This is a departure from my usual society- or politics-inspired writings, to briefly mention an everyday annoyance. This is a real rant, not a manifesto or a call to global action, but a simple complaint about something that I find stupid. As a vegetarian, I am always irritated by restaurants that describe one of their food products as simply being "veggie". Many people, speaking to me of certain establishments they recommend, add "They have veggie dishes, too" when I inform them I am a vegetarian. My response is what should be obvious to anyone: "What kind of vegetables do they have?" If you are a meat eater, imagine how stupid it would seem if (for example) a pizza or a sandwich were described as being "meat". "Would you like a slice of meat pizza?" There are many different kinds of meat in the world: Beef, ham, chicken, and bacon, to name a few of the more popular ones. When you eat, you would like to know which of these you are getting. You are not just satisfied with eating something that is "meat". In the same way, there are many different kinds of vegetables. There are onions, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes (which are technically a fruit, but eaten as a vegetable), carrots, broccoli, and spinach, along with many, many others. Most of these vegetables taste very different from each other, and have different nutrients in them. To me, it seems simple and obvious that a food item containing any of these vegetables should actually describe what vegetables exist in it; But most meat-serving restaurants seem content to think they are doing vegetarians a service by having some vaguely-defined "veggie" dish available. Obviously, this is less of a problem in establishments that serve vegetarian-only foods (I have yet to see anyone say "We have vegetables, vegetables, vegetables, or you could try some vegetables"). Even so, in a society that many people say "it's becoming easier to be a vegetarian" in, I believe that actually explaining the ingredients of food would be a good step toward creating a more veggie-friendly society. That is all. Thank you.