To be sick of people thinking vegetarian eat fish

[Dearaugust]

Also, people who eat fish but not meat calling themselves vegetarian!

When people find out I’m vegetarian, a lot of people ask me if I eat fish. If I ate fish, then I wouldn’t be vegetarian! It wasn’t a big deal really, but an incident has happened recently where I was choosing a meal for a wedding and there was only meat options and a “none of these due to dietary preferences” option. So I ticked that. The person then contacted DH (it’s his friend who is getting married) and he explained I’m vegetarian. A few days later she said not to worry, they have sorted a fish meal for me. So he’s now had to go back to her again saying I don’t eat fish. What a faff!

I honestly thought it was common knowledge that vegetarians don’t eat fish. But apparently not because i get asked it a lot.

They aren’t vegans they just call themselves vegan.

I don’t think it is the actual vegetarians who have caused this problem, though, @Greyish2025 - it’s the pescatarians fault, because they are incorrectly calling themselves vegetarians.

And the posters who have replied to you are correct to say that there are no vegetarians who eat fish - there are people who say they are vegetarians, but are not vegetarians, because fish is not a vegetable.

That’s not being vegetarian though that’s just not eating much meat 🤯
sorry quoted wrong post 😅 was quoting the post you were responding too

Vegetarian isn't necessary the same as vegan. Vegetarians eat milk products, it's vegans who don't

Sigh. Parmesan isn't vegetarian. Some cheese has animal rennet in, making it not vegetarian. Proper vegetarians don't eat animal rennet so can't eat some cheese. They'll eat cheese made with non animal rennet, hence being veggies not vegans.

Then you’re not a vegetarian you just don’t eat much meat 🤯 it’s like someone who has a fag every now and again saying they don’t smoke.

I know. I didn’t say Parmesan wasn’t vegan I said it’s not vegetarian. Dairy is fine. Parmesan is not.

I am also fed up with people who call themselves vegetarian and keep cats.

How would you respond on the ever growing issue regarding cruelty to vegetables and the barbaric way in which they are savagely plucked from the earth and brutally slaughtered for the consumption of humans

Are there any vegetarians on here willing or able to comment on this?

Are they eating the cats?? If not, they're still vegetarians. What the cats eat is immaterial - I'm a vegetarian but keep meat eating children, does that make me not a vegetarian?

Some people on this thread have confusing ideas about what makes a vegetarian. It's just someone who doesn't eat bits of animals.

Ive been veggie for 30+ years and get asked this a lot "do you eat fish?" Well no...... I dont because Im veggie "Well my friend eats fish and she is veggie" Well she isnt a vegetarian then is she. She eats fish.

Its baffling but its been a regular occurrence for the whole time Ive been veggie - even in recent years with the wider knowledge and number of people becoming vegan.

I voted YABU.

It's not that you are wrong, but it's just not worth getting bothered by.

You want fruitarians. Veggies and vegans don't give a shit about the senseless cruelty of slaughtering carrots and apples.

What do you think we're doing to the cats? 😲

Why though? They are living things aswell?

They're not sentient.

Though fruitarians believe that potatoes scream when pulled out of the ground, like that plant in Harry Potter, and only eat things the plant has freely given - like apples that have fallen on the ground. For obvious reasons, fruitarianism isn't recommended.

Wouldn't you be at all bothered if you turned up at an event and couldn't eat the meal even though you'd been asked about dietary requirements and correctly provided it?

I was a vegetarian for 40 plus yrs now I say flexitarian.
I swing to whatever food I like and no discussion to be had.
Saves anyone worrying if I ate a marshmallow with pork gelatine in it.

@Oreosareawful wrote I was just vegetarian until I was pregnant with my first child and the midwife was concerned I wasn't getting enough protein. She asked me to try some fish for the sake of me and my child as I'm not keen on pulses/tofu/beans which would be the protein substitute otherwise.

I think you should eat whatever you like.

If the protein substitutes would have been pulses/tofu/beans doesn’t that mean you were fundamentally vegan? Vegetarians can eat eggs and most cheeses (not the Parmesan which is made with animal rennet), all good sources of protein. Those, with nuts, are this vegetarian’s main sources of protein, as pulses and beans result in digestive turmoil. 😢

Most of my vegetarian friends eat fish 😂 - it’s so weird because they’re not vegetarians if they eat fish.

Feeding them meat probably.

Thanks for the reply but….

Several researchers argue that plants might be sentient. They do so on the grounds that plants exhibit cognitive behaviour similar to that of sentient organisms and that they possess a vascular system which is functionally equivalent to the animal nervous system

Most people don't know or care.

I'm vegan and never expect people to know anything, unless they are in the catering trade.

The 'fish eating vegetarians' don't help either - the dietary equivalent of those non smokers that used to smoke S*lk Cut 😃

Plants don't have a central nervous system, though, which makes them a completely different type of organism than animals.

This argument against vegetarianism from omnivores is so boring and based on such bad faith. Assuming you eat cows, pigs etc @Greyish2025 would you eat a dog? If not, why not?

I'm with you re labels in general, but sometimes it's a useful shorthand.