Does the Vegetarian Trait affect anything besides food choices?
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Quote from: CheritaChen on 2009 July 02, 11:35:53
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People always like to stereotype vegetarians as annoying preachers whereas my experience is that most people immediately question me and want me to justify why I do not eat meat, as if I am attacking them by choosing to live differently!
I think even if there isn't an undiscovered effect from this trait, it's cool to have it just as another way to make Sim individuals different. I like the interactions related to it.
Buuuuut, wouldn't it be cool if we could have coolness aaaand actual features?
Is that too much to ask? Thus, I say, down with EA's idea of vegematarians. I'll keep my horny baby-makers.
gamb:
Quote from: Regina on 2009 July 03, 02:33:58
Funny thing. I eat meat therefore I get plenty of protein, potassium, and a lot of amino acids that aren't in any other food source. When I shop for groceries I'm not looking for food substitutes I'm buying food (whether it be meat, fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, etc.). I rarely see a vegan or vegetarian NOT look for a meat substitute while shopping. I see products like tofu being advertised for their meat-like qualities and all kinds of weird things like that. (I have tried tofu and that stuff is darned disgusting.) If a particular style of eating is good for a person, why do they need to be looking for substitutes for the foods they don't eat? I don't eat much in the line of grains and I don't bother looking for grain substitutes. I don't eat processed sugar, and I also don't use sugar substitutes.
This. The more I find out about food, the more I'm realizing it doesn't actually matter what you're eating, so long as it's actually food and not some strange chemical walking around pretending to be food.
Also, all the talk about peaches being like baby heads is making me want to chomp on the peaches sitting on my counter. Mmmm, peaches! I like fuzzy food; it tickles when you eat it!
Drakron:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 July 02, 16:22:39
I really don't see the entire problem with animal-eating, really. Protesting the inhumane practices of factory farming doesn't mean you give up meat. It just means you kill it yourself. Try some 100% organic, free-range, all-natural, automotively processed meat.
On the other hand there is this:
http://web.archive.org/web/20041107084521/http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/news/food/vegan.html
I guess the "inhumane practices of factory farming" do extend beyond meat ...
Zazazu:
Quote from: Regina on 2009 July 03, 02:33:58
Funny thing. I eat meat therefore I get plenty of protein, potassium, and a lot of amino acids that aren't in any other food source. When I shop for groceries I'm not looking for food substitutes I'm buying food (whether it be meat, fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, etc.). I rarely see a vegan or vegetarian NOT look for a meat substitute while shopping. I see products like tofu being advertised for their meat-like qualities and all kinds of weird things like that. (I have tried tofu and that stuff is darned disgusting.) If a particular style of eating is good for a person, why do they need to be looking for substitutes for the foods they don't eat? I don't eat much in the line of grains and I don't bother looking for grain substitutes. I don't eat processed sugar, and I also don't use sugar substitutes.
Re: comment on peaches and nectarines. Peel the peaches or eat nectarines! Nectarines are completely smooth skinned.
Yeah, well, you're just special. Trust me, I wish I wasn't picky. The past couple years, I've been retrying all the foods I wrote off in childhood to see if I can expand what I can eat. So far, I've added asparagus, capers, and fresh peas. That's about it. Meat is still off the list, excepting fish.
Raw tofu is disgusting. Plain tofu cooked is disgusting. I don't see the point of making yourself eat something like that for the protein. Eat some yummy beans. Eat the Quorn chicken thingies (have you had those? They're the only spicy food I'll take the pain to eat because they are just that good). Eat some falafel. The chickpea is a wonderful thing (current healthy addiction is wheat spaghetti with homemade sauce and tiny falafel balls).
Of course, substitution isn't as hard for me since I love fish. I have to worry more about watching my mercury intake.
IgnorantBliss:
I wish I liked fish, because it would be a nice source of protein and some healthy kinds of fat. I like fish in an aquarium but not on my plate, though.
My sims, on the other hand, devote most of their lives to fishing.
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