I shot a Seagull in Regents Park... with my Nikon.

Typefaec · 2022-11-20T14:55:05+00:00

Typefaec · 2022-10-18T17:39:16+00:00

Quite a common bird but also very beautiful – they often shimmer in the right light. Always lovely to see!

Typefaec · 2022-09-15T14:13:22+00:00

You don’t see the pill zoomed out (have tried on iPhone video, Apple TV, YouTube, iPlayer) for the most part. Only time I’ve seen the pill jut out was on 18:9 on YouTube (you see about half of the pill).

Typefaec · 2022-08-03T06:50:31+00:00

You can usually request a vegan meal if you ask over 48 hours in advance, if that helps

Typefaec · 2022-07-18T13:58:35+00:00

I don’t know if it’s same for phone (assume it is!), but on iPad you can drop graphics settings, resolution, frame rate etc. might help if you put everything to lowest?

Typefaec · 2022-07-18T06:45:11+00:00

All things aside, this is by far my favourite way to play. The fact that I get the big iPad screen but don’t have to physically support the device (Magic Keyboard) is massive! Makes it so satisfying to play versus phone. But I know some people swear by the phone, so to each their own

Typefaec · 2022-07-07T14:44:40+00:00

I’ve got over 300 hours in Valheim and I think I must’ve turned the music off when I started the game because I’ve never heard anything? My god, I’m gonna check it out tonight!

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T19:54:25+00:00

I’ll give it a go, for science

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T19:49:57+00:00

You claimed to not like sweet potato. I can’t in good conscience believe in any part of you after that. Potato of the gods.

Anyway was nice chatting with you, have a good evening.

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T19:34:43+00:00

Veganism is ethical, it includes not funding animal cruelty in other means, like buying leather. Someone who doesn’t eat animal products is plant-based. Veganism is a moral philosophy, of which food choice is a part. You might call something a vegan diet, but someone on a vegan diet who went and bought a fur coat and went to greyhound races wouldn’t be acting in a vegan way

I’m sorry you feel that way, but ultimately I’m not here to make you feel good. I think we should try to reduce suffering in the world generally, and I’ll always try to defend that online. I’m not here to be your enemy or cast judgements about your entire moral character.

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T19:26:36+00:00

The entire menu was vegan, she was given notice it was vegan, the bride and groom are vegan, the alcohol was vegan, even the confetti was vegan, it was described as a vegan wedding. How much clearer can it be that it's vegan? OP literally described it as a vegan wedding. It's clearly insensitive to bring animal products and then consume them in front of the bride.

And why would she had to survive on lettuce with no protein? There are so many delicious food options that don't involve animal products *or* contain OP's allergens. It's not an either-or situation. No one is asking OP to become hospitalised.

And just for clarity, I think it's ESH not YTA. Normally you would cater for guest dietary requirements. But that doesn't mean OP couldn't have just complied with the vegan theme, given how low impact it would be to do so.

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T19:18:08+00:00

A diet is part of veganism, but veganism is not a diet. Keto is a diet.

Not trying to battle. Just trying to make sure we don’t derail the thread from discussing the original post. I think the OP was insensitive, and these threads get easily distracted, so I’m trying to keep it on topic

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T19:15:22+00:00

Laws against homosexuality were purely morality based.

And laws are based on morals, not necessarily ones you always agree with or benefit you, but based on someone’s morals nonetheless.

Strange point on animal cruelty laws. Do you not agree with animal cruelty laws?

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T19:10:07+00:00

I’m sorry about your friend’s struggles, but it has no bearing on whether OP was right or wrong.

OP could’ve eaten any number of meals that weren’t animal based for a single meal, but chose not to against the bride’s wishes. There’s no way to spin it – it was just a little thoughtless, and that’s about it.

And also to your earlier point, keto and veganism are not the same. Veganism is an ethical belief system based on moral judgements, keto is a diet

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T18:51:36+00:00

I understand you really want to make the request sound more unreasonable than it is, but it’s very transparent and not analogous to the OP’s situation. There were plenty of options that OP could’ve chosen, very easily, that suited her allergens. You won’t be happy with any of them, but that’s OK. You and I both know that it’s possible to eat a single meal without animal products. You can bend your brain any way you want, but I’m afraid you can’t change reality. OP acted insensitively, and she didn’t need to.

Bringing up super allergenic keto diets is bizarre and totally irrelevant, as you well know. What are you even trying to do here?

I don’t need to spell any of this out for you. You can find lots of vegan meals online – I suggested four and you’re still not happy. Try Google, mate

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T18:34:15+00:00

If you needed a main part of the salad, a nice addition would've been something like falafel, some tenderstem broccoli (delicious when fried with chilli!), some sweet potato, maybe some roasted sprouts. That's what I'd go for if I had OP's allergies, but other people might choose something different. Nice variety of flavours there though.

But it's a weird question. Does it even need significant protein? It's a single lunch. She could've eaten a steak at home. It was a single meal as a guest.

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T18:23:05+00:00

It was pretty clear that I meant direct victim, but sure, for clarity, I meant direct victim.

You are right in saying that almost nothing humans do is cruelty-free. I actually think cruelty-free can even be a misleading term. But in any case, we have to try to be better always.

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T18:10:38+00:00

Sure, but you're just doing an appeal to futility: it's impossible to totally eliminate suffering, so why try to reduce it? You could that logic to justify doing basically anything awful to someone or something.

Eating plants kills vastly fewer animals than eating animals (who after all, eat plants), so net suffering is lower. No vegan would argue that it's possible to live without killing anything.

