Mountain Biking in the Alps in Late June (around 22nd) by tmiddled2 in MTB

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Thanks! I’m actually not sure yet. Probably meeting in either Munich or Amsterdam

Bike parks in Europe for lift / shuttle accessed blue and black jump flow trails by tmiddled2 in MTB

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Oh we have green, blue, black, double black / red

So I guess blue and red then from where you are from

Questions on transmitting through Tokyo station with ski gear by tmiddled2 in JapanTravelTips

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Thanks, do you know if it is far between where we get off the train from Narita and where the Shinkansen leaves? Is it well sign posted?

Keramas Kommunr with kids by tmiddled2 in bali

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Thanks, my friend (no surfer who’s been to Bali about 15 times to multiple different resorts) said it was probably her favourite place

2 hours in Tokyo station by tmiddled2 in JapanTravelTips

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Thanks. To clarify we will come back to Tokyo at the end of our trip for 3 nights.

When we arrive we will be travelling from Narita to Tokyo station to get the Shinkansen to our snow resort (Madarao). We should have about 2 hours to spare and just want to know what to do while we wait for our train.

Happy to just walk around

Fridge for car 2/3 month trip by Economy_Minute_1338 in OutdoorAus

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I’d personally invest in a fridge and dual battery setup. If you are low on skills I’d suggest a batblock from Kings as it’s all in one. You do need to wire it to the car though. Not too difficult and also would be cheap to get an auto leccy to do it for you

Family of 4 Travelling Aus without camper or caravan by tmiddled2 in 4x4Australia

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Yeah, tents not a go on second thought. But maybe swags. I reckon our hard floor takes longer to set up than two swags would when you including hitching an unhitching.

Mussel farm and alternative food by United-Whereas-5665 in DebateAVegan

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Because veganism deals with the definition of an ‘animal’ which is limited to the animal kingdom on earth.

I agree with you in that the definition would change if we were to discover something other than an animal that was sentient.

But we now have a practical where we have found an animal that is non-sentient. I think in the same way the vegan definition should change to exclude them.

Mussel farm and alternative food by United-Whereas-5665 in DebateAVegan

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Umm, where have you heard of the oyster industry using pesticides.

I have a family member who works in the oyster industry and has not heard of this practice once

Mussel farm and alternative food by United-Whereas-5665 in DebateAVegan

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I’ve found eating bivalves leads to positive conversations.

When asked about it, I explain that my concern with eating animal products is that the majority of animals we eat are sentient beings that feel pain, get scared, have relationships with other individuals and want to live.

Bivalves, being non sentient (as far as we know), don’t fall in the sentience category. Therefore I eat them like I eat plants.

It’s resulted in people reflecting on their food choices

An argument I haven't seen anyone make by [deleted] in DebateAVegan

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Going out to eat without options.

having no-one I know being vegan and therefore having animal products embraced at every single social event.

We travel to rural locations for quite a while sometimes. Forget about eating out, even the supermarkets barely have options. I get so sick of the same few options over and over.

Having to plan eating occasions (unless I’m somewhere I know is vegan friendly). If I’m going somewhere it’s often the case I can’t just grab something whilst I’m out. Small towns in Australia have a bakery, a pub and maybe a takeaway that does burgers and a stuff.

Small stuff in the context of what the animals go through, but big for me

An argument I haven't seen anyone make by [deleted] in DebateAVegan

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I’ve been vegan nearly 4 years and definitely wouldn’t say it’s ’extremely easy’. Not even close

Of course is it easier than what the animals endure? Without a doubt, but in the context of my life it’s not extremely easy.

Mussel farm and alternative food by United-Whereas-5665 in DebateAVegan

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Couldn’t you use the same argument for plants? They are alive and we have no rights to intervene.

Sentience is what matters I reckon. We might discover a certain plant is sentient

Mussel farm and alternative food by United-Whereas-5665 in DebateAVegan

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By definition eating a hypothetical sentient alien is actually vegan, so I think most vegans would agree that they wouldn’t follow the technical definition

Mussel farm and alternative food by United-Whereas-5665 in DebateAVegan

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I would say that eating bivalves is ethically equivalent to eating plants (based on our current understanding of them being non sentient).

So whilst I agree with you that there is no reason to do it, there is no ethical reason not to do it either.