A mere infant indeed haha. I had been feeling compelled to give up meat for a few months already. I'd heard about the vast health and environmental concerns. But for whatever reason, those really didn't affect me as much as they should have. The real kicker happened during a day in my Environmental Studies class. We were talking about specific arguments for animal rights and my professor brought up that animals are sentient. I'd never really thought about that for more than a few seconds and it hit pretty hard. Now, to think of an animal going through pain to get to my plate doesn't necessarily irk me too much. If I were in the wild and I'd have to kill a deer for food, I'd do it. But it'd be humane. No word exists to describe the cruelty towards animals in factories. So, I decided to stop eating meat unless I know it was killed humanely or unless I find it in a dumpster where it would otherwise occupy a landfill.