hey vegetarians what..

[Tompz]

..is/are your reason(s) for going green? Do you ever miss meat? Can it be difficult?

I'v been considering doing this myself, you see, and I'd really like to know.

[Otis Driftwood]

I hate plantz and must devastate their existence!

[AznAlice]

I hate plantz and must devastate their existence!


Hahaha...

[Lyman Zerga]

lol


out of nowhere i started seeing meat just as dead animal parts instead of food
like bacon wasnt bacon to me anymore, in my head i imagined this pig and how it got slaughtered and how it ended up on my plate

i was feeling too guilty to eat meat for any longer but even if i wouldnt give a shit about animals i probably still couldnt eat it cause all those meat scandals you hear would scare me away anyway


i hardly ever go "green", unhealthy food ftw!

and i never missed eating meat since but sure the feeling of biting in a greasy ass burger! for me it's hard to find a veggie burger that i can force down my throat

[Otis Driftwood]

You can gnaw on my veggie sausage, you beatoful thing! :rolleyes:

[Lyman Zerga]

haahahhaa

force it down my throat! my throat!!!

[HEIRESS]

Ive begun to realize that except for the occasional bit of sandwich meat or chicken breast in my stirfry I barely eat any meat

fish though, I couldnt give up

[abcdefz]

I'm not a vegetarian, but the best non-sentimental, practical argument I ever read was the opening chapters of Diet for a Small Planet.

[cosmo105]

i get this question all the time, so here's the stock response:


i, personally, cannot stand the thought of consuming (not just eating, but using or benefiting from) anything that came from an animal. i just can't stomach it. i went vegetarian literally overnight years ago, when i saw a PETA demonstration about factory farming and slaughterhouses...i'm not a fan of theirs now, specifically for that reason and many others, but i suppose it opened my eyes and made me realize just from where and whence my food came. i'm a huge sucker for animals, and will cry at just about any nature documentary that shows any animal having the slightest chance for being harmed in even the smallest way. i guess it's about compassion for me. and i couldn't handle the thought of being the end of that chain.

i was vegetarian for several years before going vegan, for similar reasons. i tell people it's mostly for health reasons because most of them don't understand that the animals that give eggs, cheese, and milk all suffer as well, and are eventually killed. for us. i just can't handle that.

vegetarianism's not for everyone, and veganism for even less. it works for me, and i'm really happy with it, but it's not something that i wish to push on anyone else. sure, i'd love for everyone else to be veggie, but in all honesty i don't care what anyone else eats. not once have i EVER made ANYONE feel bad about eating animal products. never.

anyway. i've been veg for so long that i almost never miss the stuff. sometimes it's hard when everyone's eating a really good greasy pizza, or my mom's making tacos or buttercream frosting or something else that i loved as a kid...but i'm a really good cook and can always make something spectacular for myself, so i really don't mind much. if i really, really crave something, i'll research how to duplicate the taste, and can almost always satisfy it (and usually end up finding or making something completely new and awesome in the process).

it's definitely not easy. sure, it's been a challenge going all the way, but my resolve in it is so firm that it's not something that i find to be a chore at all. it's something in which i really, truly believe, so it's no problem to me when i have to sacrifice something for it. i'm sure it sounds cheesy, but it's true.

i could make a really bad soy cheese joke there, but i won't.

[Lyman Zerga]

well said and im the same when it comes to the nature documentary part

i also couldnt eat anything that would be able to love me! so i should eat human meat only