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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did it become normalized to start passing credit card processing fees to the customer?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  From the comments I realised that you westerners don’t seem to have a concept of MRP (Maximum Retail Price) where you can’t sell the product for more than a specific price anywhere in the country set by the manufacturer per batch. It is inclusive of all sales taxes. Your prices seem to vary according to the demand lol. So if anyone charges above that it is usually added in the bill as Card processing fees and very few businesses do that because people get furious over here in India.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top of the world, ma⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol if you can’t counter and actually bring new insights to this debate and instead accuse the other person that their response is pasted from some stupid LLM, then your cause of spreading veganism has failed.

  So this is the end of debate then. Please don’t reply. IDGAF about vegans at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top of the world, ma⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When the logic collapses so hard you have to summon a child sex offender.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top of the world, ma⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I literally answered your points of concern one by one with sources and you call it ChatGPT like some “gotcha” lol.

  Have a good day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top of the world, ma⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think veganism actually  solves major problems like ecological decline, climate change, antibiotic resistance, pandemics or any public health issues especially once you look at how these issues play out in reality rather than in an “influencer idealised” narrative.

  1. Climate Change & the “14%” number is very nuanced

  Livestock is definitely responsible for around 14-15% of global greenhouse gas emissions. That number comes from lifecycle assessments by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)that include feed production, enteric fermentation, manure, land use change and processing, not just the emissions from the animals themselves. (FAO))

  That figure is usually misinterpreted or understood:

  • It isn’t directly comparable to the way energy or transport emissions are counted; those are measured differently. (FAOHome)

  • Roughly 1/3 of total global emissions come from food systems overall, and within that portion, the livestock share varies depending on methodology. (ipcc.ch)

  • Other studies show the livestock share can fall closer to 12% of total global emissions when measured differently. (OECD)

  So yes, livestock contributes significantly but it’s misleading to treat that figure as a simple causal claim that eliminating meat will solve climate change. Deep cuts in fossil fuel emissions from energy, transport and industry are still the dominant needs.

  2. Reducing livestocks doesn’t automatically eliminate animals

  Even if people eat less meat, that doesn’t guarantee livestock populations disappear. Animals don’t just vanish because Williams decided to not eat meat:

  • They may continue to exist for milk, labor, manure, cultural or economic reasons.

  • Reductions in consumption don’t automatically translate into reductions in livestock biomass or methane outputs unless there are explicit policies to manage breeding and animal numbers.

  This means the assumed climate benefit is not automatic and depends on how production systems are actually managed, not just what people choose to have on their plates.

  3. Reducing livestock doesn’t mean Less Food

  Cutting livestock doesn’t reduce the need to produce calories or balanced nutrition. You still need to produce protein and micro nutrients at scale. That typically means expanding crop production which has its own environmental costs (fertilizer use, land conversion, water use, transport, processing). The narrative that plant crops are automatically lower impact ignores the fact that:

  • Many plant based proteins are highly processed and energy intensive.

  • Removing animals from small & mixed farming systems will actually reduce soil fertility and increase reliance on synthetic fertilizers.

  4. Antibiotic Resistance

  The core issue isn’t simply that people eat animals but it is how antibiotics are regulated, prescribed and used in both human and animal systems. The FAO projects that without policy changes, global antibiotic use in livestock could rise by up to 30% by 2040. (DownToEarth.org)

  It correlates with a lack of proper regulations and overuse of antibiotics in both human healthcare and industrial farming.

  5. Many problems are Western Industrial Systems problems

  A lot of the environmental framing around livestock comes from industrialised, Western models of agriculture (feedlots, monocultures, long supply chains). In much of the Global East, livestock production is integrated into local food supply systems and serve roles beyond just meat supply that provides manure, traction, nutrient cycling and financial assets (I don’t like to see living beings that way but that’s the way it is). Treating Western industrial problems as universally applicable heavily ignores these differences.

