• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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    24 days ago

    Sorry this became a rant.

    No worries, I hear your frustration.

    Hypothetical question: If you could snap your fingers and convert one new vegetarian (who never eats meat again), or ten new flexitarians (who decrease their meat consumption by 50%), which would you choose, and why?

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      24 days ago

      I’ll take the flexis, alright. But only if they consume less animals than the one hardcore vegan. :)
      Do you know how you stop smoking? You realize you are addicted to it and it’s killing you and that’s when you quit. Noone smokes less and less until it’s over. I feel the same mindset with many people who call themselves flexitarian. To them, meat is still a great tasting food they have to restrain themselves from. That takes effort. They talk about it, they excuse themselves for it, it’s a big topic for them. Because deep down they know as much as I, that it’s a bad habit that needs to go. But they are afraid to lose something they like so much.
      I was like that. But after I decided to go vegan, I broke free from this habit and the guilt and all the excuses. It’s way easier to quit, I eat healthy and tasty and I’m honestly never going back. If I could snap my fingers and give that experience to other people I absolutely would.

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        23 days ago

        I’ll take the flexis, alright. But only if they consume less animals than the one hardcore vegan. :)

        That’s not quite the stipulations of the hypothetical question :)

        Suppose there are ten average omnivores in front of you. You can:

        • A: Convert one of the ten to a vegetarian who never eats meat again.
        • B: Convert all of the ten into flexitarians who each eat 50% less meat than the average omnivore.

        Which would you choose?