I used to feel this way too, back when I was pregnant for the last time. But now that I’ve changed my plea to guilty, I just find myself hoping every day is like Sunday. Doesn’t make sense to you? Well, sister, I’m a poet.
… and that’s more than enough of that. Mornin’, ModBlog!
(The above tattoo is on IAM: xtruthx, and is by Simon Erl at Hope and Glory in London, England.))
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154 responses to “That’s Just, Like, Your Opinion, Man”
Omnivore vs. herbivore argument aside, what is up with the lettering? It’s legible but seems awful playful for someone who wants to make a statement.
Omnivore vs. herbivore argument aside, what is up with the lettering? It’s legible but seems awful playful for someone who wants to make a statement.
I guess it’s supposed to look like someone has scrawled it in the blood. Using a skewer or something with that thin print! I kind of like how it’d understated 🙂
I guess it’s supposed to look like someone has scrawled it in the blood. Using a skewer or something with that thin print! I kind of like how it’d understated 🙂
I love the tattoo and I quite like the font. I don’t agree with the statement but hey who cares. Nice tattoo.
I love the tattoo and I quite like the font. I don’t agree with the statement but hey who cares. Nice tattoo.
I kind of wonder about the blue patch, though ^^;
I kind of wonder about the blue patch, though ^^;
I have these chickens that I free range. They are awfully cute walking around my yard, my dog likes to chase them around. I collect their eggs when they lay them. I look after them when they are sick, when they are threatened by predators I stay awake all night protecting them. Then, eventually when they get big enough, I stroll over and pick one up, I take him to a certain shed and I chop his head off, drop him in boiling water and then butcher him. I wrap up his flesh and take it over to my kitchen. Some goes into dinner and the rest into the freezer. Tastes better than any chicken you’ve ever bought at a store. I know that he had a good life in healthy conditions. He knew the warmth of other chickens and the light of the sun on his little beak. He wasn’t pumped full of chemicals and in addition to the grain I fed him he scratched for his own food, including some of my organic garden. He was killed swiftly and kindly by someone who cared enough to do it right. Because I raised him, not a scrap of meat will be wasted, as I know the value of his life. I keep bunny rabbits too.
I’m a murderer in the worst kind of way…my victims trust me.
I have these chickens that I free range. They are awfully cute walking around my yard, my dog likes to chase them around. I collect their eggs when they lay them. I look after them when they are sick, when they are threatened by predators I stay awake all night protecting them. Then, eventually when they get big enough, I stroll over and pick one up, I take him to a certain shed and I chop his head off, drop him in boiling water and then butcher him. I wrap up his flesh and take it over to my kitchen. Some goes into dinner and the rest into the freezer. Tastes better than any chicken you’ve ever bought at a store. I know that he had a good life in healthy conditions. He knew the warmth of other chickens and the light of the sun on his little beak. He wasn’t pumped full of chemicals and in addition to the grain I fed him he scratched for his own food, including some of my organic garden. He was killed swiftly and kindly by someone who cared enough to do it right. Because I raised him, not a scrap of meat will be wasted, as I know the value of his life. I keep bunny rabbits too.
I’m a murderer in the worst kind of way…my victims trust me.
Sweet tattoo though, butcher knives…had a hard time getting used to that, which makes a valid point.
Sweet tattoo though, butcher knives…had a hard time getting used to that, which makes a valid point.
@ 50,55 seing the video laughed my ass of reading the story laughted my ass off
i respect the statement bot as an ex vegitarian its healtier eating a balanced meal then ignoring a foodgroup
@ 50,55 seing the video laughed my ass of reading the story laughted my ass off
i respect the statement bot as an ex vegitarian its healtier eating a balanced meal then ignoring a foodgroup
48. I don’t hate the vegs, I hate the ones on the street shouting “meat is murder!”. Same as I hate those that preach religion.
48. I don’t hate the vegs, I hate the ones on the street shouting “meat is murder!”. Same as I hate those that preach religion.
To the last comment: you can get everything you need from a healthy and properly balanced plant based diet, surely as an ex vegetarian you’d know that?These sickly and weak veggies just arn’t eating properly..in the same way that eating any kind of shit diet will make you unwell.
#55 Steve: thats obviously a much preferable way to obtain your meat but personally (aslong with many other vegans/vegetarians) I’m very grateful to live my life knowing that I don’t need any animals to be exploited in order for me to eat, survive and exist happily.
I’m not sure I’d call meat murder but its definetly unnessasary (sp?) killing in my book.
To the last comment: you can get everything you need from a healthy and properly balanced plant based diet, surely as an ex vegetarian you’d know that?These sickly and weak veggies just arn’t eating properly..in the same way that eating any kind of shit diet will make you unwell.
