[vegetarians] when did you become a vegetarian

[Narnat,]

Yeah a simple question really when did you become vegetarian (if you are one) and what made you a vegetarian :)

I personally am not a vegetarian myself but I don't eat meat i refuse to but i still eat things some vegetarian cant. ect

[Rozi]

Well I didn't actually eat any meat until I was 13, except fish (H) but now I eat chicken as well :)

[Alex3213]

I've never eaten meat. It's just because of the way I feel and I don't think it's right but I really don't want to go in the matter.

[MrPinkPanther]

6/7 because I've always loved animals, I was considering becoming Vegi and after I watched Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall kill his Pigs on River Cottage I knew I had to be.

[Narnat,]

6/7 because I've always loved animals, I was considering becoming Vegi and after I watched Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall kill his Pigs on River Cottage I knew I had to be.

Goshhhh that sound soo sad tbh! I don't blame you

[alexxxxx]

i will probably when i go to uni.. because of the expense of good quality meat.

[Apple]

Nah I would feel as if I was being pathetic if I turned vegetarian. Obviously I don't like the fact that animals have to die but the whole world only survives due to food chains. I'm sure you have all learned about it at school.. Like how algae gets eaten by tiny fish, then the tiny fish get eaten by some small fish, then how the small fish get eaten by sharks etc. If all lions decided that they didn't want to kill for the food so couldn't eat boar/deer or whatever then they would simply just die out. We need meat in our diet, there are other substitutes but it is nature to eat other animals. I couldn't imagine life as a vegetarian, a life of artificial nutrients and not being able to enjoy many kinds of different food. I love my nice juicy steaks and fish such as salmon/bass/monkfish, it's all I ever eat when we go out for meals and I would never change that for some fake substitute.

[Dinosaurawrr]

year 8.
i watched a film about animals being killed for meat and ive been a veggie for 6 years now so i become it when i was 12 :]

[alexxxxx]

Nah I would feel as if I was being pathetic if I turned vegetarian. Obviously I don't like the fact that animals have to die but the whole world only survives due to food chains. I'm sure you have all learned about it at school.. Like how algae gets eaten by tiny fish, then the tiny fish get eaten by some small fish, then how the small fish get eaten by sharks etc. If all lions decided that they didn't want to kill for the food so couldn't eat boar/deer or whatever then they would simply just die out. We need meat in our diet, there are other substitutes but it is nature to eat other animals. I couldn't imagine life as a vegetarian, a life of artificial nutrients and not being able to enjoy many kinds of different food. I love my nice juicy steaks and fish such as salmon/bass/monkfish, it's all I ever eat when we go out for meals and I would never change that for some fake substitute.
you don't need artificial substitutes to be a vegetarian! the only hard thing to get plenty of being vegetarian is protein, so you have to eat beans etc.

[MrPinkPanther]

Nah I would feel as if I was being pathetic if I turned vegetarian. Obviously I don't like the fact that animals have to die but the whole world only survives due to food chains. I'm sure you have all learned about it at school.. Like how algae gets eaten by tiny fish, then the tiny fish get eaten by some small fish, then how the small fish get eaten by sharks etc. If all lions decided that they didn't want to kill for the food so couldn't eat boar/deer or whatever then they would simply just die out. We need meat in our diet, there are other substitutes but it is nature to eat other animals.

I'm sorry but thats bull. I hate it when people use this argument because it has no real basis. It's also natural to be tribalistic and to kill other humans that invade upon your property but you don't. Humans are the only species to truly understand the difference between right and wrong, that's a natural phenomena and it's what turns people to vegetarianism. Oh and no, we don't need meat in our diets, on average Vegetarians live longer than people who eat meat because although they consume less protein they also consume less fat and other such nasty things. I have no problem with people eating meat, it's completely their choice and I totally understand it but claiming eating meat is right because it's "natural" is utter ********. Plenty of animals are herbivores.

