I just wanted to comment to say that I picked "flexitarian" because I usually eat meat like once a week...BUT I really don't like that word at all. :-)
Yeah, I think the word is lame, too. Also, I think unlike terms like "vegan," it's not really about imposing any kind of lifestyle, since it basically means you can eat meat if you feel like it. Tho I guess if you're used to eating meat daily, becoming flex would be a big lifestyle change. But for me, it just describes how I happen to eat -- mostly veg, but obv (as you've seen) I will eat (and even sometimes crave) meat in certain situations.
it's also already defined as being an "omnivore." the flexitarian thing is a total marketing racket, and a lot of veg-types are frustrated because it means venues that used to reliably have vegetarian-safe premade food items, trader joe's being an excellent example, are scaling back on them to be more "flexi" friendly.
however, my shopping troubles do not equate the whole of my feelings on the matter!!! i've only been full vegetarian for about a year and a half. i think it's awesome that you've significantly scaled back on meat consumption (it's how both myself and my boyfriend started.) if more people cut down to one or two times a week, we'd have a lot less environmental impact, and maybe even see less factory farming. :-)
in which I write a novel-length commentdyskodykeDecember 11 2008, 04:40:34 UTC
Yeah, I know flexi really is the same thing as omni, but I kind of wanted to distinguish (just for curiosity's sake) between ppl who eat meat rarely vs regularly. I guess b/c I grew up in a house where we basically had meat for dinner every night, and now I can go weeks without eating it, and to me that's a big diet change
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Re: in which I write a novel-length commentanonymousblackDecember 11 2008, 19:39:18 UTC
I was actually under the impression that more flexi ppl were the cause of more mainstream places offering veg optionsit's actually hard to say if i'm seeing a trend or if TJs is just going to shit (also a possibility.) i'll spare you from my meat industry conspiracy theories, just noting that it's much easier and to walk to your nearest mcdonald's and pay around a dollar for something with meat in it than it is to track down an equivalent vegetarian option (really, considering the resources that go into making a hamburger, it should be the other way around), so someone is definitely turning a bigger profit on the meat, and therefore that industry surely doesn't want that whole veg*n thing to get out of control. ya know, by enveloping more than 3% of the population
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however, my shopping troubles do not equate the whole of my feelings on the matter!!! i've only been full vegetarian for about a year and a half. i think it's awesome that you've significantly scaled back on meat consumption (it's how both myself and my boyfriend started.) if more people cut down to one or two times a week, we'd have a lot less environmental impact, and maybe even see less factory farming. :-)
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