Could you live without eating meat?

[Salandrin]

As the title says. Can you cope with no longer being able to eat meat and having to eat vegetables, fruits, and etc only?

[Falu]

Yes.
If you also include Fish and Chicken under "meat" - than still yes, but it will be harder

[Kapaya]

If we're talking literally, yes, you can get your fats and proteins somewhere else.

Personal level? Nope, I love my meat!

[LilSaihah]

Question unclear.

Can a person live without eating meat? Yes.

Can I individually live without eating meat? No. Life would not be worth living.

[Muzjhath]

Yes.

While I would be extremly unhappy with it and miss my meat. I could do it. Have on occation lived on meatless diets due to economical situations.

Edit:
I am also trying to eat less meat than I do since I tend to eat a bit to much when I can.
I try to eat less both for environmental factors as well as you only need so much protoines on a daily basis and transforming those above that to energy is wasteful.

[Salandrin]

Yes.
If you also include Fish and Chicken under "meat" - than still yes, but it will be harder

All kinds of meat

[Charge me Doctor]

If you question possibility of life without meat (aka, no meat left on the planet or w.e.), then yes. I'm pretty sure that you can substitute meat with mushrooms, but they are kinda hard to digest due to chitin.
If you question possibility of stopping yourself from eating meat, then no. Meat is tasty, i don't see a reason to stop eating it.

[Kaleredar]

Yes, I suppose so.

But the real question is... is it a life worth living?

[Stir]

I consider all animals to be 'meat.'

And no. I have some dietary issues... Well; I could live without meat, but I'd be severely unhealthy, and have to be kept up with medication to battle constant infections. I might not get scurvy because vitamin additives, but the amount of ('artificial') vitamins I'd need (about 3000% daily dosis) to get the same effect as I would normally, with the required enzymes I get from meat... Well...

Hang on; I could live relatively normally if I ate about five to six eggs per day. That'd net me the stuff I require. I'd be more lethargic, but still sort of functional.

Different people require different diets.

[Deleted]

Could you live

Can you cope

Which is it? And how do you define "living"? All of us could exist without meat, I'm sure. Could that existence be called "living"? I'm sure many would say no. Could we cope even though it wouldn't be proper "living"? I'm sure most of us could, and the rest could take medication to help them cope.

Then again, are we saying the entirety of humanity would stop eating meat? Have you figured in the immense need for new fields to grow all the crops and vegetables we would need? Also, does "meat" include fish? Does it include crayfish, crabs, lobsters? Insects?

Your hypothetical is a bit vague.

[Muzjhath]

Yes, I suppose so.

But the real question is... is it a life worth living?

You can eat fantastic meals without meat. So it's not like all fantastic food is gone without meat. Not all meat dishes are automaically better.

[Mayhem]

i really don´t care that much for my food... you can prepare almost everything to taste awesome, so sure, i could live without meat

[Backlashe]

Yes

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[lawow74]

Of course. I'd rather live and not eat meat than die. It wouldn't be as pleasant a life, but I could manage. But as long as the option exists at a reasonable cost, then fuck you, I want my burgers and steaks and ribs and so on and so forth.

[Deleted]

Yes. Enough cheese, cream, garlic and other spices can make up for the taste.

[Kaleredar]

You can eat fantastic meals without meat. So it's not like all fantastic food is gone without meat. Not all meat dishes are automaically better.

I'll let the simpsons illustrate my point for me:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c33_1339919278

[Aruhen]

Yes. Haven't eaten meat since I was 10 and I'm 22 now.

[Zoma]

I could live, but I would always question why.

[Deleted]

Of course I could. I'd rather not though.

[Itakas]

No, because i love it and because there are certain things you can not get from anywhere else but meat. Sure there is supplements, but fuck that, why would i eat pills with supplements if i can get the real thing from meat.