alekwithak
@alekwithak@lemmy.world
- Comment on The eye-popping amount of money Elon Musk has already slashed from the Education Department as staff melt down 1 week ago:
Damn.
Tldr: $500 million worth of food spoiled after USAID freeze.
- Comment on I watched Arrival (2016), there was a lot more to it than I was expecting 1 week ago:
I too have an ever growing list. if you’ve never read Vonnegut before, he is really worth moving up the list.
- Comment on I watched Arrival (2016), there was a lot more to it than I was expecting 1 week ago:
The aliens reminded me of the Tralfamadorians from Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five.
- Comment on Autoplay videos are cancer to me 2 weeks ago:
Tbf on Tiktok you can seek, pause, and change the speed.
- Comment on what the hap is fuckening 2 weeks ago:
We don’t like bigots and don’t want to laugh with them. Hiding your bigotry behind bad logic may fool others nearer to your IQ, but anyone with two brain cells to rub together can read between the lines.
- Comment on okra stealing whore 2 weeks ago:
If only.
- Comment on What emotion is this? 3 weeks ago:
I was gonna say no, but I definitely have PS1 Hagrid days.
- Comment on listen 3 weeks ago:
Plausible.
- Comment on Not enough cake 3 weeks ago:
Wow this brings me back
- Comment on Don't forget where we came from and what shaped us as a species. The Jungle. 3 weeks ago:
And I’m saying the vegan that tells others how to live their lives is as fictional as the god who damns sinners to hell. Even the weird publicity stunts by PETA are just to raise awareness of the issue.
And the moral implications are totally relevant as they completely explain the reasoning of someone who would care if you ate a steak, the question your original comment asks.
- Comment on Don't forget where we came from and what shaped us as a species. The Jungle. 3 weeks ago:
Not vegan, but to play the vegan’s advocate—vegans are acutely aware of the level of cruelty in the factory farm system, as well as it’s affect on the environment and don’t want to partake in those systems of harm and taking without consent. To them, it’s not just a dietary choice but an ethical stance against suffering and exploitation. To someone who sees the life of a cow as just as sacred and important as a human’s, you can imagine why it would upset them to see you eating a steak. Just like you might be upset if you saw someone eating a dog or a fellow human. To them there’s no difference.
It’s similar to how evangelical Christians genuinely believe they’re trying to save people from eternal damnation when they get preachy. Just as annoying. The difference is that one is rooted in observable reality—documented animal suffering, environmental damage, and ethical concerns—while the other is a matter of ‘faith.’ and the latter is given a lot more leeway. So when vegans speak out, it’s not necessarily about policing your diet; it’s about trying to reduce harm in a world where harm is often hidden or normalized. And for what it’s worth I have known a lot of vegans and not one of them was ever preachy or judgemental, in fact most tend to keep it to themselves because vegans are so often the subject of ridicule, the butt of played out jokes, or made to host a session of 20 questions and feigned health concerns from people who eat nothing but processed meat and carbs.
I believe everyone should be able to do and live as they want as long as it doesn’t interfere with anyone else’s ability to do the same, and I can fully understand how to a vegan someone eating a steak would break that rule.
- Comment on (They're not allowed to legally anymore) 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been watching this really interesting older docuseries about an illegal alien who was adopted by a Kansan farmer. It really highlights the lengths the rich will go to when they feel justified in their own actions. Makes me wonder if this new TB strain isn’t just the newest bio-weapon introduced by the state’s leading plutocrat.
- Comment on Baboons got 99 problems and bitches are most of them 3 weeks ago:
#relatable
- Comment on Were Sony and Microsoft Truly Worried About The Google Stadia? 4 weeks ago:
Facts.
- Comment on Were Sony and Microsoft Truly Worried About The Google Stadia? 4 weeks ago:
Stadia was awesome. The only flop involved was in Google’s handling of it.
- Comment on At only 80 thousand dollars a press die is practical and smart and requires only some minor assembly, maintenance, adjustments, and heavy equipment to run. 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Anon fixes Super Mario Bros 4 weeks ago:
During COVID I beat smb1 for the first time. On Switch. Where you could rewind 😓
- Comment on Believe and be saved! 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Anon makes a troubling connection 1 month ago:
The only part of this that’s true is that Australia has invasive rabbits.
- Comment on Is there a way to search for specific words on a site? 1 month ago:
You can Google “Site:<URL> <search term>” to have Google search the site specifically for that term
- Comment on alpha 2 months ago:
A lot of people’s gluten sensitivity is actually a sensitivity to glysophates.
- Comment on Hope September doesn’t go by too fast 3 months ago:
201320122011* - Comment on To be a fly in the wall of that cell. 4 months ago:
That seems not good, like a supervillain pair in the making
- Comment on Is your writing skibidi? 5 months ago:
I have a middle schooler. Skibidi means bad.
- Comment on Is your writing skibidi? 5 months ago:
But skibidi means bad.
- Comment on Oh no! I dropped (5£ to) Anna's Archives. Beware the mess, people. 5 months ago:
Ripped.guidd is the place to see exactly where you should avoid. :)
- Comment on angory 6 months ago:
Really makes one wonder about other wild animal’s temperament.
- Comment on Eric Andre and the millennial experience 7 months ago:
Good point about Danson.
- Comment on Eric Andre and the millennial experience 7 months ago:
Maybe. More likely he realized the backlash from his fans was affecting his wallet and career. The conflict isn’t new and Andre isn’t dumb. he was raised in the faith as was I, except he’s a few years older. My family and I have been thrown out of multiple Temples for the mere suggestion that Palestinian lives matter even remotely. I was offered birthright as well, as all white passing and rich Jews are, and turned it down. It’s that easy. What I will never understand is why people rush to defend the rich and powerful. Do you really think he needs, wants, or cares about your help?
- Comment on Eric Andre and the millennial experience 7 months ago:
That’s great that he clarified his personal feelings… After the blowback from signing the open letter to Biden in support of Israel. I’m also a “self loving Jew who supports a full ceasefire” and it hasn’t been difficult at all not to make any public actions contrary to that belief.