#55 Steve: thats obviously a much preferable way to obtain your meat but personally (aslong with many other vegans/vegetarians) I’m very grateful to live my life knowing that I don’t need any animals to be exploited in order for me to eat, survive and exist happily.
I’m not sure I’d call meat murder but its definetly unnessasary (sp?) killing in my book.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6361872964130308142
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6361872964130308142
I’m going to laugh when all of you “tasty tasty murder” people get heart disease, the leading cause of death in the US, because you ate an unhealthy diet.
I also think its funny when vegetarians think they’re saving animals by not eating them. Buying dairy and eggs are just as bad.
*end rant*
I like the tattoo and think the lettering is cool
I’m going to laugh when all of you “tasty tasty murder” people get heart disease, the leading cause of death in the US, because you ate an unhealthy diet.
I also think its funny when vegetarians think they’re saving animals by not eating them. Buying dairy and eggs are just as bad.
*end rant*
I like the tattoo and think the lettering is cool
JM, i’m not saying you have to make no effort at all. i’m just stating fact. buddhist monks don’t farm because they realize that it would result in the death of insects. jain monks wear veils so that they won’t inhale bugs and sweep in front of themselves to avoid stepping on anything alive.
JM, i’m not saying you have to make no effort at all. i’m just stating fact. buddhist monks don’t farm because they realize that it would result in the death of insects. jain monks wear veils so that they won’t inhale bugs and sweep in front of themselves to avoid stepping on anything alive.
I’m vegan, 165 pounds, healthy, and feel just fine without any supplements.
I’m vegan, 165 pounds, healthy, and feel just fine without any supplements.
I’m glad some fellow vego’s have gotten in on this debate.All those “tasty,tasty murder” comments seemed,to me, to be trying to upset the non-meat eaters.It seemed kind of immature,and a very playground,little bully tactic.I don’t believe everyone has to be vego,but, I definitely think everyone ought to educate themselves about what they’re eating.My parents both grew up on farms,so I have grown up going to my grandparents farm,seeing how mainly sheep are farmed,and also seeing just about every kind of domestic “food” animal get slaughered.So I’ve seen it all,in all its blood and guts glory.But at least on a farm its controlled,and as humane as possible.I’ve helped,when I was little,to chop up the meat,and my wonderful grandfather would educate us on the anatomy of the sheep.Nothing was wasted from those sheep.But,sadly,its not the case in an abboitoir (sp?)I hate the fact that humans think its ok to treat living,breathing,thinking,feeling creatures as a commodity.We love and treasure our pets,yet people are comfortable with eating an animal,justifying with excuses like, “oh,but we’re meant to eat meat”,or,”it was raised o be eaten”.More than anything,the hypocrisy and irony of things like that annoy.
Anyway,that’s my two cents :p
I’m glad some fellow vego’s have gotten in on this debate.All those “tasty,tasty murder” comments seemed,to me, to be trying to upset the non-meat eaters.It seemed kind of immature,and a very playground,little bully tactic.I don’t believe everyone has to be vego,but, I definitely think everyone ought to educate themselves about what they’re eating.My parents both grew up on farms,so I have grown up going to my grandparents farm,seeing how mainly sheep are farmed,and also seeing just about every kind of domestic “food” animal get slaughered.So I’ve seen it all,in all its blood and guts glory.But at least on a farm its controlled,and as humane as possible.I’ve helped,when I was little,to chop up the meat,and my wonderful grandfather would educate us on the anatomy of the sheep.Nothing was wasted from those sheep.But,sadly,its not the case in an abboitoir (sp?)I hate the fact that humans think its ok to treat living,breathing,thinking,feeling creatures as a commodity.We love and treasure our pets,yet people are comfortable with eating an animal,justifying with excuses like, “oh,but we’re meant to eat meat”,or,”it was raised o be eaten”.More than anything,the hypocrisy and irony of things like that annoy.
Anyway,that’s my two cents :p
i dont have 4 stomachs or flat teeth, so i’ll be having a steak please
i dont have 4 stomachs or flat teeth, so i’ll be having a steak please
meat obviously isn’t murder…..you don’t go to jail for eating a cheeseburger…..duh…haha….and honestly who cares what we put in out bodies….everyone ask like life is sooooo precious…..when life is really pretty irrelevant….humans aren’t as amazing as most of us think we are(i think we’re all pretty pathetic), and we certainly won’t be around forever, so who really cares what we do while we’re here…..
meat obviously isn’t murder…..you don’t go to jail for eating a cheeseburger…..duh…haha….and honestly who cares what we put in out bodies….everyone ask like life is sooooo precious…..when life is really pretty irrelevant….humans aren’t as amazing as most of us think we are(i think we’re all pretty pathetic), and we certainly won’t be around forever, so who really cares what we do while we’re here…..
acts….not ask…sorry….
acts….not ask…sorry….
