Don’t Take Your Vitamins

Re:Don’t Take Your Vitamins by subsection1h on Sunday June 09, 2013 @11:04AM (#5849119)

    First, there isn't much logical thinking involved in veganism or vegetarianism.

I strongly dislike the flavor and aroma of meat, so it's logical that I follow a vegetarian diet.

(There are few things as useless as discussions about nutrition at Hacker News.)

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Re:Don’t Take Your Vitamins by evan_ on Sunday June 09, 2013 @01:45PM (#5849757)

That is actually NOT logical though. You have conditioned yourself to dislike the taste and smell of meat. You might as well say that a dog salivating when it hears a bell is logical.

Of course it's ok, and in a lot of cases, preferable, to not behave logically.

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Re:Don’t Take Your Vitamins by mpyne on Sunday June 09, 2013 @11:37AM (#5849259)

But you would maybe eat meat if the flavor/aroma were OK, no? I realize this is getting into a 'duck typing' sort of question but I don't think "I just don't like the taste of meat" is really what most people think of by vegan/vegetarian.

I don't eat mashed potatoes, but it's not because of some reverence for the humble potato or concern about industrialization of farming, it's just because I don't like the taste.

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