To be sick of people thinking vegetarian eat fish

1/2 the world have an IQ of less than 100.

In that case I think you’d describe him as someone who ate a mainly vegetarian diet, but wasn’t a vegetarian. I don’t drink very often, but wouldn’t describe myself as tee total.

Perhaps it’s already been mentioned on the thread, I’ve only read a few pages, but I watched someone doing a chicken stir fry on a morning tv show recently. The presenters tried it and said “oh that’s lovely. I presume a vegetarian could substitute the chicken for tofu or something?” The lady cooking replied “yes that would work, or perhaps prawns.” It was hysterical. She wasn’t the most switched on person, kept rustling packets in front of her microphone while she was talking. I don’t think they’ll be asking her back!

I agree - my daughter is vegetarian and i always had to put on forms for school trips does not eat fish as several times the veggie option was tuna pasta bake! I am not sure why its so hard to understand. Its so easy to serve veggie food i really dont understand what the problem is?

All these conversations took place yesterday, you are a bit late go the game

But it didn't appear to be obvious to you in your previous posts.

It's not vegetarians' fault. It's pescetarian's fault. And people like you who perpetuate the incorrect use of the word vegetarian. You even argued the toss over it! And then you implied that you knew all along!

What's wrong with accusing the people getting it wrong of getting it wrong?

I know people that don't eat meat because they don't like the texture. several of them, they've visited for roast dinners, and basically had everything BUT the meat. including the gravy. they don't call themselves vegetarian, because they're not. they just say "I don't like meat"

I'm not sure about his drinking habits tbh. None of my business.

It is clear to me that, when @NormaleKartoffeln says she is 'mostly vegetarian', she means that, most of the time, but not all of the time, she eats vegetarian food. I was recently diagnosed type 2 diabetic, so I have cut out a lot of sugar from my diet - I don't say I eat a completely sugar-free diet, but I do eat a largely sugar free diet - so that's why I understand the difference between mostly vegetarian and completely vegetarian.

In my mind, the definition really matters because, whilst a pescatarian is not going to be upset if they are served a completely vegetarian meal, a vegetarian (someone who does not eat any meat including fish) WOULD be upset if they were served fish. The pescatarian could eat the vegetarian meal with no issues, but the vegetarian could not eat the pescatarian meal.

I once worked with a bloke who by all accounts was intelligent, had a degree etc.

We were shown a video to show to our staff for motivation purposes. I have mentioned it on here before in a different conversation. It was entitled 'FISH!' and was designed to help motivate staff as these fellas in it who worked on a fish market were happy as Larry with their otherwise mundane, unexciting job.

To kind of boost morale I guess even though I managed a team of folk who dealt with bills and customer queries and all manner of things boring.

I did NOT want to show it to my staff. One vegan was crying. There were these blokes throwing the fish around, laughing, making them make stupid faces etc as they worked. One thing it did not do was boost morale.Most people just thought it was stupid and didn't grasp the point it was trying to make.

Aforementioned bloke thought it was hilarious albeit he did say he couldn't understand why it was a good choice for showing to staff.

I said 'to be fair, I don't like to see videos of folk throwing dead animals around either'

This was an email conversation and he became confused eventually saying to me 'Well fish aren't animals that's why I didn't know what you meant'.

Fish aren't animals!?
He eventually said he thought an animal was 'A LAND creature'.

Hm.

But it IS a fixed rule of word definitions, @marmaladeandpeanutbutter - a vegetarian is someone who does not eat flesh, and that includes fish. The only way someone could define vegetarianism to include eating fish would be if fish were vegetables, which they clearly are not!

People on this thread saying 'Some vegetarians eat fish' surely would.

Well no they don't assume that, that's the problem they assume otherwise. See this post, quoted directly below yours:

Never knew this and most of my friends are vegetarian. They’ve all always eaten fish when we go out

Because of people like you, people like this poster assume that 'vegetarian' means something it doesn't. Eat what you like, just don't call yourself 'mostly' something which is either/or. You're vegetarian or you're not, there's no degrees of vegetarianism any more than you can be mostly faithful, or mostly a non smoker, or mostly female, or mostly a virgin.

@OchonAgusOchonOh lol It usually comes up in conversation on Xmas day when she's eating her salmon parcel. DH says but you're eating fish right now? She'll just shrug.

Same as my sil. She never describes herself as vegetarian in front of me any more as I always ask when she gave up fish

You can't be "mostly vegetarian". You either are vegetarian or you're not. You can eat a mainly vegetarian diet but if you eat meat, you are not a vegetarian.

My dh is similar to your friend. I'm a vegetarian and an excellent cook. We eat veggie at home. He eats meat occasionally when out but he would never describe himself as vegetarian.

Simply put if you eat any meat no matter how often you aren't vegetarian. There's no mostly about it, no exceptions. No, I only eat chicken or bacon. You can't be vegetarian and eat meat.

If you eat fish but not meat you are a pescatarian.

If you eat no animal derivatives including honey, you are a vegan.

I don't drink alcohol, but I do drink alcohol very occasionally. Doesn't make me teetotal on the 364 days I choose not to drink alcohol.

So if he was teetotal at home but got drunk when out, he's a teetotal who occasionally drinks?

You're not vegetarian if you eat animals. You're a meat eater who doesn't eat much meat.

Nobody is suggesting that they are; it was clearly hyperbole.

SIL calls herself vegetarian but eats fish 🤷🏼‍♀️ I know it's inaccurate.

I am reminded of very simple, and wrong, books for the very young which divide living things into Animals, Birds. Fish, Insects including spiders, Reptiles etc- I can't recall what they do with molluscs and marine arthropods, but anyway they imprint the young minds with animals as only mammals. If that's what a person thinks, and they add veggie is not eating meat, you can see that's how you get the veggies eat fish or chicken. They are not animals to their minds.

Tell them you are a vegetarian,NOT a fish and chipocrite

I have a handful of "vegetarian" friends who have all told me on separate occasions quite clearly that they're vegetarian "but sometimes eat fish". Obviously this is technically inaccurate but I don't actually know any true vegetarians - most make exceptions for fish or gelatine etc. If I met someone new who told me they were a vegetarian I would ask if they ate fish because that has been my own personal experience with people who call themselves "vegetarian".

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I wouldn't assume a vegetarian would eat fish - but have met many who claim to be who do so would now double check.

Worst one was one of our wedding guest very small wedding she made a huge song and dance about being veterinarian. We were eating at a restaurant after - really was small wedding - and she had fish as starter - then chicken for main. Apparently she was using it as didn't eat red meat ( or very often as apparently occasionally she would eat pork and beef). As we'd said it was normal menu not a set why she assume a normal restaurant wouldn't have many options for normal diet is beyond me.