Nah, people mostly just found ways to get around it. They've also, from what I've heard, loosened up a bit on the restrictions.

Learning Haskell made me feel like a mega dweeb but it was one of the more fun things I did in college!

You are not hunting the animals. Go set traps in the woods, gather a bunch of friends with sharpened sticks and some good throwing rocks, and drive some deer into your traps. That is what's "natural." Again, I think it's fine if you choose to eat meat, but the meat industry is not "natural," nor is it harmless.

Not even a vegan but this is such a bad argument lmao. Are you hunting the animals you eat? If not, you're not just eating meat, you are directly participating in a system that tortures them before they die. Factory farms are horrific. If you're gonna eat meat and animals products, fine, but don't pretend like it's just "what's natural."