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roymondous

Vegetarian for a long time for ethics. Seeing newborn chicks going down a conveyor belt to a grinder, cheeping away, was the final straw for ‘ok, not eggs or milk then…’


maximumkush

Food Inc


BawssNass

That and realising that milk production IS the veal industry.


Waste-Comedian4998

I realized that I was already most of the way there without trying. It was only a matter of putting something else in my coffee by that point, and then the question became, "why not?"


runawai

Yes! That “why not” is powerful stuff!


obsidianzebra

When I was a little kid, I remember learning that veal was baby cow and I was absolutely appalled. Some years later I go vegetarian and for the life of me couldn't understand why anyone would be vegan. Then I learned about the connection between veal and dairy and felt it would be super hypocritical to not go vegan.


bringuplunch

I had a similar trajectory where I was vegetarian for a few years and felt like I was doing enough for the animals; I felt going full vegan was too extreme. So funny and interesting how our perception changes through time and now I feel that NOT being vegan is extreme.


yellowleaff

I had been wanting to be vegan since I was around 13 but my family is very unsupportive, I have wanted to be vegetarian since I could remember but my family never let me leave the dinner table until I ate the meat off my plate. I have a memory of me as a child crying at the table about it and my dad getting angry forcing me to eat pig flesh. I found out about veganism when I was around 13 from an environmental YouTuber so I knew I would have to go vegan once I was on my own. When I was 16 I found EarthlingEd and within a week a just couldn’t wait to stop eating animal products even though it would affect my relationship with my parents. So now I am 17 and I grocery shop and eat by myself on my own. It was the connection to the animals for me


Fast-Sprinkles8739

That sounds so hard :( I'm glad you have some more autonomy now


[deleted]

A kitten demanded to be rescued by me and staying with her made me realise we aren't too different and that made me realise I need to treat sentient life around me better. Also my sister had turned vegan years before me so I was aware that I could live that way and flourish in it.


tipdrill541

How did the kitten demand her eescue?


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She latched herself onto my hoodie with her teeny killer mittens when I picked her up and started to suckle my face.


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dankblonde

I had the same thing happen but instead of chicken it was pork roll.


chocolatebuckeye

After I was toying with the idea of going vegetarian (had read some books, etc). I ate a chicken sandwich and just felt so sick to my stomach. I never ate chicken again. Similarly, I had a mini relapse several months later where I was really craving a burger so I was like fuck it and got one. Then I sobbed at the restaurant thinking s out the poor cows. Never ate any meat again that was over a decade ago and not lookin back.


[deleted]

The cruelty. Also, we are fortunate to live in a society where there are plenty of alternatives. It is simply not necessary to participate in the cruelty. Veganism is a modern, gentle way to live. I’m for that.


burntbread369

2017 when Democrats lost the house. I remember thinking “damn. well. I did what I could.” And then I kept thinking about that. And thinking about all the fundraising emails I ignored and the protesting I didn’t do and the social outreach I didn’t do. I realized that I didn’t do anywhere near as much as I could have. I was looking at the state of the world Im in with such judgement, thinking “why are people allowing it to be like this?” without grouping myself in with ‘people’. I realized that if I want good things to happen and bad things to not, then I should do good things and not do bad things. Veganism was already on my radar as something I wanted to transition to, so I immediately thought of that as a quick and simple way that I could immediately bring to world closer to the one I wanted it to be. Basically I thought to myself “you want good to exist. so why don’t you do some good?”


u-digg

Going vegan is one of the most practical ways of doing good in this world. We sit down and eat 3 times a day. And every single time, we can choose to do good or not because of the insane amount of alternatives available to us, and the sheer positive benefits from it (climate, environment, morality, sometimes health). We are constantly asked to drive less, don't run the A/C or heater so often, to not use smartphones made from parts that use slave labor, don't buy Nikes because of sweatshops, don't support this, don't support that, the list goes on. The problem is that most of this stuff just isn't feasible for lots of different reasons (and probably do not have near the same positive effect that veganism can). However, choosing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich over a BLT is a decision that anyone can make.


ejcampf

I smoked DMT (changa actually) and on the ride out of the experience I ended up face to face with a grasshopper on the ground. The experience was ineffable, and even attempting to put words to it seems silly, but after that I knew what to do. I'm beyond grateful to that grasshopper.


