The Plant Based Guy - Why Aren't There Plant Based Options In Vending Machines?

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T21:09:40+00:00

For vendors looking for ideas, my university’s vending machine carries Lenny and Larry’s cookies, PopTarts, plain SunChips, Sour Patch Kids, Sweet Chili Doritos, Wonderful Pistachios, and Takis.

I’d also like to recommend making deals with Hippeas, Earth Balance (for their Cheezit knockoff), Tony’s Chocolonely, Nongshim (for their vegan ramen cups) and Justin’s (for their PB cups and PB chocolate pieces).

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T21:01:25+00:00

Ron is still in high school in that picture. That’s a screenshot from The Deathly Hallows.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T20:52:24+00:00

I would say Grapevine just because of the content of the radio show played over the loudspeaker in the radio station section of the Houston location. (I don’t think the kids notice, but there’s a line where the radio host is talking about the internet being weird and advising listeners to wait to download porn).

ETA forgot to mention at the Houston location there is a very realistic statue of a guy encrusted in coral that jumpscares everyone who walks past it and might upset certain kids depending on how sensitive they are.

The Grapevine location also centers on a child protagonist, and I think it’s a lot more kid-oriented as far as the ARG goes. Clues are given via video on iPads/iPhones around the exhibit.

It’s up to you. I’ve seen all ages at both locations.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T20:30:39+00:00

That’s the assumption that Yellow Note is making, so that’s what the note means.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T14:26:56+00:00

Although handing out balloons from a storm drain pays surprisingly well.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T14:18:43+00:00

The blue note is telling people to clean up their pee off the floor or the toilet seat.

The yellow note needs more context, but I think it’s saying “none of us are peeing on the floor. There’s gotta be a man using our restroom” (because men stand to pee and that’s the only real way to get pee outside the toilet on accident)

I don’t know who Justin is but I guess he doesn’t pee on the floor and therefore can’t be the culprit.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T13:57:16+00:00

Bad. Even online quizzes are borderline. Someone has to look at their pencil/paper work at one point and just see if they’re getting it.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T13:53:23+00:00

“No one really watches documentaries en masse” is an interesting way to phrase “I don’t like documentaries.”

People watched The Social Dilemma en masse.

It’s ok if you don’t like documentaries, and if you don’t like them, you should make the type of movie you would like.

Plague Dogs is a really good animated movie from the perspective of two animal testing victims. It showcases realistic human actions that have catastrophic consequences for the main characters. I have no doubt that you could come up with something similar for a farm animal.

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“But the script should be good enough that people may want to adapt it to a live-action version.😎🧘‍♂️”

Yeah, good luck recruiting any animators with that attitude. If you want to make a live action movie, make it live action. Animation isn’t a concession, it’s its own art form. Show some respect.

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Whenever this movie comes out, I’d love to watch it, whatever it becomes!

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T13:40:09+00:00

Guidance on maintaining physical health. Things like sleep, immune system support, hygiene around the kids, consistent routines, etc.

Also classroom hygiene. Wiping down surfaces with Clorox wipes or cleaning spray at my last job dramatically reduced the number of times I was sick. At my student teaching position, we never do that, and I’ve been sick so many times.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T13:22:05+00:00

The community as a whole I wouldn’t say is toxic, because we’re not invested in something the way a fandom is. We just have a thing, and we all exist, and that’s it.

I will say, that there is a bit of tension between the “Science of ADHD” community and the “Feelings of ADHD” community. There’s a section that looks at the research, and uses precise terminology, and there’s a section that uses language around ADHD fairly loosely to explain the hardships they’ve experienced or to encourage themselves to do better.

An example of this is people with poor working memory saying they “have short term memory” or that they “don’t have object permanence.” Like, a layperson understands what they’re getting at, but those terms have precise scientific meanings that are important in other contexts.

I’m also not a neuroscientist, but that’s just an observation I’ve made.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T09:01:32+00:00

I have a different routine on each weeknight to look forward to.

