Where Was *MY* Meatgasm?

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Seriously, many people try many things and move on after deciding it is not for them. Is there a reason for suspicion when someone goes on publicly for weeks, months or years after something doesn’t work out for them?  How about publishing blog posts, entire blogs, newspaper articles or even books?

Virginia Messina R.D. recently debunked the nutritional misinformation of the latest iteration of the publicly dramatic, histrionic ex-vegan thing.

In the comment section to Messina’s debunking, some people brought up that a common element in these accounts is how the ex-vegan,…..who always SWEARS that they were “very careful” with their diet,  experienced a rush of energy after eating meat again,  a sense of health, well being, bliss, low taxes, etc.

What I want to know is, where was *my* meatgasm?

I don’t repeat this often, as it isn’t flattering. I went vegetarian when I was 14 as part of a health kick. When I was in college I quit for about 2 years, because I thought eating meat would make me more buff and make me more fit.  Neither happened.  I also didn’t experience any rush of energy or feelings of well being after eating meat again.

Anecdotal accounts are not considered to be legitimate evidence, but I think my anecdotal account should count at least as much ( or as little ) as the anecdotal accounts of the meatgasmic.

Aside from those 2 years  in college it has been over 30 years since I went vegetarian. I’ve been a vegan since the early 1990s. I have none of the cardiovascular issues that run in my family. I take no prescriptions or regular medications of any kind. Many people my age and younger do. The only health issues I have are old sports injuries.   I often get mistaken for being younger than I am.

BTW, another pattern emerging among the meatgasmic  is the claim that eating “naturally” and “sustainably” raised animals is actually better for the environment than eating a vegan diet. You would not know it from the way the book is marketed, but Jonathon Safran Foer in his book “Eating Animals” does a stunning refutation of that argument. Foer did 3 years of research for his book and hired a fact checker to QC what he wrote.

Anyway, if a vegan diet is as deficient as the meatgasmic claim,  why has my health been so good and more importantly:

Where was *MY* meatgasm?

 

Note: everything you need to know to have good health on a vegan diet can be fit on ONE page.

Let Me Google That For You

In the early days when the internet was mostly email lists and Usenet groups there was a common response to a painfully obvious question already covered well elsewhere:

RTFM – Read The Fucking Manual

The trouble was in those days the manuals were not found in obvious places and were often written by authors who assumed a readership well versed in the subject. In other words, if you could find, understand and use the manual,  you didn’t need the manual.

Well, these days there is a better manual. It is called Google.

You may not get the right answer, but you often will if you simply type your question into it. It is amazing.

You will also get your answers far more quickly than if you post your question to an email list, a Usenet group ( still around ) or a web forum. I think people are just in the habit of not thinking to go to Google first.

Well, now there is a — dare I say, “gentle” and funny way of RTFMing….someone, now called

LMGTFY – Let Me Google That For You

  1. Go to lmgtfy.com
  2. Type the question into the box
  3. Press the search button
  4. Move your mouse pointer over the URL
  5. Press the “go” button for the hilarious……and useful result

You can copy and paste that URL into an email or a web post