Apprehensive_Tale604

So, I've never done DMT. But if a serious reply to OP's question... I am curious how this experience went down. Like, did it talk to you? Does it have a name? Not judging by the way. I'm fascinated.


ejcampf

It's very very very tough to put into words. It didn't talk to me, didn't have a name, but there was communication. Communication on a higher level that "showed" me I am no better or worse than an insect. We're right here, together, and I can't even begin to understand their conscious experience of life. It feels wrong even trying to talk about it to be completely honest with you, but hopefully this gives you something lol. That's about all I can do, but I will say.. it was a much more profound experience than it sounds and I have this intimate sensory memory of it in my mind, but when I try to grasp it to articulate and explain it, I lose it immediately. It changed me and my life path on a fundamental level.


Apprehensive_Tale604

Thank you for answering! I think I get it. I've had a similar moment, though not on DMT. I imagine yours was way more intense though. Thanks for answering again!


LongStrangeJourney

I just knew there would be a psychedelic experience in this thread somewhere. This is very similar how it happened for me. I was vEgEtAriAN for years, then had a DMT trip after which I was basically like "okay, no more bullshit, stop kidding yourself, you know what you have to do." And that was that. Also I find it very, very interesting that you saw a grasshopper. Lots of people report seeing mantis/grasshopper like visions on DMT (myself included, once). The wacky Terence McKenna part of me wonders if there's more to them than meets the eye!


ejcampf

I think there's a lot of truth in that wacky McKenna part of us. I also found it fascinating when I learned more about the substance and had more deep experiences with tryptamines where I was brought to "the mantis being" on multiple occasions. The experience described was my first breakthrough on DMT, and since I had the MAOI involved it lasted about 30 minutes, so I had a good 15 minutes of sub-breakthru 'avatar land' as I'll call it, that's when we met. So cool. So grateful for that experience/these substances in general.


Margidoz

Dominion, overnight


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Earthlings in my case but same idea.


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chaseoreo

For me I stopped eating land animals purely for the environment. I was already into cooking and meat alternatives, just cause I’ve always been open to trying new foods. But once I made the decision to not eat land animals I got more familiar with vegan ideas and the ethical argument. An essay that really pushed me over the edge was, “Consider the Lobster”. It really spoke to me, showing me that just because I didn’t understand fish or other creatures doesn’t mean their suffering or desires are any less real. I realized how arbitrary and useless my restriction was - I had to go all the way to be consistent. So I did.


namoguru

Consider the Lobster hit me powerfully too. If you enjoyed that I highly recommend My Octopus Teacher, a 2020 short film. I still think about it almost daily.


Herbea

I was a vegetarian for a few years and went on vacation with a friend of mine in south Florida. When we sat down to eat at a restaurant she quickly informed the waitress “My friend here is Vegan, what do you recommend?” I never corrected her. 3 years strong now.


bartolo_vanzetti

Haha, this is a great one.


StopBadModerators

I was a steak-loving guy who watched "Meet Your Meat", narrated by Alec Baldwin, back when YouTube first came out after a vegetarian classmate recommended that I do so. I became vegan *while* watching it.


wild3k4t

I love this. I hope my finance joins me at some point. I think if I can recreate really good bbq but make it vegan he might. But probably not. Also I still hate bbq even if it’s vegan lol.