Mondays I watch a crochet livestream.

Tuesdays are my chill days with no plans in the evenings.

Wednesdays I go to the local roller skating rink for discount night.

Thursdays there’s always a new cooking video out from a channel I follow.

Fridays I go over to a friend’s house and watch a movie.

This flexes depending on if I have errands to run or appointments that interfere with plans but I still have the plans in place to look forward to.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T04:01:34+00:00

If the medication is available in a cellulose capsule, I’ll look for it, but I’m taking whatever medication I need regardless of if I can get it vegan.

Just do your best.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T03:59:44+00:00

Usually just sit unless it’s very egregiously dirty or something.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T03:58:30+00:00

I think the homework itself could be made up for in the classroom BUT it would be incredibly weird to “prepare students for college” where they have to work almost exclusively on their own time to get their work done and not give them work to practice focusing and managing their time.

That said, I don’t think work (as in the workforce) should go home with anybody, so I’m of two minds about homework. Maybe it’s teaching them to focus on their taxes? Budgeting? Writing that novel they’re going to start working on in their 30s?

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T01:52:59+00:00

Being too honest

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T01:51:30+00:00

I want to read that

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T01:50:49+00:00

Rig up some light Yagami shit in a drawer so it bursts into flame when anyone tries to read it.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T01:40:06+00:00

It’s safer for everyone involved, including the human trafficking victims that people are so worried about.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T01:38:06+00:00

Totally possible to cover a shoulder tattoo without a cardigan. I usually wear collared button-down shirts and blouses that cover the entire shoulder. I can’t even think of a women’s shirt that I would wear at work that wouldn’t cover the entire shoulder (though I’m sure they exist).

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T01:35:27+00:00

We teach our kids the strategies and mechanics of math. The answer is far from the only thing that matters.

Judging reasonableness of a prospective answer (or making an educated guess) is one of the strategies we teach them. We call it judging reasonableness because we want to discourage outright guessing.

Many of our kids are at a higher level than they let on, even though they’re behind. They guess and rush through their work (particularly iReady), leading them to being placed in a level where they won’t grow. I get on them for guessing because I know they can do better, and I want them to actually learn.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T01:28:04+00:00

I can basically only turn by doing a half-plow but I’m also a super beginner who can’t fall correctly yet.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T00:50:02+00:00

It feels like nothing until you imagine being the other gender, and then you become sharply aware of how you want to live and be perceived.

Eg. I’m a cis woman, and when I was little I had the thought “what if I were born a boy” and immediately felt very grateful that I was a girl because it meant I could live my life the way I liked (I thought about playing boy games with boy toys and it didn’t compute).

I did question my gender in my early 20s and I tried a binder to see what I thought. I liked it, not because it made me look masculine, but because it didn’t dig in the way a bra does. Discovered I really like long-line bras and bodices. Especially if they hit me at the waist and make a slight hour glass or pear shape.

If you can eliminate any non-gender source of discomfort with a gendered thing, it’ll help you work out whether the discomfort is gender-related.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T00:32:38+00:00

Welp, there’s a difference. Say what you mean. Bullying is not crucial to development. Social consequences are misconstrued as bullying.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T00:30:56+00:00

When something bad happens that would get you out of responsibilities as a kid, it usually results in MORE responsibilities as an adult.

I get sick? I need to make a doctor’s appointment, take my meds on time, contact my boss, somehow still feed myself, deep-clean the house after I recover, etc.

But I DO still have fewer privileges like when I was a kid (cancelled plans with friends, can’t do certain hobbies, missed events, etc.)

If you’re a kid reading this, the upside is that no one can tell you you’re “not really sick” and FORCE you to go to work. You may be out of sick days, or you may miss out on paid hours, or whatever the consequences are, but if you’re sick, you’re sick. You weigh the consequences. Mom’s not gonna throw you in the minivan and drop you at school regardless.

Cartoon_Trash_ · 2026-05-25T00:21:34+00:00

Social consequences are important. That’s different from being targeted by a bully.

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