knb comments on Essay-Question Poll: Dietary Choices - Less Wrong

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Comment author: knb 03 May 2009 04:33:16PM * 1 point [-]

I don't eat any kind of meat.
I avoid meat because I suspect that even most animals have a capacity to suffer. [Edit: or more directly because I experience pangs of guilt when I consider eating meat.]
I would eat meat if I had a plausible reason to fear that I would starve to death or go hungry for long enough that I would suffer greatly.
I don't want children (this would be an interesting survey too btw). If I did, I would explain to them why I don't eat meat, but leave it up to them.
I never talk about it with my family. They know, but for some reason my mom still insists on serving me meat when I visit. She always pretended she didn't hear me when I told her I don't eat meat. I no longer mention it.
I get protein from other sources, plus I take a multivitamin.
I don't really care what other people eat.
I stopped eating meat when I was 18. (3 years ago) I have had some meat since then, but not intentionally/consciously.
I loved processed meat but couldn't eat anything like lobster or whole turkeys.
I don't think so.