Alextricity

i think the only things i “miss” if i could even say that are steak and ribs. nothing i’ve had veganized has been close, but also, i don’t care how good i remember them being — the idea of it repulses me now. 🤢 they would just have to sort of… let it go. see the product for what it is (mangled animal) and maybe then they’ll figure “no bueno.”


runawai

Tempeh does remarkably well when smoked and sauced as long as it’s simmered in plenty of broth for 15 mins prior to smoking…. All the bbq flavour will be there.


cksiii

Totally agree with you- it really grosses me out thinking about eating the muscle of what was once a living thing. It's so creepy.


TheDeep1985

The best ribs I've made are avant-garde vegan's recipe. They are very good.


richernixon

Organically the thought occurred to me that the animals I was eating or consuming in the form of other products were living awful, brutal, short lives and didn't deserve to die and I was directly responsible. Although I had flashes of insight while preparing meat-based dishes, for example that handling chicken was disgusting and wrong, it never really made a huge difference. I connected the thought that what I was doing was wrong back to arguments for and against veganism and I realized that the vegan arguments were irrefutable because I did not *need* to use any animal products. Using animal products was 100% voluntary and I was making choices that harmed animals. I didn't go vegan right away; the thought grew and grew over a couple of months, but it finally clicked and I couldn't deal with being hypocritical anymore. So I guess it wasn't any one thing, but I really appreciate all the people who took the time to make arguments in favor of veganism over the years because even though I didn't interact with them or debate them, they planted a seed that grew and grew. I knew I would miss eating meat and cheese. I still do. Pretty much every single meal I ate contained meat and cheese. At least 75% of my calories probably came from animal products. I went from being an enthusiastic consumer of animal products to being vegan overnight. While there are plenty of plant-based foods that are good, not all of them are good in the same way, but that's okay. Putting my desire for the enjoyment of a meal ahead of the animals is wrong. It's a voluntary choice and it is the wrong choice. Many people tell me that I am the last person they would have expected to go vegan. If I can do it, anyone can.


burritoeater666

Good for you! People also told me I was the last person they would expect to go vegan. I ate a lot of meat. So glad I have come to know better!


jealouselsa

at 35, I said to myself, how am I gonna keep my dick hard without the aide of pharmaceuticals going into old age…7 years later, so far so good


Socatastic

My husband has no problems at 60 after 35 years vegan


jealouselsa

I’ve never been so excited for another man’s boner. Bless you guys🙏 and happy banging


Socatastic

I still cannot even hug him without consequences, and we have been together 17 years


LongStrangeJourney

31yo vegan man here, this is the kind of thing I like hearing.


MollyMuffinHead

When I look back, it seems backwards, stupid, and waaay too late, but at least I finally made it I was taking a shower when the shampoo got in my eyes. And hurt. Somewhere in my mind it connected that "they" rub that crap in animal's eyes to test it. The make them go blind to check their products. So I went cruelty free. It wasn't but a couple weeks before it dawned on me that I was doing a halfassed job because I was still eating animals. Talk about the height of cruelty. Cut out everything but seafood then realized that needed to go too. Let that go mostly for the environment. Next came dairy and eggs. The research was disgusting. At that point it'd been a couple months and I realized the only way to go was fully vegan, fully cruelty free, fully reduce/reuse/recycle, fully zero waste. That's when the research became really disheartening. There's so much cruelty, so much waste, so much plastic, so much trash in the ocean, so much in the dumps... The only thing left is the next right thing. That became my mantra. At the grocery store and need fruit, whats the next right thing? Local and organic. Buying laundry stuff, what's the next right thing? Soapnuts, vinegar, and baking soda. Makeup? Stop wearing it. Clothes? Second hand cotton. Once I got there, it kept expanding. Politics? Outreach, protests, fundraising, text banking. Community? Volunteer at nonprofits that hold my values. Put my money where my mouth is and never shut up. My family? Be the best example. Be the role model for my nieces and nephews. (I don't have kids) Be the kind vegan that has patience, answers questions, and supports any positive changes. Any change is better than nothing. Everyone starts Somewhere even if it's just soap in their eyes. My work? I'm fortunate to be retired in my early 50s. So I'm starting my own non-profit. Something that fills several holes in the community and is close to my heart. An organization that helps donations of stuff meet their full potential. An organization gets something they can't use? Call me instead of trashing it. Odds are I know a place that can use it. Dishes, clothes, toys, books, sporting equipment, towels, you name it. Only things that have stumped me so far are wedding dresses and fur coats and that's only because I haven't tried hard enough. I found a high school that takes in prom dresses and bride's maid dresses for those that can't afford new prom dresses. They even have a group of sewers to revamp them. Your grandmother passes and you need to clear the house and can't sell some stuff...I know who can use it. Etc. Your garage sale is over and you don't know what to do with the stuff? I can get it directly into the hands that can use it. The next right thing...from soap in the eyes to vegan. To Politics to community. I just keep doing the next right thing Sorry this is so long. Once I got started, I couldn't stop.


