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https://autisticritic.pika.page/posts/top-20-film-predictions-that-came-true

Cinema might not get everything right but it's surprising how often it manages to predict certain events, science and technology in the future. Of course, not all of these are that important but it's fun nonetheless and who can object to that?

Teppichbrand , to DACH - Deutschsprachige Community für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz in Amsterdam verbietet Werbung für Fleisch

Veganes Bullshit Bingo #20:

Avocados! So schlecht für die Umwelt!

Achja, die Avocado-Keule. Bekanntlich essen ja nur VeganerInnen Avocados und das ausschließlich. Der Verzehr von Avocados ist durchaus problematisch (Waldrodung, Monokulturen, Transportwege, Wasserverbrauch). Wir sollten dennoch nicht ignorieren, dass die Treibhausgasbilanz trotz globaler Transporte und der Wasserverbrauch eines Kilogramms Avocados immer noch weit besser ist als bei Tierprodukten, selbst wenn diese aus der Region stammen. (Bpsw. 1.000L Wasser/Kg Avocado vs. 15.000L Wasser/Kg Rindfleich)
Lasst uns alle einfach Avocados in Maßen genießen. Dass Avocados keine perfekten Früchte sind, ist im Übrigen kein Grund, Tiere auszubeuten.

One of The Earth Breaking Moments for Me, When This Famous California Cook Destroyed Big Vegan Farming-Cooking for Me. Warning Vegans that Do Not Grow & Consume Vegan Foods At Home Or From Someone Else’s At Home & Small Garden. ( risingupwithsonali.com )

Many years ago I was watching Rising Up with Sonali, as I always do, when she brought on a famous Cali. Chef that converted to Veganism cooking at her restaurants & started investigating how Vegan the food was, she was buying. Only to find that the non-DIY & big growers had no way to provide her the food, without killing other ...

onoira , (edited ) to Vegan in One of The Earth Breaking Moments for Me, When This Famous California Cook Destroyed Big Vegan Farming-Cooking for Me. Warning Vegans that Do Not Grow & Consume Vegan Foods At Home Or From Someone Else’s At Home & Small Garden.
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https://vegan.bingo/#List

24: 100% vegan is impossible

True, we have to defend our fields from pests, displays contain animal glue and a few birds die in wind turbines. Should we therefore stop trying to reduce a lot of suffering where we can easily do so? Should firefighters save no one if they can't save everyone? Immoral behavior cannot be justified by the fact that the alternatives are not perfect. To wait for the 100% solution, the current situation is too damaging. Veganism is the best option that we have.

something something 'truly, to live is to be a bother to others'

EDIT: lmao i'm shadowbanned from piefed.social.

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Teppichbrand , to Lemmy Shitpost in IT'S TIME!

Vegan Bullshit Bingo #22

Plants have feelings too

No, they do not. There is no serious study to suggest that they do. Plants do not have a brain or central nervous system. At most, they respond to stimuli.
If you really care that much about the welfare of plants, you should go vegan, since many more plants "die" for animal feeding.
Do you feel bad while mowing your lawn? And would you rather rescue a potted plant than a dog from a burning house? Is docking pig tails the same as branch trimming to you? Question upon question...

Teppichbrand , to vegan in What cult?

Vegan Bullshit Bingo #7:

Veganism is like a religion

That sounds like an attempt at discrediting Veganism as unreasonable and irrational, just to not seriously deal with it. As Veganism is based on facts, logic and common sense, it is the exact opposite of a religion. Consuming animal products though, mostly means blindly following irrational traditions and ignoring the facts or refusing them by reasoning: "That's how we've always done it".
That sounds more like a religion to me...

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"Hello, I'm to offer you a free--"

"I'm on the no-call . No telemarketing calls."

"This isn't one."

"Uh-huh. You're about to offer me a free whozits if I sign up for something, right?"

"No, just a free song, no signups. I'll call up each week & sing you a song."

"......"

"...And then we can just talk or whatever."

"Seriously, what the hell's going on with you?"

"I dunno. I'm lonely, I guess. Figured I'd call random numbers & see what happened."

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  • @pfitz@hcommons.social avatar pfitz , to random

    My latest list is the Top 200 Best Road Trip Movies of All Time!

    Here are the Top Ten to get started:

    1. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
    2. Thelma & Louise (1991)
    3. National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983)
    4. Easy Rider (1969)
    5. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
    6. Y tu mamá también (2001)
    7. Almost Famous (2000)
    8. The Blues Brothers (1980)
    9. Sideways (2004)
    10. Rain Man (1988)

    https://www.listobsession.com/best-road-trip-movies/

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    Teppichbrand , (edited ) to memes in Now I want a cold cut sandwich.

