like to express their ideals through their baby’s clothes and pretentious bumper stickers. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598/34 "2015-10-19T08:14:50Z")
What’s beef? Beef is when you need two Gats to go to sleep. Beef is when your moms ain’t safe up in the streets. Beef is when I see you, guaranteed to be in ICU. What’s beef? Beef is when you make your enemies start your Jeep. Beef is when you roll no less than thirty deep. Beef is when I see you, guaranteed to be in ICU. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-beef-a-lifestyle/733598.md?page=1)