Episode Details

tw: diet, exercise, illness, ethics, suicide mention

I want to start by explaining what made me want to change my diet. That's pretty difficult, because of how easy it is. Since I was a kid I knew being vegan was the right thing to do, like really obviously right, the ethics equivalent of 2+2=4. Factory farms suck, and almost all animal products come from factory farms, and that's the entire argument. Like, there are a couple things you could add to that, but it's not like we need the details, or like they’re fun to think about!

Instead, I’ll start by explaining why I left it so long. How, even though I knew it was the right thing to do, I made it to my early twenties and this millennium's early teens as just a vegetarian, without even having tried. I had some pretty good excuses!

1. Allergies. There are some common vegetables I can’t eat, which was fine as an omnivore and ok as a vegetarian, but would make life way harder as a vegan. And it just seemed unfair to ask myself to take this leap when most people who can safely eat carrots still choose to [...]

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First published:
August 12th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YyKovtBvd7AceG2j2/what-happened-when-i-tried-to-be-vegan

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.