# Vegetarians Are Intolerant Jerks  \[Moved from BBQ Pit\]

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-are-intolerant-jerks-moved-from-bbq-pit/507967
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [August 27, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-are-intolerant-jerks-moved-from-bbq-pit/507967 "2009-08-27T22:44:42Z")
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### Author: ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetarians-are-intolerant-jerks-moved-from-bbq-pit/507967/73 "2009-08-28T14:34:50Z")

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> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> Cite?

Very well.

> [@Poll: Should I get five dollars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-i-get-five-dollars/417913/76):
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> [That’s all well and good but if I may speak frankly, the vast majority of North American vegetarianism is not a result of cultural or religious conditioning but is simply an affectation, a fashion statement, an attention seeking device. I say that as someone who’s been there and done that. I grew out of it when I realized what a santimonious pain in the ass I was to everybody else. I think it’s immature to expect that everyone else should be concerned about and pander to a dietary affectation.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8950309&post8950309)

> [@I knew it; veggies shrink your brain!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-knew-it-veggies-shrink-your-brain/463605/3):
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> [I always suspected as much](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Eating_veggies_shrinks_the_brain/articleshow/3480629.cms).
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> [It’s a completely unnatural diet. Humans are supposed to eat meat. What other animal denies itself its natural diet? Of course it’s going to cause brain damage.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10200409)

> [@What do you believe that you could only say in the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-believe-that-you-could-only-say-in-the-pit/405674/59):
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> [Let me rephrase myself. Humans are not _adapted_ to be vegetarians.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8618545&post8618545)

So I think I’ve now cited something you’ve already expressed in the thread we’re posting in: you don’t think much of vegetarianism. That’s your prerogative, I’m just pointing out you’re rather vocal about it.

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