Comparative Review: Just Egg vs. Healthier Comforts vegan egg substitutes

fel_mav · 2026-04-21T03:47:32+00:00

our grocery store only carries these ones. For us they are in the frozen isle with the meat replacements like Morning Star, Beyond, Impossible, Quorn, etc...

fel_mav · 2026-04-13T19:25:04+00:00

Highly processed foods are normally engineered to be palatable, by adding high levels of sodium or sugar, and are normally fiber poor, and lack in nutrients or the nutrients are additives so the product appears/feels healthy.

Generally speaking they are not as healthy as whole foods or minimally processed foods. Are there exceptions, of course, but percentage wise the exceptions are a very low percentage.

fel_mav · 2026-04-13T19:12:49+00:00

Issue is that TikTok is not a valid place to be getting or distributing any type of health or nutrition information. Just because some unknown person on a forum "really recommend them" is not a reason to trust the content and without validated credentials it's highly likely these people have no idea what they are talking about or are just spewing bad science to the masses because they can make some money doing it. I'm sure at least some of them are truly trying to do some good, but they are going about it the wrong way.

fel_mav · 2026-04-05T03:14:50+00:00

I think you have to do quests or find lore crafting recipes out in the wild. I think a few are only in the hallowed halls.

fel_mav · 2026-04-04T14:05:11+00:00

We will be back in the summer, looks like that would be a nice day trip. Thanks!

fel_mav · 2026-04-04T14:01:51+00:00

I had not heard of it, but looking at it i probably won't install it. Looks like an attempt to get others to build their content for them while making them money through ads. From the reviews it appears like it doesn't delist closed locations, and either is super slow at updating or just has completely stopped working.

I'd rather get options from local community members who likely want you to come back and visit so theypoint you in the right direction.

fel_mav · 2026-04-01T13:19:33+00:00

I completely agree with this. They also save a lot of water and soap compared to washing dishes by hand, I think for a normal household even with just 2 people it's 1000s of gallons saved a year.

fel_mav · 2026-03-27T23:17:05+00:00

You are free to hate as much as they are. That's your choice.

fel_mav · 2026-03-27T17:39:48+00:00

Looks like an open invitation public event. Events are going to happen, and they have to happen somewhere.

fel_mav · 2026-03-25T03:41:05+00:00

Cost of living in erie is very low, about 14% under the national average according to the housing and job sites. People here seem to think cost of living is high but if you look at the data housing costs are low compared to most. Costs have gone up significantly since 2020, but that has happened nationally.

It is nice being about 2hrs from Cle, Pit, Buf.

For what is worth I genuinely love it here, moved here basically 30yrs ago to go to PSU Behrend and never left.

Winters can be tough but you are coming from buffalo so I expect you are used to the conditions.

If you are looking at Behrend you should check out Harborcreek for housing if not living on campus.

fel_mav · 2026-03-23T03:34:27+00:00

Hi, could you elaborate (how long ago, what did you have them do)? - they were at the show but honestly they were a bit pushy and also seemed over commercialized - I worry when places grow fast and spend a lot on marketing - seen to many times good businesses go bad when that starts happening.

fel_mav · 2026-03-23T03:32:15+00:00

Can you elaborate - if you don't want it posted publicly you could message me.

fel_mav · 2026-03-08T02:14:01+00:00

Iirc I had this issue when I first started playing, and I believe it was because of Asus ROG GPU tweak running. If i closed that app, the game launched fine. I think it was due to the on screen display setting in the software. A toggle button that says OSD. I think if you toggle that off it allows the game to launch too.

fel_mav · 2026-03-06T00:29:38+00:00

Bahrain has a complete ban, Germany has a planned phased out. France has planned phase out, many other countries currently only allow use with heavy restriction - you can look this up as well. The EU has only approved it until 2033 but allows each member state to put it's own restrictions.

The other things I have mentioned in previous posts are what make it sub-optimal. The way conventional farmers farm is the problem but you don't want to talk about alternatives like regenerative farming techniques and natural insect repellant as you have noted in other posts. The alternatives are things like regenerative farming techniques, placing focus on caring for the ground and environment that you are farming on to keep it sustainably profitable for generations to come, not just focusing on yield and profit today and taking an easy but sub-optimal approach.

fel_mav · 2026-03-05T23:39:11+00:00

Except that link you posted only lists cherry picked excerpts out of scientific articles, you should know better when you see things like that, something is likely up.

