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a vegan and vegetarian thread (beehaw.org)
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i'm sure with the influx of people we have enough of a community for this to be a thread, or at least people who are interested in veganism and vegetarianism and incorporating aspects of the diet/lifestyle into their current life. so yeah, pop off! share your struggles, experiences, good times, recipes, all that kind of stuff

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[–] strangerloop@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess I would be a flexitarian.

My partner started eating vegetarian last year, and I followed suit because cooking two versions of a meal was just too big of a headache. When I visit my parents I do eat meat and seafood dishes though, partly because of homesickness for my country's cooking and partly because my mom likes cooking all her favorite dishes for me and it's one of the few easy ways I can connect with her.

As time passes by, I find myself wanting to eat meat less and less though, and even in my home country I can now get some of my favorite comfort street foods with meat alternatives.

The experience has made me realize very keenly just how divorced we are from the realities of where our food, and especially meat, comes from. It's quite a trip thinking about how every non-plant creature on the planet relies on consuming other living beings to keep going. Suddenly I have found myself wanting to pray every time before I eat, because I am grateful that I get to continue to exist because of my food's sacrifice. It's just all really so weird.