Well, there goes my plan of pushing off important issues in order to exempt myself from facing my utter depravity.
Thanks, philosophy!
Now, for your enjoyment, a series of sad cows.





Now for a repository of thoughts on the matter:
I don't derive pleasure from the fact that the cow I'm eating was likely tortured and killed. I derive pleasure from its tasty flesh, and I would be equally happy consuming imitation meat. However, fake meat does carry with it that tinge of emptiness of knowing that what you're eating is not the robust muscle tissue of a once vigorous animal.