[RedStratocas]

Nah I would feel as if I was being pathetic if I turned vegetarian. Obviously I don't like the fact that animals have to die but the whole world only survives due to food chains. I'm sure you have all learned about it at school.. Like how algae gets eaten by tiny fish, then the tiny fish get eaten by some small fish, then how the small fish get eaten by sharks etc. If all lions decided that they didn't want to kill for the food so couldn't eat boar/deer or whatever then they would simply just die out. We need meat in our diet, there are other substitutes but it is nature to eat other animals. I couldn't imagine life as a vegetarian, a life of artificial nutrients and not being able to enjoy many kinds of different food. I love my nice juicy steaks and fish such as salmon/bass/monkfish, it's all I ever eat when we go out for meals and I would never change that for some fake substitute.

idk where ya got the idea that if its not meat that it's fake food, but thats not really true lol. humans are supposed to eat mostly plants, its only been the past 50-100 years when thats changed.

i turned veggie like a year ago, just cause the meat here at my university as pretty gross.

[flatface]

3 years ago and because I don't like the thought of eating something that was living. I think the way in which meat is mass produced is disgusting too. I also think that abattoirs need to be more strictly monitored (such as CCTV and government vets present where animals are being slaughtered) as right now, in the UK I know this isn't always the case which has lead to very harsh and cruel treatment of animals on the slaughter line in some abattoirs.

[Apple]

you don't need artificial substitutes to be a vegetarian! the only hard thing to get plenty of being vegetarian is protein, so you have to eat beans etc.
I don't want to replace my steak/bacon/chicken with beans! Nothing better than getting in late and getting a pack of bacon under the grill, it's like an addiction now and I actually prefer having just a plate of bacon as opposed to bacon sandwiches. You only live once and if you go through life cutting out all the things that you enjoy then what sort of a life is that? Meat is just the greatest, thinking about a gammon steak or T-bone makes me sooo hungry because it's 1:10am and I haven't ate anything since tea time. :[

At the end of the day you (vegeterians) are the ones missing out, it just sucks that you have that type of mindset (hate the idea of cows/pigs dying for our food source) because if you didn't then a life with meat and whatever other crap you would have to cut out of your diet being vegetarian would be so much better. The more I think about it the more it makes me glad I am not a vegetarian - no chinese takeaways, no indian takeaways, no KFC, no maccy D's, the list could just go on and on. It really does suck to be you. :P

[Rozi]

I don't want to replace my steak/bacon/chicken with beans! Nothing better than getting in late and getting a pack of bacon under the grill, it's like an addiction now and I actually prefer having just a plate of bacon as opposed to bacon sandwiches. You only live once and if you go through life cutting out all the things that you enjoy then what sort of a life is that? Meat is just the greatest, thinking about a gammon steak or T-bone makes me sooo hungry because it's 1:10am and I haven't ate anything since tea time. :[


but as someone who doesn't relish the thought of eating something that has had a life, eating meat does not make me happy, and even after eating a little bit of chicken I get an overwhelming sense of guilt. The reason I hate eating pigs or cows are that I've SEEN a pig roll around in mud, ENJOYING itself, having the time of it's life, and I've SEEN a cow calling for its calf because it has lost sight of it, and the raw emotion I can SEE that cow feeling. I know that animals don't think the same way as humans, but I know they feel some feelings just like we do.

Of course if eating meat makes you happy, then go for it, but just because I cut something out of my diet, it doesn't make me unhappy, and certianlly doesn't make me feel like I'm not living my 'life to the full'.

[karter]

I literally saw a chicken being butchered on tv ;L

[Special]

I don't want to replace my steak/bacon/chicken with beans! Nothing better than getting in late and getting a pack of bacon under the grill, it's like an addiction now and I actually prefer having just a plate of bacon as opposed to bacon sandwiches. You only live once and if you go through life cutting out all the things that you enjoy then what sort of a life is that? Meat is just the greatest, thinking about a gammon steak or T-bone makes me sooo hungry because it's 1:10am and I haven't ate anything since tea time. :[

At the end of the day you (vegeterians) are the ones missing out, it just sucks that you have that type of mindset (hate the idea of cows/pigs dying for our food source) because if you didn't then a life with meat and whatever other crap you would have to cut out of your diet being vegetarian would be so much better. The more I think about it the more it makes me glad I am not a vegetarian - no chinese takeaways, no indian takeaways, no KFC, no maccy D's, the list could just go on and on. It really does suck to be you. :P


that's what youy enjoy doing, you now have to respect what other people enjoy doing.... just because you like doing something doesn't mean everyone else will!

