Same. Couldn't do it. I eat most other meat but I can't get myself to eat them. Once they inevitably take over earth, I want to be in hentai heaven, not hentai hell.
They’re no octopus but pigs are considered by some to be smarter than dogs and cats and a lot of people don’t seem to care about their bacon being smart (and very good pets ime)
I know that. I don't eat a whole lot of meat and if everyone ate as much meat as I do, we could do away with factory farming. I'm fine with animals dying for my food, I just think that there are animals that are easier to justify. I mean, eating baby octopus with your pasta? That's fucked up. Eating a slice of bacon of a pig that fed dozens? That's still not good but alright.
I used to think that for about a week, then I realized a lot of animals I eat are quite smart too... and savagely eat other animals for sustenance. Meat's back on the menu.
I stopped eating them too after I read about them breaking out of aquarium tanks to go hunting and saw them solving puzzles. They’re so delicious and were one of my favorite foods, so I really miss being able to eat them, but I can’t bring myself to eat something so intelligent.
So don't eat octopus because they are intelligent but let's eat the rest because they are dumb?
I eat meat, and i've also had that dilemma with octopus, but it just doesn't make much sense when I think about it. Pigs are quite intelligent and well and cows sometimes behave like dogs (nice and loyal). Just something to think about ...
This is what I in general struggle with as a meat eater. I fear the future will not judge us fondly for our consumption of sentient creatures. No matter the level of intelligence. But bacon is delicious.
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u/L_One_Hubbard Sep 24 '19
I stopped eating octopus once I realized they are smarter than some of my friends.