Asklemmy

My mother does wildlife rescues, birds are mostly, then goes home and cooks a roast chicken.

She knows it's hypocritical. Cognitive dissonance is weird.

Also, it's not so alienating. I attend dinners with my family, and I'll eat roast vegies, and bring a side-dish for myself. Over time a few of my friends became vegan (I didn't convince them to) and it's exciting to share recipes.

If nothing else, reduce your meat intake over time.

As with most changes people make, the more drastic, the more unlikely it is to stick.

When I became vegan I was a slut for KFC burgers, and I "failed" a few times, but I just kept reminding myself it's not good for anyone, and mustered up the will power to drive past, and eat at home instead.

Good example. I also feel like vegetarianism is probably correct, but I still haven't gone that way.

It really depends on where you live. Being in BC we have so many Vegan and Vegetarian places that finding food outside of the home is easy. Visiting Calgary AB though, good luck.

I'm in the same boat. My girlfriend is pescatarian, mostly because she thinks animals are too cute to eat. She loves pigs and thinks they are adorable.

I agree that vegetarianism is more sustainable and humane, but I also really like carnitas burritos. I eat way more seafood now and, though she says she doesn't care, I try to avoid "farm animal" meat when we go out.

I've definitely reduced my meat consumption and I will probably continue to do so, but I'm not ready to cut it out yet. I had prime rib for Thanksgiving and it was amazing. Apologies and thanks to the cow.

I definitely commiserate with this. This is almost certainly the biggest moral quandary in my life. I think in my lifetime there will be a tipping point where vegetarianism will be a large enough minority to make it personally viable for me, but for the moment I reduce consumption where I can. Breakfast sausage will be the hardest thing to give up for me - but I continuously try meat alternatives in hopes of finding something I like.

Your position is about a thousand times better than the denial-ism of most meat-eaters. "Eating meat is morally dubious, but I am making this bad trade off" is better than the usual "Shut up meat is tasty and like they don't feel pain and if they did it's only for a moment and it's longer they deserve it for being lower on the food chain. And the environmental impacts are just made up but even if they were real they're not a big deal, and if they were then it's not like it'll affect me, and if it did well fuck you."

That is, some people who eat meat refuse to acknowledge that there's any drawbacks or moral pitfalls. I guess that's too hard on the self image. Cowards, really.

I try to minimize how much meat I eat. It's a baby step. It's hard when like work does an outing and there's no vegetarian options. I don't want to make a big stink about it every time. But I'm not going to pretend that eating meat is morally the high ground or good for the environment.

Sometimes people are like "Well I just enjoy a hamburger" as if that's any sort of justification. Maybe I just enjoy punching cowards in the throat, but we can't always do what we want, now can we.

I'm all in on lab grown protein