When I went from vegetarian to vegan, I often told people that “Going vegan was the next logical step.” I guess I visualized meat-abstaining life to be a two-stepped staircase. Once I was on that first lacto-ovo step, what was I going to do, just stare stupidly at that second vegan step forever?

Apparently, I’m not the only one who visualized ever-increasing dietary restrictions as a logical, linear path to finding meaning in the universe…

Helsinki910: One of my good friends became a vegetarian in January (new year’s resolution) and today she sent me a facebook message saying she wants to be vegan! I told her how great that was and asked how she came to this decision and she said: ‘well, i just think it’s the next logical step’

designedtobekind: When I first switched to veganism, some people in my family wondered why, but I just told them it was the next logical step for me.

greenkiwi: I was veggie for 10 years. I guess I always knew that veganism was the next logical step to take.

Steve: Raid was always a band that promoted vegetarianism. Shortly after our demo was released the band all became vegan. It seemed like the next logical step.

riotxofxwords: I was a pretty strict vegetarian prior to aspiring to veganism, so the transition was so gradual it was almost unnoticeable. It just seemed like the next logical step.

Arktoi: My brother’s girlfirend and I got to talking about Mad Cowboy and being vegetarian and how veganism was obviously the next logical step.

Scarlet: Over the past few weeks I’ve strongly been considering becoming vegan. I’m already a vegetarian so becoming vegan is the next logical step. My food intake is so limited anyway I really doubt it will make any drastic impact.

Emily223: If you became vegetarian for ethical reasons, becoming vegan is the next logical step.

The Red Star: I was and have always been very strict but i have only been vegan for just over a year. It took me that long to realise i was vegetarian and the next logical step was to become vegan. After all, vegetarians are just vegans in waiting!

Nicole at Vegan Body Builders: I was already a vegetarian since about age 14 and veganism just seemed like the next logical step.

The Occidental Weekly: A lot of the vegans on campus were vegetarians first and then became vegan because it was “the next logical step.”

Marcel: Meat is not necessary for healthy living — in fact, it’s quite the contrary — and the most logical step for me was to stop eating meat. One year later I informed myself about veganism and found it to be the most cruelty-free lifestyle. So the next logical step for me was to turn vegan.

Rose Elliot: Indeed, numerous other studies have come up with similar findings that there are huge health benefits to be gained by becoming vegetarian and then taking the next logical step and becoming vegan.

Nick From Columbus: There are benefits outside of the health benefits here too, such as not murdering millions of defenseless animals. But cutting all animal products from my diet seems like the next logical step once I’ve mastered vegetarianism.

Being Vegan: When people are drawn to vegetarianism for nonaltruistic purposes, such as improving their health, it is often hard for them to understand or appreciate what motivates others to veganism… Conversely, when people choose vegetarianism for reasons outside themselves, they are able to view veganism as the next logical step.

ShawnT: For educated people who are truly against animal cruelty and become vegetarians, veganism is simply the next logical step.

For The Birds: These are the folks we need to focus on most, it seems. As they may already be in a place where veganism is the next logical step.

Moochbabe: It seems like whenever someone starts to make a change for the better, they want to continue the change all the way. When I was little, I didn’t even understand vegetarianism, let alone veganism. Then I started eating less meat, and then made the transition to no meat/flesh. From there it just seemed like the next logical step to go vegan.

The Tropical Vegan: Theresa is a PhD student, studying Aboriginal activism and social movements. Veganism was the next logical step in her critique of capitalism and exploitation.

Resurgence, Volumes 5-7: Tyson hopes that his newly converted lacto-ovo vegetarians will feel able to take the next logical step and abstain from animal products altogether.

monperebabar: I’ve been a vegetarian for three years and decided to make the next logical step. As of right now, I’ve just finished a tidy little shopping excursion full of quinoa, sesame oil, tofu, falafel, couscous and earth balance!

Ruby Rose: Like many of us, you’ll look back soon enough and wonder why on earth you stayed veggie so long without taking the next logical step!

Bryan: Now that [Lisa Simpson] has been vegetarian for a few years, it would make sense to have her go vegan. Since Lisa is a “compassionate” character, this is only the next logical step.

Kamaniya: VEGETARIANS, PLEASE TAKE NOTE: … Please take the next logical step & GO VEGAN!

Don’t think this doesn’t apply to you too, world. The staircase of logic doesn’t end with one small step for vegan (wo)man…

Codebug: A vegan world is the next logical step for mankind.