65 – I don’t have a low stomach pH, a stomach capacity that is 60% to 70% of total volume of digestive tract, a relatively short digestive tract, a simple, short and smooth colon, a temporalis that is more highly developed than my masseter and pterygoids, short and pointed incisors, a liver that can detoxify vitamin A, and sharp claws. I am not a carnivore or even an omnivore. I’ll have a banana, just like the other apes!
65 – I don’t have a low stomach pH, a stomach capacity that is 60% to 70% of total volume of digestive tract, a relatively short digestive tract, a simple, short and smooth colon, a temporalis that is more highly developed than my masseter and pterygoids, short and pointed incisors, a liver that can detoxify vitamin A, and sharp claws. I am not a carnivore or even an omnivore. I’ll have a banana, just like the other apes!
that’s weird….cause my teeth cut through meat just fine, and my stomach digests it fine too…..I had sushi for lunch, BBQ chicken for dinner, and just took a nice big healthy dump….but yeah, fruits and vegetables are tasty too…..so I don’t mind robbing the earth of those either….
that’s weird….cause my teeth cut through meat just fine, and my stomach digests it fine too…..I had sushi for lunch, BBQ chicken for dinner, and just took a nice big healthy dump….but yeah, fruits and vegetables are tasty too…..so I don’t mind robbing the earth of those either….
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I love when people pull out “meat is unhealthy and you’re going to die sooner”. I have no problem dying at a slightly faster rate. I’m all for vegetarians and vegans eating what they choose – you don’t want meat? Fine, more for me. It just annoys me when I don’t bitch at them for any of it, but I catch hell over a cheeseburger.
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I love when people pull out “meat is unhealthy and you’re going to die sooner”. I have no problem dying at a slightly faster rate. I’m all for vegetarians and vegans eating what they choose – you don’t want meat? Fine, more for me. It just annoys me when I don’t bitch at them for any of it, but I catch hell over a cheeseburger.
69, you don’t know what healthy digestion is if you haven’t eaten a proper diet for more than a few months. 😉
And carnivores have spaces in their teeth so the meat doesn’t get stuck between them. Cheetahs don’t use floss. Can you say the same about your teeth and meat?
69, you don’t know what healthy digestion is if you haven’t eaten a proper diet for more than a few months. 😉
And carnivores have spaces in their teeth so the meat doesn’t get stuck between them. Cheetahs don’t use floss. Can you say the same about your teeth and meat?
well 71….corn and celery and apple skin get caught between my teeth more often than meat does….and how do you know cheetahs don’t use floss….
well 71….corn and celery and apple skin get caught between my teeth more often than meat does….and how do you know cheetahs don’t use floss….
Just as a heads up to all the ‘well, tattoo ink contains animal products’ commenters, there is a wonderful vegan tattoo studio here in Portland, Oregon, which has churned out many gorgeous, cruelty-free pieces.
So…y’know……there.
Just as a heads up to all the ‘well, tattoo ink contains animal products’ commenters, there is a wonderful vegan tattoo studio here in Portland, Oregon, which has churned out many gorgeous, cruelty-free pieces.
So…y’know……there.
Go ask one 🙂
When human food does get stuck in your teeth, it doesn’t cause as much damage as meat does. We have carbohydrate digestive enzymes in our saliva that prevent them from being stuck there indefinitely without floss. Meat stuck in our teeth for any amount of time will cause decay. (The pH in our mouths is affected by proteins and the acid produced wears down the enamel, causing decay.) Flossing incorrectly can actually damage our gums. In short, we don’t need floss either if we eat a proper diet. We ARE animals in fact, and it’s not only for other animals that we should eat properly… it’s because natural, floss-less living IS possible!
Go ask one 🙂
When human food does get stuck in your teeth, it doesn’t cause as much damage as meat does. We have carbohydrate digestive enzymes in our saliva that prevent them from being stuck there indefinitely without floss. Meat stuck in our teeth for any amount of time will cause decay. (The pH in our mouths is affected by proteins and the acid produced wears down the enamel, causing decay.) Flossing incorrectly can actually damage our gums. In short, we don’t need floss either if we eat a proper diet. We ARE animals in fact, and it’s not only for other animals that we should eat properly… it’s because natural, floss-less living IS possible!
FYI, hope and glory is in swaffham, norfolk, not london!
FYI, hope and glory is in swaffham, norfolk, not london!