Scented Nectar wrote:
> "usual suspect" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Skanky whined:
>>
>>>>For benefit of those who missed this show (or who turned it off early
>>>>because she felt picked on again), here's a brief summary. This show
>>>>would benefit anyone who's never had the misfortune of encountering a
>>>>vegan. It showed what vegans are like, what they think and believe, and
>>>>how they interact with normal people.
>>>>
>>>>The vegan wife, Jackie, forces her entire household (including the cat)
>>>>to consume a raw vegan diet. Her actions extend beyond herself and her
>>>>household: she protests meat and hands out leaflets to strangers on the
>>>>street in an attempt to get them to live according to her peculiar
>>>>"principles." Part of those principles at home included getting rid of
>>>>their stove and many of their possessions; her home became increasingly
>>>>spartan as she sank deeper into her kooky vegan abyss.
>>>>
>>>>The best way to explain her average day is that she focuses on the
>>>>things most out of her control and avoids dealing with the things most
>>>>within her control. Her husband Harold WANTS to eat meat but fears doing
>>>>so for the consequences he'd face from Jackie (note: he expressed no
>>>>fear of consequences to his health from it). Harold also overworks to
>>>>avoid coming home because Jackie is too busy navel-gazing, sun-gazing,
>>>>bitching, domineering, and protesting to clean house or do other mundane
>>>>things; he's adopted the role of housemaid by default. The whole family
>>>>were kind of drifting apart and becoming more dysfunctional, with Harold
>>>>and the daughter afraid to speak up about any of the changes (dietary,
>>>>anti-"decorating," etc.).
>>>>
>>>>Jackie ends up trading places with a wife from a family who hunt out of
>>>>necessity. With her vegan psyche already very weak and fragile, Jackie
>>>>assesses her new situation by going through the fridge (filled with
>>>>meat) and the home (filled with taxidermy). As most vegans are, she's
>>>>condescending in sizing up her new family. To her credit, though, I
>>>>didn't think she was nearly as condescending as the vegan witch Barbara
>>>
>>>>from Fox's _Trading Spouses_ last year.
>>>
>>>>During one memorable segment, Jackie became emotional -- nearly
>>>>hysterical -- trying to explain how difficult it was for her to go to an
>>>>all raw diet. She offered some psychobabble comparing the whole
>>>>experience to alcoholism. To that bizarre melodrama, the other husband
>>>>(Ricky) apologized and said he didn't realize it would be so traumatic
>>>>for her.
>>>>
>>>>As in the _Trading Spouses_ episodes on Fox in this vein last year, the
>>>>vegan wife felt compelled to show her new family some videos from animal
>>>>rights groups even after preaching to them about veganism for an entire
>>>>week. Jackie became an emotional wreck while watching them, even though
>>>>she said she's seen them many times before. Though the kids were briefly
>>>>stunned by such portrayals of farming (which are atypical), they didn't
>>>>exactly embrace the idea of eating nuts and fruits.
>>>>
>>>>Ultimately, her attempts to convert the family in Kentucky failed. Since
>>>>the swap, they've added more vegetables to their meals but haven't given
>>>>up hunting or eating meat. Meanwhile, Jackie's kept the stove Bobbi (the
>>>>normal wife who ended up having to deal with milquetoast Harold) had
>>>>brought in and has even resumed eating some cooked foods. She admitted
>>>>maybe she was taking things too far. I'm sure her husband agrees she
>>>>*had* taken things too far, even if he lacks the courage to tell her how
>>>>****ed up he really thinks she is.
>>>>
>>>>The moral of the story is that vegans DO take things too far. They try
>>>>to proselytize others, and they're usually very emotional and aggressive
>>>>about it. They think they're doing something virtuous and informative by
>>>>telling others not to eat meat, but vegans always end up coming across
>>>>as emotive, uninformed jackasses.
>>>>
>>>>I also think vegans should go on more shows like this. First, it's very
>>>>entertaining. Second, it's illuminating for the wider population --
>>>>especially those in areas without or with very few vegans. Finally, it's
>>>>therapeutic in the sense that vegans on these shows seem to benefit from
>>>>interacting with *normal* people. For example, Jackie is again eating
>>>>cooked food. The vegan mother in the Fox show (Barbara) even ate meat
>>>>with the Cajun family.
>>>
>>>You are assuming all vegans are like
>>>each other.
>>
>>They are, generally speaking. Vegans are conformists; they conform to a
>>doctrinaire, sanctimonious position that they have to save the world. I
>>should've pointed out above that Jackie's focus on the things most out
>>of her control and avoids dealing with the things most within her
>>control is typical of vegans. Vegans tend to be emotionally immature
>>(e.g., crying through repeated showings of AR videos) and obsess about
>>things they cannot control; they let the things they CAN control go
>>downhill -- whether it's a career, family, pet, etc. (And Jackie's case
>>shows how far and quickly someone can sink into the abyss. Her focus was
>>on things completely outside her control -- saving the animals. She
>>didn't work, she didn't tend to her home or family, she didn't tend well
>>to herself. Sound familiar, carless agoraphobic pothead Skanky?)
>
>
> What the **** are you talking
> about? My career, family, pets
> have not gone downhill.

Hard to go further downhill when you've already reached rock-bottom.

> I tend to myself well.

Bullshit. You continue to smoke pot despite knowing you're agoraphobic.
You've also admitted before to having eating disorders -- you suggested
you were way underweight at one point.

> It's interesting
> that you want to see all vegetarians

VEGANS. As opposed to vegetarians. Some vegetarians are nutty, too. But
as a rule, VEGANS are nuts.