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Do you not view the "meat" as having the same value as ocean life? I'm not attacking, this is a genuine question.
Yes I do, I should have been more specific when I say I "love meat" I mean I like the food. I associate meat with meals subconsciously in that awful US culture way, I was raised in the toxic sludge and tend to like food that has meat in it...
...at the same time I recognize it is awful how we treat animals, sea animals, land animals, I didn't mean to diminish any of the immense suffering my cultures default meat based diet causes.
It is why I keep pushing to get myself to eat a more and more plant based diet, I meant to express how difficult it is to push against my nature of "loving" meat I guess? It isn't an excuse I didn't mean it as that either.
I guess my point was there is an inherent existentialist absurdism here.
Former meat lover here. Just keep going.
I kept reducing meat to a point where once I had it after a long-ish hiatus... I realized I don't care for it anymore. Meat substitutes or meat free meals can be just as delicious - and guilt free! And these days there certainly are many options available compared to say 10 years ago.
People who can do the switch over night have my greatest respect - but if I tried it I'd fail miserably and just get demotivated. And even if you don't manage to switch 100% - honestly that's still better than not trying at all.
Yeah, I understand, I was a huge meat lover too. I definitely took some pride in my ability to cook a perfect steak. One day I just said I can't morally justify it, so I'm done, and went... vegetarian.
From that point, I think I did intend to go vegan eventually, but it ended up taking me quite a while because i didn't think cutting everything all at once would've been sustainable for me. I kept going back to r/vegan and reading/getting in debates about ethics and it all pushed me to eventually cut animal products entirely.
There were definitely people who were quite blunt with me along the way who I now appreciate, and wish i could be more like, sometimes, but I'm way too non-confrontational for that.
But one thing I found I asked myself a lot was: "am I really doing my best to live according to the morals I believe in".