Are vegetarians actually smarter?

kriskros99 said:So, based on what you’re saying, you basically support animal slaughter and their suffering—wow, real brilliant there.🤮

Disperadun said:If I had my way, I’d cut out all red meat entirely and just live on seafood... because if we are actually talking about what constitutes healthy eating, fish is the healthiest thing you can get, and honestly, it beats any vegetarian diet out there

Disperadun said:Are you kidding me? Meat consumption is baked into our very history—it's natural. Do you honestly think an antelope feels better being taken down by a lion than by a hunter with a rifle? That’s just how nature works. Everything is food for something else; you're just food for worms, for instance.
It isn't about intelligence—though perhaps you lack the capacity to grasp this point. Besides, does being a sadist automatically make someone unintelligent? No—it just makes them inhumane. History is full of brilliant individuals who were also quite wicked.

I don't support slaughter, and I'd much prefer we find ways to ensure animals don't suffer during the process.
Ultimately, it all comes down to your own philosophy, not your IQ. To me, all living things are equal—animals, plants, fungi, viruses, bacteria—with the sole exception of humans.

kriskros99 said:Hold on a second, you’re basically arguing that lions are smarter than gazelles just because the gazelle is "dumb" enough to get caught while the lion is "smart" enough to eat meat🙄
Now you're claiming to be smarter than a tiger because it's stuck in a cage, even though it actually consumes way more protein than you ever will. I don't see how any of this relates to the actual discussion about nutrition...
I honestly don't follow the logic here...

hereticST said:My take? Vegetarians are at the bottom of the food chain—followed by carnivores, then omnivores. Since humans are omnivores, neither group can really claim any intellectual superiority over us. In my view, vegetarians aren't any smarter than the rest of the population (omnivores).

arna said:She might have been, I guess—but honestly, with all this pollution happening, you have to wonder what everything in the water is soaking up... I just don't know. I used to absolutely love eating seafood, but these days? It just doesn't sit right with me anymore. 😢

kriskros99 said:I believe all living things deserve equal respect--at least, that's how I see it.

Sophia Allen12 said:You don't actually care if an animal suffered terribly—you just love meat too much—so you play the sympathy card, acting all sad while insisting we absolutely have to eat meat.

Sophia Allen12 said:There are some people who could never bring themselves to hurt an animal, yet they still buy pre-packaged meat because they can't wrap their heads around the fact that it's the exact same thing.
A sadist isn't intelligent—because if they were, they’d understand that the universe didn't just pop into existence by accident; there are laws in this creation. They might lack feeling, sure, but they also lack intelligence, because if they were truly smart, they’d realize that by hurting others, they are actually hurting themselves.

Some stuck-up snob said:Dear executioner,
I honestly think you provided the perfect answer to all these questions—just recently, on a completely different thread.
So, I’m happy to quote it here:

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Disperadun said:I think I was pretty clear when I said I’d prefer animals to be slaughtered without unnecessary shock or suffering—period. It’s not like meat is a requirement; I’d just rather eat it than stick strictly to vegetables and such because that simply isn't enough for me. If people had been vegetarians even 100 years ago, the human race probably wouldn't have survived. Look, do you actually grasp that the human body is designed with a digestive tract that allows us to be omnivores? Why fight against nature?! Besides, you are food to someone else—it's just a fact. Being overly sensitive doesn't make you any smarter.

🤣Give me an actual argument here—you're being genuinely ridiculous and dense. You mention universal laws, yet your own logic suggests that in the animal kingdom, the rule is simply "eat or be eaten"...

VeronikaN said:...and her intelligence often "thinks" on your behalf😍

Disperadun said:Thomas Stewart97, do you believe in God? If so, what's your faith?
Look, here in America, over 85% of people identify as Christian—and according to that doctrine, animals and all the world's resources were handed to humans to rule over. Even the Bible mentions animal sacrifices, and in some cases, even people...

Furthermore, why do we keep buying cheap goods from places like China or Taiwan when it's common knowledge that those products are often made by children under 12 working 16-hour days?
There is far too much suffering in this world that simply goes ignored. Personally, I think humans will always hold precedence over animals—mostly because I believe only we possess a soul.

Donald Trump said:In my view, humans will always hold a higher standing than animals—primarily because I believe we are the only ones endowed with a soul.

Thomas Stewart97 said:WHY DO THESE DAMN VEGETARIANS CONSTANTLY TRY TO CONVINCE EVERYONE ELSE THEY’RE RIGHT AND WE’RE WRONG? Honestly—I couldn't care less if you decide to live on plastic alone; just leave the rest of us in peace. Who cares if the pig suffered? I've got pork chops on the menu tonight! You aren't going to change the world with those hippie ideals. If nature hadn't intended for us to eat meat, we wouldn't have canines—we'd have cow teeth and thirty feet of intestines just to try and digest cellulose.

Disperadun said:Cut the nonsense. Our coastline is pristine, except for maybe the areas right around the major port cities.

That pretentious snob said:😉

Butterfly Night said:Maybe women aren't actually any less intelligent than men.

But—and this is a big but—it seems like their path from thought to speech is just... shorter.

It’s basically a scientific fact at this point!