[Stan the Woz]

It is rather...unnerving at times. One of the things I'm glad about (retroactively) is that I became a vegetarian early, so I didn't have the moment of "Oh god what is this" when I learned about the horrible conditions in some factories.

[Mendi the ISFJ]

It is rather...unnerving at times. One of the things I'm glad about (retroactively) is that I became a vegetarian early, so I didn't have the moment of "Oh god what is this" when I learned about the horrible conditions in some factories.

what were the deciding factors in your becoming a vegetarian?

[Swordsman of Mana]

most likely: 1, 2, 9
least likely: 7, 8

[Chili990]

Currently it seems that I'm the only vegetarian type 8 here. For me, vegetarian diet has been a way to rebel against my meat eating family. Yet they accept my choices.

[sodden]

I am not a vegetarian, but that's more just because of what my family eats. I wouldn't want to inconvenience them; were I to become vegetarian it would be because of how horrible the meat we eat in America is, and how terrible conditions are for the animals. It's not so much about morality for me but just how bad our food industry is. It's more about my base skepticism/cynicism (typical 6 stuff) than any focus on what is right or wrong (a concept I'm not so sure I believe in objectively).

So I'm not, but I could be. Eh.

yeah, part of my deal is I'm married to a meat eater, so I make a point to buy local pasture raised eggs, organic cage free chicken, and pasture raised beef. I get yogurt and cheese from cows who are supposed to be humanely treated. It's not as good as being a vegan, but it's better than nothing.

I can see a lot of (especially healthier) fours being vegetarians. Part of being a four is empathy and sensitivity, not to mention introspection. So we're inclined to consider our values and our actions. there's too much emphasis placed on our being self absorbed, but that's an unhealthy quality.

I should add my brother, a 5, has been a vegetarian for the past twenty years. He is because he hates how farm animals have taken over wild land and he wishes they would go away. I can relate to this too. I'd much rather have wild animals around than domesticated ones.

[Stan the Woz]

what were the deciding factors in your becoming a vegetarian?

I became a vegetarian when I first learned what meat was (around the age of 3). I was fundamentally disturbed by the idea of eating something that had been an animal (I had a lot of fears as a little kid, so this is probably partly a manifestation of that).

[aconite]

I became a vegetarian when I was 13. Eating corpses is very disgusting to me, and I dislike how animals are treated. I've never really liked meat, and I do just fine without it. After several weeks I started to realise that meat smells very bad (people who eat it are used to the smell_ - it's hard to eat something that reeks of morgue, you know? ;)

[BeauGarcon]

I'm vegetarian. And I hate to explain why, people always seem so negative about this - like you want attention.

[Marlowe]

[Stan the Woz]

:L

I dunno about that, man. I hear we're kinda stringy.