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Mestroyer comments on Pay other people to go vegetarian for you? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Mestroyer 12 April 2013 09:15:44PM 6 points [-]

If you're somewhat motivated by moral arguments, but not prepared to go all the way, eat meat from big animals, like cows, and not small animals, like chickens. Also, if you are motivated enough, eggs are really bad.

There is an orders-of-magnitude difference between different kinds of meat, which means switching to entirely beef and dairy is almost as good as becoming a vegan. Sources: this, and this.

Also, if you are only sort-of motivated, watch some undercover factory farming videos. You should alieve in the consequences of your actions.

Comment author: [deleted] 13 April 2013 12:55:29PM 1 point [-]

I watched one of the videos you linked, and I have to admit, the scenes containing "50% of all baby chicks tossed into a grinder." and "Flies eating a live pig." Were both pretty bad. But, honestly, I'm more troubled by the fact that I am not troubled by most of those video clips than I am actually troubled by the video clips.