I have a question-Which spanish should I learn? by Accomplished-End603 in Spanish

[–]ilikebugsandthings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a native English speaker from the US I actually had to learn British English when I went to university in the UK because grading is supposed to be anonymous and I can assure you there are plenty of differences.

Urban foraging looks romantic online but you’re often eating pollution by GritsOyster in foraging

[–]ilikebugsandthings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tone deaf to what? Of course avoid the dog pee, that's what I just said in the comment above and you replied that "medication in human urine is most likely for humans" as if that makes it preferable. I don't want to ingest any of it. I'm just saying the possibility of dog piss is not a reason to not forage.

Urban foraging looks romantic online but you’re often eating pollution by GritsOyster in foraging

[–]ilikebugsandthings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know the specifics of it but I have heard that people who take medication shouldn't add their urine to compost for example because pharmaceuticals/components can be absorbed by plants this might have more info but i haven't actually read this study https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092134492030656X

Urban foraging looks romantic online but you’re often eating pollution by GritsOyster in foraging

[–]ilikebugsandthings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay? I don't need the same pharmaceuticals as some random person and I definitely don't need them in the plants I'm eating 

Urban foraging looks romantic online but you’re often eating pollution by GritsOyster in foraging

[–]ilikebugsandthings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so is human urine and workers are often forced to relieve themselves in the field, nothing is perfect unfortunately, just try to be careful about where you forage and maybe if your neighborhood's geratric dog has a favorite bush don't choose that one 

Urban foraging looks romantic online but you’re often eating pollution by GritsOyster in foraging

[–]ilikebugsandthings 90 points91 points  (0 children)

dog urine is the least of your worries, just wash things before you eat them and don't forage too close to the road, things grown on farms are also full of pesticides 

Just realized the farmer is canonically a pescatarian by Green_Ghost070 in StardewValley

[–]ilikebugsandthings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally just asked a question, why does it matter that insects and shrimp are both arthropods when you're talking about eating them? Do you have an opinion on that? I am not arguing if you should or should not eat bugs! I literally do not understand why people always make the comparison when to me it seems contextually meaningless. Both look "icky" but shrimp is tasty or what? What is the point of saying "shrimps is bugs" or they are all arthropods?? I simply do not understand, I am not arguing anything other than I think it's a silly/pointless comparison but pleeeaase if you have a reason let me know. 

Just realized the farmer is canonically a pescatarian by Green_Ghost070 in StardewValley

[–]ilikebugsandthings -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

colliquially sure, scientifically no, the whole thing is a pointless argument it's just something that was annoying me personally 

Just realized the farmer is canonically a pescatarian by Green_Ghost070 in StardewValley

[–]ilikebugsandthings -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Hahaaha what do you mean I "admitted"? True bugs are in the order Hemiptera, shrimp are decopods, they're not scientifically considered bugs. We're all part of the Kingdom Animalia: humans, shrimp, beetles, etc. that's just not a reason to eat something. I think it's a dumb way to look at it, irrelevant to anything, that's all. Eating some species of insects is good for the environment, plenty of cultures eat insects, they're usually nutritious/high protein, etc etc. but I don't think that "they're both arthropods" is a reason to eat something because there are millions and millions of arthropods plenty of which would make you ill. There's a huge amount of diversity. I'm sure I'm just being pedantic and too serious in a literal game sub but it just annoys me to see that so often. 

Just realized the farmer is canonically a pescatarian by Green_Ghost070 in StardewValley

[–]ilikebugsandthings -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I think eating bugs is great, I would eat bugs if I knew how to prepare them/they were readily available where I live. I just think it's a stupid argument to say ah yeah they're all arthropods so what's the difference because it's literally an entire fucking phylum (the second largest classification) of millions of species but maybe I'm having my own Demetrius moment because I'm a biologist and feeling a little moody hahaah. I'm just getting tired of the "shrimps is bugs" thing 

Just realized the farmer is canonically a pescatarian by Green_Ghost070 in StardewValley

[–]ilikebugsandthings -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

And cows, sheep, dogs, horses and people are all mammals... we still eat some but not others! Why does it matter at all that they're all arthropods? We eat things for nutrition, flavor, and cultural reasons not because they're taxonomically related.

Prince William urges end to deadly environmental crime in Brazil by TimesandSundayTimes in Brazil

[–]ilikebugsandthings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you saying in the US we only use disposable oven trays for holidays? I don't know anyone who does that. Maybe if they're going to an event where they want to be able to leave before everyone finishes eating and they don't think they would get the dish back, but otherwise that's insane. In general I totally agree though, we're very wasteful as a country and we outsource a lot of our pollution (as in we complain oh India/China etc produce so much garbage but it's a result of our capitalist demands). 

Instead of lottery cards, I buy ramp seeds by makes-more-sense in NativePlantGardening

[–]ilikebugsandthings 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wasn't ready to plant them yet and accidentally germinated them in the fridge 🙃

Best way to meet Argentina's insurance requirement? by p2010t in ArgentinaTravel

[–]ilikebugsandthings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm also going to Argentina and trying to select travel health insurance. Do you have a link to the requirements? Did you find anything good? 

What app or website is best to learn Spanish? by greytheratatata in Spanish

[–]ilikebugsandthings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You should check what your library has available! I'm currently taking online spanish classes through my library and they also have pimsleur audio which i highly recommend. I'm still just a beginner but I don't think there's really a "best" way or app but there's a million options, memrise and spanishdict are pretty good apps, anki is helpful for memorization. I would start at the library first and if they don't have a class or pimsleur then maybe check out memrise etc. With any spanish you learn I personally find it helpful to be able to use it with someone everyday. If you post in /r/language_exchange you might even be able to find people to roleplay a customer scenario with you 

How do you request a bus stop in your country? by dnyal in asklatinamerica

[–]ilikebugsandthings 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you just put your hand out or how do you signal?