# Would you eat meat daily for one year for a hundred grand? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2011, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238 "2011-10-01T08:50:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/1 "2011-10-01T08:50:56Z")
[Inspired by Skald’s thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=626260) The usual eccentric billionaire approaches you with a proposition. He’d like to abandon your current vegetarian/vegan in favor of a high meat one, and he’s willing to pay to see it happen. If you can fulfill his terms for one year, you’ll be paid a total of $100,000. Here are the rules: 1. During the course of this project, you must eat at least a portion of meat in three of your meals a day and non-fish or invertebrate meat must provide at least 15% of your daily energy intake. 2. The billionaire will provide a skilled meat chef who will prepare your meals. The billionaire will pay for both the chef’s salaries and the meals provided. 3. On the last day of each month, you must undergo medical testing to verify that you are not cheating by running to a hippee commune during your lunch break or whatever. You may also be subject to random tests during the month. 4. If you’re certified as meat-eating at the monthly test, you’ll be paid $5,000. Fail the monthly test (or for that matter any random test) and you’re out, though you get to keep whatever money you’ve earned thus far. Pass and you’re eligible for another month. Pass twelve times in a row, and you’ll get a bonus of $40,000, for a total of $100,000. 5. No, you don’t get to do it twice in a row. Stop asking. 6. No, current meat-eaters aren’t eligible. Stop asking. Would you take the billionaire up on his offer? Why or why not? Would you do it for more money? Would you go [zero-carb carnivore](http://www.dirtycarnivore.com/) for a year for $100,000? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/2 "2011-10-01T09:56:35Z")
I’d do it for 28 cents. Although I am disqualified anyway. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/3 "2011-10-01T11:01:36Z")
I’d do it for a Klondike bar. I’m disqualified, too. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/4 "2011-10-01T11:10:04Z")
I’m a pescetarian, and I couldn’t do it. The last time I ate vertebrate meat, I was sick as anything. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/5 "2011-10-01T11:16:06Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > I’m a pescetarian, and I couldn’t do it. The last time I ate vertebrate meat, I was sick as anything. You’re already a meat eater, anyways, so I doubt the offer is on the table. I personally think this will break down between those who are and aren’t vegetarians for moral reasons. And maybe it would throw in people who are too rich to think $100,000 is really worth anything. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/6 "2011-10-01T11:19:14Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > I’m a pescetarian, and I couldn’t do it. The last time I ate vertebrate meat, I was sick as anything. So does that mean no fish? Or only invertebrate fish whatever they are. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/7 "2011-10-01T11:20:52Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > I’m a pescetarian, and I couldn’t do it. The last time I ate vertebrate meat, I was sick as anything. So exactly what are you eating now? Sea slugs, jellyfish, and sea cucumbers? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/8 "2011-10-01T11:59:18Z")
What is invertebrate meat? A clam? ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/9 "2011-10-01T12:07:12Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > What is invertebrate meat? A clam? Octopus, Lobster, Scrimpmeat. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/10 "2011-10-01T12:14:16Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I’d do it for 28 cents. Although I am disqualified anyway. Well, would you be willing to go zero carb carnivore for 100k then? > [@runner pat](#): > > I’d do it for a Klondike bar. > I’m disqualified, too. Well, would you be willing to go zero carb carnivore for 100k then? > [@tumbleddown](#): > > I’m a pescetarian, and I couldn’t do it. The last time I ate vertebrate meat, I was sick as anything. Me too, humans evolved as omnivores, so I don’t wanna be a vegetarian, but I don’t approve of factory-farming mammals and grass-fed meat is just so darn expensive. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/11 "2011-10-01T12:28:06Z")
