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Hear me out on this one. I know some of you are into this diet for health benefits or if you are a true animal lover. I get it. I've been pestered on by two office cats in my desk, constantly wanting attention (and other coworkers' mind you), but I am not in a million years have the audacity to put those two in a pot of boiling water and turn them into a stew, even though I can be severely annoyed by their behaviors. Sure, maybe you would feel better physically or mentally if you swear to yourself to never eat meat, or maybe you have a heart of an angel, and managed to rescue a stray along the way. But what this piece is about is those shit-for-brains "activists" who simply have too much time in their goddamn hands and poisoning this peaceful society.
Let's define what a vegan diet is. A vegan diet is basically a dietary choice that limits you to plant-based food only, with no animal product in sight. Some of you may confuse this with vegetarian diet, but there is a critical difference. Vegetarians would still consume some animal products like milk, eggs, and cheese, despite staying off meat of any kind. The opposite of the vegan diet would be the carnivore diet, which works the same way, but instead, leaving out all vegetables and fruits for meat and fish. Nowadays, there are more people (especially in the West) are switching or considering switching to a plant-based diet for multitude of reasons, whether to lose weight or other medical reasons, or simply because they view animals as the humanity's companion.
There are many things that you can gain from this dietary choice. For example, it can help you with your digestive system, as this diet tend to provide more fiber that would excite your intestines. It also rich in other essential nutrients like antioxidant, potassium, magnesium, folate, and vitamins A, C, and E. It is also beneficial if you are currently losing weight, as this diet are proven to help you lose substantial amount, if not more weight than the standard or semi vegetarian diet. Most vegans would also argue that eating red meat poses more risk of having some form of cancer, and science does back this up. And it's also the same case with heart disease. And last but not least, by only having plant-based diet would benefit your kidneys, as vegans tend to have lower blood sugar levels.
But everything has its dark side, and veganism also has it. For one, since meat is not an option, protein deficiency is a major problem since most vegetables did not have enough protein level as much as meat of any kind. And as a result, overindulgence of starch substitutes it, as this dietary option does not restrict it. having a big bowl of pasta would have the same results and effects as eating excessive amount of junk food. If you want to go vegan, be ready to take copious number of supplements along the way. If this diet is poorly planned, or just a part of some crash diet, you would probably be left lacking other essential nutrients like fatty acids, vitamin B12, B2 and D, niacin, zinc, calcium, iodine, among others. Like I said earlier, these types of meals need proper planning, and it can be impractical. You need to constantly come up with new ways of eating, while at the same time filter out those pesky animal-based products along the way. Let's say you are desperate to eat some meat, maybe you can find some meat substitute that happens to taste like the real thing. It's good and ethical, but those things may contain additives, artificial coloring, and a hell of a lot of sweeteners, which is deadly in the long run. And no matter which side of the spectrum you stand, these substitutes are in fact, processed foods. And like processed meat, processed meat substitutes still pose the same dangers.
Of course, you want to share your experience of being a vegan to your loved ones or to the population in general, maybe you would gain friends with similar mindset or perhaps might convince someone or two to be vegan. And that essentially is a good thing. You want to do good deeds for humanity, right? But what I am witnessing for these past two to three years is like those two cats I mentioned earlier, except these "activists" actually made me want to sit them down and eat the biggest tomahawk steak (medium rare) imaginable and waving the bone in front of their face, occasionally smack them in the head with it. I cannot personally comprehend these ways of thinking that if someone is a vegan, the whole world must obey their demands and force other people to be vegan. That is the case of a TikTok account That Vegan Teacher. The woman behind this account is a Canadian teacher named Kadie Karen Diekmeyer (Yes, that is her middle name). She was a former nurse turned teacher turned animal rights "activist" preaching veganism on the platform. Most of the time, she just sings songs about veganism. On some occasion, she once sang songs to turn people to veganism in front of two successful chain restaurants KFC and McDonald's. Imagine someone so obnoxious, other vegans starting to distance themselves from her. She once compared animal agricultures to the most heinous war crime ever occurred in human history, the Holocaust. Hell, she once stated that being vegan is 'more special' than coming out as a part of the LGBTQ community, calling those who coming out as gay as someone who committed a 'selfish act'. But what really grinds my gears the most is when she tried to convince the legendary Gordon Ramsay to go vegan. Luckily, the Scottish legend called her 'vegan donut' while treating himself with a (real) beef burger on his TikTok video. Hell, my favorite comedian (besides Dave Chappelle, obviously) by the name of Isaac Butterfield was once smeared by this granny (Yes, she was born in 1964). Not to forget that she is a walking irony by feeding her dog vegan food (try to figure out the irony yourself). The straw that broke the camel's back that got her banned from the platform was when she dropped an N-bomb on one of her videos.
