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A Vegetarian Eats Meat for the First Time in 22 Years

esquire.com — What does steak taste like after twenty-two years of red meat abstinence? A.J. Jacobs heads to Peter Luger's -- the steak lovers' mecca -- to find out.

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  • ike6116, on 09/01/2008, -1/+291He's not a vegetarian.
  • MaxMWood, on 09/01/2008, -3/+182If by Vegetarian you mean.. not Vegetarian then this article would be correct.
  • Yookji, on 09/02/2008, -4/+115The reason his stomach couldn't handle it was because he'd lost the enzymes to digest red meat. It would be easy enough for him to wean himself back onto red meat, but he's a pretentious quasi-vegetarian *****. FTA: "I take the [indigestion] as a sign that my brain has decided I shouldn't eat mammals too big for me to bench-press, and it's a mental switch I can't flick back on."
  • worldnick, on 09/02/2008, -21/+112Eating meat is not bad. Acting like 'your sensitive stomach' can't handle it because you are better than other people is bad.
  • Nateon, on 09/02/2008, -2/+89Is it just me or does this guy come off as a total douche?
  • AmyVernon, on 09/02/2008, -1/+87yeah, the folks who claim to be vegetarian but eat chicken and fish are lying to themselves sooooo badly. the egg/cheese/milk thing is one thing, but eating actual animals = not a vegetarian. i mean, one of my friends is a vegan and won't even eat butter. she tells all her friends not to worry about her for meals, because she's so hard to feed.
  • dainfagerholm, on 09/01/2008, -15/+97What a pussy.
  • MCA2142, on 09/02/2008, -3/+81Vegitarian my ass.

    More like Selectively Carnivorous
  • humpy, on 09/02/2008, -3/+72"I finish off two and a half pieces of nonfatty steak, wash it down with Chianti."

    Chianti? Whoa there Hannibal Lecter, settle down.
  • agentb111, on 09/02/2008, -14/+67you know what's ***** awesome and delicious? STEAK!
  • xxvtcxx, on 09/01/2008, -0/+50Yeah, I'd like to see an actual vegan try this.
  • nreynolds, on 09/01/2008, -2/+51@JoWiGo - there IS a difference, yeah, but this guy isn't even a vegetarian
  • jasoninoakland, on 09/02/2008, -3/+46I've been a vegetarian for 16 years, I'm healthy, and most of all, *I don't give a ***** whether other people eat meat or not.*
    I find there's a large contingent of meat-eaters that react to the self-righteous vegetarian (who's more of a straw man than a reality) by telling me that they LOVE meat. I always tell them, "Good for you. Eat as much as you like." That answer always catches them off guard.
  • BrainInAJar, on 09/02/2008, -2/+40"oh, I don't eat red meat but chicken and fish are okay"

    *****... stop calling yourself a vegetarian then... Just because you want the word doesn't give you an excuse to lie
  • CrimsonBlur, on 09/02/2008, -1/+33Hold on, this guy doesn't eat steak because a cow is bigger than him? That doesn't narrow down the list of meats he can eat very much. Honestly, what animal do humans regularly eat that is bigger than a cow? How can this guy claim to be a vegetarian?

    He just wants to say he doesn't eat steak so he can say he's better than people that do, except he's too much of a pussy to actually take it all the way. If you eat the meat of animals, any animal, you are not a vegetarian.
  • 4thwave, on 09/02/2008, -1/+32I think it is pure crap, when they say a vegetarian, is a person who eats chicken, fish.
    You ain't vegetarian.
  • CobaltBlue, on 09/02/2008, -1/+30My surf and turf consists of whale and elephant. It's delicious.
  • Haecceity, on 09/02/2008, -1/+27"A sea bass I can handle. Chickens and turkeys, fine."

    "Person Who Hasn't Eaten Steak In a Long Time Has a Steak" doesn't sound too interesting as a title, but it would at least be accurate. Buried.
  • temugen, on 09/02/2008, -1/+26Yea, the article is BS by mislabeling a picky meat eater as a vegetarian.

