Oh fuck off with that condescending, contradictory bullshit. If you had conquered your ego you wouldn't be broadcasting the morally superior manifesto of your lifestyle choices here.  You don't like the idea of killing animals and your life is more difficult for avoiding it, so your brain doubled down and made you value the decision. The intensity of your stance is a byproduct of the same psychological phenomenon that perpetuates hazing rituals. Congrats. You too, are a douchbag. Veganism boils down to a personal preference against taking animals' lives on supposedly ethical grounds. The rest is data vegans gathered and organized to justify their lifestyle, strengthen their resolve, and attempt to convert others. Sure, a lot of meat farms aren't ethical, but there's nothing inherently wrong with eating meat.  The personal health thing is debatable (Oreos are vegan, and most other diets allow more/easier ways to get the nutrients humans need). There are plenty of fat fuck vegans hurtling towards early graves faster than the tip of a pneumatic tool for killing cattle, plenty of pallid vegans who haven't consumed enough protein in years, and plenty of healthy omnivorous shitlords getting a better balance of nutrients than you. The environmental angle is debatable, too. Are some non-vegan food cultivation practices bad for the environment? Definitely. Are many vegan food cultivation practices better for it? Probably. Does veganism hold a monopoly on workable solutions? No.