# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/121 "2011-10-01T22:21:41Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I’d do it for the money without the chef. Hell, I’d do it for the chef without the money. This. But I’m an omnivore, so it’s not that hard. 😛 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/122 "2011-10-01T22:44:18Z")
> [@Ludy](#): > > Sure, no question I’d do it. > > Could I have the equivalent of the chefs salary if I refuesed one? Of course not. ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/123 "2011-10-01T22:55:12Z")
I have very little interest in or respect for the vegan diet, but a) there’s the chef making it easy and b) I could really use the money, so yeah, I’d do it. One condition: my kids don’t have to be vegan. **SuaSponte** says he’d do it for 250K. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/124 "2011-10-01T23:17:18Z")
Yes, but contingent on two factors: 1. The medical tests that prove my adherence to the vegan diet aren’t too invasive. 2. I get to choose what the chef prepares for me, from a reasonable list of vegan foods. All foods on said list must be “inherently vegan” i.e. no imitation meat, no altered versions of foods that normally contain meat. ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/125 "2011-10-02T01:44:05Z")
Wait, can I go out and viciously slaughter cute, innocent, fluffy animals during this year? I mean, I’ll give up eating them, but I don’t want this veg-head billionaire to think he’s actually making a difference in the world. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/126 "2011-10-02T02:00:05Z")
> [@akennett](#): > > Wait, can I go out and viciously slaughter cute, innocent, fluffy animals during this year? I mean, I’ll give up eating them, but I don’t want this veg-head billionaire to think he’s actually making a difference in the world. What’s to stop him from just cutting off the funds and telling the chef to stay home for the same pay? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/127 "2011-10-02T02:06:15Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > You’re right. I apologize for the flippant response - I’ve been more irritable than usual today. S’alright. I have bad days too. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/128 "2011-10-02T02:31:48Z")
I’d do it for a year, because I really could use the money. But I’d go back to meat eating the day after I got the check. Having a chef fix all my meals? That’s almost worth it right there. Does he or she clean up afterward too? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/129 "2011-10-02T03:26:34Z")
Does “vegan baby” imply no breast-feeding? Or are products of consenting animals allowed? Oh, and dogs can live healthily on pretty much everything humans can. They _like_ meat more than us, and their ideal diet is a bit higher protein than ours, but you could have a vegan dog. I should also say, actually, that I would probably take the deal even without the chef. There are enough vegetarians in my extended family that I already have a pretty good idea of how to make a variety of vegetarian dishes, and for that kind of money I’m sure I could find a good source for various soy products. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/130 "2011-10-02T04:34:57Z")
I’m in, but it took a bit more than a heartbeat — twenty, at least — due to one consideration. Namely, does the chef prepare what I request off of a list of pre-approved dishes/ingredients, or does he have a predetermined menu (or a limited “pick one of these three breakfasts” sort of arrangement)? I ask because most vegan dishes tend to contain at least one ingredient I hate. Thinking it over, I’d still go for it even if the menu was fixed, since I’d eventually get hungry enough that it wouldn’t matter…but the idea would be a lot more palatable if I could simply say “fuck it, spaghetti with marinara” every time I didn’t feel like experimenting. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/131 "2011-10-02T09:56:26Z")
> [@Roland\_Orzabal](#): > > I’m in, but it took a bit more than a heartbeat — twenty, at least — due to one consideration. Namely, does the chef prepare what I request off of a list of pre-approved dishes/ingredients, or does he have a predetermined menu (or a limited “pick one of these three breakfasts” sort of arrangement)? I ask because most vegan dishes tend to contain at least one ingredient I hate. > > Thinking it over, I’d still go for it even if the menu was fixed, since I’d eventually get hungry enough that it wouldn’t matter…but the idea would be a lot more palatable if I could simply say “fuck it, spaghetti with marinara” every time I didn’t feel like experimenting. LOL, I am deathly allergic to mushrooms, and absolutely detest bell peppers, and dislike burny hot capsicam’ed foods, and have a bad intolerance to palm/coconut/tropical products. That right there tends to make eating vegan somewhat complicated sometimes. Stop and think how many vegan dishes use portobellos as a meat substitute, use palm oils to fry in, and have coconut milk/cream in the sauce, and give flavor impact with peppers of various sorts. Don’t get me wrong, if I could pick my menus I could have an absolute blast 😃 one of my absolute favorite foods EVER is artichoke with a nice balsamic vinaigrette for dipping. I absolutely love asparagus, spinach, brussels sprouts, lima beans, all the veggies that kids traditionally hated I grew up loving. I will confess that I dislike eggplant, zucchini, okra and kale. Hell, I