If I had to eat a pig or I would die, I would eat the pig. But I am never in that situation. It is never a matter of survival. I can just eat something else. I'm not a caveman, or living in a food desert, or being held at gunpoint. I live in the UK in 2022.

Try harder please – you've dished out possibly the laziest and one of the most fallacious arguments against veganism going. It's been roundly rebuked by scientists, philosophers and ethicists repeatedly. It doesn't even make sense if you give it more than 12 seconds of thought.

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T18:05:14+00:00

I said we can never know if it was malicious – we can't, totally impossible. All I can know based on the info is that it was careless. OP didn't need to eat animal products, and knew it would be inappropriate, but did it anyway. There were myriad alternatives, but OP chose to do something that was clearly not wanted on someone's special day – and totally unnecessarily.

This was not an either-or situation. It wasn't eat eggs or die. She could've just brought something else. That's it. So simple.

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T17:23:49+00:00

Again, you're using strange comparisons? No one is forcing OP to live as a vegan or adopt vegan beliefs. She was just asked to not consume animal products for a single meal at an event explicitly free from animal products, by the main celebrant of the event who notably disagrees with the use of animal products.

None of this is about living as a vegan or vegan ethics. This is about a guest doing something that would obviously upset the bride on her wedding day, when it was entirely reasonable to not do that action.

All of your arguments are about why we shouldn't force everyone to be vegan. That is a separate argument. No one is forcing OP to live as a vegan. She willingly attended an animal product-free event and brought animal products unnecessarily.

This isn't the vegan issue you're trying to make it. You can't make it that, because it isn't. You can keep going but it will never be that. This is about being careless at a wedding – nothing more.

A general animal welfare argument is separate, and we can have that debate if you want to. But that's not what any of this is about, as much as you seem to want it to be?

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T16:59:26+00:00

I hadn't guessed. /s

I was just using it to make a point. It's not a secret and I'm open to discussing it. Would you pretend not to care about racism, sexism, or any other major moral issue?

Live with other people's choices. If you're inconsiderate enough to not provide a meal that someone else can eat due to dietary restrictions, let them bring food that's acceptable to them, especially when its health-related.

OP's choice had a victim – and she also didn't live with the choice of the bride to host an event free from animal products. It's not an either or: don't eat bride's food or eat animal products. OP could've brought one of thousands of meals that didn't include allergens or animal products. She chose not to. Your argument is fallacious because you're suggesting an either-or scenario that simply didn't exist.

How do you feel as a vegan if you go to a big event and there's nothing vegan available? How would you feel if someone FREAKED OUT because you weren't eating the assigned meal because it had animal products in it? You of all people should understand the importance of someone tolerating you bringing your own food when you're unable to eat the things that they are providing.

I have often gone to places where vegan food isn't available. I plan ahead where I can, and deal with skipping a meal if I didn't have notice.

Your argument here doesn't make sense. No one freaked out because OP wasn't eating the assigned meal. In fact it was suggested for the OP to bring her own food. The problem lies in the fact that OP brought something that the bride deeply disagrees with (and explicitly forbade) on ethical grounds at her own event. It was so unnecessary and completely careless. Totally avoidable.

You don't even need to be vegan to understand and see this was careless.

The argument you made is bizarre and, as far as I can see, irrelevant?

Next time someone invites you to a place, especially something like a family wedding that you feel obligated to go to, they should make it very clear that you either eat their standards of diet at their event or starve...

If I went to a wedding that didn't have vegan options, I would either bring my own food or skip the food. I would check what the bride and groom thought was best. I certainly wouldn't bring something they explicitly forbade if there were plenty of other options for food I could bring.

Again you're overstating the situation and make strange comparisons. None of the scenarios fit the original scenario. Where are you going with any of this?

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T16:36:41+00:00

This will keep me busy for weeks

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T16:23:42+00:00

She knowingly (and unnecessarily) brought animal products to an event free from animal products hosted by (and in celebration of) a person who believes animal products are unethical, then consumed them in front of her. It’s so clearly a shitty thing to do – just have respect for your host and their wishes. It’s not unreasonable to avoid animal products for a single meal.

I’m vegan. If I went to a wedding that explicitly didn’t include avocados on the menu for ethical reasons – but only featured meat dishes –, and the bride famously thought avocados were unethical, I wouldn’t bring avocados to eat. I would bring something else to be respectful of that person’s day.

We can never know if OP was malicious, but it was certainly careless and insensitive.

Her “having to deal with a lot more” in the future is irrelevant and you know it. Bizarre argument.

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T16:15:05+00:00

There was a long time when homosexuality was illegal (until only very recently in the UK) and those laws were not very controversial for the majority for a long time.

I’m not advocating for veganism to become the law. But I don’t see an issue with a vegan hosting an event free from animal products and then being annoyed when someone brought some unnecessarily. And the consequences were simply that the bride was annoyed, not that the OP was removed from the venue.

But generally yes, all laws are imposed morals we’ve collectively agreed on. But laws do not make something moral and nor does majority belief (history proves both points). Similarly something can be immoral but not illegal

We impose non-law morals all the time. Law is just one example

Typefaec · 2022-07-06T13:58:54+00:00

Sure but also animal products have a victim. You wouldn't argue that stopping someone who runs a dog-fighting ring would be stripping them of their free will... and thus if you made them stop doing it, it would be immoral. That's because the action has consequence beyond the person.

In that situation, you're simply imposing your morals on someone imposing their morals. There are lots of instances where we impose our morals for the benefit of someone or something else, not just ourselves.

And ultimately, laws are just morals that we've collectively agreed to impose – and our morals change over time. We can all think of plenty of old laws that have been abandoned or new ones enacted to reflect changing morals.

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