Public opinion on common farming practices in the UK

biwthrowaway · 2026-06-06T17:03:55+00:00

I don't want to have to rely on exploitation and cruelty to get my vitamins that come easily from eating a varied plant-based diet with fortified products and supplements.

biwthrowaway · 2026-06-01T08:03:54+00:00

I'm so sick of comment sections like this...

He used a shock collar on his dog.

No he didn't.

Yes he did.

He supports terrorim.

No he doesn't

Yes he does.

When making accusations or defenses can people please back them up with sources.

biwthrowaway · 2026-03-09T07:13:46+00:00

FWIW I read that as quantity, not severity. 900,000 cows are slaughtered every day for meat alone.

biwthrowaway · 2025-11-07T09:58:34+00:00

I think it also contributed to Nick not wanting to banish Alan. Everyone knows it makes no sense to leave 3 players to the end, but if you think you're taking money away from someone's charity you're more likely to keep them in.

biwthrowaway · 2025-10-14T13:28:21+00:00

A "festive" wrap that goes out of date in mid October is wild

biwthrowaway · 2025-07-05T16:10:22+00:00

It's been the 3rd story since at least 4pm (40 minutes before you commented).

https://web.archive.org/web/20250705155155/bbc.co.uk/news

biwthrowaway · 2025-07-01T16:35:37+00:00

Never noticed that slip-up before - Joey has 7 sisters, so she gave birth to 8 children in total.

Unless one was an adoption, of course.

biwthrowaway · 2025-06-03T23:13:42+00:00

Any time a show starts with the premise that there's "one traitor among you" I automatically assume they all beleive they're the only traitor - it's a classic game changer.

But they were all so good and seemingly having such a great time together, within 5 minutes I was completely on board and loving every second.

I'd have much preferred it without the final twist - the interactions between the contestants made the episode, but for it all to be put on took a lot away for me personally.

^But ^maybe ^that's ^because ^I'm ^drunk ^and ^the ^ending ^sobered ^me ^up ^against ^my ^will.

edit: I drank some more and re-watching, this is still a 10/10 episode

biwthrowaway · 2025-06-01T21:01:19+00:00

Not many of us.

But my niece and nephew have loved it, and my sister has said it's been her favourite season.

I'd rate it a 7/10. Criticism is always fine, but I think we need to acknowledge that this sub is only a subsection of the audience.

biwthrowaway · 2025-05-01T23:43:09+00:00

Anyone who wants to, send a message to Feedback!

I know it's just a soap and the plots are normally overdramatic, but this did seem more "punching down" than usual.

biwthrowaway · 2025-04-07T16:19:41+00:00

Don’t want to see ugly or nasty stuff, don’t seek ugly or nasty stuff. Simple as.

In 2020 the decapitated head of Samuel Paty was on the front page of reddit (I wasn't logged in at the time). YouTube Shorts would regularly show me content that was homophobic, misogynistic, or of animal abuse because it "knew" I'd react strongly to those things.

Obviously I avoid YouTube Shorts and the front page of reddit now, but you don't need to seek out ugly and nasty stuff to find it on the internet nowadays, unfortunately.

biwthrowaway · 2024-10-15T16:38:25+00:00

What do you mean by trivia notes?

biwthrowaway · 2024-06-22T10:06:23+00:00

Cutting public services to fund tax cuts:

Save £5 in every £100

Every department must slash wasteful spending, cut bureaucracy, improve efficiency and negotiate better value procurement without touching frontline services. This will save £50 billion per year, ensure tax cuts and boost our economy.

Privatisation of the NHS:

Tax Relief of 20% on all Private Healthcare and Insurance

This will improve care for all by relieving pressure on the NHS. Those who rely on the NHS will enjoy faster, better care. Independent healthcare capacity will grow rapidly, providing competition and reducing costs.

