Slog - Comments on Tell Us How You Really Feel, Vegetarians! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians Ha ha. Have you guys seen this billboard at the north end of the University Bridge? Ha ha ha. Sorry that picture is so terrible. I took it with my cell phone through the window while driving. In case you can't tell, someone (Spiderman?) climbed up on that McDonalds billboard with a can of spray paint, crossed out "beef," and wrote "shit." I have a few thoughts on this billboard situation: 1. Ha ha ha! 2. Hey McDonalds people - did it occur to you that a picture of a hamburger is not, in fact, a numerical digit? So really... Copyright 2008 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:52 -0800 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:55:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by mnm I think he means shit in a metaphorical sense

]]> mnm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022653 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022653 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:37:13 -0800 Comment by Lindy HUHH!?!?! Come again?

]]> Lindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022655 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022655 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:38:18 -0800 Comment by Giffy You know what is usually covered in shit? Organic produce.

]]> Giffy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022656 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:40:18 -0800 Comment by boxofbirds ha-ha, swearing....

]]> boxofbirds http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022657 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022657 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:40:25 -0800 Comment by Ariel Lindy, you're my favorite. Want to move to Minneapolis and marry a straight girl and live in non-sexual domestic bliss?

]]> Ariel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022658 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:40:42 -0800 Comment by Vince Shit in. Shit out. You are what you eat.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022660 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:41:17 -0800 Comment by DLF I loves me a burger, but I agree with this bit of graffiti. This is could be an editorial on the state of McDonalds' (non) food and not necessarily a statement about eating meat.

]]> DLF http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022662 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:42:17 -0800 Comment by Jay McDonalds hamburgers are shit. No self-respecting meat lover would disagree.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022664 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:44:00 -0800 Comment by Jay And yeah, it's a fucking metaphor. So I guess you lose.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022668 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022668 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:45:23 -0800 Comment by elenchos Next time they tell me The Stranger is full of shit, I'll say "No! Think for two seconds. It's full of newsprint, ink, and those stupid ad inserts and perfume samples that fall out all over the sidewalk."

But what if they reply, "No, The Stranger is, in fact, full of shit?" Guess I wouldn't have a comeback for that one.

Anyhoo, meat isn't shit. It's murder.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022670 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022670 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:47:45 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes Meat isn't murder, it's yummy.

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022671 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022671 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:48:41 -0800 Comment by elenchos I've just been told newsprint is a kind of ink. Not sure what that means in this context.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022672 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:49:18 -0800 Comment by Abby Lindy, you have just nearly made me laugh tea out my nose. (That hurts. But it would be worth it in this case.)

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022674 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:49:57 -0800 Comment by Lindy @5: Yes.

@7: I know.

@9: I have no idea what you're talking about.

]]> Lindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022675 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:50:07 -0800 Comment by funnyburgers Thank you, Lindy West, for making me chuckle so. Please post more often.

]]> funnyburgers http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022677 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022677 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:50:45 -0800 Comment by Mr. X ...which brings to mind the best T-shirt I've seen of late.

Meat is Murder (in large bold font)

and, underneath, in much smaller type

(tasty, tasty murder).

I'm sure McD's sales will plummet as a result of this billboard....

]]> Mr. X http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022678 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:51:03 -0800 Comment by pox Your commentary is more funny than the sign.

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022681 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022681 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:52:54 -0800 Comment by lc Maybe they are referring to the fact that beef is the #1 cause of global warming, the #1 preventable cause of death in the US, and the #1 cause of global deforestation.

There probably wasn't enough room on the billboard for all that.

]]> lc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022684 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:03 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Too bad we don't have "Where's The Beef?" billboards so we can post a pic of Sen McCain on top of the burger ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022686 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:34 -0800 Comment by Jay 14: I think the meaning of what I said is overwhelmingly clear. I was agreeing with a previous poster who wrote that "shit" was intended metaphorically and not literally. "100 percent shit" does not equal "100 percent excrement." "Shit" here means something of exceedingly low quality, and doesn't require a "ty" at the end to make sense.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022687 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022687 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:55:06 -0800 Comment by fith I disagree that the commentary is funnier than the sign.

]]> fith http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022691 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 14:58:19 -0800 Comment by DOUG. How do you know a vegetarian did this?

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022693 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:03:31 -0800 Comment by Lindy @22: I don't. But it just fit better in the headline than "person with a can of spray paint who doesn't like mcdonalds for a variety of ethical and environmental and dietary reasons." Or whatever.

]]> Lindy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022715 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022715 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:14:40 -0800 Comment by elenchos Maybe they just love Burger King that much.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022718 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022718 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:17:21 -0800 Comment by bobcat I love seeing vegans with leather shoes for what it's worth.

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022719 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:17:23 -0800 Comment by Abby @20: Really? Wow. I never would have known that had you not explained it to me. Thanks!

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022721 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022721 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:20:31 -0800 Comment by fullrotor Beef is the #1 preventable cause of death? Maybe for cows...

]]> fullrotor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022722 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022722 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:21:22 -0800 Comment by Peace Czar Maybe they were being literal?

Like it says in Fast Food Nation:

"There is literally shit in the meat."

Or that the animals are literally cannibalizing each other when the remnants of the slaughtered are fed back to the living.

I mean, they wouldn't be talking about those quite literal, and quite real facts, would they?

PS to Lindy: I bet there's more shit in each burger than there are globs of ketchup and mustard.

]]> Peace Czar http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022727 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:23:43 -0800 Comment by Gloria @23: Really? I think there are lots of happy omnivores who don't like McD's burgers for the simple reason of taste.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022738 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:32:43 -0800 Comment by Tlazolteotl Trenchant commentary.

