Just sweep it under the rug, twiddle their thumbs, maybe pass some token legislation that doesn’t do anything, and pretend everything is cool and that 300k people dead was just an absolutely unavoidable occurrence.
Why is a hamburger 2 dollars but a veggie burger 6? Last I checked it was easier to grow black beans than a cow.
F'real though, in India there are compulsory vegans, but in the US there are compulsory carnists. If that's not a perfect distillation of the world economy, I dunno what is.
Subsidizes for meat/ veggie burgers are usually made on a smaller scale cuz less demand
This. The difference is a veggie diet vs a "vegetarian" diet. Call it a thing, label it, commodify it - you've just made a billion bux.
"Sorry you're poor, please restrict yourself to beans and rice"
Is the core of the privileged diet mindset. It always comes back to "anyone can afford to live on the most basic food components possible, as long as they don't eat meat!"
I'm not broke but I won't turn down free meet. The violence happens during commodification, not consumption
Veganism is such lib shit. The ultimate personality responsibility cult in the world.
As a form of individual consumer choice, sure. As a frame to understand the exploitation of animals by humans I think it's very much compatible with a universal application of socialist theory.
I agree. I’m talking about the self identification of veganism which is based on the ethical non-consumption of meat. Even if one were to not consume meat, but didn’t do it for ethical reasons. They are not considered vegan. That’s a toxic culture.
I’m all in favor of using activism to end animal suffering, but the narrative is constantly fixated on personal choice.
Had a weird dream where I was eating uncooked macaroni in my kitchen. It was super hard so I started pouring hot water into my mouth to soften it. Some dude came in through the hallway and asked what the hell I was doing. I said oh shit you're right and grabbed the salt and started tilting it back into my mouth while maintaining eye contact. He looked disgusted and left me to my midnight snack. I have no idea who that rude dude was.
had a weird dream where i was reading in my bedroom, and heard this weird cronching noise from the kitchen. it was super loud on its own, but there was also water going in the sink, and it was just a huge racket. so i plod out to investigate and theres this dude guzzling scalding hot water, surrounded by uncooked macaroni all strewn about the place. i ask wtf this shit is, and he says oh damn you right, and starts pouring one of those big containers of mortons salt i use for making bread down his throat. i mean, gross, but at least he wasnt a giant slug like the last time. so i went back to the bedroom and finished my book.
:geordi-no: false conscious of the individual
:geordi-yes: authentic unconscious of the collective
Had a weird dream where I was eating uncooked macaroni in my kitchen. It was super hard so I started pouring hot water into my mouth to soften it. Some dude came in through the hallway and asked what the hell I was doing. I said oh shit you’re right and grabbed the salt and started tilting it back into my mouth while maintaining eye contact. He looked disgusted and left me to my midnight snack. I have no idea who that rude dude was.
Ever dream this rude man?
Every night throughout the world hundreds dream of his disgusted face.
I wish I had dreams like that, instead my recurring dreams involve either im in high school again but I don't know my schedule and where any of my classes are, or where dinner platter sized brown spiders crawl all over me
The last couple of high school anxiety dreams I had all ended with me realizing I'm an adult and just walking out during a test saying later nerds. As for anything scary I just whip myself into a rage turn around and attack. What ever was chasing me usually shrinks down when the fear is gone. Maybe these will help, I wish you happy or at least weird dreams.
damn, apparently my mom's side of the family has been quietly grappling with the fact that I'm trans, that they watched my dad abuse me for a dozen years or so, and that I've spent the last ten years without any family support at all.
on the one hand, it feels really good to know that they're thinking about this stuff. I'm glad they've all talked and made a collective decision to support my transition. that's super relieving and heartwarming. I don't have to be worried about getting deadnamed or misgendered when I do see them. I'm glad my transition has made them piece together just how fucked up my life was twenty years ago.
on the other... it's literally a decade too late, at the very least? I don't even really know what part of my life family is supposed to fit into. I'm confused about what to do with some of them who think that I need more active support and like frequent phone calls, now. what are we supposed to talk about? how to build a time machine so they could make things safe for me decades ago? my mental health is literally the best it's ever been.
I wish they'd cared enough to do something when it could really have made a difference but at this point it's water under the bridge - everything is already resolved.
also, to be clear, this doesn't include my immediate family. my parents are still tacking fascist and my dad will still literally try to kill me if he finds out I'm trans.
people go to such lengths to keep the peace... I swear to god, the two most destructive forces we bring to bear against each other are the negative peace and apathy. I'm sorry this happened to you and I'm glad you've been able to recover some kind of relationship with your dad. :cat-trans:
I swear I get a micro dopamine hit when that little bell turns purple, this is actual social media addiction lol
I’ve had COVID for two weeks and I’m still getting over it. This not smelling and tasting anything is a bitch. But the codeine cough medicine is nice.
Thanks! I have albuteral. Did a little work out today and realized lost most of my endurance:(
Ellen DeGeneres has coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/10/world/ellen-degeneres-covid.html
Lolololol an email meant for managers and executives just got sent out to my whole company by mistake reminding hire ups that the company will not lay anyone off (even due to bad performance) because they've had a hard time recruiting lately. The slacking continues!
I have dropped my BMI under 30 for the first time in months. Progress is always good :)
Every day I put in less effort at my remote job, and every week my manager tells me that I'm doing a great job and to keep doing what I'm doing
gosh, i sure wish my job paid me enough to afford rent. didnt think i'd end up missing my college dorm, so much quieter than living with my family
got banned from twitter because apparently pigpoopballs.jpg qualifies has hate speech now
Car battery died, got yelled at by cop for being outside during curfew i didn't even know of, went back home without food since store was closed anyway, ate stale bread with hot sauce for a day. Also the library doesn't allow me to use printer and scanner without having a card anymore. Pff this week i just wanna dig a hole and bury myself.
