veganism: I enjoy most of them! But I get a kick out of people thinking that veganism puts you into the extremist category...when I was vegetarian, no one would think twice of it...if I said that I was a strict vegetarian, no one would say anything, but say vegan and everyone takes a step back....but my life hasn't changed that much, except that I feel great. I also find it amusing how people think that we are against natural law when really, that is exactly what we support.|||I wasn't particularly amused by this since it was a normally very intelligent person saying it but yesterday I was told that people don't need to eat plants. Every thing we need is in meat (who get it from the plants). It's more efficient to get nutrients from meat since the animals eat a variety of foods.|||Well if you are a dude, then everyone just assumes you must be gay if you are a vegan. Also i love all those health myths about veganism being unhealthy. In fact, i was hit with such a grand preponderance of these "factual" based statements, that i actually dediced to make nutrition (dietetics) may area of formal study. Now whenever someone tries to tell me that veganisn isn't healthy, i first asked them to source their information, then i tell them how i study dietetics at my university. In the long haul its kinda funny.|||My mother always used to say, "I'm suprised they don't starve themselves to death. They ARE eating their animal friends' foods, isn't THAT animal cruelty?"|||They're allergic to the sun. **|||My old boss told me one time that vegans were nasty and mental and smelled funny and they were colored green. that was the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Smelled funny?? Green?? Mental?? I know many vegans...and I mean "vegans" NO dairy...etc... they smell better naturally than any meat eater and they were far from being "green" and quite frankly were much less uptight. I told him to go get a colonic and put down that burger. lmao!|||Nothing wrong with them except for they live longer but the quirk that trips me out is when they get regular colon cleansing. That's cool because I really love vegetarian fare and I'm an omnivore.|||My favorite is that vegetarians are scrawny and pale, because it's so easy to reply: "Forrest Whitaker and Hank Aaron are vegetarians."|||Oh goodness, where to begin? Roll the laugh track! - veganism is an eating disorder - vegans are all liberal - vegans are all socialist/communist - vegan men are all gay - vegan women are all lesbians - vegans won't have sex with non-vegans - vegan clothing is all cheap and ugly - vegans don't tip or don't tip well - vegans don't want carnivorous animals to eat meat - vegans believe everyone should be vegan - vegans are all underweight and pale - vegans are all rich people with nothing better to waste money and time on - vegans only support charities for animals - vegans don't care about starving African children - vegans all belong to PETA - vegan women don't shave their legs/bodies - vegans smell bad - vegans can't stop farting, not even for a second - vegan food is gross - vegans all secretly crave meat/binge on meat in private - vegan people are all atheist - vegans all support abortion - vegan men have erectile dysfunction - vegan athletes are a joke and should be in the Special Olympics - vegans can't exercise because they're too feeble - vegans can't be runners or be very fast runners - vegan people don't eat any protein - vegan women don't get their periods - vegan children are mentally retarded and stunted - vegans spend hours trying to plan meals - vegans are rude at social gatherings - vegans can't adapt to social outings and offend everyone - vegan men have low sperm count - vegan men can't reproduce - vegan men have so much estrogen from soy in their bodies they grow breasts and skin tags - vegans are all extremists/lunatics - veganism is a cult/religion/fanatic following - vegan's poop smells super good - vegan's poop smells super bad - vegan's pee smells really good - vegan's pee smells really bad - vegans eat only raw food - vegans cannot use computers - vegans don't use any electronics - vegans will not eat fruits or vegetables that weren't grown in confinement so that there isn't any animal fertilizer on them, bugs or insects or anything else like that - vegans will not drink water from a water supply that other animals drank from - vegans want to have NOTHING to do with animals, period, including no service-rescue dogs or pets - vegans are constantly protesting something or other - vegans cannot cook/there are no vegan cooks - vegans cannot smoke or drink alcohol or be promiscuous - vegans worship animals - vegans are all hippies - vegans are all potheads - vegans are all preachy - vegans have yellow, discolored skin - vegans have green, discolored skin - ALL vegans get routine colon cleansing - vegans will not take medicine or go to a doctor, even to rescue their child that is dying of leukemia, and would instead try to heal their loved ones with herbs and shamanic chants - vegans resort to crime to enforce their beliefs I could go on FOREVER, there's been SO much stupidity I've seen on this site!|||I'm always puzzled by all the non-animal foods that some people will insist vegans don't eat. I've heard that we don't eat yeast, that we don't drink alcohol, that we don't drink coffee, that we don't eat bread, that we don't eat gluten, even that we don't eat peanuts. It seems that people are really confused and think that all vegans fit into whatever image the one vegan they've ever met fit. Sure, some of us are gluten free (usually because of gluten intolerance, and in no case I know of, because of the ethics of slaughtering all those poor, poor wheats!)