Hypothetical question to Vegans/ Vegetarians

[Vandy]

Civilization as we know it has fallen! Fire in the skies! Blood in the streets! Dogs and cats living together! Mass Hysteria!
My question to those who choose not to partake in animal protein is: If you're a survivor, do you think you could continue being a Veggie? How would you go about it?

 

[Thaliur]

Seeing as vegans can usually only survive with some exceptions to their diet, I guess this is mostly a rhetoric question.

Vegetarians should be OK though. At least until the next winter.

 

[oooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

Vegetarian here and yes, I'd stay one. Vegetarianism, as things stand right now, only makes sense if you're doing it on principle, and that remains so regardless of circumstances.

 

[Drakmeire]

Because if vegans eat meat they don't get to do this anymore
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Ok that joke is getting old, I'll stop
I figure that only if they feel strongly enough will they continue to refuse to consume another living thing

 

[brunt32]

I'm a vegetarian and if it was a matter of life and death. I would become a meat eater no doubt. Survival of fitness and all.

 

[Bags159]

Anyone who says that they would die rather than eat meat is a damned liar.

 

[Vandy]

Vegetarian here and yes, I'd stay one. Vegetarianism, as things stand right now, only makes sense if you're doing it on principle, and that remains so regardless of circumstances.

But how would you go about it? Loot canned veggies from Safeway? Build a heavily secured and armored green house? Go into the wilderness and live off the land?
If you wanted to continue certain aspects of your lifestyle in a global disaster situation, how?

 

[Treblaine]

It depends if they want to or not. If they are hungry enough, mad enough and disenchanted enough then yes.

The more extreme the circumstance the less rational we are. Vegans could turn to cannibalism, there is no rationality it, if Frued has taught us anything it is that we are highly irrationals.

One thing we can learn from Anna Frued and the poignant failure of her treatment techniques is that the irrational emotional mind is far more powerful than the rational, where the latter cannot control the former without disaster.

Civilization as we know it has fallen! Fire in the skies! Blood in the streets! Dogs and cats living together! Mass Hysteria!

I've seen shit that'll turn you WHITE!

But all this wouldn't have happened if dickless here hadn't shut off the power!

 

[Rockchimp69]

I don't see the problem so many people have with eating another living being, it's not totally innocent, but it's understandable given that we aren't at the start of the food chain and can't use the sun for food.

 

[Navvan]

Vegetarian here and yes, I'd stay one. Vegetarianism, as things stand right now, only makes sense if you're doing it on principle, and that remains so regardless of circumstances.

Vegetarianism for health reasons seems to be a valid diet choice last I checked.

My diet is primarily plant based, but since I do eat some meat/animal products I'm not exactly the demographic you're looking for I suppose. I would eat a larger amount of meat if that was the only food available to me however. This scenario would be strange since plants are typically more available to eat than animals if you have to do the hunting/gathering yourself.

 

[Wierdguy]

Starve anyone enough and they'll eat anything, and they will think its the best they've ever eaten.

 

[subfield]

I am probably what you would call a "vegetarian" (lol) and in the scenario you describe of course I would eat meat to survive, it if was available.

A superior philosophy must sometimes give way to necessity.

 

[Dags90]

Vegetarianism for health reasons seems to be a valid diet choice last I checked.

There really aren't any health benefits specific to vegetarianism that have been conclusively shown. I usually reason that anyone with the self control to refrain from meat entirely should have the self control to eat a balanced diet. IDK, maybe animal products are like alcohol to some people though and they require complete abstention.

As a "could you survive" question, the answer is yes. Plant matter is much easier to collect than wild animals (Hint: Plants don't move). All you really need is knowledge of which things not to eat and where to find things to eat.

 

[Navvan]

Vegetarianism for health reasons seems to be a valid diet choice last I checked.

There really aren't any health benefits specific to vegetarianism that have been conclusively shown. I usually reason that anyone with the self control to refrain from meat entirely should have the self control to eat a balanced diet. IDK, maybe animal products are like alcohol to some people though and they require complete abstention.

As a "could you survive" question, the answer is yes. Plant matter is much easier to collect than wild animals (Hint: Plants don't move). All you really need is knowledge of which things not to eat and where to find things to eat.

While I agree there is no conclusive evidence for health benefits for a strict vegetarian diet there are is also no evidence for any health risks assuming you are getting the proper nutrients out of it. There is however conclusive evidence that a heavily plant based diet does have a variety of health benefits. No strict cut off point has been established (or could be really as it is going to vary by individual even if we understood all the variables) and thus the only none arbitrary choice (to achieve health benefit) is to eat as little meat as possible. Thus it is a valid choice to eat no amount of meat in order to insure positive health effects based on the premise that a plant based diet is healthy.

I'm not saying vegetarianism is the only healthy diet, or even that it is necessarily the best diet to achieve maximum health benefits. I'm saying its a valid choice to achieve health benefits.

As previously stated, I'm not a vegetarian. I prefer to go with arbitrary discretion myself.