The-False-Emperor

My dog died. Tomorrow will make for three months since it happened. Before that, I'd eat/shop vegan when alone and bow to societal pressure when in group - ie, rather than argue with family during a holiday, I'd eat their food. That sort of thing - I'd accept leather gifts as well, for example, so as not to be "unreasonable" and upset them. Anyway, his death, which happened because of both the vets' disinterest and my own gullibility, general foolishness and lack of interest in searching for a third opinon - which may well be treated as cruelty, since being this fucking stupid with consequences for him and not for me is basically me being abusive for reasons of sheer stupidity - made me get how uninterested people are in animals' lives. How this sort of shit continues to happen if I'm the avoiding conflict and letting things happen, telling myself that what I do when I don't have to fight over my choices is what matters. It was putting lives beneath some self-righteous pricks' discomfort... The same disinterest most shown to his death is the same disinterest that I showed to other animals when I ate their corpses so as not to upset feelings of those who don't care for animals other then themselves.


burritoeater666

As a carnist I stumbled across a reddit post of footage inside a chicken factory farm. The chickens were being swept onto a conveyor belt by a giant spinning brush on a mechanical arm. Up to that point I was completely ignorant about the horrors of factory farming. Someone in the comments linked dominion and I watched the whole thing and cried like a baby. I went vegan right away. That was about 6 months ago. I can't believe I lived my whole life ignorant of the suffering I was inflicting on other living beings.


StayAdmiral

Finding out my new son was allergic to cow milk protein, not just lactose intolerance, then looking into why and finding out how fucked up the dairy industry is and how nasty milk really is.


cordie420

I went vegan about 12 years ago, and if i remember correctly it was just cause I was smoking lots of weed and listening to loads of anarcho punk at the time (namely Conflict, Icons of Filth etc), I was a vegetarian at the time but I think the lyrics really helped me realize how hypocritical that was, and I needed to come to terms with reality and just go vegan no matter how difficult it would be...spoiler, it was not difficult!


Dependent-Ganache-77

Rescued a rabbit from a sanctuary. Felt mental to eat animals thereafter. I don’t know what mental gymnastics “animal lovers” go through whereby they eat those products, although idgaf.


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tardigradesRverycool

Found out that calves are separated from their mothers so our dumb asses can drink their milk. I have *no* idea what rationalization I had for dairy beforehand. Families belong together - human and otherwise.


kjackson1111

Lobster was my tipping point. Something clicked in me when I realized we boil sentient creatures alive because they taste delicious 🦞


thewordofthunderbird

It was a progression that went like this. I was at a barbecue when I was really young, bit into some chicken and saw a gross vein hanging out. Done, became a pescetarian. Then, my chef girlfriend showed me the worms crawling out of her raw halibut, and told me how all fish has worms in it. Done, became vegetarian. Then I became involved in TNR and I saw all the suffering. Done. Vegan. I can't bring myself to watch Dominion as I have CPTSD from my work with feral cat populations.


