The issue for vegans is whether animal slaughter was involved and whether they supported it with their purchase.

The acceptable amount = refrain from hurting animals “as much as possible and practicable”. That takes care of all the gotchas and the well actuallys.

This could spectacularly backfire if you ever fall down and can’t get up.

I use Arch by the way.

That second point would require intimate knowledge about which animal parts would be disposed of if they didn’t find a buyer.
In reality, everything is used. If there wasn’t a market for part of an animal, a use was found and a market created (which is part of the reason why industrially produced white sugar, beer, wine, apple juice, potato chips and bread usually aren’t vegan).

Anyway, vegans usually don’t care about whether an animal product could be leftover. Their philosophy boils down to “Just fucking leave animals in peace.”

It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this:

Is this from Terry Pratchett?

The most optimistic resolution to this conflict would be the German/French model. 2 states that have been arch-enemies for over a millennium forged a close bond and lasting partnership within just one generation after WW2.
But I don’t think this is possible before both countries are completely exhausted or destroyed by the war, and a strong party from outside (likely the US again) steps in and forces them into a pact.

A one-state solution would be unthinkable and completely without historical precedent, unless Israel either declares Palestine to be dissolved and rules over the land with an iron fist, or is itself wiped off the map.

If there’s nothing unique or special in any company’s code base, then why does SAP software suck so much more than anything else?

If I use this to fertilize my veggies, are they still vegan?

A good measurement for human timescales is the age difference between a child and their grandfather (~50 years, basically one generation of oral tradition).
The mammoths died out 80 grandfathers ago.

It’s mostly people-with-money-centric.

Aber bisher hat es doch immer funktioniert! Erst seit gestern, als einer von euch aus der IT hier war…

As a German, I’d be fine with that. They can have the Eastern half.

I have nothing to add regarding the filter method, but that Chinese rice liquor really is the most disgusting beverage I ever tried.
Even worse than German burning nettle schnapps.

This sign hangs in lots of pubs in Europe.

As were most countries.
And the Jewish people were killed and kicked out everywhere they lived for centuries prior to that.

Es wurde zwar schon alles gesagt, aber noch nicht von jedem.

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ohne dir zu nahe zu treten, die wahrscheinlichsten Fehlerquellen fragt man zuerst ab: Leuchtet die Lampe am Monitor? Gelb oder blau?