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Is this really true? I was a vegetarian for 10 years. It was easy. Meat was verboten. Full stop. I never had to negotiate it with myself. But, now, at any indiv
by dionidium 10y ago
Is this really true? I was a vegetarian for 10 years. It was easy. Meat was verboten. Full stop. I never had to negotiate it with myself. But, now, at any individual meal I can convince myself that it's no big deal to eat a little meat. Crucially, I can convince myself of that for several days in a row.
If the end goal is less meat, then, for me, the results were clear: black and white thinking was far more effective.
- ch4s3 10y agoHave you tried rate limiting? Or setting other simple rules? For example say: 5 servings of meat per week max, and only 1 of red meat?
- xexers 10y agoAgreed. I am normally a very nuanced person who tries hard to see all sides of an issue... but with my vegetarian diet, I find total abstinence to be the best thing. Eating a little bit of meat requires will power to not eat too much... and I have a limited reserve of will power which I want to save for other things in my life. I've been vegetarian for 9 years.
- colordrops 10y agoFar more effective for you as an individual, but has it been far more effective in the reduction of the absolute amount of meat that has been eaten world-wide?