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"plaintext": "I understand some people don't like meat, or they choose not to eat meat for a variety of reasons — religion, the environment, cruelty to animals, health, etc."
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"plaintext": "And there's a spectrum of \"-ians\" based what kind of meat you allow yourself — pescatarian, vegetarian, vegan. All are valid (though I would question whether making moral or value judgements on another person based on whether they follow your particular dietary choices might not be helpful for your cause)."
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"plaintext": "My family calls ourselves \"Reducitarian\" (though others might call it \"Flexitarian\"), based on the simple premise that if most people merely reduced their meat consumption — say, 3/5 of their current intake — then it has a measurable impact on nearly all of those reasons one might choose not to eat meat."
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"plaintext": "Dining out or at other people's houses doesn't count. Eat whatever meat you want. We dine out less than once a week."
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"plaintext": "About once a month we purchase 1-2lb of additional meat at the grocery store. This means we cook and eat about 56lbs of meat a year."
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"plaintext": "The \"dining out\" rule muddles this a good bit — we're definitely eating more than 56lbs of meat as a family per year. But also, we're certainly eating less meat than the average American household, which is around 274lbs per person."
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"plaintext": "Again, I'm not making a value judgement if you don't eat the way I do. Do I think you should try it? Sure, you might be surprised at how well you like it."
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"plaintext": "But this is part of a broader theme of being intentional about consumption. Modern society and capitalism makes it all to easy to CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME without providing space for asking \"Why?\""
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"plaintext": "I'll admit, when my wife suggested we reduce our meat intake, I was skeptical. I mourned a bit. Change is hard."
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