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I used to be strictly materialist and atheist. Now I’m pretty spiritual. Don’t necessarily follow a religion and don’t support bigotry but yeah, I’m fairly spiritual now. This is a recent development and I never thought I’d be here like 5 years ago.

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[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 112 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I used to joke about eating two animals for every one a vegetarian didn't eat. I've been vegan for over a decade now, pulled a bit of an uno reverse in my early twenties.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 97 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Oh great. Now I gotta eat four animals. I’m never gonna finish lunch.

[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You can switch to crickets, I think that's your best murder per Kg ratio.

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not eating the bugs.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Larvae or maggot-based dishes would be my go-to. Or maybe edible mite gulls, which IIRC is a thing. You go too small and at some point you end up with questions about if the critters are so simple they're actually vegetarian, though.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Go to Wendy's and get a 4 for $4 add bacon. bacon cheeseburger, nuggets and fries. That counds as three.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From what animal are fries made?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

IIRC some restaurants were flavoring their oil with horse tallow.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

That's a fair point.

[–] blaggle42@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

How do you get your protein? I've been doing the plants - and eating beans a lot - but this last week I ate some meatballs in my soups and boy - I really crave the meat.

edit - not sure why it quotes irrelevant text in these replies

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I eat a lot of tofu, soy curls, and chickpeas,mostly. I haven't had much issue.

[–] blaggle42@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Here's sort of a strange question. Not too strange though ;-)

Let's say you had a basic rice and beans meal - garlic .. onions ... root vegetables .. blackbeans and redbeans ... then kale roots and final kale leafs ... salt pepper

What spices do you use? What are your favorites?

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For that kind of a meal I usually season simply with salt and pepper, but then make up a dressing or sauce to go over it, something like a pesto or maybe a carrot ginger dressing.

[–] blaggle42@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks. I'll try that.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah we all go through a stage where we haven't mentally matured yet and have this tween-like rebellion reaction to any idea about changing for the better. Some grow out of it at a younger age, some at a normal age, and some not at all. I remember a bunch of examples I've seen happen through the decades;

"You say i shouldn't eat meat, well i say nuh uh! Now I'm gonna eat twice as much!"

"You say i shouldn't smoke cigarettes, well i say nuh uh! Now I'm gonna smoke cigars too!"

"You say i shouldn't be racist, well i say nuh uh! Now I'm gonna be even more outrageously racist!"

It's just a non-thinking reactionary response to the idea that you aren't perfect.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think it's funny that there have been a bunch of stories about how genZ is smoking again because it's some kind of nihilist counterculture and I'm just like... Yeah I didn't quit smoking because the priest gave me a very stern lecture. I quit because I got tired of hacking up half a lung every morning.

[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

I quit smoking because I actually want to live beyond 55 - I still remember my neighbour-woman smoking a ciggy, while standing outside with her chemo-drip... Absolutely haunting.