btw, i'm not a vegetarian

[,Lexiilu]

been trying to become pesco-ovo vegetarian for about two years now (eats chicken and fish and poultry, etc.)
unfortunately my mother doesn't believe i should be one therefore she basically forces me to eat meat :P
she's constantly making gross meats i don't like to get me to eat them, if i don't she gets extremely pissed off
anyways each year it gets better and i eat a lot less meat than i used to so i'm proud :)
and i will never, ever be a vegan ;P

[Keri?!]

I became vegetarian when I was nine. If I'm honest I didn't really understand where meat came from (even at that age)
I had a discussion with my mother who told me where it came from and I decided that I didn't want to eat meat anymore, made me feel a bit sick.

[Gibs960]

I turned vegi when I was around 7, I just saw some pigs at the park and then my brother was like "Umm, BACON!" and I started not eating meat ;)

[RedStratocas]

You only live once and if you go through life cutting out all the things that you enjoy then what sort of a life is that?

idk ask one of the billions of people who abstain from any sexual pleasure why theyd do that if sex is obviously awesome.

and your post assumes that everyone likes the same things. ive always despised KFC and McDonalds, even before i was a vegetarian, it's just really gross food tbh. not that kfc or mcdonalds should be considered real food anyway lol. i dont take as much pleasure in eating in general as some people do. i kinda just see it as a chore for health, like brushing my teeth. so why would i eat something really unhealthy if id get the same satisfaction from a bunch of fruit?

[alexxxxx]

bacon, GOOD EXPENSIVE sausages and italian/spanish hams are the only meats i really really enjoy. chicken and cow and pork don't do it for me. i prefer vegetable curries and vegetable pasta dishes. cheap meat is really bad for you so i doubt i'll eat much of it at uni. Meat is bad for you in the quantities that most people eat it in.

i was vegetarian over lent and i didn't find it too difficult (apart from no bacon) plus i felt much more healthy after it. :)

[Apple]

idk ask one of the billions of people who abstain from any sexual pleasure why theyd do that if sex is obviously awesome.

and your post assumes that everyone likes the same things. ive always despised KFC and McDonalds, even before i was a vegetarian, it's just really gross food tbh. not that kfc or mcdonalds should be considered real food anyway lol. i dont take as much pleasure in eating in general as some people do. i kinda just see it as a chore for health, like brushing my teeth. so why would i eat something really unhealthy if id get the same satisfaction from a bunch of fruit?

If that is how you see food then that's great, a lot of people would love to be able to happily eat healthy food but because they enjoy food so much they can't.

[RedStratocas]

If that is how you see food then that's great, a lot of people would love to be able to happily eat healthy food but because they enjoy food so much they can't.

lol that was my point. your earlier post said that vegetarians are "missing out," as if they know that they really love meat but just wanna abstain from it and make themselves miserable, when the fact is that many vegetarians simply don't like the taste of meat. according to your logic everyone should smoke cigarettes, since i like cigarettes, you only live once, and people who dont smoke dont know what theyre missing.

[FlyingJesus]

Plenty of animals are herbivores.

Yeah and plenty of flowers are red, doesn't mean that daisies don't exist.


been trying to become pesco-ovo vegetarian for about two years now (eats chicken and fish and poultry, etc.)

Just out of interest, what's the moral ideology (if there is one) behind this? The only people I know who will eat fish and poultry but not red meats do so simply out of taste preference, I've never heard any other reasoning for it.

[Apple]

lol that was my point. your earlier post said that vegetarians are "missing out," as if they know that they really love meat but just wanna abstain from it and make themselves miserable, when the fact is that many vegetarians simply don't like the taste of meat. according to your logic everyone should smoke cigarettes, since i like cigarettes, you only live once, and people who dont smoke dont know what theyre missing.

Yeh you only live once so why ruin that time by developing lung/heart problems, being more unfit than you should naturally be and not live as long. You can turn it around and say meat can be unhealthy but if you eat the proper stuff and eat it in half decent moderation then it's great for you!