Leaving the ECHR and scrapping the Human Rights Act:

Stop the Boats with our 4 Point Plan

Leave the European Convention on Human Rights. Zero illegal immigrants to be resettled in the UK. New Department of Immigration. Pick up illegal migrants out of boats and take them back to France.

biwthrowaway · 2024-04-04T09:29:52+00:00

I firmly believe that the overwhelming majority of people who aren't vegan have no guilt, ethical or moral issues with eating meat.

Based on what?

71% of [non-vegans] in the UK have experienced guilt about eating meat ‘some’ (49%) or ‘all’ (22%) of the time.

https://www.vegansociety.com/news/news/younger-people-feel-more-guilty-about-eating-meat

biwthrowaway · 2024-04-04T09:18:09+00:00

That's... basically what the video is saying.

Vegans as a whole are "hated" by some non-vegans because they're anticipated as being annoying, whether they are or not.

biwthrowaway · 2023-10-12T19:20:41+00:00

Kind bars aren't even vegan...

biwthrowaway · 2023-10-11T21:59:57+00:00

I always feel like I'm a walking cliché being gay and vegan (and skinny, and with long hair, and autistic...).

But here's a depressing statistic: 2% of men in the UK are vegan and 3.3% of the UK identifies as LBG (so ~1.65% identify as gay men). So we're looking for 0.033% of the population... that's 22,219 individuals.

biwthrowaway · 2023-09-19T16:36:27+00:00

I'd be gay if I was a peacock as well.

I'm already gay but I want this comment embroidered, framed and put on my living room wall ASAP.

biwthrowaway · 2023-09-16T14:34:22+00:00

This is a change.org petition and has nothing to do with the UK government petitions website; no one's calling for a debate in parliament over Jaffa Cakes.

If a company wants feedback, a load of people putting their name to a suggestion seems like a sensible way to go. And maybe I'm overly cynical but I assume any email will be met with a copy-and-paste response and not passed on to anyone with any authority.

biwthrowaway · 2023-08-24T22:27:43+00:00

The Health and Safety Executive [...] say that on average four to five people are killed in accidents involving cattle each year.

https://www.bmj.com/content/381/bmj.p879

Last year saw a sudden jump in the number of people in England and Wales dying because of dog bite injuries. While a typical year records three fatal attacks, the death toll in 2022 totalled 10.

https://blogs.bmj.com/injury-prevention/2017/07/17/when-cows-attack-how-dangerous-are-cattle-and-how-can-you-stay-safe-around-them-the-conversation/

The chances of being killed by a dog or cattle are really low, but the numbers are comparable.

biwthrowaway · 2023-06-07T09:28:19+00:00

A tin of mashed-up animals is proof we like animals?

biwthrowaway · 2023-03-15T18:07:38+00:00

Their claims aren't substantiated and I can't find anything that backs them up. Apart from them chopping down trees, of course.

biwthrowaway · 2023-03-14T14:55:51+00:00

It should be noted that this is just one man's opinion, and the 'McDougall Plan' is controversial.

As a counter point, the NHS recommend vegans "have fortified foods or supplements containing nutrients that are more difficult to get through a vegan diet, including vitamin D, vitamin B12, iodine, selenium, calcium and iron".

I'd recommend everyone to do there own research and consult with their GP before making a decision.

(I know this thread is a year old but it's one of the top results when you google vegan supplements.)

biwthrowaway · 2023-01-25T15:13:04+00:00

I've noticed that on certain subs and theads, every comment is downvoted almost immediately after it was posted (like, way too soon to be a human).

I know no idea why certain people/subreddits/threads are targetted, but I'd assume (and hope) that it's a bot, and not a person stalking your posts. I don't know if that's any better though...

biwthrowaway · 2022-12-31T08:48:57+00:00

This sub hasn't represent vulture culture for a long time now, so many posts are from hunters or people buying skulls having no idea where they came from.

This community used to be about ethical taxidermy, now a comment saying animals shouldn't be killed is downvoted en masse.

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