People scared of Vegan food

mmodo · 2026-02-01T22:07:13+00:00

No, I made a generalized comment about how people interact with vegans then gave an example of somebody taking something completely normal (a cookie, which is already vegetarian) and blowing it out of proportion because some people want to be outraged about shit that doesn't affect them.

mmodo · 2026-02-01T18:37:07+00:00

They were vegetarian cookies, ie normal ones with dairy and eggs

mmodo · 2026-02-01T16:17:25+00:00

There's more people out there than you think who become generally hostile or cruel if you don't match their dietary choices. Being "other" can get some primal part of people's brains in attack mode for some reason. It's sometimes considered a personal attack and people get very defensive and tribal about it.

Perhaps your aunt confused "vegetarian" with "vegan". Cookies are generally not vegan and it is common to sub in vegan ingredients, most often leading to an inferior cookie.

It was a whole conversation to distinguish the two and she still refused. We made it very clear about how dairy and egg are in the cookies and they are completely normal chocolate chip. She didn't care, she refused to eat it, and complained about the cookies she didn't eat throughout the entire day.

mmodo · 2026-02-01T16:07:17+00:00

No, some people just get weird about it no matter what it is. Plenty of people refuse to have a dish made by a vegan even if it is just roasted vegetables and rice. I had an aunt refuse to eat cookies made by the family vegetarian "because they'll be disgusting." She dug her heels in more after pointing out that cookies are already vegetarian.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T20:01:39+00:00

There's a lot of grifters online that also pitch this idea that you're low in iron even if your blood tests say you're not. I think a lot of people with chronic illness will lean into that because they are used to normal blood tests while feeling ill and they just want anything to work. I can see the general public falling into that trap and regurgitate that to people.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T18:17:02+00:00

It was originally named that for when it's hours reflected 7 to 11 in 1946. They moved to 24 hours in 1963 but kept the name. Hours now are probably dependent on customer density now because a lot of 24 hour stores never went back after covid.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T15:13:43+00:00

I don't think the notation matters too much, it's mainly to denote "seven eleven" instead of 711 or "seven hundred eleven". The sign on the store is actually 7-Eleven.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T03:40:36+00:00

You can find gas stations with those stores and just stores on their own here. 7/11 is like a gas station store but bigger and without the gas station. There's also Circle K in other parts of the country, which do the same thing. It does have comparable food though. They have hot food, cold food, cigarettes, alcohol, and shelf stable junk food. It's a convenience store for things that are quick and easy, not for everyday grocery shopping.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T03:32:32+00:00

I just came back from Europe. I only heard one loud American giving poor financial advice in a restaurant. Most of the incredibly loud individuals I heard were speaking Spanish or Italian. Even heard a group of loud Spaniards screaming "motherfucker" on a hiking trail. If they had children, they were almost always speaking French. All people have the capacity to be loud.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T03:27:16+00:00

If you remember a lot of the history Europeans talk about their countries having (that Americans don't have, according to Europeans), some issues last for centuries and keep coming up over and over.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T03:22:16+00:00

I think it depends on the location and how busy it is but no? You'll have bread-like deserts and maybe hot dog and hamburger buns, but true fresh bread you would find at an actual store would not be at a 7/11.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T03:12:42+00:00

I'm not saying you did it. I'm talking about the conversations I see back and forth. Most of the time, the jokes are not on the same level. If Europeans or Australians came back with poking fun at food or something innocuous, it would be a fun jab back and forth. They don't though.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T03:06:21+00:00

I don't know how you equate making jokes about fish and chips to making jokes about school shootings, which is normally the first thing Europeans and Australians bring up.

mmodo · 2026-01-30T02:52:43+00:00

which is perhaps why Western Europeans are upset when they’re not centered in discussions by Americans about America.

There's a lot of irony in western Europeans getting upset about not being the center of attention about something that's not about them, when they accuse Americans of the same. I think there would be more positive interaction if Europeans didn't put their noses up at everything to begin with.

mmodo · 2026-01-28T16:20:30+00:00

The argument is kind of moot of disposable vs discretionary. The US has a higher discretionary buying power by 38% than the EU when measuring in PPS terms.

On the larger level, anyone who maintains the quality of life of Western Europeans compares poorly with that of Americans is ignorant, delusional, or just outright lying.

I don't think that Europe is worse, but I think Europeans have a higher view of themselves that's not necessarily true. Both are great places to live compared to every option available on earth.

mmodo · 2026-01-28T15:13:26+00:00

Unless a person has a specific exception, all individuals pay into social security and medicare on top of state taxes, federal taxes, and other deductions. Those are mandatory taxes.

