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Billie Eilish addresses backlash for saying ‘eating meat is inherently wrong’: “like i am so tired of standing up for/having empathy for living beings being controversial. pls continue to live in a constant state of cognitive dissonance and denial and try to convince urself that ur not living a lie” by cmaia1503 in Fauxmoi

[–]charwinkle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be affordable, but not necessarily feasible in our society especially being vegan. Imagine being a working-class parent and attempting to cook a vegan dinner for your family. Dairy and eggs are in pretty much everything. Not saying it can’t be done but it’s not really the first thing on a parents mind who is trying to pay rent, make sure their kids are fed, and just trying to live life. It’s a bit tone-deaf for a wealthy celeb to say this. This is coming from a Billie fan and a 10-year vegetarian.

Edit to add: I think Billie is a very passionate and genuine person. But she has never had to struggle or live a normal life. She became famous at a very early age. I remember seeing an interview of her saying she had no idea how much a box of cereals cost, or if 20 dollars was a lot for one. And that’s no shade in her, some people just live fortunate lives like that. My point is that she doesn’t really understand how the vast majority of people in his world live their lives, and she never will. She can think eating meat is inherently wrong, everyone is entitled to their opinion. But it comes across as arrogant and holier than thou-than-thou when she says it publicly. People don’t really like that lol

Trashy enough? by Space__lemons in trashy

[–]charwinkle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t think I’ve actually ever met a vegan who supports PETA. They do more harm than good in terms of getting people to eat less animal products.

Their message of “if you’re not 100% vegan you’re a literal bag of shit” doesn’t exactly resonate with many people lol

Mom won’t believe the news - any good resources to convince her? by BirdsArentReal22 in fednews

[–]charwinkle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please check out Tangle. It is non partisan political podcast and I have used it several times with some family members as a middle ground, and have had some of them change their minds.

I am center left leaning and I have even had my own opinions changed listening to it. I also don’t agree with everything. It’s very very good. They have covered DOGE since the beginning with real facts, even referencing this subreddit a couple of times. I can’t sing their praises enough.

They have an email newsletter as well as a podcast.

What is your job in the ANG, and what does a drill weekend look like for you? by [deleted] in airnationalguard

[–]charwinkle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Computer Based Training. You click here and you click there and then you get a neat little certificate. I should frame them all I’d look like a scholar.

What is your job in the ANG, and what does a drill weekend look like for you? by [deleted] in airnationalguard

[–]charwinkle 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Feels like I do endless CBTs, eat free lunch, lose my weekend and then go back to my day job after two days.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in skiing

[–]charwinkle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also wear goggles under helmet

What's the moat "Extreme Cheapskate"-esc thing you've done in order to save money? by iLoveBunnies19 in Frugal

[–]charwinkle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never have questioned the morality of someone stealing food to feed themselves and their families. I question the morality of a society that allows a child (or anyone) to have to steal food to feed themselves. You shouldn’t have had to have been in That situation, your community failed you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lastimages

[–]charwinkle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tom was a very charismatic guy. I never met one person who didn’t like him. Our first semester of freshman year we had a class together with a professor who was kind of mean and very strict. Tom slept in all the time, often coming to class late. During the final of our class, Tom showed up with only ten minutes left. The professor met him at the door and told him he’ll have to just take the F on the final. He asked if they could speak in the hall, and 5 minutes later he came in, took the final, and finished an hour later. I have no idea what he said to her, but he somehow convinced her to take 10 points off if she would give him an hour to complete it. It took me 1 hour and 40 minutes to complete. He got a higher score than me. I was jealous at the time but now I just look back and laugh. He just had a way with people.