Okay you all caught me out, fish are vertebrates, I knew that. It was late at night. 
I should say that I don’t eat anything land-based, how’s that. Nothing that walks around. (That actually works for seafood too, because I don’t eat seafood sans scales and fins.)
Yeah, I’m not AFAIK retarded. I’m mostly vegetarian now, but I’d the shit out of that man’s meat if there was a paycheck. Guess I’m a ho after 'll.
I’d swallow too, pace that gross lady who wondered about eating sperm as a vegan. But only if it were digestible meat. I’d probably eat an elephant’s wang if it paid enough cash and it were cooked plenty enough to not taste like…I haven’t an analog.
I’m an omnivore, so not eligible anyway, but I still wouldn’t take the no-carb deal. I’d need a lot more than 100k to do that kind of harm to my health.
To put the shoe on the opposite foot, I’m having a hard time trying to decide if I’d be willing to go without meat for a year for $100,000. For that amount of money, I’d probably do it, but I sure wouldn’t like it.
I’m a vegetarian, and I wouldn’t take this deal. For US$100 million I would, but not for a measly $100k.
I’m a meat-eater, but would gladly go on a zero-carb diet for $100k. I already eat a low-carb diet, so it wouldn’t be too hard, specially with all the free food and a chef to prepare something different for each meal.
Well, zero-carb carnivore isn’t as unhealthy as people think… but it’s still damn unhealthy. I would say its roughly as restrictive and unhealthy as strict veganism, that is, sustainable and healthy if you are a nutrition expert and you choose your foods VERY carefully.
Depends whose meat we’re talking about.
…yeah, I’m not eligible anyway.
True. I didn’t think about that. I bet the first issue might still not work, since moral absolutes often override practical considerations like that. But the fact that they would get sick is something I didn’t consider. I wonder if the billionaire would be okay with them gradually increasing, and averaging out to the 15%. Otherwise, I guess they’d just have to eat less or risk stomach problems for a while.
As for no carb (which I missed the first time)? Sure, seeing as he’s providing the food. The only reason I don’t go low carb is cost. (I tried and ate all the meat in the house in a week.) For the first month I’d probably just wing it, then I’d pay a nutritional expert a little bit after that. Since they wouldn’t be hired just for me, it surely won’t be more than $1000 a month.
The billionaire allows you to start the challenge any time you like, so if you’ld like to ramp up your meat intake over time before you start, you are welcome, you just don’t get the chef or cash 'til you get your 15% minimum
I eat mostly vegan right now, though I have no moral issues with eating meat that is humanely raised. I would do it on the condition that I could approve the menu - meals would have to be no more than 400 calories and saturated fat levels would have to be reasonable. I would require approval by a dietician. I have health issues as a result of overeating and I would not compromise my health for any amount of money (though, if history is reliable, I might compromise it for a tin roof sundae.)
Isn’t the zero-carb carnivore question supplemental to asking whether you’d have a diet that’s at least 15% meat? I don’t think I’d do that - no fruit or veg at all for an entire year would make you really ill.
I am just as disqualified as you, but I don’t think 28 cents would be worth having to be tested all the time. On the other hand, what’s some testing compared to having someone cook all your meals for an entire year?
(Hypothetically, though, if I were qualified, I would be qualified for moral reasons. That is, the only way I can see myself as a vegan is if I came to see eating meat as morally wrong. In that case, I would take up the offer if I saw some greater good that could be accomplished with an extra hundred thousand dollars. Not necessarily vegan related things, but something. On the other hand, I do like the taste of meat, but I am given to understand that over time, vegans tend to not like it, so it might be more challenging to do than I think. At least at first.)
For $100K cash, I’d eat Spam three times a day for a year. Of course, some liver and onions every now and then would be nice.
I think I could cut back.
I would go zero carb for a year for $100,000! And I doubt my health would suffer that much. I’d just be a modern-day Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
Can you imagine how yummy that Caesar salad would taste after a year of no veg?
$100K isn’t enough money to wreck my health.
YES! I am an unrepentant carnivore!
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oh damn, I am disqualified: I’m not vegematarian now…
I’m a vegetarian living on welfare. Hell, yes!
I’m a vegetarian who’s living an okay middle-class existence. I’m not hard up enough to say “hell yeah!” and I’m not well-off enough to say that I’d do it and just donate the money. And I’d feel awful.
I think I’d be able to manage eating stuff that was certifiably humanely raised and humanely slaughtered, but I don’t know what my stomach would do to me. It’s been Very Unhappy about meat in the past and I wonder how long it’d take for me to be able to keep it down. I’ve been advised to start with mild, non-fatty fish to transition back, should I ever want to, and if I understood the rules, fish don’t count.