There is almost nothing you can eat that doesn’t involve killing something. That’s not a moral stance — it’s biology.

Even the most virtuous vegetarian or vegan diet has a body count. Billions of bees are shipped around the world every year to pollinate almond and avocado orchards. Many die in the process. The produce is then transported globally so it can end up in our green smoothies and virtuous salads. USDA ERS on commercial bee transportation for almond pollination

I eat meat. Quite a lot of it. Partly because I enjoy it, and partly because it helps keep my BPPV under control.

I’m not going to pretend my diet is morally superior. I know what it costs. Just like I know what a plant-based diet costs. The main difference is that a cow is bigger, bloodier, and easier to feel guilty about than a few million bees.

What tires me is the quiet moral superiority that often accompanies certain dietary choices — as if choosing plants somehow makes one’s hands cleaner. They don’t. They’re just dirty in a more photogenic way.

Eat what you want.
Just don’t pretend your plate is holier than mine.

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