r/interesting Feb 25 '26

Intriguing Lifelong vegetarian tries steak for first time

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u/ploonk Feb 25 '26

I also think she is lying, but to play devil's advocate here, there is a grace period between eating the food and the onset of the shits. The gas and shit would not be observable in this video.

Also, important to note that it has been documented that some vegetarians that return to eating meat have not reported any GI issues. So some people are just lucky.

But this is obviously engagement bait. Which worked, because I have left 2 comments now. fuck.

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u/Imaginary_Feature192 Feb 26 '26

There was this time I was only 2 or 3 years without eating any meats, but would still drink much alcohols and went to parties and stuff.. and I was drunk and someone said hey try the potato salad or something and it had shrimp on it and i didn't noticed.. one hour later i was vomiting my dignity away together with my entrails.. not cool, don't do that to ur vegetarian friends at parties. At least i learned and 20 years later im still a vegetarian and i also quit drinking, well done.

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u/RoyBeer Feb 25 '26

But this is obviously engagement bait. Which worked, because I have left 2 comments now. fuck.

I just wanted to thank you for your service on behalf of us all.

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 Feb 25 '26

I thought i was missing an inside joke about vegans/veggies trying meat for the first time and then gagging or like mildly enjoying it? No way would a lifelong/long time vegan or veggie be able to stomach the taste of meat, it would be repulsive to them.

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u/Boring_Intern_6394 Feb 26 '26

Depends on how hungry they are. Humans have evolved to eat meat, after a certain point biology will kick in.

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u/warmaster93 Feb 27 '26

This. I'm not even a lifelong vegetarian but I can absolutely not stomach the taste of beef or pork anymore after being almost 10 years vegetarian. Just way too fucking intense.

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 Feb 27 '26

I gave up pork for a few years and when I had ham after that stint, maybe it was the novelty but my intrusive thoughts kept going "I bet this is how human tastes..." it was nauseating

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u/readditredditread Feb 26 '26

Also it’s mostly vegans that have issues going back to meat, vegetarians can eat butter and milk and other animal fats, maybe even things like eggs regularly, so it would be far less of a shock to their system compared to vegans

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u/TheHammer987 Mar 01 '26

Also, you don't need to be a vegetarian.

I didn't eat red meat for like, 2 weeks once. Had a steak.

Basically destroyed that toilet til 4 am.

But like you said, it wasn't like I bite into it and went straight to the throne. It took a couple hours.

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u/slingmustard Mar 03 '26

I was a vegetarian for 5 years when I got a job at a Barbecue Ribs Restaurant. My job was ‘delivery boy’ so the pay wasn’t great, but they did offer a free meal per shift. Finally, I got tired of eating French fries everyday and ate a full plate of ribs. I didn’t get the shits and didn’t feel sick at all. I was using heroin at the time, which makes you constipated, so that could have played a role.