If you had to kill the animals yourself, would you still eat meat?

I'd much prefer to kill my own meat than go to a supermarket, I'd have no problem holding a squealing pig down and cutting it's throat or chopping a snake's head off, seen it done a few times on survival programs and it looks fun, I've seen Kill It, Cook it, Eat It and it didn't really have any effect on me either, so I'm pretty certain I could kill an animal.

A lot of people probably would stop eating meat if they had to kill it themselves though.

I'd much prefer to kill my own meat than go to a supermarket, I'd have no problem holding a squealing pig down and cutting it's throat

I'm not hinting at that at all. I have family members in eastern Europe that still kill their own animals. I'm simply curious to see how many people would actually do it.

It's one thing saying it and another doing it. To hold down a squealing pig and kill it is not something many people could do, believe me.

I'm sure that quite a few people saying "yes" on this thread could actually not bring themselves to do it if they were in that situation. And I'm not trying to big myself up, because I certainly couldn't (apart from small fish as I said)

Never heard someone describe killing an animal as "fun"..

Let's say if farming completely stopped and pre-killed/pre-packaged meat and fish was no longer available, and instead you had to buy live animals and fish and kill them yourself... would you bring yourself to do it?

I'm pescetarian and I personally think I would be able to kill small fish, like sardines, but not large ones like tuna.

What about you? Just curious.

It's not exactly easy to turn a cow into a steak... there's a reason butchers undergo training.

You don't have to do that though, you could easily shoot it or something instead.

You totally are hinting that [humanity should be repelled by killing animals] though, in post #13, which wasn't there when I started writing my post.





Like I said, the only reason why people have no experience killing their own food is because of supermarkets. It probably is pretty daunting to do it for the very first time.

But if there were no supermarkets and that would be the only way to get your meat, then you'd get pretty handy at it pretty quickly, and once you have the first few out of the way, you wouldn't give the rest a second thought.

Just like sex, many people are nervous about losing their virginity, but once the first few times are out of the way, they can't get enough.

It's one thing saying it and another doing it. To hold down a squealing pig and kill it is not something many people could do, believe me.

She's almost as irritating as Tyrion, isn't she?

Loool, and how do you think people coped before pre-packaged meat? Do you think cavemen looked into the eyes of wild boars and were so overcome by empathy they immediately dropped their flint knives? They probably didn't because that's probably historically inaccurate, but the point stands.

Had your fun ganging up against Tyrion, now it's my turn huh?

The difference being that cavemen's predecessors didn't have supermarkets. They weren't brought up with meat handed to them, quite literally, on a plate. They learnt to kill animals from young ages because it was the only option.

Alright... fair enough, it probably would get easier after the first time. But how many people do you think would actually do it the first time? I've asked some of my friends this question irl in the past and not many of them said they would. Only a couple who were raised on farms and have seen it first hand said they actually would.

She's almost as irritating as Tyrion, isn't she?

Loool, and how do you think people coped before pre-packaged meat? Do you think cavemen looked into the eyes of wild boars and were so overcome by empathy they immediately dropped their flint knives? They probably didn't because that's probably historically inaccurate, but the point stands.

The difference being that cavemen's predecessors didn't have supermarkets. They weren't brought up with meat handed to them, quite literally, on a plate. They learnt to kill animals from young ages because it was the only option.

Holy sheet, your posts get funnier every day hahaha. Peeing myself over here.