Why choose vegetarianism?

I've never gone vegan only vegetarian, and more often pescitarian. (only seafood)

I have to say, that the transition led to a 3 month feeling of euphoria. I would sometimes switch to a vegetarian diet just for this feeling again, probably will again at some point too.

I agree with you though, the reason I never stayed vegetarian was mostly because I originally thought of it as some cause, and then realized it's somewhat flawed.

Almost any vegetarian promoting video will show you how pigs are treated. They squeal the most loud, and it looks sad. But have you ever looked at how chickens and cows get slaughtered? Cows literally line up, and watch every cow in front of them get butchered. But they remain innoncently in line for their turn. It's a little hard to take seriously.
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OP, never though of how gathering vegan resources could ironically be killing creatures to do it. Though to be fair, most vegans/veggies i met like to grow their own food, which i think is a good alternative.

 

I don't like eating anything that dreams....

 

if the US (and the world really) wasn't so obsessed with eating meat, i think i could do without. it doesn't seem like there's much effort into producing foods without meat.... everything seems to want to include meat in it. most people eat far too much meat and i'm not sure that the amounts that many people eat are healthy. yea, i eat it but adding it to everything is kind of disgusting to me.

 

Or not necessarily vegetarian but just a responsible and moderate meat eater. Half as much meat is indeed already a huge change for the better.

 

Affordable "humane" meat is extremely expensive (or non-existent) in parts of the world where people eat the most meat. It's much less costly to stop eating meat and ensures the greatest environmental benefit, I think. Obviously, it's considered "extreme" by most folks. I'll never quite understand that viewpoint.

 

If it is non existant that should change (as it is tried to in a lot of places in the west already), if it is extremely expensive moderation would help a lot. Not buy all those cheap rubbish meat and products with cheap meat in it, and see how much money they will save. This can be used to eat quality meat once or twice a week.
The best thing for the environment might be no meat industry at all, sure, but that's like saying the best thing for the environment is no highways at all either. It is not about it being extreme or not (although it sounds kind of extreme anyway), it is about people not seeing the neccessity to give it all up, they love it and see a lot of beneficial use in it. It is about seeing the benefits of eating quality meat in moderation. Personally I am willing to try a lot, from fried insects to a diet that consists mainly of vegetarian food, but I don't see the point in stop eating meat as a whole. It is good for me. And me buying quality meat is good for the industry (as far as my consumer habits can give off a signal)

 

Kill all cows. Filthy water consumers!

 

The fact is, agricultural spray irrigation is one of the biggest wastes of water there is. Most of it is lost to the atmosphere through evaporation before it even hits the ground. All the farms need to gear up for drip irrigation, as a few already have in some regions, such as Israel.

I love golf, but I'm a big proponent of redesigning the courses to use far less water. People would have to play on less than immaculate greens and fairways, but so what? I don't care that much about beef but golf is the greatest game ever invented! I say turn the cow pastures into golf courses. :-D

 

You're right that it is a huge waste in dry areas. In areas with lots of water though, it is less of a waste. There it doesn't have to be a problem to grow crops exclusively for cows. After all, they need food too. Of course it usually comes down to the details and it can be said they are getting too much corn in a lot of places.

 

I could write a whole laundry list of reasons why I don't eat meat of any kind (real or faux), but I'll just say "health reasons" and leave it at that.

 

I'm a vegetarian because I don't approve of the horrific animal abuses that go on. Not just that but the treatment of many farmers is also awful. Chicken Farmers for example are treated among the worst. Our government will continue to protect those that abuse animals horrifically, but I will not contribute to any of the money they make.

For me it's not about killing animals. It's about how they're treated while they're alive.

 

ofc Veganism does not lead to ethical purity, but is part of it. Non-violence or Ahimsa.

 

I became a pescaratarian earlier in the year and only ate seafood roughly once a week. Now, I'm weaning off the seafood and making the transition into being 100% vegetarian. Ideally, I would like to be vegan but that is simply impractical. There are a number of reasons why I stopped eating (land) meat in the first place. A lot of it has to do with my spirituality. I don't believe that human beings are necessarily above the other animals. Our gift for abstract thought is often poisoned by our egotism which promotes the notion that we are above nature and ergo, can do as we please with it. And people do, look at the meat industry for example.

 

I am with you there.....mankind has too many inflated egos, but at least not everyone does.

 

Good point, it's why I will never own pets again. It's cruel to domesticate animals against their will for our own entertainment and pleasure. kinda sick If you really think about it.

Plus its a big impact on the environment, a massive waste of resources, corn, wheat, barley, all the good food we waste on pets that humans could be eating.


Think about it for more than two seconds before everyone with pets 'dogpiles' me, lol