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My 5 Days as a Vegan

Carlon — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:56:51 +0000

In my quest to become the coolest person in the world, I decided to become a vegan for 5 days. It seems that all the cool people are vegans and own Macs…at least that’s what Wikipedia says.

Actually, I was really more of a vegetarian because I had no intention to stop eating eggs. But I use the word vegan for two good reasons:

#1 “Vegan” sounds cooler than “vegetarian”
#2 Most people have no idea what’s the difference between a vegan and a vegetarian

Anyway, it was an interesting 5 days

Day #1

My veganism gets off to a strong start.

Breakfast: Bagel and grapes (I always eat a vegan breakfast. Screw milk. I hate milk. No cream cheese either…but plain bagel and grapes)

Lunch: Today I told everyone at DSP headquarters that I’m a vegan now. I feel really really cool telling people I’m a vegan.

I stopped some guy on the street to tell him I’m a vegan. I love telling people I’m a vegan.

The (former) DSP intern criticized my leather jacket. Had to research how clothes fit into the vegan lifestyle.

Day #2

Found out that the vegan lifestyle guide (Wikipedia) says something about not wearing stuff that has something to do with animals. But I really didn’t know what that meant. But o be safe, I decided to wear hemp clothing because it fit better with my new vegan image. Hemp is pretty cool, I think.

Also, I threw out my polo shirts because they had horses on them. Never can be too safe.

Day #3

The guys on the 4th floor heard I’m a vegan now. They keep ordering pizza to my office. I have locked my office now, so as not to allow even the scent of pizza in my office.

The guys on the 4th floor are always trying to tear me down.

They’re just jealous because I have an iPad.

One of those guys had one before me, but I “accidentally” dropped it the other day.

That was before I was a vegan and started wearing hemp clothing. But he’s still a little upset about it, He thinks I haven’t changed. You’d think that he’d be moved by my veganism, but he’s not. Strange guy.

Day #4

The DSP staff went out to lunch today to a meat buffet. They think I would’ve paid for it. But I told them that as a vegan I am horrified that they would support the merciless slaughter of innocent animals.

Being a vegan has made me surprisingly morally superior to others.

I find it’s easier to look down on people just for what they eat. When I see them eating meat or anything that comes from an animal (except eggs), I think about what savages they are and how enlightened I am.

If I had known how great that feeling was, I would have become a vegan years ago.

Just now, I gave a dirty look to some guy eating a hamburger.

Man, that feels good!

Day #5

I think I’ve reached some spiritual enlightenment of something. I feel so at one with all the animals of the world (except for the ones that eat other animals…I think they need to re-think their ways).

I’m a living Eckhardt Tolle novel.

It’s so awesome. But now I feel icky having to mingle with the meaties and their savagery.

The End of Being a Vegan?

This is so awesome that I think I’m going to stay a vegan from now on.

I won’t eat anything from an animal except the occasional egg, piece of fish, steak, pork chop, or seafood. But other than that I’m vegan for life!

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The Danger of Science Denial

Carlon — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:12:14 +0000

After I blogged about my problems with the “health” side of self-help, I came across an excellent video by Michael Specter. He talks about the dangers in denying science. He expresses views similar to mine in that modern medicine (vaccines, etc) have saved lives and provide a higher quality of life. I like the way he differentiates between not liking something (Pharmacutical companies, the patent system, etc) and attacking the science itself (vaccines don’t work, etc.). Most people who disagree with the science use the former (the fears or dislike of something) to attack the latter.

Personally, I think a lot of these “debates” are manufactured in the marketing room. Call me cynical but isn’t a little odd that people who push these “debates” are the same people who stand to make money from “alternative” treatments? Heck, the guy that went on trying to link autism and the MMR vaccine? Guess what? He just happneed to have his own “safe” vaccine ready. Of course, before that, he was trying to link the MMR vaccine to Chron’s disease. It kills people? But it makes for great TV.

A couple of things I liked from the video:

1. Some things are not up for debate: vaccines save lives, genetically-engineered food can feed billions of people and most food we have now is “naturally” genetically-engineered.

2. People who don’t like Big Pharma instead jump in to the arms of Big Placebo. A classic line!

Watch this and enjoy.

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Be(a)ware of Homeopathy

Carlon — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:14:21 +0000

Last week was World Homeopathy Awareness Week. And I sure am glad it was because there are so many kooky things running around disguised as legitimate that I can’t keep up!

Starting now, Don’t Step in the Poop will look more into “alternative medicine” and “natural cures.” I’ve already shown you how sociopaths exploit people’s legitamate fears to sell “natural cures.” But I will start looking at some of these things to see if their bold claims stand up to scrutiny.

Mind you, I am open-minded about some things. Heck, I have lived in Asia and watched how acupunture and “traditional” medicine work side by side with modern medicine.

But I will be clear. Modern medicine works. It’s not perfect and doesn’t cure everything, but modern medicine including antibiotics and vaccines have made us live longer and healthier lives. It’s simply a fact. And I can’t stand the way souped up vitamins or whatever are used to discourage people from getting real medical treatment. And though many of these people are well-intentioned, good intentions does not equal being right, especially when someone’s life is on the line.

With this in mind, I now show you a video of James Randi. I’ll let him explain homeopathy. And below that, I think it’s worth watching the BBC documentary which scientifically tested homeopathy with Randi putting up a million dollars if homeopathy proved correct. Did homeopathy stand up to the haters and rake in the million dollar prize? What do you think?

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