Really? I guess I’m stupid-I thought an egg would be all bloody-a human one, that is.
Okay, color me never mind and clueless there. 
(And I don’t think swallowing semen is disgusting.)
Noooo…you can just barely see a human egg. It’s just a single cell, all full of cytoplasm, water and other cell-gunk. But no blood.
I was under the impression that human eggs were really, really, really small. So small that you’d never even notice if you ate one. But I don’t actually know, as I’ve never laid one. Or, wait a second, I lay one every month, don’t I?
An unfertilized chicken egg does not actually contain all the building blocks for a chicken. It contains half of the building blocks for a chicken; the other half are contributed by the sperm of the rooster. Germ cells (gametes) are haploid - only half the stuff of life in them. Somatic (body) cells are diploid - have the full complement of 46 chromosomes, all paired up nicely in a double helix.
And as a practicing omnivore (carnivore isn’t really an accurate description for humans - we wouldn’t thrive on a strictly meat diet), I haven’t got the faintest clue what is and isn’t okay for any flavour of vegetarian eating. It is up to you, Mr. Vegetarian, to let people know what you choose not to eat. I don’t know what has eggs in it, and what has gelatin in it, or that gelatin is a meat product. I thought it was a dessert product.
Sorry, didn’t do my homework well enough - chickens actually have 78 chomosomes in their diploid cells, not the 46 that humans have.
Great word!
Of course prisoner is flat-ass wrong on his assessment of what most people think vegetarians are. He’s just upset because he fucked up his free lunch order and isn’t good at taking responsibility.
I’m a fish-eater, but otherwise vegetarian. I can tell you that about the only people in America who conflate vegetarian with vegan are holier-than-thou vegan pricks like prisoner (and like the editors of some major vegetarian magazines) and airlines. Order a vegetarian meal on an airline, and you’ll get raw bulghur soaked in lemon juice with a stalk of broccoli, and some nasty-ass whole-wheat hockey puck topped with rancid canola oil on the side. Airlines don’t want to deal with prisoner’s wadded up panties – so they make me suffer. No yoghurt on a morning flight, no butter with my meal, no cheese, no eggs, no nothing of the things that these unimaginative cooks so desperately need in order to flavor the food.
Prisoner’s ilk are a major reason why vegetarians in the US have such a bad reputation. Less of them=better for all of us.
On the bright side, he’ll probably give it up before he leaves college.
Daniel
Take the egg out and eat the goddamn sandwich. Next time, ask specifically for a vegan sandwich.
For most people, “vegetarian” means “lacto-ovo vegetarian”–no meat, but eggs and dairy products are OK. I’ve noticed on airplanes, though, if you ask for a “vegetarian” meal, they will provide you a purely vegan meal. When I was vegetarian, I learned to ask for a “lacto-ovo” meal so that I could at least get the cheese that I desired.
But airlines are the exception. Most other places, inc. restaurants, will interpret “vegetarian” as “lacto-ovo” (even if they don’t know the phrase), and not as “vegan.”
Chalk it up to a learning experience.
I’ve been a vegetarian my entire life, and I cannot understand at all what you are complaining about.
You asked for a vegetarian meal, you recieved a vegetarian meal, you are mad because even though you got what you asked for, they should have given you a vegan meal because the average person does not know the difference between a vegetarian and a vegan?
I have never heard the definition of vegetarian to exclude eggs.
Next time, would it be too much trouble simply to say, “VEGAN” if that’s what you want?
You must say Vegan, not Vegetarian, as stated before – I get very odd meals as a Vegetarian on airlines. I’ve learned to ask for a “low-calorie, vegetarian” meal - otherwise, you’re presented with a very high-fat, high-calorie meal which consists primarily of rice, cheese, and bread.
The general public doesn’t understand the difference between vegan and vegetarian. It pretty much is what it is at this point.
In your case, it apparently means someone from the Vega star system.
However, here on Earth, our telepathic skills are somewhat underdeveloped. We use these things called “words” that have pre-defined meanings. It’s a bit tricky at first, but you’ll get the hang of it.
