# Would you go vegan for one year for a hundred grand? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189 "2011-09-30T18:58:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/21 "2011-09-30T19:26:40Z")
I’d switch to an all-pancake diet if I had a chef to prepare it for me every day. Count me in! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/22 "2011-09-30T19:32:30Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Chocolate can be vegan, no? Then I’m in! So are Oreos. I didn’t even need to think about this for 2 seconds without the chef. With the chef I would probably pay to participate. And honey isn’t vegan. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/23 "2011-09-30T19:37:17Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > So are Oreos. I didn’t even need to think about this for 2 seconds without the chef. With the chef I would probably pay to participate. > > And honey isn’t vegan. I tried to pretend about the well-being of bees, but I couldn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/24 "2011-09-30T19:38:08Z")
I missed the bit about the chef - OK, that would be cool. Although I enjoy cooking so I’d do it without, too. Aside: The director of [Super Size Me](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Size_Me), Morgan Spurlock’s girlfriend at the time he made that documentary was a vegan chef. Maybe still is. They included some commentary from her in the film. She was pretty horrified but took it in stride, although I recall her saying she couldn’t wait to cook for him again. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/25 "2011-09-30T19:39:10Z")
100k, a personal chef and my food is paid for? Absolutely I’m in. I really see no drawbacks here. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/26 "2011-09-30T19:39:29Z")
Have someone make all my meals for me? I’d do it for free. Now, would someone PLEASE get on with making vat-grown meat? I’m too lazy to go vegetarian, but I’d love to stop eating animals. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/27 "2011-09-30T19:39:40Z")
I could give up meat, eggs, fish for a chef and $100k. Giving up dairy though, I’d want more for that. There’s probably substitutes that would be ok for my cereal and coffee. But, for the cheese? Especially the blues… nothing goes with apples or pears like a bit of cheese… ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/28 "2011-09-30T19:40:17Z")
I would probably whimper every once in a while but the monthly reinforcement would be enough to keep me on track. The personal chef is a major bonus. I would however see how negotiating for a higher payout would go 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/29 "2011-09-30T19:40:20Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I tried to pretend about the well-being of bees, but I couldn’t do it. Yes well, generally vegans won’t eat sugar thats been ground with bone meal either, and the final product has no animal type bits. They also don’t typically wear silk, and sometimes wool. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/30 "2011-09-30T19:41:59Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Yes well, generally vegans won’t eat sugar thats been ground with bone meal either, and the final product has no animal type bits. They also don’t typically wear silk, and sometimes wool. Oh shit - do I have to give up leather too? If so, can I move for the year to somewhere much much warmer? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/31 "2011-09-30T19:43:42Z")
I was all prepared to vote for the “I want more money” option until I saw the personal chef. Given the amount of money I spend eating out every month, I would probably take this challenge for far _less_ money. I mean, you didn’t offer it for less money, so I’m still grabbing your $100k and running with it, but I _would have_ accepted less. And, for the record, I am a hardcore meat lover and tend to hate most vegetables. But it’d still be worth it to me. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/32 "2011-09-30T19:49:15Z")
This omnivore would do it, I’d miss lobster, and thanksgiving dinner wouldn’t be the same with tofurkey, but 100K would eliminate my debt and then some… The inverse of the question would be interesting too, Vegan/vegetarians, would you eat meat for a year if you could win 100K? Same basic idea as Sklad’s OP, just replace vegan diet with carnivorous diet… ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/33 "2011-09-30T19:50:58Z")
Same here. I’d eat anything for a year (well, anything healthy) if someone else was doing the cooking. Lay some tofu on me, baby! ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/34 "2011-09-30T19:51:32Z")
I’d do it without the chef even, as long as someone was there to approve food choices before I ate. No “aHA you didn’t know that vegan-labeled trail mix had a trace of eggs so NO MONEY FOR YOU!” gotcha moments. But hell yeah, I’d do it. I’ll go 75K - any takers? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/35 "2011-09-30T19:51:39Z")
Having the chef makes this way too easy and an obvious yes. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/36 "2011-09-30T19:54:05Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > This omnivore would do it, I’d miss lobster, and thanksgiving dinner wouldn’t be the same with tofurkey, but 100K would eliminate my debt and then some… > > The inverse of the question would be interesting too, Vegan/vegetarians, would you eat meat for a year if you could win 100K? Same basic idea as Sklad’s OP, just replace vegan diet with carnivorous diet… I don’t think the situation is quite the same there, as vegans and vegetarians are likely to be making their dietary choices for ethical reasons, not just because they love the taste. I did expect more people to balk at doing it for just $5K a month and a possiblity of $100K total. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/37 "2011-09-30T19:56:30Z")
I love being a carnivore, but for that kind of change, I’d change. Please have Steve Wynn’s private chef do the cooking. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/38 "2011-09-30T19:56:58Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > \ > Here are the rules: > > 1. During the course of this project, you may not eat any food which was produced from any vertebrate animal, whether the animal was killed or not. That means no beef, chicken, eggs, milk, fish, and so forth. Honey’s fine, though. > The > Would you take the billionaire up on his offer? Why or why not? Found a loophole, the bet specifies VERTABRATE ANIMALS, says nothing about INVERTEBRATES/MOLLUSKS, so technically, clams, scallops, shrimp, lobsters, mussels, oysters and other seafoods are not specifically disallowed Hehe, time to cheat! And it’s not technically cheating on the agreement ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/39 "2011-09-30T20:00:58Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Found a loophole, the bet specifies VERTABRATE ANIMALS, says nothing about INVERTEBRATES/MOLLUSKS, so technically, clams, scallops, shrimp, lobsters, mussels, oysters and other seafoods are not specifically disallowed > > Hehe, time to cheat! And it’s not technically cheating on the agreement Hmm, you’re right. Sadly you brought that up BEFORE signing anything, and, anyway, since there’s no exchange of consideration here, you have no contract you can hold the billionaire to anyway. I’m sure he’ll change the terms of the agreement once you test positive for lobster after the first month and forbid it going forward. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/40 "2011-09-30T20:01:39Z")
I would do it, but I would definitely need more money. I have a problem with squishy, slimy textures so I find meat substitutes pretty revolting (tofu, mushrooms, 90% of fauxmeat (puke), seitan, TVP (puke puke), fried eggplant (puke puke puke)) and generally find vegan recipes to be sad, bland things that rely on imitation of meat to be at all palatable, with the exception of indian cuisine. I think I’d get pretty sick of indian food, salads and peanut butter-honey sandwiches after a year. To keep that up for a year I’d pretty much need “fuck you” money - at least a million. Possibly more. I mean, I’d not only have to give up anchovies and sausage on my pizza, I’d have to give up fresh mozzarella too! Who can live like that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189.md?page=3)