But Diekmeyer wasn't the only Canadian vegan I despise for being a plant-based pain in the ass. Richard Burgess, also known as Vegan Gains, is another one (a YouTuber, this time) who believes on the supremacy of veganism to the point that anyone who eats meat deserves to be killed and often wished for horrible lives and in turn, a slow and horrible deaths. He has a habit of routinely posting insult-filled videos to anyone who has opposite stances with him, most of the time accompanied with some form of bladed weapon. This motherfucker even has the audacity to record his own grandfather, who was suffering a fatal heart attack, and intended to use the video as an example of the misfortune that could befell meat eaters. His behaviors made Adolf Hitler look like a saint (and we all know that Hitler is the biggest piece of shit ever lived in history). He treats anyone who disagrees with him, even someone who is not a vegan or consider themselves no longer a vegan like the biggest enemy he has ever faced. He is also a known sadist and misanthropist (which explains his buffoonery), and legitimately hates everyone, even himself. Hell, he even claims that babies make him sick, and went on a lengthy (and gory) detail on how to dispose them. And for that reason, I can safely say to Burgess that he is the scum of humanity and does not deserve a humane treatment.
There is also one Australian woman who likes to protest about animal abuse and promote veganism in the most risqué way possible. The Internet name is Vegan Booty, real name Tash Peterson. Her way of protesting is called "disruptive activism", or as I like to call it, making a huge dick of yourself. Her rap sheet contains acts like ruining a kid's birthday party just because of a cow being exhibited for the kids' enjoyment, walking into a Louis Vuitton shop buck naked covered in her own period blood, smearing a KFC joint in fake blood, and getting her ass handed to her by a fed-up butcher in a supermarket. Her behaviors are so over the top, she was banned from entering her own home state of Western Australia. Can't imagine why with that outrageous shit you've pulled over the years.
In Indonesia, a TikTok account with the handle @keluargavegan (translates to vegan family in Indonesian) went viral for being so batshit crazy, other Indonesians dismiss him as a mere nuisance. He once put a video asking Google, the biggest search engine company in the web to delete any photos that contain meat and other animal products on the Internet. This waste of space even went to a traditional market to protest the sale of meat and fish, calling the merchants "unethical" and "cold-blooded". He even went as far as begging a confused seller to stop selling eggs. I don't know what kind of crack he' smoking, but this is up there with those three plant-based psychos mentioned above.
And we can't talk about extreme vegan activism without mentioning PETA, acronym for People for Ethical Treatment of Animals. This organization has an extensive rap sheet that can make Vegan Booty jealous. From ignorantly linking dairy consumption to autism, to stage a mock grill party that features a grilled baby. This poor excuse of an animal rights organization constantly butts heads with the folks on the Internet. Everybody remembers when they tried to smear the late Steve Irwin's legacy on his would have been 57th birthday two years ago. Or the heinous fact that they are animal slaughters posed as a non-profit organization.
If you ask me, I'm kind of split here. On one side, there are people who went vegan for the sake of be the better version of themselves, to lose weight, to be healthy, or by the basis of animal care, who keeps their opinions to themselves, respects other people's dietary choices and generally getting along with everybody else. But on the other hand, there are these fuckwits that are poisoned by the narrative of "veganism is the most ethical diet ever, and if you don't agree with me, you're an animal abuser", and spread these shit messages for the sake of Internet clout, which is quite frankly, annoys me. Being mostly a carnivore, I can also enjoy some vegetables on the side, but the sauce that accompanies the dish must be out of this world delicious. But most of the time, I prefer meat and eggs for my daily diet. These brain-dead assholes always paint us, normal members of society as the villain just because of our dietary choices. And for once, I am gladly will play the part of it just to spite your broccoli-ridden ass. And to end this piece, I am not a vegan and I have no intention of going vegan, even if it's the only logical choice I have. You can call me an animal abuser or any name under the sun, but I will stick to my diet of meat, dairy, and eggs. And for those of you who are good vegans who minds their own business out there, good for you, I am rooting for you, and may you have a happy and fulfilling life. Stay safe, get your vaccines and boosters, and always two meters at all times.
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