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": "Do you know anyone who practices vegetarianism, or abstaining from the consumption of meat?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I do not know any Vegans. I know it it involves abstaining from meat, eggs and dairy. Are you a Vegan?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No I am not. Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons, but it is different than vegan."}, {"role": "user", "content": "How does vegetarianism differ from that of being a vegan?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Vegans abstain from the use of animal products in addition to an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals."}, {"role": "user", "content": "So Vegans not only abstain from eating animal products, they are also opposed to the use of animals for any reason?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes! Exactly. My friend is a vegetarian though. She just abstains from meat eating."}, {"role": "user", "content": "My mother was a vegetarian although she oddly enough could not refuse bacon of all things! lol"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oh that's so funny! Bacon is hard to resist!"}]