Why are Yeast "vegetarian"?

[Derec]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast

Technically, they're fungi. Although Fungi are a separate kingdom from plants, people generally include fungi in the "vegetarian" category when one talks about diet.

Not only that but fungi/animals split from the plants, then fungi and animals split, so fungi are more closely to animals than plants...

 

[Derec]

Is that because their proteins are more plant-like than animal-like?
And I did not know yeast were fungi. Interesting. I always thought they were more bacteria-like. And those are animals, aren't they?

No, bacteria are not animals. Lacking a cell nucleus they are considered a separate "domain" from the Eukaryotic "kingdoms" of plants, animals and fungi.

Very simplified tree of life. Blue are bacteria, green a similar domain of "Archaea" and red are Eukaryotes (that have cells with nucleus and organelles), including us.

 

[Derec]

Wouldn't that mean you're trending Vegetarian? Vegetarian's about the diet, Vegan's about the morals. At least, as i understand the terms. (More to the point, as i've understood them since the night i wore a leather belt to what turned out to be an evening of Vegan Poetry readings.)

Would I be right to assume that it turned out as insufferable as a Vogon poetry reading would?

 

[fromderinside]

It's ok, you can't see their faces.

WTF. Who would want to eat feces?

Oh, faces. Never mind.*


*_{^{have you ever seen me miss a chance at a cheap shot}}

 

[Keith&Co.]

WTF. Who would want to eat feces?

Oh, faces. Never mind.

Oh! You were being face-etious.

 

[fromderinside]

Oh! You were being face-etious.

Fece-etious actually

 

[Keith&Co.]

Would I be right to assume that it turned out as insufferable as a Vogon poetry reading would?

I really wouldn't know. Never got to the poetry part.

Everyone spent time telling me how horrible a cow's life was, and how horrible his death was, and how horrible the leather industry was... And then it was time to go. Well, some time after they started calling me Dahmer...

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Fece-etious actually

Goose-stepping Fescist...

 

[fromderinside]

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Goose-stepping Fescist...

Now that's just ugly. Poking ones finger into another's feces hole. Rude.

 

[Sarpedon]

If you like to drink alcohol, you ARE eating the Yeast's feces.

 

[fromderinside]

....you ARE eating the Yeast's feces.

Well there you go. No asshole to poke.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Well there you go. No asshole to poke.

Maybe that would be better than 'things with faces?'
Telling your host "I don't eat anything that has an asshole."

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Mmmmmmm...Vegamite!

 

[fromderinside]

You have a vegamatic? Cool.

 

[Keith&Co.]

What is it, Vegamites stick up from teh ground, vegatites dangle from the ceiling?

 

[J842P]

All cells have a lipid-membrane, but plant cells and fungi cells can have cell walls as well. Plant cell walls and fungi cell walls are different. Fungi are actually more closely related to metazoans (animals) than they are to plants.

 

[fromderinside]

A snapshot of early life history.

"Hey fungus. Don't you just hate those plants? What's with their walls anyhow."*


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