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Vegansexuals
Vegans are not down with meat. Vegansexuals are not down with getting down with meat eaters. One woman explains that vegansexuals prefer not to be intimate with someone whose body is full of dead bodies. Peety Passion has the story.
‘Genius’ Videos Retard Mental Development?
Not only do Baby Einstein videos and their ilk not increase intelligence, they actually reduce a child’s ability to develop his vocabulary by 17% – six to eight fewer understood words for every hour of video Gerber watches. The experts recommend letting your baby engage in unsophisticated play for a more reliable (and affordable) path to Harvard: gripping key chains and banging on pots and pans.
IM IN UR LIFE, GITTIN FAT TU
This is nothing to lol about. The obesity epidemic is affecting cats, who are often kept indoors and don’t get enough playtime. Cats need a few minutes of daily activity, just like dogs. The other issue here is that many cat foods contain fillers and starches that don’t belong in furball’s stomach. You might be vegan, but your cat is a carnivore, so splurge for the pricey stuff that contains meat, beneficial fatty acids, and vegetables. (via That’s Fit)
All That Time at the Beach Last Year? Unsafe
It’s all over the news: beach safety reports for 2006. Oh well, better late than never. The article’s list of clean and dirty beaches is a bit thin, so to play it smart with the rest of your summer, check out this guide from the EPA.
Well, no, you can’t swallow if you’re vegan.
Just sayin’.
Hey! This is a classy establishment!
Well they say pets look like their masters… and no I’m not commenting on VS again.
You can swallow if you’re vegan!
One of the central issues behind veganism is the lack of consent. Assuming all your sex is consensual, swallow away!
If it isn’t consensual, well, then breaking a vegan diet is probably the least of your concerns…
Um, seeking to be classy here, but I have to disagree with Meghann.
The Oxford Dictionary defines a vegan as “a person who does not eat or use animal products”.
There could be hardly any product that is more essentially “animal” than semen.
So if “consent” is the issue . . . even if Johnny says “yes,” his billions of swimmy sperm have not.
I’m a vegetarian, BTW.
Sexbolt.net: coming soon.
Er…
Sorry Sara… sexbolt.com and .net are already taken … so is vegansexual.com… Looks like you’ll have to stay with good ol’ Healthbolt to keep us entertained… of course, as we know ‘health’ is a very broad subject…
Ha, true enough!
Regarding the Vegan Debacle
#1 Sperm aren’t living organisms. They cannot consent and, technically, have less “right to life” than a carrot or lettuce leaf from the view points of more extreme vegans (look up Fruititarians).
#2 A ten-word definition is not sufficient to describe the complexities of the vegan lifestyle. For one, there are multiple motivations for it (health, politics, animal rights, etc) and multiple definitions (fruititarian, freegan, raw foodist, etc.). For a more complete understanding of the lifestyle, I’d recommend looking to sources outside of Oxford Dictionary.
#3 By definition, semen is not a “product” — unlike cheese, milk, or eggs, it is not a commodity manufactured for sale. No yet, anyway.
Where in the grocery store would semen go? Dairy? Meat? Ultra-pasteurized semen for long-term storage?
Meghann,
Thanks for your comments
Everyone, I think we’ve delved as far as we need to go into the semen issue, for Pete’s sake! Also, Meghann, I absolutely agree with your second point. Here are a few good links for everyone who is interested in learning more about the vegan lifestyle:
http://www.tastebetter.com (a great vegan blog run by fellow blogger and awesome vegan stud Jason D.)
http://www.vegan.org/about_veganism/index.html (Basic info)
http://www.veganoutreach.org/starterpack/qa.html (Answers to all your questions about veganism)
By definition, semen is not a “product” — unlike cheese, milk, or eggs, it is not a commodity manufactured for sale. No yet, anyway.
I know two guys who have sold their semen for money, so there you go.
Lips zipped.
But semen is designed for human consumption. By your logic, vegans wouldn’t be allowed to procreate, as it would require consuming an animal product. And that’s just silly!