I don’t blame you for being incredulous. The animal agriculture industry really goes out of their way to misrepresent how poorly they actually treat their animals. That’s why there are laws against recording and publishing their practices.
https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-animals-are-factory-farmed
I mean, intentional or not, I think the statue does invoke imagery of a hanged man if you squint a bit. It certainly wouldn’t have been my first thought, though, so you’re probably right that projection also plays a part.
I think most of them know on some level that their arguments don’t make sense, but sometimes their cognitive dissonance requires them to type out some self platitude.
I personally think this is part of a growth process. I certainly remember writing things I thought that maybe I was wrong about, but leaving it to someone else to tell me exactly why.
That interview was something else. The guy said the statue made him scared of being being shot or “noosed up” because of how he looked (white).
Fox News truly has turned these people’s brains to mush.
99% of meat consumed in the US is factory farmed. If you bought it in a supermarket, it came from intensified animal agriculture, regardless of the feel-good marketing language.
How do you know an inorganic lifeform refuses to consume organic life forms? Worry not, they shall communicate it. HAHAHAHA.
I don’t know, but I’ve been told
Filling the jar is getting old
You mean the guy who didn’t endorse anyone? I think it was clear that the higher ups would’ve liked to endorse Harris, but too many of the rank and file members support trump. I don’t think this’d move the needle much.
Oh, huh. That’s interesting. I’m from the great white north, and our gas hookups are copper from what I’ve seen. If this is indeed iron, then the melting point would be higher: ~ 1,540°C.
Interestingly that colour temperature chart is supposedly fairly consistent across different metals.
I think you’re right. I was curious, so I looked it up.
The melting point of copper is 1,085°C, and judging from this chart, its definitely getting close:
While it looks scary as fuck, wouldn’t it not actually explode unless the gas pipe melted through? There’s no oxygen in the fuel, so it can’t combust. I guess as the gas heats up, it’s also possible the for the tank or lines to spring a leak.
Either way, I’d be nopeing out and calling emergency services.
Yeah, fair, as Naeva also said, that was overly reductive.
Palm oil is still a grey area, though, as is pointed out in the VS quote I posted lower in the comment chain.
Are you asking if it’s practicable to avoid everything that contains vegetable oil, as that may contain palm oil? Because, no, I wouldn’t consider that practicable. Or at least not any more practicable than not purchasing vegetables from a grocery store.
Edit: Since we’re quoting the Vegan Society:
Is palm oil vegan?
In itself, palm oil is a vegetable product which does not need to involve the (ab)use of animals and therefore is suitable for vegans. However, the palm oil and palm timber industries are rife with very bad practices. In the EU, palm oil used in food must now be labelled, but ingredients derived from palm oil in food and non-food products still do not have to be labelled
So, it is not possible for consumers to boycott palm products. Instead, ending the abuses of the palm tree (oil and timber) industries requires co-ordinated action by consumers, policymakers, vegans and non-vegans together.
Vegans should also be aware that due to the fact that single-issue campaigns have focused solely on the negative effects of palm oil, other types of crop farming that cause harm to many animals are overlooked. We are working towards a world where animals are not (ab)used for human purposes. We encourage stock-free farming and alternatives to widespread crop clearance and other farming methods which currently cause many animals to die every year. Unfortunately, it is not yet possible or practical for individual vegans to only support vegan farming. However, the consumption of plant-based crops, such as wheat, barley, oil palm and soybeans, causes far fewer animals to lose their lives than eating animals.
Of course it is not actually vegan to clearcut rainforest for food oil
I’m going to push back on this one. Palm oil doesn’t contain animal products, so it’s vegan. Full stop. I’m not saying it’s not bad, or that people shouldn’t avoid it, but it’s still technically vegan.
All farming causes some amount of animal suffering. If your argument is that the harvesting thereof causes more animal suffering than other oils and that makes it not vegan, the same logic should be applied to vegetables as well. Monocrop and even organic farming causes more animal suffering than veganic farming, so should those vegetables also be considered non-vegan?
This might work for consumer markets, but they’ve got b2b partners with deep pockets and expensive lawyers that are not happy. Also, the problem is widespread enough that a class action suit would be a pretty big deal. I don’t think this’ll just blow over.
IMO intell is scrambling to solve a hardware problem with software so they don’t have to do a massive and very, very costly recall.
Until they unequivocally show this not to be the, just hang tight.
I think Smith would hate a lot of what’s going on in modern capitalism, TBH.
Free speech absolutist, though.
But it potentially could have damaged the lichens which will totally not be affected by climate change!!! Won’t someone think of the lichens?!