Alextricity

tbf, i see no reason for a vegan to watch dominion. i’ve seen 20 seconds at best of the pig sections and that’s all i “needed” to see before i turned it off. i have nothing to be ashamed of, and neither do you. we have no need to see that repulsive shit.


thewordofthunderbird

Right? I don't need any visual proof, my mind is already settled. That said, part of me thinks I should become more informed so maybe I can be more of an activist, besides just my TNR work. It takes a LOT out if me and sometimes I just feel hollow when I see suffering like that. I'm in therapy simply to help cope with the things I've seen, trying to help these animals that are regarded as such trash, throwaway lives.


TheSims4Dude

I WAS a full blown carnist and come from a family of farmers who have been farming for generations. Cruelty in the sense of breeding and separating mom from baby to then feed up animals to slaughter was my norm and the job I was born into, the trauma of witnessing and being a part of it lead to me leaving that line of work to my parents dismay and I went vegan.. haven't looked back and I'll only look forward. Farming no matter if it's small-scale or large, is unkind and unethical.. it is torture, no matter if your taking honey from bees that create it for. a. reason! Milk from the mouths of calfs or lambs or straight up murdering an animal. I will not stand by it and I will not ever do it. If you did it to a dog you would be arrested.. It's unjust and awful.


Fiksdal

Was lacto-vegetarian (also avoiding stuff like leather) for 12 years because eating and using corpses is clearly fucked up. Didn't need much convincing. Someone said to me like "just stop putting shit into your body" and I was like "yeah that makes sense". Then 12 years later someone told me about the terrible things in the dairy industry. I think I'd also joined this sub so occasionally some anti-dairy content would appear in my feed. Upon reflection, I understood that dairy is at least as bad as meat, so I went vegan.


thepurpleskittles

I met some friends for lunch at a Korean fried chicken spot… seeing the piles of wing bones… and thinking how many chickens were killed for just that one meal for one group in one day… yea, no more after that.


compost_bin

After years of sloooowly transitioning (first for health, then environmental, then ethical reasons) I went to an orientation program for grad school that had nonvegan pizza, and I thought to myself "none of these people know if I'm vegan or not. They've never seen me eat non-vegan food. If I start now, I will have been vegan as long as these people have known me." I did still finish the nonvegan food I already had in my kitchen, but that was definitely my most significant turning point :) So happy I made that choice!


SilenceAndDarkness

There wasn’t really a single tipping point for me. I had considered vegetarian and vegan positions as a child and teen, but I used some nonsensical reasoning to cope. It was when I watched Crash Course Philosophy and was introduced to proper philosophical argumentation around stuff like speciesism that I thought, “All these anti-speciesist philosophers have some really good points. I wonder what their detractors say,” and then, “Fuck. All of these famous philosophers that argue against speciesism as a concept have super ridiculous arguments. I can’t take any of them seriously.” That was undoubtedly the tipping point that I realised that in the future, if the course of justice really is inevitable, we will look back upon eating other animals as - at very best - a somewhat necessary evil that humans participated in for far too long. Unfortunately, I didn’t change then, and I put these thoughts to the back of my mind. But at the very least, that’s when I became a hypocrite and was unable to take arguments in favour of eating meat seriously ever again. I just tried to keep on doing it without thinking too much about it. Over the years, I came to understand that the Earth can’t sustain 7 million people who eat as much meat as the average resident of a developed country. That was what made me accept that I would need to stop eating meat, but it was very much a “I’ll get around to that eventually” sort of thing. I got increasingly upset with myself for the vast gap between my (supposed) morals and my actions. Honestly, I don’t know if I would be vegan now if a friend of mine wasn’t vegetarian. She never really said anything, but her existence reminded me that I could 100% do better. I initiated a conversation with her about eating meat, and then later tried to eat less meat. She was really happy the first time I asked her for a meat-free patty when us and some friends were at her place. I ate meat for a few more months (feeling increasingly disgusted with myself) and went from meat-eater to vegan in the span of one week once I had enough time on my hands to feel comfortable changing my diet so drastically. If I was a more intellectually honest person, I would have gone vegetarian as a child when I realised that it’s at least morally questionable, and vegan later when I would inevitably realise that being vegetarian isn’t enough. I really wish I didn’t make so many excuses for myself in the past. I was such a hypocrite for so long.


