I don't see how this is dissonant to you? I will occasionally eat beef, I'll never eat octopus. I helped my farm friends raise calves for 4H in junior high. Th

I don't see how this is dissonant to you? I will occasionally eat beef, I'll never eat octopus. I helped my farm friends raise calves for 4H in junior high. They're dumb as bricks, don't think they knew they were food even on the way to slaughter. So on the whole, as long as you take care of them, they enjoy life and you enjoy a burger, minimal suffering. If something is intelligent and understands it's going to be food, and that causes it to suffer for its entire life, it tips the scales quite significantly. You already live by this assumption if you are vegan; you choose to eat things with no brain over things with a brain. Being an asshole over people drawing the same line as you but in a slightly different spot just makes you sound like the fool.