For me to be able to do it, the meat would definitely need to be from humanely raised animals (cows raised on pasture, free range chickens). After watching “Food Inc” I can no longer support the cruel practices of the big factory farms. Any time I’ve been tempted to eat meat since I became a vegetarian, I think of that movie. I also don’t think I could eat pigs or pork products ever again. [Pigs are very intelligent, possibly one of the few animals with self-awareness](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/10angier.html) and to me eating intelligent animals is particularly immoral (though I don’t like the idea of eating ‘stupid’ animals either). Same goes for cephalopods. I would never eat an octopus because they are so intelligent. Even though I am not aware of lobsters being particularly intelligent, I think the way that lobsters are boiled to death most of the time is inhumane so I wouldn’t eat a lobster either. I used to be a meat eater but was never really that fond of most kinds of meat, so eating meat again would be difficult. The longer I go without it, the less appealing I find it. The main reason I took so long to become a vegetarian is just because meat is so ubiquitous in food and it’s kind of hard to avoid things like chicken stock in so many foods unless you make a conscious effort of it. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/12 "2011-10-01T13:42:37Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > I also don’t think I could eat pigs or pork products ever again. [Pigs are very intelligent, possibly one of the few animals with self-awareness](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/10angier.html) and to me eating intelligent animals is particularly immoral. Pigs are roughly as inteligent and sociable as dogs, so I regard eating them in the same way. I would eat dog/pig to avoid insulting my host, but I would not feed any money into the industry. I would not order it nor buy it. The pigs high intelligence just amplifies their suffering. When pigs are trapped in factory farms, the naturally curious animals get so bored, they resort to “stereotypical” behaviour, mouthing their bars and repetitively banging themselves against the wall. Cows and sheep CAN be humanely raised, but farmers can take shortcuts. I had no problem eating lamb when I lived on a free-range farm. You really shouldn’t feel too dirty about eating lobster, just think of them as a big tasty cockro… I’ll stop here. May I ask, why don’t you eat fish? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/13 "2011-10-01T13:47:28Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > May I ask, why don’t you eat fish? Those [big sad eyes?](http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_525/12803156355AUEfG.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/14 "2011-10-01T15:24:12Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You’re already a meat eater, anyways, so I doubt the offer is on the table. > > I personally think this will break down between those who are and aren’t vegetarians for moral reasons. And maybe it would throw in people who are too rich to think $100,000 is really worth anything. Even the strictest moral vegan would be able to do more good by donating 100k to their pet cause than by eating vegan for 12 months. But hardcore vegans/veggies have digestive issues, wherein meat-eating isn’t possible without a lot of pain and upset. If you go a long time without eating it, it’s like your body forgets how to process it. I don’t know if it’s fair to ask a veg to go through that amount of pain and inconvenience for 100k. ---
**Author:** ![QuarkChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/15 "2011-10-01T16:57:03Z")
I wouldn’t do it. Too gross. I’m not hard up and I hate eating meat. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/16 "2011-10-01T17:44:02Z")
I’ve been unemployed for a year and am literally down to my last few dollars; about to cancel my health and auto insurance. I would do just about anything for that kind of cash right now. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/17 "2011-10-01T18:10:35Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > Even the strictest moral vegan would be able to do more good by donating 100k to **their pet cause** than by eating vegan for 12 months. (bolding mine) I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/18 "2011-10-01T23:58:40Z")
Yup,. I’d do it, definitely. > [@rachelellogram](#): > > Even the strictest moral vegan would be able to do more good by donating 100k to their pet cause than by eating vegan for 12 months. But hardcore vegans/veggies have digestive issues, wherein meat-eating isn’t possible without a lot of pain and upset. If you go a long time without eating it, it’s like your body forgets how to process it. I don’t know if it’s fair to ask a veg to go through that amount of pain and inconvenience for 100k. I can stomach a stomach-ache for a few days for 100k. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/19 "2011-10-02T01:22:24Z")
I stopped eating meat before I read the OP. Do I qualify? ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238/20 "2011-10-02T02:10:38Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Would you go [zero-carb carnivore](http://www.dirtycarnivore.com/) for a year for $100,000? I’d be the dirtiest damn carnivore you ever saw 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238.md?page=2)