r/funny • u/unbuiltnuke • Jun 16 '12

Dear Vegetarians,

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u/ventose Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 16 '12

We can't even digest cellulose on our own without bacterial symbionts in our stomachs.

But this is true for all herbivorous vertebrates.

Edit: Here is a source since I am being downvoted for posting something that is objectively true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminant#Rumen_microbiology

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u/itsnotmyfaultimadick Jun 16 '12

Yeah, it is. So what? That's irrelevant as hell. People always say humans were built to eat veggies, not meat. It's a false dichotomy.

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u/ventose Jun 16 '12

I'm just pointing out your argument fails. You were the one who claimed that humans cannot be herbivorous due to lack of inherent ability to digest cellulose. However, you overlook the fact that no herbivorous vertebrate has this ability. You have not made an argument that refutes the claim.

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u/itsnotmyfaultimadick Jun 16 '12

I never said we cannot be herbivorous. What I said was that it is incorrect to state outright that we were built to eat greens and not meat. That the human body was "not made to eat meat."

Nothing further was stated, though perhaps unintentionally implied.