Vegetarians are not cult members, please don't treat as such, thank you

[unjapanologist]

Tasks for the day -finish my fest drawing and stop feeling like I need to fit into some box in order to call myself a good vegetarian. People who think vegetarianism is insane want me to justify not eating meat with a bullet-point list of at least five unshakable arguments, and afterwards still think it's insane. When I try to explain that I still eat meat or fish occasionally (leftovers that would otherwise be chucked out anyway, things my grandma loves to make me, fish when I go to Japan because avoiding fish in Japan is like avoiding oxygen), they stare at me like, "Hah! I knew you couldn't do this stupid veggie think properly". People, vegetarianism is just a good habit. Not some fundamentalist religious belief. I don't think anyone, me or you, is morally deficient for eating a steak. I just try to avoid it when possible. Being judgmental is fun, I know, I really do, but please don't harp on people when they're just trying to make the world a better place in their own small unobtrusive way, even if it sounds like a stupid way to you. There are plenty of things far more in need of some vigorous judging.