Hi, I'm new here, as well as to vegetarianism in general. Maybe this should be posted in the introduction forum, but I'm not sure.
Actually I'm not even vegetarian at all, but I'm fascinated with the whole 'culture' surrounding vegetarianism. Aside from that I know the "three pillars" of arguments.
I) Animal Ethics (I have watched MYM and know of horrid animal cruelty, but it's not my main motivation)
II) Health (Also not my main motivation, but interesting still)
III) Environment Ethics (Probably one of my main motivation, methinks)
And the unofficial ones:
IV) Curiosity (Definitely my main motivation)
V) Persuaded by friends (I've got a couple of vegan friends)
Now, my biggest problem is that I don't cook my own food ATM (my mother does). However, in less than 6 months I'll move out, which means that I'll have to cook my own stuff - right now I don't even know how to fry a cake [sic]
. My plan is to go straight to vegetarian if at all possible (if I have to learn the basics of cooking, why not the vegetarian basics?).
Aside from that, I've got the problem that I (like many other teens) am lazy as hell.
I've never bothered to cook anything, so I guess "my vegetarian lifestyle" should start out with something _VERY_ simple.
And a last question: Any other around here who mainly became vegetarians out of curiosity? Is that not a motivation-factor at all?
Anyway, feel free to point me to some bookmarks for "veg*ism for extremely lazy dummies who can't cook".
Actually I'm not even vegetarian at all, but I'm fascinated with the whole 'culture' surrounding vegetarianism. Aside from that I know the "three pillars" of arguments.
I) Animal Ethics (I have watched MYM and know of horrid animal cruelty, but it's not my main motivation)
II) Health (Also not my main motivation, but interesting still)
III) Environment Ethics (Probably one of my main motivation, methinks)
And the unofficial ones:
IV) Curiosity (Definitely my main motivation)
V) Persuaded by friends (I've got a couple of vegan friends)
Now, my biggest problem is that I don't cook my own food ATM (my mother does). However, in less than 6 months I'll move out, which means that I'll have to cook my own stuff - right now I don't even know how to fry a cake [sic]
Aside from that, I've got the problem that I (like many other teens) am lazy as hell.

And a last question: Any other around here who mainly became vegetarians out of curiosity? Is that not a motivation-factor at all?
Anyway, feel free to point me to some bookmarks for "veg*ism for extremely lazy dummies who can't cook".