i am a vegetarian.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, and the flesh of any other animal), and may also include abstention from by-products of animal slaughter. Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons. Many people object to eating meat out of respect for sentient life. Such ethical motivations have been codified under various religious beliefs, as well as animal rights advocacy. Other motivations for vegetarianism are health-related, political, environmental, cultural, aesthetic, economic, or personal preference. There are variations of the diet as well: an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, and a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs. A vegan diet excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy. Some vegans also avoid other animal products such as beeswax, leather or silk clothing, and goose-fat shoe polish. Packaged and processed foods, such as cakes, cookies, candies, chocolate, yogurt, and marshmallows, often contain unfamiliar animal ingredients, so may be a special concern for vegetarians due to the likelihood of such additions.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Vegetarianism is something that I could never do. Abstaining from eating meat would just ruin my life haha."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I could take meat or leave it. I eat vegetarian when I feel like it. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I could probably abstain from eating some seafood, but red meat and poultry? No way."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'd agree with that. I don't really like seafood much. Unless it's lobster, I do like lobster. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I quite like scallops and shrimp. On another note, vegetarians are that way for many different reasons."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's true. I guess when I eat \"vegetarian\" it's because I'm not a fan of the taste or texture. It's less about the ethics. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I can see that, though some people do it for health reasons and environmental reasons too."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh sure. I actually raise my own poultry and do all my own butchering so I can be okay with all of those things - the health aspects, environmental impact, and quality of life of the animal. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That's really cool! There are even more reasons than that, like aesthetic, economic, and personal preference like yourself."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow, there are lots of reasons that people become vegetarians! "}]