ohitsbreadley @ ohitsbreadley @discuss.tchncs.de

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I'm sorry you've lost so many friends.

Good for you for working towards eating less meat, and caring about your heart health! Meat is definitely not good for the cardiovascular system, but it's important to keep in mind that these meat alternative products are not healthier, even though they're plant-based. Those products should still be eaten in moderation, just as with red meats, because they're both really high in saturated fat and sodium. They, like meat, also tend to char when cooked, and char is loaded with carcinogens and oxidants. (even though that taste can be divine...)

Anyway - for me, meat alternatives were a helpful introduction to the plant-based/vegan diet, and emboldened me to try out other plant based recipes. "Vegan" can be such a loaded term, but there are a lot of good recipes out there with the term. Search for recipes incorporating tempeh as the protein source - it's a bit easier to cook than tofu, which often gets a bad rap for being bland when it's usually just been cooked incorrectly (it requires some preparation/a good marinade and sauce/specific handling and patience to cook it well, but I digress). Tempeh is more forgiving, in that it carries more flavors/textures of its own, which are complimented well by many sauces.

The demented level of factory farming had nothing to do with human overpopulation, but everything to do with human culture's demand for animal products that are entirely unnecessary for survival. If we change our culture to eliminate animal products, we will eliminate a huge source of wasted resources and labor. Think of how much less plant agriculture would be required if we didn't have to feed 33 billion chickens, almost two billion sheep, a billion and a half cattle, a billion pigs.

If we just grew food we can eat, instead of wasting land, effort, and resources both directly and indirectly supporting animal agra, we wouldn't have such huge problems.

"But baaaaaaconnnnnn." "I can't liiiiiive without eeeeegggggs." "Cheeseburgers taaaaaaaste too good give up" "it's because there's too many huuuuuumanssss"

Out of complete ignorance - do Purdue or Tyson even run their own hatcheries/coops?

"An exceptionally small minority of people..."

You dropped this.

Seriously, who calls it the Fourth Reich?

It's the repeated brain trauma and testosterone abuse.

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Hey, if you're fortunate enough to have access to a toilet, you too can have a bidet. The toilet seat adapter kind can be had for around $30. Not nothing, but also not bank breaking.

I am skeptical of such a "great wealth transfer."

This argument presupposes that a significant portion of boomers will actually have wealth to bequeath. Yes, boomers as a class control more of the wealth - but how evenly is this wealth distributed amongst individual boomers? Of the total wealth controlled by their class, how much is owned by any individual?

I suspect that the median boomer does not own very much as an individual. Think of this: How many boomers own their house/car(s) outright? Have a high value 401k, IRA, or a pension? (do pensions even exist anymore?) How many have anything saved for retirement? These are the things that constitute inheritance for most people, and I doubt that the majority are sitting on such a dragon's hoard of treasure, if you will.

What's worse, this argument must also presuppose that the collective wealth of boomers will be available to pass down - and will not be entirely consumed by medical debt, elder care costs, or a combination of the two.

Even if we set the first issue aside by making the (very generous) assumption that 98% of boomers have managed to obtain the highest tier middle class level of wealth - mortgage paid off, no other debts, solid retirement savings, max social security etc - how much will be left after years of paying for routine health maintenance, acute hospital admissions, general elder care, nursing home care, etc. How much goes to inheritance/estate taxes (in states that have it), legal fees that are common at end of life, ...and lest we forget, funeral costs?

For these reasons, I find it foolish to assume Gen X and Millennials will be economically buoyed by inheritance. Some will, sure. But most won't.

I really don't care, do u?

Microsoft ad is probably the real reason, but also Microsoft's search engine shares the last name of the character Matthew Perry played on friends.

Totally consistent with white, christofascist, imperialist colonizer worldview.

To quote Bubba Gump:

Anyway, like I was sayin', [billionaire] is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, [billionaire]-kabobs, [billionaire] creole, [billionaire] gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple [billionaire], lemon [billionaire], coconut [billionaire], pepper [billionaire], [billionaire] soup, [billionaire] stew, [billionaire] salad, [billionaire] and potatoes, [billionaire] burger, [billionaire] sandwich. That- that's about it.

Maybe I'm a smooth brain - but I always thought private trackers were kept private/exclusive as a way of promoting seeding - the exclusivity of private trackers lowers risk/fear of seeding, so people seed, files are kept alive. - the ratios are a stick to enforce the rules and boot leechers. Centralizing seed logs with private trackers always gave me the creeps though.

Honestly, it sounds like there's essentially no risk of seeding on I2P. Wouldn't more people be willing to seed in general? And wouldn't that in turn obviate the need for private trackers?

Alas, perhaps my smooth brain brings naivety along with it.

How is this defendable in any way?

Ok Thre-ElonMusk-eteers.

You keep gobbling that knob. Maybe daddy will pay attention to you one day

Because they are a corporation that is actively littering LEO with hundreds of satellites, and fear economic retribution and/or responsibility as a consequence of this kind of information?

You see how there might be something called "conflict of interest?"

Having a conflict of interest does not mean they aren't competent at what they do - just that they have reason to be biased against information that may result in direct consequence.

What makes you think it's anti-CRT?

...my mistake.

I think you meant "missed steak."

Hey - I might have given the wrong impression - I'm a civvy and never served. Grew up in a navy fam, so I have some exposure to life and lingo, but I won't pretend to know shit. Stolen valor is fucked up, so I'm sorry if I gave you that vibe. Thank you for your service sailor.