]]> Tlazolteotl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022744 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:38:01 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Has anyone watched out to make sure it's not one of the Robotic Hover Burger Kings that did it?

I don't trust their fingers ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022753 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022753 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:42:57 -0800 Comment by Juris This is my favorite slog post in a long time. That is all.

]]> Juris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022754 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022754 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:44:29 -0800 Comment by Polka lips now at least if it were shit it would be an organic substance. its the chemicals that don't exist in nature that're oogy.

]]> Polka lips now http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022763 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022763 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:50:14 -0800 Comment by egid A friend of mine has a photo on flickr of a similar McD's billboard: "Wake up and smell the [shit]".

]]> egid http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022770 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022770 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:53:58 -0800 Comment by Jay 26: I wasn't talking to you.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022771 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022771 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 15:54:19 -0800 Comment by Abby How vegetarians really feel: rather humorless, actually.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022785 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022785 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 16:02:31 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle They do, Abby?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022793 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 16:13:56 -0800 Comment by DJSauvage Maybe it should read 1% shit. The rest are fillers.

]]> DJSauvage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022818 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 16:30:31 -0800 Comment by PC 1. commenters, get a life!

2. shitty food = shitty people == we r superior woo-hoo ! They probably cling to their guns, too.

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022823 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 16:32:33 -0800 Comment by elenchos All I know is I'd rather be a humorless vegetarian than a...

...MURDERER!!!

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022830 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022830 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 16:38:02 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Why not just become a vegetarian with a sense of humor instead, elenchos? There are many of them around - join the crowd.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022884 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022884 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 17:46:11 -0800 Comment by impressed way to stick it to the man with that brilliant graffiti commentary. oh wait, no, i mean the opposite.

]]> impressed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022886 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 17:49:00 -0800 Comment by The Lettuce Stalks At Midnight Vegetables of the World!

Rise up!

Throw off your root-bound shackles and resist the vegetable-murdering "ethical vegetarians" that murder our brethren in cold sap to feed their animal-based vampiric plant life!

Use your thorns and your vines to bring them DOWN!

]]> The Lettuce Stalks At Midnight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022887 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 17:49:01 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Um, what about tofu burgers?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022889 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 17:50:20 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore even though i'm just a lil old vegetarian, not a vegan, i DO wear vegan shoes. and who says vegetarians don't have a sense of humor? anyone who was at slog happy hour can tell you i'm a laugh riot. and beef is shit. along with poultry, pork and fish.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022893 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022893 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 18:02:18 -0800 Comment by elenchos Well, I say any vegetarin with a sense of humor is a self-hating Jew. Unless anyone would care to try to draw distinction between laughing at things such as jokes, and eating a meat dinner served by Ted Nugent himself. I mean a real distinction. There isn't one.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022899 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022899 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 18:14:19 -0800 Comment by Enigma My roommate caught a picture of that billboard in the process of being cleaned of the dirty, dirty graffiti. As political commentary it's pretty staid, but I still say kudos to the radical that just wants the world to wake up.
Kudos.

]]> Enigma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022925 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 19:09:09 -0800 Comment by bobcat C'mon, can't you people hear the sobbing throes of heads of lettuce being SHREDDED???? Or the painful cry of a potato as it is RIPPED from the womb in the ground, or when baby pineapples are BRUTALLY CORED and RAPED????? I wont even begin to cover what happens for POOR TOFU and their CURDS! Veggies have feelings too!

Motel Hell aint got nuthin' on you murderers.

/sarcasm.

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022927 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022927 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 19:12:43 -0800 Comment by jim Open your snackhole!

]]> jim http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022929 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022929 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 19:16:52 -0800 Comment by Bob God, this is why I'm so happy I moved over here. What a hip city. Taking a shot at McDonalds! The meat is shit! Hahaha. How fucking cutting edge is that?

Man, you guys invented hip. McDonalds is shit!

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022932 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022932 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 19:19:48 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore elenchos, you are getting a prostate massage with a jackhammer at the next slog happy hour. square biz.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022949 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 20:17:05 -0800 Comment by elenchos Ah HA! See? See!!! This is what happens when you stand up to FASCISM! Just like I said. Hitler! HITLER TYLER MOORE!

Oh, wait. You're talking about a Jackhammer; 1-1/4 shot of vodka, layered in a highball with pineapple juice, right? Sure. I'll take a Jackhammer square biz. I usually like them on the rocks but I'll try one 'square biz' whatever that is. Salted rim or something I guess?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022959 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022959 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 21:13:45 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle No, he meant those automatic pneumatic drills that they have nowadays - that kind of jackhammer.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022971 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1022971 Chow Mon, 12 May 2008 21:53:34 -0800 Comment by scary tyler moore 'she' meant, will. 'she'. last time i checked i had a vagina, not a johnson.

]]> scary tyler moore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1023018 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1023018 Chow Tue, 13 May 2008 06:51:23 -0800 Comment by Cookie W. Monster Lindy,

Your guess that Spiderman was the culprit of the detournement in question is 50% correct. The culprit was in fact Spiderman The Anarchist Arachnid, whom I've also spotted at local protests against the WTO, the War on Terror, and Scientology. He's never been a close personal friend of mine (koff koff), but I applaud his initiative nonetheless, no conflict of interest unintended.

Yay Spidey! Yay Anarchy! Yay Vegan Terrorism!

]]> Cookie W. Monster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1023116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1023116 Chow Tue, 13 May 2008 10:18:23 -0800 Comment by Jay I am superiror to people who love McDonalds. Eat a real burger, hicks.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1023513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/tell_us_how_you_really_feel_vegetarians#c1023513 Chow Tue, 13 May 2008 14:55:31 -0800