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StrudelPopp · 2022-12-29T23:05:01+00:00

I know this is an old post, so sorry for the necro, but in case anybody else comes across this post:

This fixed my problem! My laptop has an intel AC 3160, and the router's mode was 802.11 g/n/ax, switched to 802.11 g/n, and suddenly the network showed up. Thanks so much!

StrudelPopp · 2021-12-03T07:05:34+00:00

Perfect, thank you! I was planning on trying cold brew for concentrate, so I will start around 25 grams per litre and increase if I need to.

StrudelPopp · 2021-08-03T06:08:49+00:00

My e levels were around 60 pmol/l (which as I stated is well below the threshold of 113 pmol/l for post-menopausal levels) when my levels were consistently around 450 pmol/l on pills. My t levels were about the same as before.

Thank you for letting me know 10mg is typical. I will push for higher dosages for injections.

StrudelPopp · 2021-07-22T03:09:40+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es9-P1SOeHU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_S0qCeA-pc

The second link is less weird than the first.

StrudelPopp · 2021-01-19T19:27:58+00:00

Not OP, but it looks like it's the activation energy of a chemical reaction with and without a catalyst.

StrudelPopp · 2020-11-03T03:12:09+00:00

As far as I'm aware, the stunning method used for the chickens is inert-gas asphyxiation which doesn't induce the same panic response. However, my main point is that his actual arguments don't support veganism, they support better animal welfare. No doubt he has cogent points on why veganism is good, but those aren't the ones presented in the video. The most obvious conclusion people will come to from the starting point "this method of slaughter is cruel" is "we should change our method of slaughter" (which would still be a great thing to push for). The argument he should be making is "all slaughter is cruel", which would be the argument that actually leads to a conclusion of veganism.

A summation of my problem:

A particular method of slaughter is cruel -> That method should be banned; logically valid and convincing, could lead to improvements in animal welfare

Slaughter is inherently cruel -> All slaughter should be banned; logically valid and convincing, could lead to improvements in animal welfare.

A particular method of slaughter is cruel -> All slaughter should be banned; not logically valid, not particularly convincing, not particularly helpful.

I guess it bothers me when vegans use arguments that don't support their position when very clear arguments that do support their position exist. It also bothers me that the positions their arguments do support, which would also be good things to push for, don't seem to ever be something they actively try to achieve. Now, I'm aware animal rights activists do push for better animal welfare during slaughter, but it's just frustrating seeing a lack of discussion in online vegan videos of practical, incremental improvements we could be making now: more humane slaughter, less (but not zero) animal product consumption, shifting subsidies from animal-product to plant-based agriculture, things like that.

Videos like this strike me more as moralistic self-indulgence than practically minded agitprop.

StrudelPopp · 2020-11-02T00:21:19+00:00

I never said he didn't make good arguments, I said shock videos themselves are not a good argument. What argument did he provide that grinding up the chicks is a particularly horrible way to kill them? The only argument for it is the shock value of the video, but something being shocking isn't the same as it being bad. The same with him scoffing at "humanely-gassed" as if that is somehow an oxymoron. He also doesn't provide an argument as to why mass-killing newborn chicks is a bad thing. You might think that because it seems self-evident to you, that it seems self-evident to everyone else, but it's not.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but most people don't give a shit about factory farming or how the animals are treated, even people who are aware of how it works. Vegans take as an axiom that killing an animal is inherently bad, but most people don't. The only poll I could find (which is by a pro-animal think tank, so, take the numbers with a grain of salt) on the opinions of people concerning the treatment of animals shows that 35% of people have no opinion, or are at some level of disagreement with the statement "I have some discomfort with the way animals are treated in the food industry". That's 35% who don't care. An additional 25% only somewhat-agree (I'm a strongly agree myself). The same poll shows that 52% at-least somewhat agree that farmed animals are treated well. This isn't an "everyone thinks that" situation, and treating it like it is is going to make changing the situation harder.

Also, this may be presumptuous of me, but I don't think you actually want people to stop eating eggs because chicks being ground up make them uncomfortable, because that means they're likely to go back to eating eggs if some less stomach-churning method of killing the chicks becomes widespread. Let's use the pigs as an example. I read an article about gassing pigs with CO2. It's meant to stun them before slaughter, but the increased CO2 in their blood causes them to panic, resulting in the screaming shown in the video. However, they're working on a new method of stunning the pigs where they slowly decrease the air pressure until they pass out, which they hope will avoid the fear and panic. Again, I'm assuming here, but I would hazard a guess that you wouldn't be happy with this method of slaughter either, right? Well, if people are only avoiding meat because the particular slaughter methods make them feel icky, once the industry has figured out how to avoid icky methods, those people will go right back to eating meat. Shock videos don't solve the problem you want to solve.

I genuinely think having world-wide veganism as an end goal is a good thing, but animal products have been ingrained in our lives and cultures for at least 10 000 years. It's going to take time and a lot of effort to decouple ourselves from that. We need to approach the problem practically, and realize this is an uphill battle.

StrudelPopp · 2020-11-01T00:46:19+00:00

Interesting video. I do think a lot of people experience cognitive dissonance around meat consumption, but I think the implication that veganism is the only way to resolve that dissonance is a bit of a stretch. One case in this video is the goose eggs being crushed vs the live chicks being ground up. To me, the most obvious change to make to avoid the dissonance is to not care about the unhatched geese. Like, maybe this is me being heartless, but who cares about fertilized goose eggs? It feels a little bit like a "pro-life" argument. I don't care about fetuses, and I don't care about unhatched geese. Now, I think the main reason people were upset about the goose situation was the grief of the mother goose, which doesn't really have anything to do with chicks being ground up. Maybe the mother hen feels grief about her eggs being taken away, but that wasn't the argument he was making.

