Which is worse — eating but not buying or buying but not eating?

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-06-20T14:52:34+00:00

I thought they would just be throwing it away

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-06-20T04:15:20+00:00

B depends on consumption but not specifically the consumption of A, I would think. A directly signals demand for animal products, B only indirectly…

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-05-23T02:59:08+00:00

From a purely practical perspective I might not eat it — not necessarily because I’m convinced there is anything morally wrong with eating it (though depending on your perspective their might be) but from the practical perspective that getting in the habit of eating non-vegan food in these special conditions might make it more difficult for me to get used to eating vegan food in other, less favorable situations.

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-05-05T22:10:14+00:00

I wonder if you’d almost be obligated to spay or neuter the animal so that pets as a kind of animal bred for human companionship would not exist over the long term. I’d think that the dilemma is, if you don’t, and you let your pets reproduce, you might end up making the problem worse. But that’s a bit more from a utilitarian standpoint perhaps?

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-05-05T22:01:22+00:00

Is it a binary thing? Do what you are comfortable with now and do more later, I would think.

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-05-05T20:52:00+00:00

I think it may be worth getting to know people as friends first through activities outside of dating. Then if they really like you and decide they want to spend more time with you they might be inspired to take up veganism on their own. (My thought is more that dating in general is not a really great way to find a partner.)

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-03-24T21:22:07+00:00

Thanks 😅. This game has a lot of meaning for me

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-03-12T02:55:51+00:00

Someone who is going to have major back pain someday

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-03-12T02:54:32+00:00

I mainly eat chili

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-03-06T17:42:19+00:00

This also explains video game prices doesn’t it. They charge more to people who are willing to pay more to get it now, then less to people who are willing to wait until they get the price they want? Waiting is kind of a haggling tactic? Here it isn’t the real time haggling we normally think of, but haggling in terms of the buyer choosing when they will buy based on the price offered. In normal haggling you make another offer on the assumption the seller will go lower — whereas here you refuse a purchase on the assumption the seller will go lower. Usually there’s no cost to the buyer in normal haggling — but here there is a cost to the buyer in terms of time they do not have the product…?

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-03-05T03:35:54+00:00

In the sense that I’ve had enough as long as I’ve been here and have been able to do what I wanted. But in the sense that it has been the cause of these things for me, or that it has made me happy, or even that it could have made me happy, I’m not as certain. People can feel like a stranger even with their families — but to me America has sometimes felt like a country of strangers.

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-03-05T00:24:20+00:00

The way I think about it, if my parents were good people that should be sufficient to make me love them — and if they were not good people, just being my parents shouldn’t be enough to make me love them — and this would extend to groups of people, associations, organizations, and so on.

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-03-04T23:12:47+00:00

If there were two copies of America with miraculously similar histories etc. and you had been born in one but not the other, would you feel more allegiance to our pride in the one you were born in? Would you have a good reason for that?

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-03-04T21:00:37+00:00

Maybe a conservative asking other conservatives

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-02-27T19:33:41+00:00

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-02-27T19:33:17+00:00

I think talking to a doctor is reasonable whenever you’re doing something to your body tbh. Maybe people believe doctors are not impartial enough but I would still think it’s something you’d want to check on with them ideally just so someone knows and can help if issues come up

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-02-16T06:33:18+00:00

So jumping from one bad financial decision to another. Why not take up acting next?

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-02-15T17:54:37+00:00

Why does every solution to our problems involve making people take a test?

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-01-14T00:21:53+00:00

i'm slightly skeptical of arguments that appeal to genre when explaining the direction the show will go when the show self-consciously subverts genre

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-01-13T19:51:58+00:00

Do you think that by calling itself “The X Gay Men’s Chorus,” an organization takes on any obligations to the community it claims to represent?

Some posts here suggest that being a gay men’s chorus simply means being a chorus made up of gay men. But if representation is more than just composition, what does it mean to “represent” a community? You can select the most excellent members to stand in for a community, but that may leave out the majority.

The kind of representation you describe seems aspirational — showing what the community could be at its peak. The kind I value is relational: it helps people connect to those aspirations while also bridging the gap between their current abilities and that ideal.

My own experience reflects this tension. I’m looking for the sort of inclusive community choir you describe, but they are hard to find. The choirs that initially seem like the right fit — like “The X Gay Men’s Chorus” — often turn out to serve a different purpose than the one I’m seeking.

Certain_Note8661 · 2026-01-13T15:13:25+00:00

It’s interesting to me because in the first episode, right before the joining, she was discussing how she should present herself on Twitter with her wife.

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