How many times have you heard this? "If everyone goes vegetarian, the cows/pigs/chicken/insert food culturally-appropriate food animal of choice will overrun the world. What will we do with them?" It's like some sort of South Park episode gone horribly wrong. Most of the time, when I hear this question, people are being facetious or just trying to poke the local vegetarian for fun. Every once in a while, however, in an apparent demonstration of the collective failure of our public school system, people seem to be genuine. Grown adults, even. Well, next time someone asks you this, here's what to say.
There's lots more crazy ideas out there when it comes to the shocking ideas (gasp!) that some people don't want to eat dead animals. Here's a few more silly vegetarian myths. Heard plenty of your own crazy myths? You can also submit your own, if you have a favorite!
See also: More silly (and not so silly!) questions about vegetarianism
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