    I used to love cheese and I agree. There is no perfect replacement, yet. Making udder cheese is complicated (and weird!) and thousands of years old, plant based cheese just a decade. If you're not ready to make compromises, then start somewhere else. You don't have to go all in, change step by step. Choose a meal that you like to cook and veganise it. Or learn a new one, there are billions of modern and traditional recipes from around the world.
    Buy oat milk and stick with it for a couple of weeks. It's just a taste, you will learn to like it eventually.

    You're wrong about buying local, though. Transport is only about 2% of the emissions at the most.

    "Human workers are treated badly" ticks the Vegan Bullshit Bingo #23:
    There are more important subjects

    Absolutely! Fortunately, being vegan doesn't mean you can't care about anything else. We have to eat either way. Why not something ethically and ecologically justifiable, then? We hardly have such a big lever as through our choice of food - 3x a day. And a look at the environmental, humanitarian and global health consequences of animal-based foods quickly shows how important and urgent this issue is, and how much people and the environment benefit from it.

    Teppichbrand , (edited ) to memes in Unexpected warning sign

    You are right, I buy organic as often as I can to not support the spraying of poison. And I usually eat whole grains, as you suggested, as it is much healthier.

    we add tons of god knows what chemicals

    This ticks #9 of the Vegan Bullshit Bingo. I'm from Europe and our basic organic oatmilk comes with stuff made from algue, seeds and plant oils. This is used everywhere in foodprocessing. Look it up, no dangerous "chemicals" to be found. There are brands that add sugar and artificial flavor, sure. Udders milk has about 5% sugar (lactose) and oat milk usually doesn't transcends this.

    There is (almost) no baby killing going on

    Half of the newborns are male and killed for veal, no? And the females get to be raised, milked and killed after a couple of years, so McDonald's can sell you cheap beef burgers.

    most cows would get an udder infection if not molken regularly

    Vegan Bullshit Bingo #17: Cows need to be milked
    We did that to them by breeding them like that. That's Bullshit Bingo #32.

    Also, if you don't want to grow so much oat and soy because it destroys ecosystems and rainforests (#2), don't feed animals, feed people! We're losing like 80% of the calories by giving it to cows. Here is a graph from the BBC

    I live like 200 meters away from a dairy farm, no shit. :)

    Teppichbrand , (edited ) to memes in Unexpected warning sign

    Normal, natural and necessary are the three N's of Carnism. Also:

    Vegan Bullshit Bingo #1:
    Lions eat meat too

    Yes, animals kill in the wild - to survive. We humans are, as opposed to predators or parasites, omnivores. We know how to grow crops, vegetables, etc. and cultivate fields. We have a choice, a conscience and we have ethics.
    Are you identifying with the intelligence and life situation of that of a lion or a tongue parasite? Do you also commonly ask yourself "What would a tongue parasite do in my place right now"? Are lions that kill newborns of other lions, for example, really good role models?

    Vegan Bullshit Bingo #54
    Well, humans just are on top of the food chain.

    Shouldn't you take responsibility in the role of the stronger and be considerate with your power? Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you have to. Otherwise you could maltreat children, handicapped people and all other physically disabled people for fun. Of course we don't do that because it would be immoral. Why should this moral understanding suddenly no longer apply to other species? Wouldn't we also wish for mercy and compassion if tomorrow a species superior to us colonized the earth?

    nsrxn , to memes in Unexpected warning sign

    soy ... destroys ecosystems and rainforests (#2), don't feed animals, feed people!

    the vast majority ( over 80% ) of soy is pressed for oil. the byproduct of that process is called soycake or soy meal, and it would be industrial waste if we didn't feed it to livestock. that's a conservation of resources.

    @timemagazine@friendica.quebec avatar timemagazine Bot , to random

    While they’ve certainly relied on sequels more often since being acquired by Disney in 2006, Pixar still looks to original storytelling to win the hearts and minds of kids and adults all over the world. That’s the Pixar difference—their films aren’t interested in pandering to children, but instead …
    All 29 Pixar Movies, Ranked

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    Turn a paper's DOI into its full reference list (BibTeX/RIS, etc.)

    https://references.mireklzicar.com

    #a #(BibTeX/RIS .)

    @timemagazine@friendica.quebec avatar timemagazine Bot , to random

    It's fitting that, much like the walking dead themselves, zombie movies just can't stay down. The latest major example of this reliable horror subgenre shuffling (or in this case running) into theaters is 28 Years Later. Coming not quite 28 real-life years after 28 Days Later but basically close …
    The 25 Best Zombie Movies of All Time

    Real reason to choose the vegan way

    Whole food plant-based eating is indeed healthy, and I have had this way nearly a decade, though I have been vegan longer. I notice the benefits. Animal agriculture is contributing more to problems in the world including loss of environments and extinctions of species. Why need animals kept abusively and slaughtered for what we ...

