Read all the comments in this thread that say "OP" next to the user. I don't call people "trolls" very quickly because most of the time that's wrong, statistically. But they are either a troll or— more likely— an annoying militant vegan.
Courage is knowing you're likely to fail, but taking a chance and doing your best anyway. Stupidity is thinking there's little to no risk when there's a lot.
Nobody's exposed to everything. I've never watched A Christmas Story and I don't care to. I've never watched Back to the Future either, though it's been on TV while I wasn't paying attention. I'd watch those three though if I had someone to watch them with. I did however finally watch It's a Wonderful Life for the first time last Christmas. Except for some of the angel stuff, it's held up really well, and it had a really positive impact on me.
This scared my housemate too. It's manipulation to get you to continue, so you buy their subscriptions and/or microtransactions. I love Duolingo, but fuck this manipulation shit.
I'd be opening up a can of worms that I'm not sure I have the mental energy to organize, source, and talk about in length right now. I will say that if you've found a tolerant and science-accepting vegan group, that's super awesome and honestly not as common as it should be.
Here's a few veeeery summarized points:
Humans are not made for veganism. It can be dangerous and make you very sick, so you need a lot of education on nutrition and a lot of non-natural dietary supplements to make it work. Because of this, forcing veganism on children is also considered child abuse by law in some countries. Either way, you should always talk to your doctor.
Healthy veganism is a privileged diet. The logistics for growing, transporting, and preserving food for a vegan diet balanced enough to not get sick is a big deal, and everything gets expensive and out-of-reach for many. If veganism isn't an option for everyone, non-vegan practices will always be a thing. In which case, vegans shouldn't be snobs towards non-vegans.
Grazing animals are actually very important to healthy soil and crops. And that means controlling where they graze. And at that point, you're going against what a lot of vegans stand for. And honestly, at that point just use the animals for meat, too.
Vegans often condone practices that are unhealthy to humans or animals, and that kill off a lot of animals in order to sustain their agriculture. Not to mention the absolute need for pesticides to sustain large populations, and pesticides can kill off a lot of things on their own. Veganism is (usually) about not harming animals, but agriculture always kills a lot of animals; so one like myself will argue why many vegans are such snobs towards non-vegans, as if veganism is more "pure" than non-veganism
...Bethesda is a terrible developer and producer with a few good games under its belt that make people really dedicated to it— and I don't super blame those people. It would be like if half of Zelda games were buggy and unfun and amateur trash and most of Nintendo's other first-party was too, but those three or four great Zeldas and two or three good Marios made people fans of the company. Or, you know, CD Projekt Red making one— maybe two— games so great that people decided all their other games must be great by default even when they're not.
Read all the comments in this thread that say "OP" next to the user. I don't call people "trolls" very quickly because most of the time that's wrong, statistically. But they are either a troll or— more likely— an annoying militant vegan.