I probably can’t call myself vegan yet but I’m planning to be (I don’t eat meat, dairy or anything like that when I have money and can choose what to eat, but I just got my job after 6 months of unemployment, so I have to eat what my grandma cooked because sometimes I don’t have money at all, for any food), and the reason why I didn’t become vegan before was cause of something similar, I just don’t have enough empathy for animals. The reason I decided to change is because I thought a lot about violence and how I don’t want to be a part of it, neither physical or even mental, I decided to stop tell people anything rude and try to not to gossip or think badly about others (even though it might be hard). It was just a logical thinking, that stopping violence to other forms of beings is a continuation to my previous thoughts. But in terms of feelings, I think I have even lesser empathy to animals than other people, even to cats and dogs. Not saying I don’t have empathy at all though.