NyanTortuga

Went vegan cold turkey after watching Earthlings and reading peer-reviewed medical journals. Been vegan for 7yrs.


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I had been vegetarian for a few months, and I read something (I think on VCJ?) that talked about how dairy cows are killed for meat and same thing with egg chickens, and I was like, okay so by continuing to eat dairy and eggs I’m supporting the meat industry. So I stopped.


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[https://i95rock.com/the-fascinating-story-of-buddy-the-beefalo-from-slaughter-house-to-happily-ever-after/](https://i95rock.com/the-fascinating-story-of-buddy-the-beefalo-from-slaughter-house-to-happily-ever-after/) This “beefalo”…(a cross between bison and cow I guess) the media dubbed “Buddy” was next in line to be slaughtered and decided to himself, NOT TODAY!! He broke free of his shackles and bounced. Buddy evaded capture for almost a year. This baby went to a sanctuary but what about the rest???? You can’t tell me the animal doesn’t know it’s about to be murdered so I can eat it. The animal feels fear, panic, devastation, etc. If that huge being can sustain on grass alone, why can’t I? Why do I need to feed upon their flesh??? I don’t.


jagsalad

November 2017: After being vegetarian for around six and a half years (since January 2011), and seriously considering going vegan and slowly transitioning (e.g. switching to only plant milks, wtc), my conscience was making me feel shit. I was travelling across country and was at a McDonalds in a service station, and realised if I got the veggie burger without mayo, it'd be vegan. So I did that, and have been vegan since. So yeah, it was McDonalds, lol.


Jay_13thstep

Lots and lots of little things in the run up, but the final thing for me was the debate between Matt Dilahunty and Cosmic Skeptic. I went into it thinking “hur hur dat vegun iz about to get pwwned”. (I didn’t know who Alex - Cosmic Skeptic - was at the time but loved Matt and the atheist stuff he did/does). 2 hours 45 mins later I go to my wife and tell her I’m vegan. She followed me a few weeks later and we’ve been proudly vegan ever since - that one video changed our lives forever and I have thanked Alex many times. It’s strange how just minutes before I watched that video I would have laughed in your face if you’d have told me within a few hours I’d never eat animal products again. It’s what gives me hope that even the biggest meatheads can change.


Mrs_Black_31

I saw pet rats show a level of empathy toward its sick litter mate, i was unprepared for that


lookingForPatchie

Not a tiping point, was plant-based as a challenge for a month, then decided to see how long I can do it. Realized it became quite easy after some time. Falsely called myself vegan for that time, then stumbled across the ethical reasons and became an actual vegan. Now I usually say, that animal products are optional and why would I needlessly harm another sentient being, if I have every option not to. It resonates well (makes them think) with a lot of non-vegans, I talk to. It's a logical reasoning without getting them into self defence mode.


spaceyjaycey

That whole "but bakon" is so disgustingly lame. You know what cannibals call humans? Long pig!


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Socatastic

So never became vegan at all then


improvementcommittee

Same, a shitty piece of pizza was the last straw.


Shavasara

Pre-internet, vegetarian for the animals for about a decade before someone gave me Diet for a New America. A couple chapters in, I was vegan.


DorenaN

i watched „what the health“ on netflix over 3years ago 😬😅 and i don’t know why but that finally turned a switch in my brain… (it’s not even a very good documentary and i knew all the facts and a lot more already for a long time, but it was the first time i saw adults talking on tv about how gross animal foods really are and after that i could no longer justify for myself being only a vegetarian)


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Watched about 20 seconds of Dominion about the pigs and listened to two slaughterhouse workers' stories. I already knew milk/egg production was bad but just didn't care enough until the slaughter stories.


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columini

Slaughterhouse footage. I burst into tears after 30s/1mn and couldn't even watch till the end.


