Why I’m a Weekday Vegetarian @TED #ted #shorts

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Either you're a meat eater or you're a vegetarian.
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So I wondered, might there be a third solution?
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And I thought about it, and I came up with one.
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And I've been doing it for the last year, and it's great.
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It's called weekday veg. The name says it all:
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Nothing with a face Monday through Friday.
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On the weekend, your choice.
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It's structured, so it ends up being simple to remember,
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and it's okay to break it here and there.
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After all, cutting five days a week is cutting 70 percent of your meat intake.
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The program has been great, I'm healthier,
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I know that I'm going to live longer,
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my footprint's smaller,
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I'm lessening pollution,
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I feel better about the animals,
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I'm even saving money.
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What's stopping you from giving weekday veg a shot?
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After all, if all of us
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ate half as much meat,
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it would be like half of us were vegetarians.
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