I just read this. Are you fucking retarded? Seriously. Since when does vegetarian=no animal products? No one I know associates vegetarianism with not eating any animal products whatsoever. Every single vegetarian I know will eat eggs and cheese. ALL of them.
People like you are the reason I get a kneejerk “fucking moron” reaction whenever I hear the term “vegan”. Because of people like you, I think all vegans are reactionary morons.
Did you even eat the egg, prisioner? It wasn’t clear to me from your post how the egg was incorporated into the lunch. Was it separate from everything, or was it part of the sandwich or something?
If it was seperate, and therefore didn’t screw up the other food in there, what are you so pissed about?
If it was part of the sandwich or something I could see you getting a little mad since it would have screwed up a major part of your luch, but I honestly think the only one you could be mad at would be youself, because this was your mistake.
If, even worse, you accidentaly ate some of the egg because it was incorporated into other food, I could see you being really pissed, because I can see this would be a big deal to you. But, again it would be your own fault and the only one you should be pissed at would be yourself.
The reason I say this is your own fault, is basically the same reasons the rest of the posters have been trying to tell you, and I’m not going to repeat all of it. Basically that you ordered a vegitarian lunch, got a vegitarian lunch, and then got pissed because you incorrectly assumed that vegitarian means vegan to most of the rest of the people in this country.
Don’t listen to them prisoner! I got your back. Just the other day I was in a restraunt, and after I ordered a bacon cheeseburger, she brought me… A BACON CHEESEBURGER! It wasn’t even pretending to be kosher! She should have known that…
I’m sorry, this is too stupid to even parody. You got exactly what you asked for which is a damn sight better than you deserve.
Another vegetarian checking in here.
I know very few people who don’t understand the distinction between vegetarian and vegan. Some might perhaps be confused about whether a vegan is allowed to eat honey, and a few seem to think that vegetarians eat seafood and/or chicken, but for the most part the distinction is pretty well-known.
You asked for a vegetarian meal, you got a vegetarian meal, and now you’re complaining that the people who prepared it weren’t as ignorant as you expected them to be?
Nooo!!! We’re not all like this, I swear, see my first post to this thread.
You see prisoner? You’re giving the rest of us a bad name, knock it off.
Honestly, how long have you been vegan? It couldn’t possibly be for that long or else you’d know that your little “theory” is complete and utter bullshit.
I have NEVER met anyone who though vegetarian really meant vegan. That is the stupidest theory I’ve ever heard.
This makes me really, really angry because thanks to you and your idiocy, people assume the worst of me when they find out I’m vegan. :mad:
No. I need a cite for you to prove that assertion you obviously pulled out of your rear. Heck, I live in California in a small enough town. Plenty of folks here know the difference between Vegetarian (all the different types) and Vegan (all the different types–hie ye to the aforementioned dictionary and you’ll notice that Vegan’s not as simple as you make it).
BTW, did you quiz the dude? Did you ask, “Excuse me, kind sir. Are you aware of the differences between a Vegetarian and a Vegan?” Or did you just assume that your mistaken observation is Truth Almighty?
This thread isn’t turing out like you expected, is it prisoner6655321 you fucking wanker.
To paraphrase “Notting Hill”: I’m a fruitarian, I only eat fruit that drops off trees.:)
Hmm. So if most people think that vegetarians don’t eat any animal products, then why do menu options labeled vegetarian so often contain CHEESE? Or EGGS?
Face it, most of the population, if they’re even aware that vegans exist, don’t have any idea of what dietary restrictions that represents, or just think it means “especially nutty vegetarian”. And a decent percentage of the population, especially in certain meat-heavy regions, has trouble grasping even the basic IDEA of not eating meat, at least judging from my experiences.
The deli workers are not stupid. They are not dumbasses. You asked for a vegetarian meal and by god, they prepared you A VEGETARIAN MEAL. You got exactly what you asked for. So quit whining about how stupid the people who gave you what you asked for are and next time ask for a “vegetarian meal, no eggs”.
JAY-sus.