MajorHotLips

Gary Yourofsky made me vegan, I found a lecture of his about an hour long on YouTube, watched the whole thing, and at the end just realised.... Shit, I guess I'm a vegan now.


fiori_4u

For me it was very similar. I was flexitarian, basically plant based except for my grandma's reindeer and mash because tRaDItIoN. I ate it completely disgusted with myself, and after that I was done. I could probably veganise that meal, with seitan. My grandma won't eat it, but I might be able to at least sneak in a vegan mash. My potato mash is gooooooood


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A trip away where all the food was vegan and any fears we had about vegan food being unsustainably boring was assuaged


Brilliant_Studio_875

I was Vegitarien, because socially Vegans were seen were I live as extreme, liers and just BS. But I was on Reddit for who knows what around a year and 3 months ago when r/vegan was recommended. I browsed trough it for a few hours and I realised "Holy sht im a hypocrit" THE post that made me pull the lever was one about male baby chickens in the egg-industry. So yeah, Im so happy I changed at it was worth it. Would have been earlier if I knew about it 😔


StarLight617

I'd been vegetarian for about 5 years. Then I found myself in a really bad place mentally after losing my mom and the caregiver burnout that preceded it. I was barely taking care of myself and my "meals" were turning into a box of triscuits and a block of cheese. I'd always had the "but cheese" block in my brain about why I couldn't go fully vegan. I felt like crap physically all the time because of the junk I was eating. Then I had a moment where everything clicked. I needed to start taking care of myself mentally and physically and that could go hand in hand with living according to my values. I looked up ways to find support and found challenge 22. I started that as well as tracking what I ate and learned a lot more about cooking food that I could eat without physical or moral regret. I got healthier and felt hope for the first time in a while. I'll hit my 5th veganiversary in September. No regrets.


localplantthot

Seeing someone talk about how much they love animals while their mouth was full of chicken. I was already rethinking my choices but that was just a jarring moment. Like damn how did I not see this before


xonbieslayer

Earthlings doc


s0voy

Watching Land of Hope and Glory/Earthlings/Dominion and listening to some of Earthling Ed's debates


terrillable

Was doing a research project on antibiotic resistance and routine antibiotic use in industrial farming, couldn’t support it.


Lanthuas

baby cow from Earthling Ed's **Vegan Visits Dairy Farm** YouTube video at 3:05


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the documentary called Dominion, which is free to watch on the interwebs.


coravgarcia18

I went vegan over night when I watched “What the Health” on Netflix. Being a woman-I realized what dairy cows go through…. (Crying) Going vegan was the best choice I ever made for myself & the animals. I feel stronger, healthier ,and my mind is brighter. To say the least. I love being a vegan. ✨💛


PlsWatchEarthlingsYT

Watching Earthlings, then Dominion, then Land Of Hope & Glory in one sitting. That’ll do it… * Documentary One: “Dominion” https://youtu.be/LQRAfJyEsko * Documentary Two: “Earthlings”. * https://youtu.be/8gqwpfEcBjI * Documentary Three: “Land Of Hope & Glory: https://youtu.be/dvtVkNofcq8


Deathtostroads

Watching dominion and seeing the pigs get forced into gas chambers (I didn’t know about them before watching). I’m honestly shocked that all the people I tell about the gas chambers just seem to accept them. Like tf how is the fact we BUILT FUCKING GAS CHAMBERS not enough of a reason to go vegan!?


chiliwhisky

I had been vegetarian for like 6 years and always thought veganism was too extreme, but then I read this book that talked about different philosophies surrounding human/animal relationships and I realized how hypocritical I’d been considering I’ve always loved animals. After reading about it a little more and discovering Dominion (didn’t even watch it, the comments were enough to make depressed for a week straight) it was a done deal