    Also, how can he honestly think that it's OK to eat one type of life and yet spare another? I could care less about what he eats, or what anyone eats for that matter, I'm just having a hard time getting through his thought process :D
  • stfuitsalex, on 09/02/2008, -1/+22Not even close to being a vegetarian.
  • Remulos, on 09/02/2008, -1/+21Buried as inaccurate. The guy is not a vegetarian. Do people even read these articles before they submit them?
  • duncanm, on 09/01/2008, -23/+43"Tomorrow, it's back to plants and TINY ANIMALS"... wuss!!
  • DiggzDE, on 09/02/2008, -3/+22Klisk is a giant pussy. I bet he faints at the sight of blood.
  • RobotKeaton, on 09/02/2008, -3/+21Yeah he does. That's about the only part of being a vegetarian he got right.
  • swraman, on 09/02/2008, -4/+22A bird is an animal.
    I really am a vegetarian, and I wouldnt be persuaded to eat meat that easily; if callin me a pussy worked on me id've eaten meat back in he 2nd grade.
  • BrainInAJar, on 09/02/2008, -0/+18I'm a vegetarian ( a real one ) and even I think he's a douche
  • Dweed, on 09/02/2008, -5/+21Awww...The Onion...oh wait...
  • GregLoire, on 09/02/2008, -0/+15Can we digg a blog about someone eating a piece of toast next? That might be more interesting.
  • inhaler, on 09/02/2008, -1/+16It's actually bacteria. Putting it rather simply, you have bacteria that do well with digesting meat, and bacteria that do well with digesting vegetable matter, in your intestines. If you don't eat much of one, they tend to die off so you have fewer able to help you process it.

    He did sound pretty pretentious though - and that's coming from a vegan pseudo intellectual.
  • sauron256, on 09/02/2008, -1/+15So he won't eat any animal bigger than himself? Guess he's quite alright chowing down a few babies then...
  • strictnein, on 09/02/2008, -1/+15He's married.... so you're correct.
  • kawaiirobo, on 09/02/2008, -4/+18Cooking a steak beyond Medium is an abomination against the tender juicy meat. As for me if the steak doesn't taunt me as I eat it, it's over coked.
  • jtbell04, on 09/02/2008, -1/+14He forgot the fava beans.
  • insomniac8400, on 09/02/2008, -2/+14That is one messed up guy. Anyone with such severe mental issues should not be trusted around small children.
  • Crimsoneer, on 09/02/2008, -1/+13I'm glad you made an informed decision back when you were born.
  • Rivetgeek, on 09/02/2008, -2/+13You are both retarded and wrong. Your pancreas produces protease enzymes on an as needed basis. If you stop eating meat, your body produces very little of these enzymes. If you suddenly eat meat, your body can not digest it until it has time to increase the protease level. Assuming you slowly increase the lipids and animal flesh in your diet it takes about a week.

    I can't stand self righteous ***** that comment like they know what they are talking about when they obviously don't.
  • triont, on 09/02/2008, -1/+12RTFA, he's still a pussy.
  • kawaiirobo, on 09/02/2008, -2/+13I'm not a vegetarian, iin fact I love eating animal carcass, but honestly, I did know a girl who was a vegetarian and took a bet to eat 5 bites of steak for $20, she did it, but was legitimately sick and threw up, her body hadn't produced the enzymes to digest it in nearly 5 years. I'm not defending self righteous vegetarians, but if they eat meat it can make them sick.
  • dmCraz, on 09/02/2008, -3/+13this is EXACTLY what I thought.
  • credizian, on 09/02/2008, -0/+10"A sea bass I can handle. Chickens and turkeys, fine"

    WTF...he is not a vegetarian...god damnit...i am pissed off at people ruining the name of vegetarianism...everyone and their mother walks around claiming to be a vegetarian nowadays...

    I would say most people are flexatarian at best!
  • kawaiirobo, on 09/02/2008, -3/+13if more vegetarians were like you then people wouldn't have problems with vegetarians, it's the stick up their ass that pisses the rest of us off. Kudos to you though.
  • CobaltBlue, on 09/02/2008, -0/+10Not even that selective, really.
  • LittleGerms, on 09/02/2008, -4/+13Yawn

    "Which is why I haven't eaten red meat in twenty-two years."
  • swraman, on 09/02/2008, -6/+14im a vegetarian from birth, never eaten meat before in my life.
  • temugen, on 09/02/2008, -0/+8Yes, that's exactly what I was saying. I personally choose not to eat or associatively kill any sentient being, but if you're going to eat animals, eat them! If you have physical problems with digesting certain types of meats, fine, but don't use a psuedo-moral backing to feel superior.
  • cowman80i9, on 09/02/2008, -2/+10come on man, you don't have to call him a fag based on his cooking preference. Its out of place and doesn't make sense and is unnecessary for something like this. Ever consider he grew up eating only well done meat and the thought of medium is completely foreign to him?
  • sandaboy, on 09/02/2008, -4/+12Bet he hasn't had much of that either.
  • Aurabolt, on 09/02/2008, -1/+9Fake vegetarian? I give that 2 gold medals out of 8.
  • DJCult, on 09/02/2008, -1/+9That was a really short and boring article
  • lemur, on 09/02/2008, -4/+12Your parents let you get away with not eating meat when you were in the 2nd grade?
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