u/grievingbat

I'm vegetarian, sort of. I do not buy meat, I do not cook meat, I do not order meat at restaurants. I'm not anal about the minutiae, though. For example, if something unbeknownst to me contains meat-based bouillon or fish sauce or whatever, I don't fret. I adhere to the strict but not the neurotic.

But I have a couple exemptions:

• communal meals are culturally significant and I would rather partake in a shared meal than inconvenience my host with dietary restrictions or to appear impolite to refuse a meal. Socially I value being free of friction.
• food waste is higher on the food ethics totem pole than consuming animals: if something containing meat would otherwise be wasted, it would be foolish to refuse. The impact on animals, environment, etc was when it was produced; throwing something away compounds that loss.
The second doesn't come into play often as I don't put myself in situations where I'd need to decide whether meat is wasted or not. But sometimes it can't be avoided, like if someone gave me a gift of food. To me, stuff like that has no rules.

What am I if not vegetarian? Is eating meat like that allowed, if you never seek it out?

Edit 6 (my last one): I am learning and growing. Thanks everyone.

Edit 3: Okay sorry everyone, I’m wrong, please stop downvoting my question like crazy. They are hypotheticals please 🙏🙏. I am more focused on open discussion about the morality of these actions. Please respectfully gage your opinion.

Edit 4: Guys I haven’t consumed an animal product in years. PLEASE guys I’m trying to have a healthy open discussion about this.

Edit 5: GUYS please be respectful and keep the sub respectful. I’m TRYING and I’m sorry. I don’t actively eat fish or eggs. RIP my highly important Reddit Karma 🪦.

I self identify as Plant-Based but I have two exceptions to it. I don’t consume animal products because I absolutely do not support the commercial animal industry. I would support consumption of animal products if it was a lot more ethical, but I will never live to see my utopia. Anyways my one exception:

1. ⁠Say I own chickens. They have a chicken coop and full range in my yard. I feed and care for my chickens. There exists reciprocity in our relationship. I eat their eggs. I currently do not own chickens but if I did then I would eat their eggs.
   2. ⁠I’m fishing in a stream that has abundant amounts of fish. I catch a fish. I eat the fish. I don’t support the fishing industry because of the damage to marine environments. If I read a paper that says fish has full sentience then fine, I’ll stop eating fish.

Yay or nay?

Edit: I’m not a regular fisher. I’m a terrible fisher. I’ve never caught a fish in my life. (I’ve tried, I grew up as a boyscout). It’s a hypothetical. I haven’t eaten fish in years but I find it morally okay(?)

Edit 2: I do not own chickens. I haven’t since like Barrack Obama was president. It’s also a hypothetical.

I have two bags of frozen green peas, I don’t use peas that much and I figured it’s because I don’t know ways to cook them or season them in a way to make them taste good. If you have any recipes or advice it’s appreciated:)

Hey so whats up guys. Omni here (please don't jump me). I really have some questions. I think sane people such a myself and many others really care for animals and have empathy. I hate exploitation in all forms. Because of that I reallly want to be vegan but from what I learned, there are just so many freaking nutrients that are found in animal foods in abundance thats really hard or impossible to find in other things. Please don't take this as trolling or posting in bad faith. For example, from everything I've learned about nutrition so far, I feel like I can completely throw out poultry and pork. But it seems like every other day, science discovers a new reason why ruminate animals or seafood promotes and protects human health. Honestly though, because life is so short any way and I hate when conscious creatures suffer, I might end up just going vegan anyway. I just really want some reassurance on the stuff regarding human health and diet. Thanx

I've been vegan since February last year, vegetarian for over ten years before that. Cheese was totally my life like everything I ate had some kind of dairy component.
Lately I've been overcome with my food craving for it and ate it from my family, I feel really ashamed of this because it's totally against my morals now. Everyone said the cheese cravings would go away after a while but they never really did for me: (. All the vegan cheeses I try are bad and it's all so fjrhfjfifjfkrororld. I don't want to eat anymore going forward but it's so demoralising, like I always know it's wrong but I still do it anyway.... I always feel sad and guilty after.
anyway anyone have good vegan cheese recommendations you can find in an Australian supermarket? I've found absolutely 0 so far. I feel like a failure

Hi, l've been dealing with a lot of veganism guilt lately. For context, I've been vegan for 6 years and never have I slipped up. However, I started going to the gym 3 years ago and more consistently this last year and one thing that it has caused is dairy cravings. I eat around 100-140 grams of protein while vegan and eat very clean so I know it isn't protein deficiency. I don't want meat or eggs but I crave lean dairy like Greek yogurt and cottage cheese while I eat a lot of vegan yogurt it doesn't sustain these cravings. I'm unsure if It's my body telling me something because of my gym going and I need the extra nutrients but I'd feel too guilty to start eating dairy again so I'm unsure of what to do. Do I stick out the cravings that keep coming back? Or do I be vegetarian and only eat dairy options like the two I am craving?

omg guys serious ethical dilemma here. I'm at my grandma's house being a literal saint doing house repairs and she bought me lactose-free everything because she thought veganism is just when you have tummy aches. I explained it to her but I'm so bad at explaining things uwu so now there's just a fridge full of cow titty juice minus the lactose and I simply don't have the heart to not consume it.

so anyway I'm eating dairy for days.

I feel super guilty but you know what's worse than exploiting cows? mildly inconveniencing a grandma who already swiped her credit card. the animals will understand. they know grandma tried her best 🥺

my ethical framework is entirely dependent on whether someone's granny already rang it through the checkout. hope this helps.