# Vegetarian Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256 "2011-06-21T04:54:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/1 "2011-06-21T04:54:05Z")
What kind of vegetarian are you? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/2 "2011-06-21T12:40:41Z")
Define the categories please. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/3 "2011-06-21T15:26:19Z")
pescetarian=only eat seafood pollotarian=only eat fowl lacto= only add dairy to diet (avoid eggs) ovo=only add eggs (avoid dairy) vegan=avoid all animal based foods ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/4 "2011-06-21T15:42:06Z")
proletarian - only eat the hoi polloi ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/5 "2011-06-21T15:45:28Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > pescetarian=only eat seafood > pollotarian=only eat fowl > lacto= only add dairy to diet (avoid eggs) > ovo=only add eggs (avoid dairy) > vegan=avoid all animal based foods lacto-ovo–Eat both eggs and milk, but don’t eat anything with a face ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/6 "2011-06-21T16:09:06Z")
Lacto-ovo, though very careful with cheese due to rennet. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/7 "2011-06-21T17:02:57Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > lacto-ovo–Eat both eggs and milk, but don’t eat anything with a face closest would be “lacto-ovo pescetarian”. (though fish DO have faces) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/8 "2011-06-21T17:40:10Z")
Mooooving thread to Cafe Society, from IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/9 "2011-06-21T17:45:47Z")
As of last week, I guess we’re not very strict vegans. ---
**Author:** ![gatorslap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gatorslap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gatorslap)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/10 "2011-06-21T17:45:51Z")
Lacto-ovo vegetarian here. I didn’t eat eggs for a few years, but now I feel more comfortable doing so since we passed a law mandating minimum standards of treatment for egg-laying hens. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/11 "2011-06-21T17:50:05Z")
How about “flexitarian”? Most of my meals are ovo-lacto or vegan vegetarian, but I do eat meat several times a week. Yes, I count fish and fowl as meat. Alright, I’m an omnivore, but leaning towards vegetarian. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/12 "2011-06-21T18:05:32Z")
I didn’t see “insectivore” on the list, so I did the best I could. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/13 "2011-06-21T23:42:20Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > pescetarian=only eat seafood > pollotarian=only eat fowl I voted for pollo, assuming it counted fish along with the chicken. I used to eat everything, then went ovo-lacto. Then I dated someone who cooked for me and that won out over vegetarianism. After, I stopped eating beef and have pork only as cold cuts and pepperoni. I was flexitarian for awhile but I eat a lot of chicken and fish now. Never was into lamb or other animals. Never gave up eggs. I stopped drinking milk and am generally not overly enthused by dairy, but I do have pizza now and then. I might go back to flexitarian at some point. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/14 "2011-06-21T23:45:47Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > I voted for pollo, assuming it counted fish along with the chicken. > > I used to eat everything, then went ovo-lacto. Then I dated someone who cooked for me and that won out over vegetarianism. After, I stopped eating beef and have pork only as cold cuts and pepperoni. I was flexitarian for awhile but I eat a lot of chicken and fish now. Never was into lamb or other animals. Never gave up eggs. I stopped drinking milk and am generally not overly enthused by dairy, but I do have pizza now and then. I might go back to flexitarian at some point. fish count as seafood. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/15 "2011-06-22T15:31:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > fish count as seafood. 😕 Last I checked, though, they don’t count as chicken. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/16 "2011-06-22T18:38:50Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Last I checked, though, they don’t count as chicken. pollotarian and pescetarian are usually considered mutually exclusive ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/17 "2011-06-22T18:48:09Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > pollotarian and pescetarian are usually considered mutually exclusive I guess I’m missing your confusion, then. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/18 "2011-06-22T18:55:16Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I guess I’m missing your confusion, then. Your 1st setence in post #13 is what threw me. It could just be that I have alot of mass and not much volume. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/19 "2011-06-22T19:02:09Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Your 1st setence in post #13 is what threw me. It could just be that I have alot of mass and not much volume. 😉 That wasn’t my sentence. I eat everything in sight. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256/20 "2011-06-22T20:25:49Z")
How is being a pollotarian any different than just saying you’re a meat eater. How is it any type of “tarian?” Asking “what kind of vegetarian you are” and then giving choices that contain meat is an oxymoron. You eat chicken and you are no type of vegetarian. Anyway, I’m a vegetarian. Hence I don’t eat meat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarian-dopers/586256.md?page=2)