exactly

you said a bit, im talking about how some people do nothing but play video games or in your case read. yes it is a great escape from the world but only for a period of time. you cant let an imaginary or artificial world come before the real world is what im saying

right but then it's just saying that we shouldn't do anything out of moderation, no matter what the escape is, it's important to have a career and a social life and various hobbies. no matter what it is it shouldn't consume all of your life.

exactly

And even if you don't buy that juicy steak the animal that that juicy steak came from is still dead. "Waste not want not" eat the meat so they at least died for a purpose. Martyr meat.

but it's supply and demand. it's not like we're in a communist country and everybody gets their slab of meat for the week and you either eat it or goes bad. i'm just one less consumer purchasing any meat products. maybe it won't make a huge difference but i'd prefer to eat food that wasn't the result of an animal dying. even if it is goddamned delicious.