# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/141 "2011-10-03T02:31:57Z")
Yes, of course I would. One year would be a piece of cake even for a meat lover like myself. Hell, I’d go a year without sex for a 100K! Actually, a couple of more months and I’ll be there. Unfortunately no cash at the end of it :(…just a lot of frustration. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/142 "2011-10-03T03:12:02Z")
Of course. The main problem with vegan and vegetarian meals is the massive quantity of time it would take to make the meals and the cost of the ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/143 "2011-10-03T08:43:59Z")
> [@lacortadora](#): > > Yes, of course I would. One year would be a piece of cake even for a meat lover like myself. Hell, I’d go a year without sex for a 100K! Actually, a couple of more months and I’ll be there. Unfortunately no cash at the end of it :(…just a lot of frustration. Nope, you’d be ineligible for the offer. The “No sex for a year” offer is only open to people currently having sex at the time of the offer.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/144 "2011-10-03T13:58:04Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I’m a little surprised how much people don’t know about how to eat without animal products even for one meal. No cheese, milk, butter or eggs is actually pretty hard to do. Meatless isn’t that difficult, even for someone as carnivorous as I tend to be, but I can’t think of a single meal I know how to make that doesn’t expect some form of animal fat, most commonly cheese or butter; some single dishes, sure, but nothing that seems like a complete meal to me. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/145 "2011-10-03T17:10:33Z")
> [@lacortadora](#): > > Yes, of course I would. One year would be a piece of cake even for a meat lover like myself. Hell, I’d go a year without sex for a 100K! Actually, a couple of more months and I’ll be there. Unfortunately no cash at the end of it :(…just a lot of frustration. > [@Raguleader](#): > > Nope, you’d be ineligible for the offer. The “No sex for a year” offer is only open to people currently having sex at the time of the offer.😃 Ouch **Raguleader** thanks for rubbing salt in the wound. Grrrr! 😃 I’m hoping the dry spell is over soon…if not I’ll have to take matters into my own hands. Oh that’s right! That’s what I’ve been doing already :smack:🙂 ---
**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 3, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/146 "2011-10-03T22:08:07Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > I’ve been both vegetarian and vegan before and it made me really sick, and I would still do this for 100 grand. I know how to get better now (lots of animal products, few grains or fruits). If the chef could work with my food sensitivities, even better. Why did it make you sick? My impression is that veganism takes a great deal of effort to create healthy, balanced meals, and that a number of people end up worse off because they aren’t willing or able to put in this effort. But having a skilled chef makes this trivial. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/147 "2011-10-03T23:12:02Z")
As I said in the meat eating challenge, I am so there, dude, complete with gingham napkin tied around my neck cartoon style. Only I plan to first get little silver piercings all over my face, and maybe a bolt through my tongue - every vegan I’ve ever met is so adorned. I’m up for any food challenge, not this wimpy one. I volunteer for the milk-potatoes-oatmeal diet that the Irish supposedly thrived on before the potato famine, and which is supposed to be perfectly healthy. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/148 "2011-10-04T01:03:37Z")
Of _course_ I would eat a vegan for 100 grand. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/149 "2011-10-04T08:49:03Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > As I said in the meat eating challenge, I am so there, dude, complete with gingham napkin tied around my neck cartoon style. Only I plan to first get little silver piercings all over my face, and maybe a bolt through my tongue - every vegan I’ve ever met is so adorned. > > I’m up for any food challenge, not this wimpy one. I volunteer for the milk-potatoes-oatmeal diet that the Irish supposedly thrived on before the potato famine, and which is supposed to be perfectly healthy. Is butter allowed in the milk-potatoes-oatmeal diet? Because there are all sorts of amazing things you can do with potatoes and butter (and some seasoning…) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/150 "2011-10-04T13:24:40Z")
You’ll take my dairy products from my cold, dead hands… Meat (per the RC definition), I could give up for a year. But no eggs and no dairy? Hell NO! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Rosetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Green\_Rosetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Rosetta)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/151 "2011-10-04T16:59:18Z")