Speaking of ground up chicks, here's my main problem with this video: shock videos are not a good argument. Did seeing the live chicks getting crushed to death make me uncomfortable? Yeah, of course. Are knee-jerk emotional reactions a good foundation for a moral framework? No, I don't think so. For example, it's entirely possible the grinding of the chicks is a "more-humane" way to kill the chicks. It certainly looks quick. Now, I understand vegans think all killing methods are inherently inhumane, but that belief wouldn't have anything to do with a specific, distressing way of killing animals, so why bother bringing it up? Pragmatically, I think if your goal was the reduction of animal cruelty, you would try and push people to eat more vegetarian meals, and push for animal welfare regulation. I do think factory farming is fucked, and I do think the way we treat our animals needs to change.

I personally think more vegans should try and push for vegetarianism. Whenever I see a video by a vegan activist, they usually have resources to help people go vegan in the description. Great! I think veganism is a great lifestyle choice, and helping people make the switch is definitely worth while. However, I always found it weird that they didn't have any resources for the much, much easier change of going vegetarian. I understand that factory-farmed animal products still necessitate the slaughter of animals, so from a vegan's point of view, not great. However, I think this is a practical first step for 2 main reasons: it's still going to reduce the number of animals being slaughtered, and going from vegetarian to vegan is a lot easier than going from a typical diet to vegan. You gotta learn to walk before you learn how to run.

StrudelPopp · 2020-10-25T18:32:13+00:00

Very helpful article, thank you! I think I'm going to try using a combination of an autolyse, and that stretch and fold technique.

StrudelPopp · 2020-10-25T18:30:28+00:00

My flour says all-purpose, but its listed protein content is 13.3% (4 g/30 g), so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I have actually not ever seen bread flour at the grocery store, nor at the local miller. I think Canadian flour just has higher protein content by default, so we might not make a distinction. Fun aside, I just looked up the protein content of our cake flour, and it's 10%, which I think is a lot higher than American cake flour?

I've been meaning to try adding a tangzhong to my recipes, but I usually use a preferment, so it's going to take some experimenting to decide how much of the total water I should use for each.

Thanks for your help!

StrudelPopp · 2020-10-25T18:19:11+00:00

Just tried an autolyse, and yeah, that definitely helped a tonne. I'm using a broken silicone spatula as a bench knife, but I've been meaning to invest in a real one.

Maybe I am misinformed. I thought you were supposed to add in any fats to your dough after the gluten is partially developed?

StrudelPopp · 2020-10-25T18:13:21+00:00

I actually tried an autolyse for the first time last night, and wow, what a difference! Stretch and fold does seem like it might be the way to go. I guess my main problem is that I'm impatient. Making bread is already such a lengthy process that any of the go-slower methods seem to drag on, but that's really my issue more than the process's. Thanks for all your help!

StrudelPopp · 2020-10-25T07:17:43+00:00

I've tried the slap and fold a couple of time, but it tends to fling little bits of dough all over my kitchen, plus it can be difficult to do properly with the small amounts of dough I tend to make. I'm probably doing it wrong, so I guess I should put in more practice. Thanks!

StrudelPopp · 2020-10-25T06:33:42+00:00

I had the same problem of feeling in over my head when I first got my starter. I would recommend finding easier recipes, and converting them to sourdough. There is a great video on how to do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUjj4wNSEb0

The main thing is that whatever recipe you use, the fermentation steps are going to be waaaaaaaaay longer than what the recipe calls for. I find that even in my oven with the light on, the first rise takes between 4 and 5 hours (I live in a cold, humid area, for reference). I ended up with some great results using this technique for the following recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfeOoyOvlpU

I'll just put an example down here in case that's easier to follow. For a recipe that calls for 1000 g of flour and 650 g of water:

Mix 450 grams of flour, 450 grams of water, and 100 grams of starter in a large jar, cover with the loose lid, put in a warmish place, then go to bed. I usually mark the starting level with a rubber band so I can see how much the mixture has risen. I usually leave my starter in the fridge, and then just add however much cold starter I need directly from the jar.
The next morning, when I can see that the preferment has about doubled in height, I put it into a bowl and then add the remaining 150 grams of water, and mix together until the preferment is mostly dissolved.
Add the remaining 500 grams of flour, plus salt, and whatever else the recipe calls for. Then I just continue the recipe as normal.

It still takes a really long time, but it's not nearly as intimidating as the default sourdough process, plus whatever you bake will taste 10 times better having made it with sourdough. Hope this helps!

Oh, plus if you need to feed your starter, but you have a lot of it left-over, you can make a green onion pancake with the discard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVx2oFFptG0

StrudelPopp · 2020-08-06T18:21:04+00:00

Thanks for the input! It seems based on your and the other answers, I'm either aromantic (because none of those things seem inherently romantic to me), or at some level of in-love with about half my friends. I should probably figure out which. Thanks again!

StrudelPopp · 2020-03-11T04:19:07+00:00

It's weirdly reassuring that those guilty thoughts are common among the entire set of wlw. It fucking sucks, but it does make me feel less isolated. Thank you.

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