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84 Percent Of Vegetarians Become Meat Eaters Again, Study Finds
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Necromanti
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You can't "revert back" to being a meat-eater if you never were one to begin with. This seems to mainly focus on people who are vegetarian converts.
You're like me when I do my vegetarian month each year.
I justify it as not wasting stuff and they'd have been killed anyway for the meat.
MidgarBlowedUp
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Is that like a liberal vegetarian?
You are vegetarian but believe in the freedom to eat meat.
You are vegetarian but believe in the freedom to eat meat.
.the_firewithin
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outsida
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LOL
Cheesecakebobby
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Not really that surprising, I am veggie and I know it would be damn hard for me to go totally vegan and there would be a high chance of me giving up. It's one reason that while sure, I will debate with people about why it is a good idea to reduce meat consumption, I don't judge or look down on meat eaters. Much respect to non-wavering vegans.
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yessssss
I legit consider that shit when I'm considering dating and shit. I am the do not want dog. I can't imagine marrying some girl and then having her cut me off from meat for the rest of my life or else she divorces me and takes all of my shit, leaving me homeless, penniless, and suicidal. I can not.
Robot Pants
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My brain didn't work when I was vegetarian so I went back as well.
But I do my best to only eat free range/organic
But I do my best to only eat free range/organic
Mango The Magician
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GAF, it's a common trend to become vegetarian for a couple of months for health reasons, be they personal or prescribed by a doctor to lower cholesterol, this data is likely including that. Likewise, it's sad that the data talks about people not wanting to stay veggie or vegan because they were treated differently, and yet this thread is the same old nonsense.
Still though, been on the veggie path for five years, vegan for four, ain't givin' it up. I'm a proud vegan.
Still though, been on the veggie path for five years, vegan for four, ain't givin' it up. I'm a proud vegan.
People become irrational around the idea of veganism or vegetarianism for some reason, like simply mentioning it insults them, so this is not likely. You'd think though, that given how open and reasonable GAF can be in regards to different people, that this wouldn't be an issue.
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thepotatoman
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"For Green it has to do with a lack of social support from partners or family, and a dislike for being seen as different by their friends and social peers based on their dietary preferences."
*looks at this thread's responses*
No kidding?
Seriously, what is it about vegetarianism that makes people become so obnoxious? And I'm not talking about the vegetarians.
*looks at this thread's responses*
No kidding?
Seriously, what is it about vegetarianism that makes people become so obnoxious? And I'm not talking about the vegetarians.
rokkerkory
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I love meat n veggies yo
Mr Fahrenheit
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My cousin was a vegan for like twenty years, not for any ideals, he's just one of those people that's allergic to everything so he decided it'd be easier. Last year he started working on yachts as crew and started eating fish and he now refers to himself as a "recovering vegan"
A friend of mine had this routine a few years back where he slipped in and out of being a vegetarian, not eating meat then indulging himself after a few weeks or months of abstaining, then promising afterwards that he'd never eat it again and afterwards repeated the cycle.
I know better, couldn't live without meat so I wouldn't even try.
I know better, couldn't live without meat so I wouldn't even try.
This was a survey of Americans. Only a super small minority would be raised by strange parents to never eat meat.
Barrylocke
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Pretty much. I know a pair of siblings who were raised by vegetarian parents. One has still yet to eat meat to this day (in his late 20s) and the other only started sporadically eating meat when she married a non veggie.
MonsterHunter
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Cheesecakebobby
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Because central to eating meat is finding ways to forget the suffering it necessitates and as a result making snide jokes, trying to reassure oneself that it is ok because it is 'natural' etc. is preferable to asking oneself tough questions.
anonymous_abc
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I've been vegetarian for ~5 years, and cannot imagine going back.
My theory is that the longer one is vegetarian the less likely regression back to meat becomes. For me at least meat is becoming increasingly disgusting.
My theory is that the longer one is vegetarian the less likely regression back to meat becomes. For me at least meat is becoming increasingly disgusting.
Cheesecakebobby
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So hundreds of millions of vegetarians and vegans are unnatural, and are constantly fighting base urges to eat flesh? Food is a central part to every culture on the planet; mealtimes have been important social features for thousands of years and remain huge parts of social, family, work life. When you make effectively make yourself an outsider by changing the way you interact in such situations it naturally leads to conflicts and social anxiety. Veggies everywhere can back me up on this,
triplestation
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Deborah used to say I have a heart of gold cause I'm a vegetarian..
I'm not a strict vegetarian, I eat beef.
..and pork.
And chicken.
..
Yeah..
Semi-veg.
I'm not a strict vegetarian, I eat beef.
..and pork.
And chicken.
..
Yeah..
Semi-veg.
The Last Emperor
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Never eaten meat in my life. 24 years
And I'm one of the smartest and best Canadians of all time
Checkmate
And I'm one of the smartest and best Canadians of all time
Checkmate
Peer pressure. Friends and family don't even need to behave ill around vegetarians, even around welcoming people the vegetarian is single out when eating together.
And to be fair, vegetarians have a lot better nowadays. Most people always ask their friends whether they can eat meat or not.
travisbickle
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I'm guessing a lot of people try it out, like alternative religions, and then give up.
Yes I'd say the desire to eat meat plays a big part in it. Obviously socialization and peer pressure plays a role, but I think those things only compound the already-present desire for animal meat.
BUNTING1243
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Speaking as a very long term vegetarian, I am not at all surprised by this.
Cheesecakebobby
Banned
Well if you want to believe that despite not apparently having tried to be a vegetarian yourself and want to ignore what all the vegetarians and ex vegetarians here are saying, there's not much I can say. I have never once in my life felt a desire to eat animal flesh, I must not be human.
SneakyStephan
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The smell of bacon makes my stomach churn.
Don't like pork in general but why eat trash like bacon when there's veal or lamb or dozens of kinds of delicious fish to feast on.
SneakyStephan
Banned
I keep seeing hilarious gifs of this guy, what movie are the scenes from?
wops double post
I can imagine, I tried it for a couple of months. Wasn't any peer pressure though, and it helped that mad cow disease in Europe broke out a couple of weeks after that.
I wasn't feeling too well though, what didn't help was that I dislike a lot of the stuff I was supposed to eat to substitute meat with (and back then too many eggs were seen as bad too).
I wasn't feeling too well though, what didn't help was that I dislike a lot of the stuff I was supposed to eat to substitute meat with (and back then too many eggs were seen as bad too).
You're reading too much into things.
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thepotatoman
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If you lose a lot of weight, it can take between 1 and 3 years before your mind adjusts and stops acting like you're on the brink of starvation and are simply normal. I'd imagine it's probably something similar for just general diet changes.
If you're talking about feeling like that in the first few weeks, my guess is you didn't eat enough calories on your replacement diet. It can be hard to determine how much vegetables to eat when you're used to them being the side dish instead of the main course.
If you're talking about feeling that way after a few months, it might be B12 deficiency. The only place you can get B12 is through dirt, animals that eat/drink dirt, or vitamin supplements and fortified foods.
If you're not eating animals, and you don't want to be exposed to all the nasty diseases that comes from drinking dirty water, then you kind of have to be on the lookout for getting it in other ways. Definitely one of the biggest nutritional drawbacks of being vegetarian or vegan in the modern day, but it's also pretty easily fixed.
You Are Viewtiful
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Meat that isn't chicken is NA-STY (except bacon). I can definitely do this chicken-only vegetarian thing, no sweat.
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