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to all vegetarians/vegans...do you also find it annoying when people continuously say to you "awww. ur a vegetarian? how do you ever get enough protein?" i find it unbelievably ignorant for people to say that. and when they ask that question...what kind of answer are they expecting? like "ohh. i don't know" or "i'm malnourished" or WHAT? when some people ask that...i think they are just trying to sound smarter than they are. but whatever. what do you think?

Public Comments

1. I completely agree. That is the #1 most annoying question ever!!! Like meat is the only known source of protein?? No!!!! How dumb can people be?
2. Ha, half of the time I think they just don't get it. But the other half I think they are just curious are maybe care. Your right, it is annoying though.
3. I don't think protein is the issue, but there are many things lacking in a vegan diet. We need some animal fats and foods like eggs, grass-fed meat or chicken, and raw, organic dairy are all really good for you, contrary to all we've been taught. I was once a vegetarian and the comments annoyed me, but I started eating omnivorously and feeling so much better that I started becoming one of those annoying people. But I won't say it's a protein issue, it's more about fats soluble minerals and vitamins.
4. Exactly. Fact is, most people get way more protein than they need. Even I do, and I'm almost vegan! It also annoys me when people say they feel sorry for me and expect that I must CRAVE meat all the time. Ugh, I hate it!
5. what do i think,you ask ? eat some meat
6. It depends on how they ask. If it truely is in a curious manner I explain to them. Some people have never met a vegetarian and are curious to ask about my lifestyle but then there are others who when they find out feel threatened. Someone at work noticed I never at meat and though I was poor and offered me a burger. I declined and he insisted. I explained that I was a vegetarian and he immediately got upset and said, "so your one of those crazy people that just has sex all the time and burns down buildings huh? That's stupid." I didn't even bother to expalin but went straight to my supervisor and told him. Needless to say that jerk never spoke to me about it again. I can't believe so many people feel threatened just by the fact that we don't eat meat.
7. When people grow up they don't ask those quesstions, just say by eating high protein foods.
8. I get that all the time here in the U.S. esp. I was visiting the south! i just tell them "did u know 30-40% of population in India is vegetarian and they r happy and healthy! Eating meat is actually considered bad there!"
9. i TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10. You should say, "Yes, unfortunately no one told me it was so DANGEROUS. That's why you are only speaking to me in spirit."
11. This question often appeas on this site, for some reason the last week has been particularly busy. Maybe they all lack imagination and herd like sheep or something ? I also particularly like the "you need meat to live" statement. So, have i been dead for the last 27 years or sometinhg ? they are such strange narrow minded people . edit: just read the other answers and, what a suprise, Jungle Princess mannaged to get the "we need animal fats" statement in....how predictable you meaty people are.
12. I completely agree. They ask that question in order to feel superior to someone else. Their ploy is transparent and I rarely entertain that inquiry. Like you said - are they wanting to hear a response from us such as: I don't get enough protein; Vegetarianism has made me emaciated; You are SO right! There are no other sources of protein besides meat; I'm starving all the time...blah blah blah. They're not original and they're not funny.
13. hahaha whenever i go to my aunt's home she tries to force me to eat meat its pretty annoying but i know she does it out of love lol
14. i agree with you 100 percent, its startling how clueless people are, i get that from my cousins constantly.
15. I'm vegetarian, and I haven't heard that for years, until I started here on Yahoo Answers. If somebody asked me that, I'd say "My wife has a Masters Degree in Nutrition and she has been vegetarian all her life, why don't you ask her? By the way, did you finish high school?" My other come back is: "I go to my doctor reqularly, and have lab work done and at least once a year. My cholesterol is lower than average and every thing else is normal. How do you explain that?"