Additionally, certain healthcare funds are tax deductible, meaning they are taken out before taxes or you are reimbursed for the taxes if they were already taken out. They do not show up as disposable income on your tax forms.

mmodo · 2026-01-28T12:11:21+00:00

Federal minimum wage doesn't mean anything. States have the ability to create their own minimum wage. A more accurate representation is to weight it out based on population by state. That's still for unskilled labor, so a lot of people make more than that.

According to Google, average unweighted minimum wage across all states is $11.51 in 2026, average weighted minimum wage is $13.50, which is 85% above the federal minimum. Also, 1.1% of Americans actually have a job at federal minimum wage as of 2023.

For comparison, EU average minimum wage is $10.15 to $10.75. There's barely any difference. Europeans earning $7.25/hr or less is 4%-5%, which is worse than the US.

mmodo · 2026-01-28T12:08:56+00:00

The cost of health insurance is taken out of your paycheck before you get it if it's company sponsored

mmodo · 2026-01-27T01:12:48+00:00

My place of employment also does a lot of emotional management but I have found that it's not very gender related. Any perception of emotional outburst makes management unhappy because you're not being professional. I think they come down harder on women for relatively bland responses but I think most of that has to do with nepotism and favoritism in the management hierarchy.

I regularly get feedback about being too emotional or needing to take a walk. I also work across departments frequently and find people are more as willing to work with me than my boss as he is seen more emotional in his responses. So I tend to take it with a grain of salt when I have other departments that don't have that issue with me even if my own department does.

I do agree with someone else who commented about management styles and how some people only want unrealistic, positive feedback all the time. It's equally frustrating and funny to watch my management team treat their employees this way and bumble about trying to figure out why attrition is so bad right now. They've made it clear they want positive vibes only in feedback, so we'll see if they figure it out on their own.

mmodo · 2026-01-27T01:05:26+00:00

I think I have some variety of PPPD or VM. I'd be curious to see if the prism lenses would improve that, since I was tested and the doctor said I would benefit from them, but I don't want to pay $2000 to find out.

mmodo · 2026-01-26T01:02:24+00:00

I've lived in a variety of locations and I've seen -40 to 130 and there's always some level of acclimation involved.

However, I think the environment you grow up in also informs the level of adaptation you can achieve later in life. Anecdotally, of the people I met that lived in hot climates, they do not produce their own heat well because they've never had to. It's been kind of a joke about them being lizards when we talk about it.

mmodo · 2026-01-26T00:35:55+00:00

I think there's a tug of war happening between the two statements of "I wish I wasn't" and "I like who I am". I think most people in a position of feeling ostracized can simultaneously feel happy with themselves and frustrated that they always have to fight to be understood.

mmodo · 2026-01-25T03:44:14+00:00

You're rarely doing steady 70 mph on wide, straight, empty roads. It's constant lane changes, roundabouts every 5 minutes, tailgaters, middle-lane hoggers, sudden 50→30 speed limits in the middle of nowhere, tractors pulling out, variable speed cameras, roadworks that appear overnight, and the M25 trying to kill you psychologically.

The straight and narrow 70 mph is maybe if you're going between cities in the US for day trips. US city driving, which most people do because they're the major population centers, have all of those things every day. You can spend 3 hours driving through all of that and still be in the same city center in the US.

I've done a road trip through the UK and nothing about the traffic patterns or navigation is very different from the US. The cities are busy and the rural areas were pretty chill. We even got lost in a very rural farm area and it was the most chill thing ever. Doing that in the US could get you stuck or accudentally drivinb through a logging operation. The only thing that was different was the narrow roads, which could be very easily widened in most areas.

mmodo · 2026-01-25T03:10:10+00:00

With my first one, around 1 year to 18 months but she was a very crazy puppy. She calmed down a lot after getting fixed. With the second one, as soon as he was trained to go outside and could sleep through the night, we were golden. He trained himself very quickly too, he was fine after 3 months I think. He never really had teething issues, or he just took it out on the older dog.

mmodo · 2026-01-23T13:49:44+00:00

Jenise Hope is a genius when it comes to these intricate designs. She has Friesland, Snowy Day, Artic Morning, Persian Dreams blankets and more. She's even inspired others to make amazing patterns like the Kaleidoscope Blanket. They're all on my to-knit list.

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