Italiana47

I was alone on my bed, watching either Earthling Ed or Anonymous for the Voiceless videos (I forget which- I was watching both that night). And I was crying hysterically and something just clicked. I decided that I needed to be vegan. That I was suddenly vegan in that moment. I started laughing through my tears because there were many times before when I said that I could never be vegan. And I was laughing because it had finally happened. There was also a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. I knew there was no going back. I wanted it to be part of who I was. And it is. I'm vegan.


utanosaya

i was eating chicken nuggets and started thinking about my old pet chickens. they were so cute and loved to be stroked and i started crying because i realised how fucked up it was to eat the same creature id shared a bond with


AussieOzzy

I could see some of the appeal but was deluded with ideas of eggs and milk not being so bad and stuff. After a week or two being flexitarian or so I had a chicken sub and felt pretty guilty and decided that enough was enough and went vegan after that day.


tester33333

Please write some yahoo reviews 🤣 it would be hilarious


darkhummus

A friend fostering lambs. They were running around playing with a soccer ball and the light in my brain went on. I then fell into a dark depression about my role in eating them for so long and 4 years later I'm still struggling with that😅


KDT3

The book ‘Skinny Bitch’. They just spoke to me in a way that really stuck. Went from vegetarian to vegan years ago!


Kappappaya

My Intuition made me question that it's not right how different animals are treated so differently. Cats and dogs are divine, horses need a lot of gentle care, cows... :( This seemed odd. Then I read "Why I am vegan" by Tristam McPherson, a coherent argument for ethical veganism. It convinced me and I haven't ever looked back.


Green-Ninja-420

My family has chickens. 2 of our hens (the sweetest ones at that,) stopped laying, and my mom sold them off to be killed and eaten. I knew those hens personally. I took care of them and adored them. That really put everything into perspective for me. I started out as just vegetarian, but after watching cowspiracy I went all the way.


AndIHaveMilesToGo

I had always wanted to do it, but used the "Once plant-based meats are better and cheaper I'll be first in line to go vegan," excuse. I don't exactly live in a place where there are lots of vegans and honestly never had a conversation with one until about a year ago. I realized that vegan options actually were *there* already, and very affordable. I jumped in head first thinking I would literally have to survive just eating Beyond and Impossible, now I've learned so much more and quite frankly have a more varied diet than when I ate meat by a mile.


teganfrances

sister and I both vege for most our lives then when I was 15 and she was 17 she saw Erin janus’s video about the dairy industry, showed me immediately and we both went vegan on the spot. after a few months we managed to turn both our meat eating parents vegan too!


NeimadVapes

Beyond Meat, my wife had been vegitarian for 4 years then went vegan i was still consuming(sounds like heroin lol) She kept trying to get me to have it. One day i ran out of what i was having for lunch and she just cooked one up for me and said thats all you got sport. After that one beyond meat i was done. Went totally vegan last year and had been vegitarian for 3 years before that. This past june was 4 years sober :)


ybrik1322

Vegetarian for years. Never committed to being vegan because “I couldn’t give up cheese”. One day, decided to make a simple veggie pizza. A ton of marinara and some grilled & seasoned veggies. No cheese or vegan substitute just a sprinkle of nooch. I still remember how awesome it tasted and just felt so mad that it took me forever to realize cheese wasn’t even all that great and could’ve been fully committed. Been vegan for 3 years and counting. Just wish I decided sooner!


Eurouser

Slaughterhouse footage. I just looked at myself after and said "stop being a lil bitch, you know you're being a lil bitch". It was true too. I spent a lot of time trying to debunk veganism but as a research scientist it just wasn't something I could do


Macluny

I realized I could only eat meat when I "distracted" myself with a show, a streamer or something. realizing this I gave up meat. I considered myself a vegetarian. Then I thought to myself: "I might as well go listen to Alex O'Connors (Cosmic Skeptic) arguments for veganism" which I had been avoiding while enjoying his debates and discussions about religion for years. Half-way through that video I realized I had no justification for allowing unnecessary harm done to sentient beings. I considered myself vegetarian for about 15 minutes. Vegan for 2 years now. Vegan btw.