3 ms·

Best variation of that joke is paying somebody to avoid eating meat so you can pretend you're vegan.

thsksbd 3y ago
I always considered doing that but in reverse, if my daughters ever come to me pretending to become vegan. Then, Id offer to become vegan in their place (reproductive age women really should eat red meat often). Turns out one of my kids is allergic to everything but meat so the idea that we can chose not to eat meat is pretty foreign to them.
- adrianN 3y ago
  You can have enough iron in your diet without meat.
  - thsksbd 3y ago
    Enough iron in your gut, yes. You can swallow rouge from a woman's powder cabinet and get your "daily dose" Bioavailable iron? Much harder. And, since humans are not the same; some of us have guts that really don't absorb vegetable iron well. For dudes, who care if you cant digest iron? But for women? For me this is a fundamental woman's right issue [1]. Lacking iron life sucks. Literally, your vitality plummets and you are groggy and sleepy all day every day. The ability of a woman to enjoy life when she lacks iron is significantly reduced. For me, people who argue for veganism to reproductive age women (or children), are no different than those who argue for female circumcision as both destroy the ability of women to enjoy a rich life. [1] and, admittedly, personal, since I have at least three loved women who have suffered devastating decrease in their quality of life from their inability to digest iron. My wife, I fixed convincing her to drop veganism.
    - adrianN 3y ago
      Literally billions are vegetarian and live just fine.
      - thsksbd 3y ago
        Right, which is why I literally only wrote of veganism. Also, many women cant get enough iron from eggs.
        adrianN 3y ago
        So you agree with my statement that you can get enough iron without meat?
        thsksbd 3y ago
        For women (and children)? To live, sure. To fully thrive? Not really, no. In children it's a recipe for stunted growth. The historical medical record is clear on that. For women it's a recipe for weakness and loss of vitality. Which is how, of those billion you mentioned, the half billion men prefer their half billion women.

I always considered doing that but in reverse, if my daughters ever come to me pretending to become vegan. Then, Id offer to become vegan in their place (reproductive age women really should eat red meat often). Turns out one of my kids is allergic to everything but meat so the idea that we can chose not to eat meat is pretty foreign to them.

adrianN 3y ago
You can have enough iron in your diet without meat.
- thsksbd 3y ago
  Enough iron in your gut, yes. You can swallow rouge from a woman's powder cabinet and get your "daily dose" Bioavailable iron? Much harder. And, since humans are not the same; some of us have guts that really don't absorb vegetable iron well. For dudes, who care if you cant digest iron? But for women? For me this is a fundamental woman's right issue [1]. Lacking iron life sucks. Literally, your vitality plummets and you are groggy and sleepy all day every day. The ability of a woman to enjoy life when she lacks iron is significantly reduced. For me, people who argue for veganism to reproductive age women (or children), are no different than those who argue for female circumcision as both destroy the ability of women to enjoy a rich life. [1] and, admittedly, personal, since I have at least three loved women who have suffered devastating decrease in their quality of life from their inability to digest iron. My wife, I fixed convincing her to drop veganism.
  - adrianN 3y ago
    Literally billions are vegetarian and live just fine.
    - thsksbd 3y ago
      Right, which is why I literally only wrote of veganism. Also, many women cant get enough iron from eggs.
      - adrianN 3y ago
        So you agree with my statement that you can get enough iron without meat?
        thsksbd 3y ago
        For women (and children)? To live, sure. To fully thrive? Not really, no. In children it's a recipe for stunted growth. The historical medical record is clear on that. For women it's a recipe for weakness and loss of vitality. Which is how, of those billion you mentioned, the half billion men prefer their half billion women.