Today, the only birthday present I got was a gift card to a steak house. Not a bad gift, but I'm a vegan. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Today, my family took me to a steak house. I went for an eight minute bathroom break, coming back to an empty table. They ordered dessert, and left me the bill. I'm a vegetarian, and it's my birthday. FML
Today, the only "Happy birthday!" I got was from the cake I bought for myself. FML
How can I make this about me?
Today, it's my birthday. My wife took me to my favorite restaurant for dinner. She made me pay for my birthday dinner, along with hers. She also got me a gift card to HER favorite store. FML
Grateful
Today, it's the day after my birthday. My boyfriend got me nothing. Nor did he do anything for me for Valentine's Day. Whereas I got him an $85 game for his birthday, planned a surprise visit to his family so he could see them and his pets, and spent all day Valentine's Day making the house spotless, as well as cakes. FML
Today, for my birthday, I got a Big Mac. FML
Ham-fisted attempt
Today, my loving but absent-minded father gave me a packet of ham for my birthday, which would be pretty shit even if I hadn't been a strict vegetarian for the last 27 years. FML
Today, it's my birthday, and my coworkers gave me a $75 gift card to a restaurant chain near my house. Later in the evening, I found out the chain of restaurants abruptly closed. All of them. FML
Today, it's my birthday. The only thing I got was a coupon for a couples acupuncture session from my sister. I'm single and have an extreme fear of needles. FML
Today, my parents were supposed to take me out to eat for my birthday, but since their favorite child wasn't with us, I instead got a mini order of tots from Sonic as my birthday meal/present. FML
Grumpy git
Today, it's my husband's birthday. I tried to buy him a new computer game, to which he complained. I cooked him steak and his favorite cake, and got him another nice gift instead. Hours later, his online friends bought him a new game and it was the only time I saw him genuinely smile. FML
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danceinconverse 25
Wow, hope it was a mis-steak.
devildog562 33
Sell it and buy a vegetable plant or something you like.
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Comments (91)
ajs1987 15
First off, happy birthday OP. Secondly, if there's not an option for you at the restaurant, you can sell the gift card online.
yve1220 20
Sell the gift card to someone for the value that's on it. And happy birthday!!!
hailzz_96 18
Don't have a cow! You can just sell it online or regift it.
cottoncandylips 16
No pun intended of course! ?.
usmc_sean 8
Steakhouses have more than just steak. just saying
ohSNAPyall 27
Yeah, but a lot of vegans don't like to smell sizzling steak.
ohSNAPyall 27
What? It's true.
laden_swallow09 35
114- Then boo-hoo.
Kougeru 12
Meat is good for you
Frillwee95 12
Yes it is, and very tasty. Don't know why all the downvotes....
nevereyes 31
Agreed and its needed
nevereyes 31
Protein isn't the only nutrient in meat that humans need and complete protein is what we need, which is the kind found in meat
nevereyes 31
1. Seeming healthy doesn't equal being healthy. 2. A thing called supplements
Frammy007 7
#103 most vegans and even vegetarians are not. A vast majority have irreparable brain damage (able to be seen with an MRI) from years of missing out on essential nutrients and vitamins. To be a "healthy" vegan/vegetarian you must supplement your diet with many vitamins, spaced out throughout the day, and eaten with certain food to ensure that the nutrients are in fact digested and absorbed by your body. I doubt there is a vegan out there who maintains the same level of physical health as a meat-eater with every other habit being identical (amount of exercise, smoking, proper rest). Any qualified physician will tell you going vegan is not an easy choice and must be done with extreme care and the help of a nutritionist.
crackyeggy 9
(Meat's not actually that good for you) Yeah, it has lots of good things in it but also lots of bad things that other sources you could get those things from don't have. Learn about nutrition.
knoxxx 22
Meat is actually very good for you. Since human's have existed we've been evolutionarily designed to be healthy as omnivores. Meat doesn't raise your risk for heart disease or diabetes, and only overcooking your meat will give it potentially unhealthy side-effects (burnt bits, or char, on anything, not just meat, is carcinogenic). There is almost no human health-based reason not to eat meat.
Flyndaran 10
I bet you're an anti-vaxer too. Conspiracy nut. Humans are herbivores that learned a million years ago how to make meat not kill us. That is not the same thing as needing it like a carnivore.
nevereyes 31
Humans are not herbivores we are omnivores meaning that we do indeed need meats. Go back to elementary school
1tag4 10
Wow. I've been vegan my entire life (never supplementing my diet) and am healthy enough to play college basketball. Vegans receive all the same nutrients meat eaters do, just from different sources. Meat and animal products are FAR from essential to human life.
WitEluded 13
Craigslist/ebay it, then buy all the green beans and tofu you can eat.
ViviMage 40
Check out cardhub and cardpool to exchange it or sell it for what you do want!
ZoroMiHawk 25
Give it to someone who isn't foolish enough to restrict themselves to a life of consuming plants. Life is too short and meat is too delicious to pass up (plus meat contains actual nutrients that the body needs.)
Welshite 40
Oh please. Let people be vegan or vegetarian or strict carnivores. Their eating habits are of no concern of yours. Besides, all of those nutrients you are talking about can be found in plant matter as well.
Frillwee95 12
One of the worst excuses of people being vegan/ vegetarian is that killing and consuming live creatures is wrong, but aren't plants live creatures you have to kill to eat also? #teachingsofconfucious #bowlofcheese #whydopeoplehashtagwhennotontwitter? think about it.....
Cozy_Blanket 16
Yes #56 plants are technically live creatures, but they have no conscious and feel no pain when eaten.
smokecloud_ 37
I dunno, man... I read somewhere that the sweet smell of freshly cut grass is a hormone (or some other sciencey word I can't remember) sent out to warn all the other grass or something. :O
ZoroMiHawk 25
@23 nope. That's why vegans have to eat stuff like nuts. @82 No animal is feeling any pain when you're eating meat either. Predators kill prey everyday, that's just how nature work. A plant is still a live thing. It grows, it photosynthesis to eat etc..you're ending a life when you eat a plant anyway.
rocker_chick23 27
Sell it to someone who loves meat. That was pretty heartless for the person to do.
badgercheese94 16
#60, one more reason to move to Minnesota! Veggie-beef is oddly delicious!
dashit81 6
Go and have a nice salad there or something