actually _like_ tofu :eek: I would have no problem going vegan for the year and enjoying the hell out of it. [I make a mean tofu scramble … looks just like scrambled eggs, and tastes fairly like it as well.] Doesn’t mean the first thing I would do on the 366th day isn’t go out for all you can eat lobster 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/132 "2011-10-02T11:37:24Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > But if it’s Evil!Skald, I don’t think anyone else in the household will get any pampering. It’s funnier that way. If I were living by myself, I’d do this in a heartbeat. But my wife would be pissed if a chef were cooking _my_ meals, but not doing a thing for her or the Firebug. This added qualification makes this poll about the intersection of two very different things, for those of us who don’t live alone: 1. Would you be willing to go vegan for a year for $100K if a chef cooked your meals (yes, in a freakin’ heartbeat); and 1. for $100K, would you be willing to be pampered in front of your family while they were left out (no freakin’ way)? So what was the point of the question, exactly? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/133 "2011-10-02T13:49:08Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > If I were living by myself, I’d do this in a heartbeat. But my wife would be pissed if a chef were cooking _my_ meals, but not doing a thing for her or the Firebug. > > This added qualification makes this poll about the intersection of two very different things, for those of us who don’t live alone: > > 1. Would you be willing to go vegan for a year for $100K if a chef cooked your meals (yes, in a freakin’ heartbeat); > > and > > 1. for $100K, would you be willing to be pampered in front of your family while they were left out (no freakin’ way)? > > So what was the point of the question, exactly? I object to the suggestion that this poll, or any other Skald poll, has a point. You’ll be hearing from my people. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/134 "2011-10-02T21:49:53Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > If I were living by myself, I’d do this in a heartbeat. But my wife would be pissed if a chef were cooking _my_ meals, but not doing a thing for her or the Firebug. > > This added qualification makes this poll about the intersection of two very different things, for those of us who don’t live alone: > > 1. Would you be willing to go vegan for a year for $100K if a chef cooked your meals (yes, in a freakin’ heartbeat); > > and > > 1. for $100K, would you be willing to be pampered in front of your family while they were left out (no freakin’ way)? > > So what was the point of the question, exactly? As my spouse is a confirmed meat-a-tarian, he wouldn’t care at all. Any annoyance he might feel would be more than recompensed by my struggles to not say ‘FUCK IT ALL!!’ every time he made bacon. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/135 "2011-10-02T22:16:31Z")
Yeah, absolutely. I’m a huge meat eater, but I’d do it in a heartbeat–even for much less money. I’ve had some very decent vegan meals and while the meat substitutes don’t compare to excellent quality meat, I’m not sure I could have told the difference if they had used chicken McNuggets instead of soy protein. I’m assuming the chef has no interest in making me fail, and so would be happy to work with me in finding meals that I like and avoiding ingredients I don’t. The chef is pretty key, though for $100k I guess I could set up some delivery service from local restaurants. How accurate is the medical test? If I order a vegan burger somewhere, and it turns out they didn’t adequately clean the animal residue from the grill, do I fail? I suspect there will always be trace quantities of animal product no matter what you order, and it wouldn’t be a very interesting challenge if it’s designed to make you fail immediately no matter what you do. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/136 "2011-10-02T22:43:06Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Well, honestly, I may be completely full of shit here. The rest of this post may sound like I’m channeling our dear departed Dio, but I at least started with this disclaimer and will not defend my viewpoint to the death like he did. ‘‘Departed’’? Did I miss something? ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/137 "2011-10-02T22:58:45Z")
Kinda just thread-dropping here, but without a penalty, there’s no drawback here. Worst case scenario, I get at least one free meal out of it. If I last a whole month, I get better than 200% what I get paid at work. Now, if there was a penalty for failing, like having to pay back all the money you have been given (hope you aren’t a frivolous spender!), that would give people pause. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/138 "2011-10-03T00:30:55Z")
No, I wouldn’t. I was a vegetarian for some years, and the diet hurt my health badly. Vegan would be even more harmful. No amount of money or a personal chef would be worth losing health and vigor or developing a case of clinical depression. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/139 "2011-10-03T00:49:55Z")
I’m another who’d do it for the chef _or_ the money, let alone both! ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/140 "2011-10-03T01:45:31Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > ‘‘Departed’’? Did I miss something? Dude was banninated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189.md?page=8)