Random thoughts

[Octavia]

100% right on all of this. I should feel bad but I do not and the best of it is that she is not even a a full vegetarian as she eats burgers a few times a year.

I think doing this to anyone would be horrible.

Ah that’s a bit more fair, flexitarianism can sometimes be a bit inconsistent, though meat can be helpful if you have something like iron uptake issues. Had a vegetarian childhood friend who couldn’t metabolise iron supplements and needed meat for the heme iron when she had particularly heavy periods.

A. It's a fookin' MEME, for chrissakes. NO one should take it seriously.

As someone who’s been vegan most my life (at this point), the jokes about making vegans eat meat wore thin years ago. Plus the joke here is sneaking someone unpleasant without their knowledge which at least to me is more upsetting than the meat aspect. It’s like a more targeted version of the classic laxative brownie joke, where generally the only people laughing are the ones who made the brownies.

2. If she cheats with red meat especially... she's just virtue signalling, IMHO. (why beef? It's the most resource-intensive protein, and now intensively factory farmed worldwide).

Yeah, red meat’s a pretty bad choice, but it is easily accessible in the United States and it’s much better to eat less than to just not try (perfect is the enemy of good and all that). No idea on a motive, but I’ve met folks with really weird conceptions about food (eg “peanut butter isn’t vegan because of the word ‘butter’ in it”), so maybe there’s a similar reason there?

 

[Bakin4Life]

As someone who’s been vegan most my life (at this point), the jokes about making vegans eat meat wore thin years ago. Plus the joke here is sneaking someone unpleasant without their knowledge which at least to me is more upsetting than the meat aspect. It’s like a more targeted version of the classic laxative brownie joke, where generally the only people laughing are the ones who made the brownies.

To my (new-ish!) online friend(s):

I want to assure you that I...

- Would never do this to anyone
- Would never condone others doing this to anyone
- Would not knowingly associate with anyone who would exhibit this sort of cruelty (and I knew Rodney wasn't this sort of person, even before his statement)

My apologies for being insensitive on the issue.
I will probably err on the side of depraved humor in the future; you are welcome to point out when you perceive it crossing a line.

 

[Octavia]

To my (new-ish!) online friend(s):

I want to assure you that I...

- Would never do this to anyone
- Would never condone others doing this to anyone
- Would not knowingly associate with anyone who would exhibit this sort of cruelty (and I knew Rodney wasn't this sort of person, even before his statement)

My apologies for being insensitive on the issue.
I will probably err on the side of depraved humor in the future; you are welcome to point out when you perceive it crossing a line.

I should probably also apologise too. I’m so used to the “it’s just a joke, don’t take it seriously” defence being used to excuse cruel/bigoted statements thinly disguised as humour on other social medias that I lost track of your intent.

Meant to add something like this to my comment last night, but then had a bowl and forgot to post

 

[Cheebsy]

‘Blue plaque’ at Walthamstow Tesco honours lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss

Star of Daily Star’s web stunt given fake heritage mark after proving itself less perishable than Truss’s premiership

www.theguardian.com

Hah!

 

[florduh]

I read this as: Country Over, Party

the rest of the world finding out the American Empire is over:

Yub Nub!

 

[florduh]

My new phone background

 

[Rodney]

https://imgur.com/a/n7M6yo0

I never understood it at first lol

 

[Vitolo]

First Rule of Might Club ~ Never Commit to Plans​

 

[chillAtGVC]

A person sitting on a toilet.

 

[Ramahs]

 

[florduh]

The book made this much clearer. I don't want to shit on, maybe one of the few perfect movies. But Spielberg felt some affinity for John Hammond, so he made him a much more sympathetic figure.

Michael Crichton portrayed Hammond as a disgusting greedy monster who ends up being slowly eaten alive by tiny dinosaurs. The reader is left with the impression that this is good and cool and well deserved

 

[florduh]

pretty good advice in general, tbh

 

[vapviking]

“The wind, the wind, it sounds so wonderful. The wind, the wind, the wind is, the wind is bullshit, I’ll yell you,”
-DJT, in PA, talking, we think, about wind power, as Milton bore down on Florida.

 

[florduh]

The wind, the wind, it sounds so wonderful.

As someone who had to listen to Milton trying to tear the roof off for 7 straight hours last night:

 

[florduh]

It's pretty hard to convince me to vote for Republicans when they can't control the weather OR rig elections Major skill issue

 

[macbill]

 

[macbill]

 

[florduh]

There was a US Senator Milton who died during WWII.



While Senator Milton died before the effects of anthropogenic climate change were well known, we can examine the available evidence:

1) He was born during the Civil War

2) He was from Florida

3) Racist-ass mustache

Verdict: Almost certainly would've been a climate change denier

 

[florduh]

August: Republicans are Weird

October: Weirdly, Republicans are my best friends I love them and want to kiss them on the mouth

 

[macbill]

Happy Thanksgiving Day, Canada.

 

[cybrguy]

Happy Indigenous Peoples day.

 

[Bakin4Life]

August: Republicans are Weird

October: Weirdly, Republicans are my best friends I love them and want to kiss them on the mouth

Wait, what? (go ahead, call me obtuse)

 

[Octavia]

Wait, what? (go ahead, call me obtuse)

Essentially Harris has been openly courting moderate/anti trump republicans this month starting with a rally at the birthplace of the GoP with Liz Cheney as one of the speakers. I think there’s been some other shifts like echoing other republican anti immigration/immigrant sentiments but drawing a blank on specifics.

Essentially the goal for both sides this month has been trying to convince the convincible to swap sides rather than sit out the election

 

[florduh]

(go ahead, call me obtuse)

lol, not at all

Over the summer, a certain Presidential candidate and her affable buddy from Minnesota were running around calling Republicans weirdos. Because, for example, Republicans are seemingly obsessed with controlling the sexual health of complete strangers. Notable: this candidate and her buddy were winning at this point.

Now they've dropped all that. "Actually, the guy we said is a fascist threat to democracy has some really good ideas about hating immigrants". They're touting the endorsement of unrepentant Republican war criminals. Publicly fantasizing about smoking home invaders with their Glock. Praising crypto scams. Dumb shit like that.

Notable: they are now either losing, or in a dead heat with a certain former game show host. Because there are about 4 or 5 total voters who love Republicans but want them to be 2-3% less racist. They all live in a solid Blue State. Mostly, working at the New York Times.

 

[Bakin4Life]

Ok, I get it now, you two. TY My confusion was that I thought Floriduh Florduh was speaking for himself, not the campaign's position.
For a minute, I thought he fell asleep next to a seed pod.