Yeah it's certainly more philosophical than practical. Here's another odd quandary: we as vegans agree that in certain situations, it's okay to kill an animal (our favourite "stuck on an island with a cow" scenario). If people in remote artic areas HAVE to kill and eat animals to live, are they technically vegan? They're avoiding the use of animals as much as is practical?
Arguably, body building by definition isn't vegan.
If we accept that crop death is inevitable, body builders are unnecessarily killing more animals purely for aesthetic reason.
I wouldn't ever say that to a non-vegan as it's just too in the weeds, but still interesting.
"You were a racist site!"
The absolute lack of subtlety on this meme, my god. The point blank spelling out of the authors opinion, the complete absence of a joke, and that exclamation mark. My word.
I thought the theory that it affected childhood brains was based on the damage it cause to frontal lobe development? And the notion that it was up to age 21 was based on that erroneous "The frontal cortex is developed at 25 years old" study, that actually just stopped looking at patients older than 25?
Changed car insurance, saved a massive headache
Was originally with AAMI, and noticed they had quietly dropped my covered rate to $7,500. If I was willing to pay more, I could be insured for $10,500 max. This is for a 2008 top spec Nissan 350z, which you couldn't look at for anything less than $17,000. My premiums for comprehensive were about to go up to $141 a month (despite being with them for 5 years with no claims) so I checked with Shannons, and they covered to $20,000 for $146 a month. Always pays to check how much you're covered, as if my car was written off, I'd be getting less than half it's worth. Outrageous.
Oh thank you! I had a great time, I didn't expect as many people to come through and play it. I had set up carnival music to entice players, but never got a chance to use it as there was always a line, which was neat. Which game at PAX was your favourite?
If some criminal indictments came out against trump for being a pedophile, the right wing will go NUTS. "It's a witch hunt!".
If Clinton gets indicted for his pedophilia, lefties go "yeah good, about time".
You see the difference right? One's a cult, the other is normal?
I know that conservatives like to go "if you go after trump for being a pedophile, then what about Clinton?"
And EVERY SINGLE LEFTY goes "okay".
Like, what a bizarre world where one side of the isle ignores pedophilia if it's their idol doing it, and the other has a blanket "no pedophile" policy.
Opposite monkey paw situation, as cows are no longer farmed due to the poison risk, global emissions are massively reduced. And the huge amounts of land dedicated to feeding cows is returned to forestry, further reducing emissions.
The poisonous cows solve climate change long before the vegans can.
Here in Melbourne Australia, plastic bags are illegal. Same with plastic cutlery, plastic cups, straws etc, and Ive not heard any significant whinging.
Any country that hasn't done it yet needs an authoritarian left wing government to storm in and force their gormless populace to grow up and take responsibility.
I bought an electric motorbike to use instead of a car, my right wing dad bummed me out when he said australia is 70% powered by fossil fuels.
I caught covid at PAX last weekend, but I couldn't figure out how to report it. Even if the populace has stopped caring about covid, you'd think the government would still be putting in some effort.
What's the purpose of having the three monkeys that basically all say the same thing?
Like, from a rhetoric standpoint?
Renters have to pay for their own water. I've lived in rentals for 15 years, and never saw a landlord do "upgrades" on my house. Didn't stop them from upping the prices every opportunity they could. I'll give you rates and repairs, although if landlords hadn't scalped all the properties I'm sure people could afford to shop around to buy a better built property.
But who's fault is that? That's right, the investors/landlords who scalped all the houses, making supply scarce and causing prices to increase.
Owning more than two (and I'd argue more than one) properties should be illegal.
My brother has lived in one for about 3 years now, built it himself from a Ford Transit. He does exceptionally well with ladies and a van has had no impetus on that.
He tried living in Sydney but it was apparently horrific, what with the aggressive parking laws and terrible road layouts. He's vowed never to return.
I'd argue his diet isn't great, as he doesn't have much room to make varied colourful meals, but he doesn't seem to order takeout so maybe it's not that bad.
He's incredibly social and performs in theatre's throughout Melbourne, van life didn't seem to hamper that. Everyone seems to want to hang out in his cosy RGB wood panelled surprisingly clean funk wagon. He's 27 and saving a boat load of cash.
Saved you a click (or embarrassment of not knowing what one looks like from the thumbnail)
It's the tardigrade.
Shifted my Superannuation to Future Super
After watching a lot of Some More News and Climate Town, I made the shift from Hesta (which has $2,000,000,000 invested in fossil fuels, and most recently in the new Woodside gas plant) to Future Super.
Yes, the fees are significantly worse, but if I'm putting my own financial gain ahead of the planet, I'm no better than all the banks investing in fossil fuels.
I complained about an Australian website asking for tips, so they removed the tip function.
I pre-ordered a pair of Jennen shoes (elevator shoes, so I can be a big boy) from their online site (they no longer have the shopfront on Johnstone street) and got asked for a tip at the end. For basically changing a stock allocation assignment. I had a whinge on their contact forms, and they replied "the tip function is optional".
2 years later I emailed again, saying "I haven't bought a replacement pair of shoes, all because of the audacity to ask for a tip. I get that it's optional, but so is a cashier going 'hey give me that twenty from your wallet', and when the customer goes 'wtf??' the cashier replies 'oh lol it's optional'. You may have thought 'you know, a tip screen could give us free money! What's the harm?', and I guess this follow up email is proof of that harm. Don't bring tipping culture here please!"
I get this reply a day later, and can confirm the tip function is now gone. Loverly! Whinging may be one thing, but persistent whinging made the difference.
Game Over - PC trailer
"Lemmy at em!" says some wisecracking character in my video game maybe, in a referential nod to a relatively niche community in an attempt to appeal.
For the past six years I've been working on Game Over, a Comedy Rhythm RPG, and maybe you'll like it?
There's a little demo on Steam and also one on itch.io which you can play free of charge! What a deal! What a sweet treat for yourself and friends!
Also I don't have a complaints form, so if you have any, please comment below and I will angrily defend myself and take potshots at you.
Call now!