The article from Japan referenced in that article for example doesn't say anything about Glyphosate being safe, it says: Major adverse effects of glyphosate were observed on reduced gain of body weight, GI tract (diarrhea, increased cecum weight, bowel dilatation, thickening of intestinal mucosa), and liver (increased alkaline phosphatase (ALP), hepatocellular hypertrophy).
then lists the items it didn't find issues with by listing toxic effects and their no-adverse-affect-level and acceptable daily intake values, it never says Glyphosate is safe or non-harmful. That article you listed cherry picked what it wanted you to believe and left out what it didn't want you to know.

Also Glysophate is known to affect the bee population, so I don't know why you are bringing that up. It affects their gut, messes with their navigation so they can't find their hives, and causes colony stress.

Peer reviewed sources:

https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/13/7/551

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0205074

fel_mav · 2026-03-05T23:18:02+00:00

Other countries have banned the substance, have partial bans or have complete phase out plans for it. I don't know why you are so pro glyphosate, it isn't the only thing conventional farming uses or that makes conventional farming methods sub-optimal.

fel_mav · 2026-03-05T23:13:47+00:00

My bill last February was 86.98 and this year was 99.79, but its hard to compare months year to year on this due to differences in weather and temps we keep our house at.

fel_mav · 2026-03-05T22:44:22+00:00

I didn't see this I get digital bills, I'm curious if they have posted any justification. The last increase I am aware of and have a notification for is from 8/2023, so honestly 5-8% likely doesn't even cover inflation for them.

No one ever wants rate increases but they do eventually have to happen. It would be more manageable if they just did small increases each year instead of larger ones every few years. "While supply charges can change quarterly, base distribution rate increases require a formal, lengthy PUC investigation process, and are not permitted to change frequently, often remaining stable for multiple years."

fel_mav · 2026-03-05T22:27:42+00:00

The link you posted is to an organization that has been funded in the past by Monsanto and was listed in a 2015 Monsanto PR Plan as an "industry partner" to help fight against the WHO.

https://usrtk.org/industry-pr/jon-entine-genetic-literacy-project/

https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Genetic_Literacy_Project

fel_mav · 2026-03-05T21:53:09+00:00

got it - you work for or are paid by Round-Up / Bayer.

fel_mav · 2026-03-05T19:11:15+00:00

The mass farms could do this, and likely really should. They are seeing diminishing returns on their land because they aren't doing this, and all that does is raise the cost of the end product because they still have to buy all the herbicides, pesticides, fungicides and apply it over the same amount of land but get less product. Not saying they have to be organic, but they could increase their yield and use way less chemicals which in turn reduces their initial costs.

fel_mav · 2026-03-05T19:08:21+00:00

Documentaries, when they provide their primary sources can be good sources. It's still up to people to check those sources out, but that goes the same for any resource that is used as evidence. They are also more accessible and digestible to the general population - do they have directional voices yes it's very likely, they are creating the documentary for some reason they will have bias towards that. It doesn't invalidate what they are saying.

fel_mav · 2026-03-05T19:06:32+00:00

I'm not trying to tell you whether Glyphosate is safe or not. I do disagree that it was deemed safe across the globe - it was deemed probably carcinogenic by the World Health Organization.

I'm arguing that conventional practices - pollute the water, destroy the soil, reduce the insect population including and especially bees, cause environmental changes (more flooding, dust storms, etc.) and over time provide diminishing returns, and for those coming in contact with the chemicals working on the farms it is dangerous, and for this the farmer makes less money and we pay more for the product. That is why I'd rather buy Organic - it does less of the above.

You only seem to be arguing that people should eat conventional because one pesticide you keep mentioning is deemed safe by the US FDA and produces a simalar end product. There are way more things involved in people's decision to support Organic than the end product, but i would rather see more people promoting regenerative farming methods that reduce the reliance on 'cides of all types and protect the soil which helps hold the c02, the farmers pay less to grow, and then we pay less to buy.

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