Ugh. I feel like the animals could use a better activist, because I can’t stand this guy.
Even if this is the truth, this is possibly the worst phrasing. There’s so many other ways to say “I met a guy who suggested that eating animals was bad” without making it sound like he ran into someone straight out of a vaguely racist movie.
What exactly he was missing out on, we shall never know, I guess, because…
So many illnesses and diseases. The health benefits are huge. I knew this guy, great guy, very wise guy, who said eating animals was bad karma. Wise guy, the best guy. You’re gonna reduce your chances of so many diseases, you’ll get tired of being healthy!
I actually don’t eat much meat because I don’t happen to like it very well, and I know some freakin’ delicious vegan recipes, and this still comes across about like when my mother tried to convince me that cleaning my room could be fun.
So shocking and violent that, again, he won’t actually talk about any of it. So violent. The most violent. Big league violence.
The excuses were also lame, and crooked.
I feel like a vow of silence is a particularly shitty way to raise awareness, given that it prevents you from doing any effective activism. At that point, the whole vow of silence seems more like it’s for his benefit than something that’s actually helping animals all that much. Which is fine. If you think not talking for a year will help you be a better, more understanding person or whatnot, knock yourself out. Just… don’t pretend like it was actually all that helpful. And this might sound unfair, but elsewhere he actually goes into more detail:
I thought to myself “Wow, this is the longest I’ve ever gone without talking. I wonder how long I could keep this up? Imagine trying to do this for an entire year! Could that be done? Possibly, but you would need a good reason! What would be a good enough reason for me?”
So, even he basically says he did it as a personal challenge, and “raising awareness” was the excuse.
This one has a better justification, because usually vegetarianism and veganism are often criticized for perceived health drawbacks, but this seems like a good thing to do after your vow of silence so you can more effectively explain why you’re doing it. Again… feels kinda like the bike trip was more for his sake than anything else. And, again, that’s fine, but…
My interview was the biggest interview! Millions of viewers!
I know, I’m being overly crotchety, but the thing is, I’m sympathetic to his ideas, but I find him so hard to suffer that he doesn’t seem to be helping his cause much, and I can’t help but notice that for someone raising awareness for animals, there is nothing I can find on his page about animals, rather than himself.
