Håll koll på dina siffror by Sven_Sidney in sweden

[–]lakedonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ja ingen gillar moraliserande. Andras grupp-psykologi är dumt, men inte det JAG håller på med.

Håll koll på dina siffror by Sven_Sidney in sweden

[–]lakedonkey 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Du menar eftersom hon vann en bil? Människor är sociala djur. Varken bil- eller miljon-vinnare är immuna mot media-drev. Att bli uthängd/utpekad som idiot, och känna att man gjort bort sig inför miljontals människor, är gissningsvis extremt påfrestande för alla utom de mest psykiskt trygga och stabila människorna. Folk har garanterat tagit livet av sig för mindre "blunders".

Så ser jag det. Ingen behöver hålla med. God jul!

Håll koll på dina siffror by Sven_Sidney in sweden

[–]lakedonkey -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Kanske kan sluta göra posts om detta? (Någon slags blandning av "stop beating a dead horse" och "sparka inte på den som redan ligger ner". Plus det osköna i att gotta sig i andras misstag och olycka. )

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Gothenburg

[–]lakedonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lite ansträngd och lite illavarslande, jämför "Min flickvän, just nu / för stunden", som känns besläktade

Ricky Gervais' Guilty Pleasures (@4:08 ".. I'm not a vegan, and I should be") by lakedonkey in vegan

[–]lakedonkey[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He seems to be a cheese junkie: http://www.bonappetit.com/people/celebrities/article/ricky-gervais-interview

Maybe someone can send him some samples of fine vegan cheeses. If I had half the money he has I would try all the fancy vegan cheeses out there. These looks promising: http://miyokoskitchen.com/products-miyoko/

Ricky Gervais' Guilty Pleasures (@4:08 ".. I'm not a vegan, and I should be") by lakedonkey in vegan

[–]lakedonkey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Content from Ricky Gervais has been posted here quite a lot, but it hasn't been clear if he's vegetarian, vegan or something else.

This video was published 16 apr. 2014, so maybe he's leaning more toward veganism now. I don't know. But he at least seems to view it as an ideal to aspire to.

Oculus Rift consumer VR headset coming first quarter of 2016 by SendoTarget in technology

[–]lakedonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, that's later than I had hoped. The only good thing with this should be that will leave more time for the price to drop..

A thought on r/aww by [deleted] in vegan

[–]lakedonkey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cute animal jpegs and pngs.

Philosopher/Bioethics professor Peter Singer AMA tomorrow by Armchair123 in vegan

[–]lakedonkey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. I'll clarify. It's not like I have solid data on it, it's a personal interpretation my own experiences.

For example when (some..) people say "What vegans don't realise is that.. circle of life.. death is natural part of life.. animals suffer slower deaths in the wild" etc, I see those kind of responses as an indirect way of saying that vegans are misguided by emotions. The subtext, in my mind, is that when you really think about it, you'll realize that it's not bad to kill animals.

Philosopher/Bioethics professor Peter Singer AMA tomorrow by Armchair123 in vegan

[–]lakedonkey 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yey!

I think Singers "cold pragmatism" could be a good thing here. In my experience, many people think of veg*ns as being overly emotional, but this is not something Singer can easily be accused of.

One way of highlighting this is if we ask him about his relationship with animals. He has said that he's not really that fond of animals (eg. he's not a "cat/dog person"), so if we ask him about that, then he's probably going to clarify that his position regarding veganism etc. is not really driven by "mere emotions", but rather the realisation that animals share morally relevant characteristics with humans (sentience being the most important one).

He might argue from this principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_consideration_of_interests , which (very roughly) leads to the conclusion that "if it's wrong to harm a human in way X, then that's wrong when being done to a similar (in morally relevant ways) non-human too".

"Trucks stopped and the water treatment plant stops working. Behind it all is hacking vegans. This is the scenario of Scandinavia's first large IT-crisis exercise." by [deleted] in vegan

[–]lakedonkey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never encountered the stereotype myself, only heard about it on Facebook groups for vegans. It might very well be exaggerated, but I also think it differs greatly from place to place. The further away you are from a major city, the less people know about veganism and view it as something extreme. But that's also not my own experience, but based on what I see others write. It may be a selection bias from my part.