  6. Nutrition & Public Health vary by context

  Claims that veganism improves public health assume widespread access to balanced plant based nutrition & supplementation. In many parts of the world like big vegetarian populations like India, protein and micronutrient deficiencies (iron, B12) are widespread public health issues. Meanwhile animal source foods actually provide dense sources of these nutrients that are difficult to replace without reliable supplementation and access.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top of the world, ma⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I really don’t get it why the people want to control what other people it? Eat whatever the fuck you want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The sheeet of power⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  2 Girls 1 Trump. Shit that sounds very wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine looking at the first picture and thinking thats something to be proud of , lol, its mental illness⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The current Indian Prime Minister bootlickers bring up some GDP growth rate numbers and compare them with Pakistan and Bangladesh thus giving a false sense of superiority that India is developing rapidly—I mean yes but only compared to those countries. So the people who still have their brain cells started this meme trend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone explain why?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why spend on alcohol when I can buy more books, games, travel the world or join a sports club instead of damaging my own body and end up paying more with hospital bills later in life?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Link for Non-Steam games on Wayland? (Linux)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently the dev got banned. The reason is unclear and I would love to understand the other side but this is on their Github.

  I got kicked from Moonlight and Sunshine’s Discord server and banned from Sunshine’s GitHub repo literally for helping people out. This is what I got for finding a bug, opened an issue, getting no response, troubleshoot myself, fixed the issue myself, shared it by PR to the main repo hoping my efforts can help someone else during the maintenance gap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Link for Non-Steam games on Wayland? (Linux)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks I will look into it. I didn’t know stuff like this even existed lol.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people have so many tabs open on their browser?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t even have 5 tabs open even if I try. I always close a tab when I am done with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp appears to have ads now. Good thing I don't really use it anymore.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Been getting them since 2016. Whatsapp is like the default online business platform for almost all small to medium size businesses. (at least in India) That’s when Meta decided to bring the Whatsapp Business app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamepad for Linux Gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The ultimate 2 is over 100$ more expensive than the ultimate c wired and 50$ more than the official Xbox one. (All of this in rough ₹ to $ conversion) Interestingly, I just searched Amazon and I had to scroll down quite a bit to find the 2c wireless which is actually cheaper than Ultimate C wired (at 81% discount like wtf?!), so now I might go for that one. Thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamepad for Linux Gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. Unfortunately this one’s on the expensive side and I am not a hardcore gamer. I think I will go with the ultimate C wired as it is in my budget as well as seems to work with Linux (atleast via steam; got mixed reviews with Lutris from some folks in the comments).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamepad for Linux Gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does 8bitdo work well with Lutris? I saw a video posted 5 years ago where you had to add Lutris to Steam and launch it from there for the controllers to work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamepad for Linux Gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I have never used any controller or a console before. For almost 20 years I have been a keyboard+mouse guy. So for me, a plug and play controller would be nice. Bluetooth is not a priority for me rn. Given that as well as all the advice in the comments, I am leaning towards this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamepad for Linux Gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I was looking at that as a lot of folks mentioned the brand. The wireless is super expensive, even more than the original xbox controller. But the wired one is literally half the price.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are the types of Whatsapp Channels Indians get recommended⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It used to be a crime until 2018 until the supreme court ruled against it. But it is still a stigma.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are the types of Whatsapp Channels Indians get recommended⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Indian Smuts slop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are the types of Whatsapp Channels Indians get recommended⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tried that 3 years and got called out as paranoid. 🥲

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are the types of Whatsapp Channels Indians get recommended⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell this to my family who thinks it is the most revolutionary piece of technology ever created and shun me to speak out. :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are the types of Whatsapp Channels Indians get recommended⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think maybe because majority of the popular channels are either Bhakti Channels, News Outlets or this bullshit. And they just want people to get hooked to the constant dopamine from religious propaganda, Godi Media’s political propaganda and Attention capitalization of Sex Deprived people in a country where sex is a Taboo. These are the factors that help them strengthen their position in this country. You can see it on other Meta Platforms as well. Most of the content over there is similar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are the types of Whatsapp Channels Indians get recommended⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ikr. At this point I won’t even be surprised if it is some fat ass uncle who is into pedos handling this shit who shits his RSS-BJP (nazis of India) propaganda to others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are the types of Whatsapp Channels Indians get recommended⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly… I don’t even know. Looking at the quality of images most of them seem fake channels — the original images seem to have been scraped from personal FB/Insta or some malicious app on someone’s phone that has full gallery access or maybe ex-boyfriends making their lives a hell. But some of them… yes, they seem Onyfanish type accounts who later start promoting some small brands to make a buck. Most of these channels seem to come from small towns and tier 2 cities.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She is making a GREAT point⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just use condoms and don’t hookup with random people. No pills needed for any gender. They are harmful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nothing’s new bloatware includes Facebook services that can’t be uninstalled⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Privacy, user control and consent means nothing to these companies.