Hell to the yes. The chef is an added bonus, as long as I can go shopping with him/her- I’m fascinated by all the rice cheeze and other vegan products at the Whole Foods and I’d love to get paid to eat them. And being able to have honey really, really helps, as I gotta have it in my tea. Now, where is this eccentric billionaire, and how can I get him my contact info? ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/152 "2011-10-04T17:05:01Z")
> [@Redwing](#): > > 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… Yessiree. I only eat meat something like once or twice a week, and I make my own meals, so I have no doubt that an expert chef could make delicious meat-free meals for a year. But giving up dairy? Now you’re just talking crazy. Pony up some more cash, billionaire, then we’ll talk. Edit: I somehow missed that this thread was 4 pages long, so apologies if my post is absurdly redundant or has missed the progress of the conversation. ---
**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 4, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/153 "2011-10-04T17:29:43Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Yessiree. I only eat meat something like once or twice a week, and I make my own meals, so I have no doubt that an expert chef could make delicious meat-free meals for a year. But giving up dairy? Now you’re just talking crazy. Pony up some more cash, billionaire, then we’ll talk. > > Edit: I somehow missed that this thread was 4 pages long, so apologies if my post is absurdly redundant or has missed the progress of the conversation. Apologies are for children and Canadians, dear. We expect you to be more assertive. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/154 "2011-10-04T17:34:31Z")
Sure. I’d love me a diet of shark, lobster, squid, shellfish, and the like, all prepared by a proper chef. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/155 "2011-10-04T17:43:05Z")
It’d be much easier for me to go without meat than to eat it every meal, every day of the year even though I’m pretty omnivorous. So, yeah, I’d take the billionaire up on his offer. ---
**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 4, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/156 "2011-10-04T17:49:34Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Sure. I’d love me a diet of shark, lobster, squid, shellfish, and the like, all prepared by a proper chef. Fool of a Linnean! Sharks are vertebrates. Everybody knows that. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/157 "2011-10-04T19:15:01Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Fool of a Linnean! > > Sharks are vertebrates. Everybody knows that. Are you sure about that? Sharks don’t have bones. ---
**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 4, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/158 "2011-10-04T19:20:44Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Are you sure about that? [No, I’m not sure of that, as I couldn’t find a cite I completely trusted.](http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/sharks/glossary/indexu-z.shtml) (Well, more truthfully I was too lazy to find such a cite.) > [@the not-completely-trusted cite](#): > > **[VERTEBRATE](http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/vertebrates.shtml)** > Vertebrates are animals that have a backbone. The backbone consists of ring-like bones (vertebrae) that protect the soft spinal cord. Vertebrates evolved during the Cambrian period, over 500 million years ago. The first vertebrates were jawless, toothless fish (agnathans). Other vertebrates include the amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Sharks are vertebrates. Classification: Kingdom Metazoa, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata. > [@](#): > > Sharks don’t have bones. And yes, I’m aware their skeletons are made of cartilage. They have vertebrae, though. Frankly I was hoping one of our biologists would come in without being press-ganged. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/159 "2011-10-04T19:43:32Z")
I’m not selling my right to choose to someone just because they feel they can buy whatever they want. The billionaire can take a flying leap and his attempt at buying my free will can go with him. It’s not that I love meat, it’s the thought that someone thinks they can buy me that irritates me. ---
**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 4, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189/160 "2011-10-04T19:46:11Z")
> [@Zyanthia](#): > > I’m not selling my right to choose to someone just because they feel they can buy whatever they want. The billionaire can take a flying leap and his attempt at buying my free will can go with him. > > It’s not that I love meat, it’s the thought that someone thinks they can buy me that irritates me. Wait … would you do it if offered only the services of the chef and the free food? In other words, if the billionaire were simply trying to make it easier for you to transition as an example to others, rather than “buying” you? And how is what the billionaire is doing different than paying you a hundred grand in salary for doing a regular job? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189.md?page=9)