    Teppichbrand , to vegan in Real reason to choose the vegan way

    Vegan bullshit Bingo #6

    Food is everbody's personal choice

    How can something that others literally gave their lives for be a personal choice? Food nowadays is globally produced and distributed and affects - like most of our decisions - many more parties and beings, such as animals and our entire ecosystem. The taste of of music you have is a personal choice. The freedom to choose what we consume though, should not limit the freedom of others. Be it through animal exploitation, destruction of ecosystems, inhumane working conditions in the animal industry, zoonoses and pandemics, multidrug resistant pathogens, waste of resources and further consequences, that lead others to suffer.

    Teppichbrand , (edited ) to World News in Scientists prove that fish suffer "intense pain" for at least 10 minutes after catch, calls made for reforms

    Vegan Bullshit Bingo #22:

    Plants have feelings too
    No, they do not. There is no serious study to suggest that they do. Plants do not have a brain or central nervous system. At most, they respond to stimuli.
    If you really care that much about the welfare of plants, you should go vegan, since many more plants "die" for animal feeding.
    Do you feel bad while mowing your lawn? And would you rather rescue a potted plant than a dog from a burning house? Is docking pig tails the same as branch trimming to you? Question upon question...

    @pfitz@hcommons.social avatar pfitz , to random

    Here is a list of 26 recommended movies set on uninhabited, deserted, desert islands, or otherwise involving people getting marooned on an island.

    https://www.listobsession.com/island-movies/

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    Teppichbrand , (edited ) to Deutschland in Warum Aldi Süd das Fleisch jetzt nach Farben sortiert

    Veganes Bullshit Bingo #11
    Ich esse nur Bio und lokal:

    Während gefühlt 99% der Menschen das von sich sagen, liegt der Bio-Fleischanteil in Deutschland bei unter 2%. Vielleicht kauft man fürs große Festessen bewusst Bio, geht dann aber im Alltag zum Dönermann, ins Restaurant um die Ecke oder greift doch "dieses eine Mal" lieber zu den etwas günstigeren JA-Produkten. In Biohaltung leiden und sterben Tiere außerdem genauso. Die Kernproblematiken kann Bio nicht lösen: Mord und Ausbeutung zum Vergnügen. Es geht eher darum, das Gewissen der VerbraucherInnen zu beruhigen, als den Tieren zu helfen.

    @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe avatar NaraMoore , to random

    5/3 part 0

    Are you the project manager for time? I asked.

    “You be RIGHT there, lass,” said the small, round fellow with clock-face eyes. He looked like a gnome-gremlin crossbreed. “How can I be helping?”

    “I’d like to make a small change to the spec.”

    “RIGHT… Don’t have time for yer nonsense, lad. Good day.”

    “Have time for a drink with me, Jack Daniels?”

    “Black label, the good stuff. — Don’t mind if I do. Just a wee sip.”

    Definitely some leprechaun too, I thought.

    — § —

    “A weeee changy pooh here, and weeeee” — the dials in his eyes spun madly — “weeee change thereee.

    @ixtlidekami @QuasiTemporal

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    Part 41e: EP 3: 2025 Miskatonic University

    9/17. Wednesday snippet (optional word: strange)

    Skully gave me a dubious look. I supposed the situation was , but I had nailed it when I said this was the Metaphysical Research Building. One should expect the .

    Clearing his throat, he began. “You were studying parallel universes and time-travel. All semester, you’ve been saying you were on the verge of a breakthrough.”

    “Three weeks ago, you showed up with a rat dyed pink, claiming it was from the future. I was skeptical, so you promised to deliver next week’s newspaper. I joked, ‘Next week’s laundry would do.’”

    “The following day, you took a vacation. Events in after that. The day after you left, someone ransacked your lab and burned your notes. That evening, police found your body cut in half in two different cemeteries. It was quite the scandal.”

    “Did you find the newspaper?” I asked.

    He reached for a desk drawer. “It was rather gruesome…” He stopped, his eyebrows knit in puzzlement. “No, I don’t remember any newspaper.”

    Time-pressure,” I thought. The paper or the memory of it would destabilize this timeline. That I knew about time-pressure, AKA time-stability, showed that I understood more about time-travel than I realized. From what the professor had said, that made sense. Time-travel had been my area of research. It was just a matter of stimulating that knowledge to resurface.

    “There must be time-wardens or something that disposed of me,” I said, swallowing the word “rabbits.” I sounded enough already.

    “Go on, tell me about time-travel itself,” I said.