What kind of vegetarian is this?

Question

Not eating meat on bones, or bloody meat!

Um..no im flexitarian..which is a kind of vegetarian..and i eat meat a little..its part of my diet!

some vegetarians do..and its not me..my friend wanted to know if she was..and trust me..im flexitarian..which has nothing to do with this question..and um..yea..there is a certain type of vegetarian who eats fish!!!!!!!!

dont believe me?
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianvegan101/tp/TypesofVeg.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexitarianism
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4541605/
http://www.cbass.com/flexitarian.htm

see..shes not a flexitarian..i am..and thats what they are!

haha..that MIGHT be the term..but actually..its registered under vegetarian according to some website i saw..just um..yea

guys...i gave more than 2 sites!

Answer 1

Yeah... that's not actually a vegetarian. Nice try, though. It's kind of flattering that you want to be called a vegetarian even though you make no effort whatsoever to be one.

P.S. Guy above me, vegetarians don't eat fish.

EDIT: Okay, great, you can tell your friend (politely, of course!) that she's not a vegetarian and it's kind of unfair to vegetarians that she'd call herself one even though she eats meat.

And if there's a certain type of vegetarian who eats fish, there's a certain type of Christian that worships Zeus.

And if a flexitarian is kind of a vegetarian, somebody who doesn't believe in God but does believe "thou shalt not kill" is kind of a Christian.

Sorry to bring up religion, but it's a great tool for making analogies.

EDIT 2: ...yeah. Nobody said there's no such thing as flexitarianism. We're just saying it's not a form of vegetarianism.

Answer 2

Note that the Wikipedia entry even pointed out "None of the vegetarian organizations recognize this as a category of vegetarianism..."

People can put anything they like on the web. It doesn't mean it's so

"um..yea..there is a certain type of vegetarian who eats fish!!!!!!!!"

No.

And 'flexitarian' is a, er, cute sort of term, but it's just not 'a type of vegetarianism.'

Many members of my family are (1) not vegetarian, but (2) eat little meat, and eat, and enjoy, a great deal of vegetarian food. The idea that that would require some sort of label, let alone one claiming some affiliation with vegetarianism, is risible. Even the ones who have been completely vegetarian in the past would agree.

I'm really not sure what the use of a term that has to be explained each time you use it might be. Picture yourself in a restaurant --

"I am a vegetarian" is useful.
"I am a vegan" is useful.
"I do not eat red meat" is useful.
"I am allergic to eggs" is useful.

But, "I am a flexitarian"? No. It's akin to announcing you're a "chicken-fish-tarian" or "ovo-sensitive." Who'd do that, when the language already accomodates simpler and more precise explanations? That said, "I am a vegan" is reasonably readily understood to mean "I do not eat any meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, or dairy products. I also probably avoid honey and anything else derived from an animal, etc," which is cumbersome and boring.

Cumbersome and boring, much like 'flexitarian' and the inevitable explanation...

Answer 3

Flexitarian is not any type of vegetarian...nor is someone who eats fish. Those websites are wrong and are giving wrong information. Vegetarians do not eat anything that came from a dead animal ever. If you eat meat sometimes, you are not a vegetarian...period.

There is also no such thing as a semi vegetarian.

The website articles you mention are written by uninformed people. The About.com person has no idea what she is talking about and it is people like her that cause this nonsense.

Answer 4

There are 3 techniques to make sure this one. the first is the similar old it truly is vegan (authentic vegetarians), ovo, lacto, pesci, etc. the second one is with assistance from motivation, it truly is why did they change into vegetarians. One is wellness causes - they have self belief vegetarian diets are fit. Others grew to change into vegetarians because of animal cruelty themes. and then there is the non secular classification and then the own classification it truly is "I grew to change right into a vegetarian because the girl or guy i love is a vegetarian" or another humorous reason. The third thanks to make sure out what varieties is merely to say there are 3 varieties - authentic vegetarians that devour merely end result, vegetables, nuts and seeds, semi-vegetarians that devour some fish, egg, dairy, or meat each and every now and then, and then there are the fake vegetarians - those that declare to be vegetarians and proceed to devour junk nutrition.

Answer 5

Umm believe me a flexitarian is not a vegetarian...picky meat eater hunny that's the correct term

To answer your question, your friend isn't a vegetarian at all :) Who in there right mind eats bloody meat anyway?

Edit:
Totally agreeing with PsychoCola on this one...cool name btw :)

Answer 6

"A vegetarian eats no meat, regardless of bones or how it's cooked, rare, medium, etc. Some vegetarians do eat fish however."

That's too funny. If no vegetarians eat meat, I have a question for fish-eating vegetarians: What plant does fish come from????

Answer 7

I am so ashamed... I accidentally "thumbs upped" the person who said vegetarians eat fish.

When I read "A vegetarian eats no meat, regardless of bones or how it's cooked," it NEVER occurred to me that the next few words would imply that vegetarians eat the meat off of dead fish!!

Sorry guys, that one was me.

Vegetarian= no dead animals

Answer 8

SERIOUSLY "no bloody meat" just means that you cook your meat before you eat it!!!

I'm Vegan but was a Vegetarian before and as far as I remember your friend is in NOOO way a Vegetarian.

Answer 9

yeah, you people are disgusting.
you're not even remotely vegetarian unless you don't eat any meat what so ever.
meaning, no chicken, no fish, no cow, no pig, no lamb, no animals what so ever, whatever the hell your people eat.
if you eat a little bit of meat, you're not vegetarian.
AT ALL.
I hate you people who call yourselves vegetarian yet still eat meat.
ENOUGH ALREADY.

Answer 10

Vegetarians don't eat meat!