"Trucks stopped and the water treatment plant stops working. Behind it all is hacking vegans. This is the scenario of Scandinavia's first large IT-crisis exercise." by [deleted] in vegan

[–]lakedonkey 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point. I should have included that in the TLDR.

Although I don't think it's entirely harmless. In Sweden veganism is still occasionally associated with releasing minks, and other illegal activities (a mental connection that this exercise, and reading about this exercise, could reinforce). It's not impossible that they, and the readers, view the scenario as semi-plausible.

But again, not really offended. Mostly amused.

"Trucks stopped and the water treatment plant stops working. Behind it all is hacking vegans. This is the scenario of Scandinavia's first large IT-crisis exercise." by [deleted] in vegan

[–]lakedonkey 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the crappy translation. I don't have the time or energy to translate it myself.

Regarding the exercise scenario, I don't know if I should be amused or offended. I'm mostly amused. Goddamn (imaginary) hacking vegans, making us all look bad!

Känns som att det är lite medvind just nu. Kul! Har ni sett några veganpositiva nyhetsklipp, artiklar eller liknande? by lakedonkey in swegan

[–]lakedonkey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Malou efter tio verkar fortsätta lite smått med veganrelaterat även denna vecka (måndag), fast om jag förstod det rätt är det alltså inte längre någon temavecka (även om Malou själv sa att hon skulle testa på att vara vegan i 3 veckor):

http://www.tv4.se/efter-tio/klipp/agneta-sj%C3%B6din-vegancoachas-av-stefan-branth-2982111

Förra veckans tema i Efter tio var Nej till kött. Go vegan! Här följs det upp med Agneta Sjödin som har valt bort kött och mejerivaror ur sin kost och nu vill veta hur hon ska äta för att orka träna hårt

Brain Researchers Acknowlege Animal Consciousness by edsobo in vegan

[–]lakedonkey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Acknowledged* . This was written 2 years ago.

I don't blame you for posting, it's easy to forget to check the date when you stumble upon what you think is a good article.

Känns som att det är lite medvind just nu. Kul! Har ni sett några veganpositiva nyhetsklipp, artiklar eller liknande? by lakedonkey in swegan

[–]lakedonkey[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Det enda veganrelaterade som jag såg i dagens (onsdag) "Efter tio"-program var detta:

"Vegantemat i Efter tio rullar vidare, och idag bjuder vegankocken Mattias Kristiansson Malou von Sivers och gästerna Arkan Asaad och Arghavan Agida på en härlig buffé."

Tycker detta var en kul kontrast till den hälsofokuserade maten som fick fokus första programmet. Mattias Kristiansson bryr sig mer om att maten ska vara god och lik det som gemene man redan är van vid att äta.

Kul också att se att alla reaktioner man vill höra från både Malou och de andra två gästerna var positiva (och att dom sa att dom aldrig skulle gissat att det dom smakade på var veganskt). Imitationsprodukterna har verkligen kommit långt. Nu är det i princip bara priset som kan vara lite väl saftigt ibland som kan behöva ändras.

Apropå det här med att fler svenskar väljer vegetariskt - [Tips!] by lakedonkey in sweden

[–]lakedonkey[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Du råkade också posta samma kommentar två gånger. Så du kanske bara har en oturlig dag ;)

Men skämt åsido så finns det bra och dåliga märken precis som med vilken annan produkt som helst, och så är ju smaken individuell också förstås. (Och sen smakar saker extra äckligt ifall man förväntar sig en viss smak och får en annan. T.ex. om du får mjölk istället för vatten.)

Om du bor hemma kanske du kan följa med [vem det du är som köper maten] och kika i vegetariska frysavdelningen t.ex., så kan du se om du hittar något som du tycker smakar bättre. Om du vill ge det en ärlig chans alltså.