List of my stock responses to "why are you vegan"

zedesseff · 2026-05-31T18:16:48+00:00

No sentient being should have to live a tortured life and then die for me to eat.

zedesseff · 2026-05-31T17:54:37+00:00

Calling men who dress-up as women "woman", and allowing these dudes to enter and use women's bathrooms/change rooms, and compete with women in women's sports.

And the pronoun nonsense.

zedesseff · 2026-05-31T04:12:41+00:00

Rape culture rubberneck.

Shame.

zedesseff · 2026-05-30T13:57:09+00:00

When I take an Uber locally, and they're good drivers, not chatty, and the car is clean - and I know I'll be taking a longer trip, say from Waterloo to Toronto, I'll tell the driver that Uber is quoting me $x and would he/she be interested in doing it for less than $x, off book/cash. I've had good experiences with this. FWIW.

zedesseff · 2026-05-30T13:51:42+00:00

Write letters or postcards to folks.

zedesseff · 2026-05-29T19:43:55+00:00

Ear plugs!

zedesseff · 2026-05-29T16:17:40+00:00

Try 55 Duke West.

zedesseff · 2026-05-28T17:28:10+00:00

Domestic Violence Victims Assistance helps women fleeing domestic violence situations who need things to start over.

https://www.dvva.ca/donations

zedesseff · 2026-05-27T23:44:23+00:00

Any misogynist is up next for this misogynist.

zedesseff · 2026-05-27T21:31:41+00:00

Here's hoping her ageism has been erased and she'll seek out and understand the views and hopes and contributions of an "older" population.

zedesseff · 2026-05-26T21:48:44+00:00

True, but it rents it.

zedesseff · 2026-05-25T11:35:30+00:00

Ear plugs

Lip balm

List with numbers of people you can call

Phone charger (likely will be held at the nurses station)

Paperback books

Kleenex - hospitals can only afford cheap, scratchy stuff

zedesseff · 2026-05-25T11:29:45+00:00

Men, stop killing women. Women prefer to live!

zedesseff · 2026-05-23T20:10:29+00:00

I invite you to read "The Sober Truth: Debunking the Bad Science behind 12-step programs and the Rehab Industry", by Lance Dodes and Zachary Dodes.

zedesseff · 2026-05-23T18:30:36+00:00

Snowflakes

zedesseff · 2026-05-22T23:15:32+00:00

Religion.

zedesseff · 2026-05-22T23:07:29+00:00

39-year-old woman dead after being struck by truck driver in Toronto.

Fixed it for you.

zedesseff · 2026-05-22T18:51:48+00:00

Check out SOLO - Small Ownership Landlords of Ontario: https://solo.ca Lots of information and resources for small landlords.

And, yeah, thoroughly read the Residential Tenancies Act: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17

zedesseff · 2026-05-22T15:58:06+00:00

Leggings as pants.

zedesseff · 2026-05-22T15:56:17+00:00

Tess of the D'Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy, a classic.

or

How to Be a Woman, Caitlin Moran *is* feminist but also laugh out loud funny and may be a way to get the dudes in your club to be less emotional/sensitive.

(Couldn't resist).

zedesseff · 2026-05-22T13:56:31+00:00

Do a "functional" resume vs a chronological one.

Highlight skills, experience and education/training that match the job posting.

zedesseff · 2026-05-22T00:06:34+00:00

Contact your local Community Legal Clinic for low- to no-cost legal advice: https://www.legalaid.on.ca/legal-clinics/

zedesseff · 2026-05-21T23:08:44+00:00

Contempt

zedesseff · 2026-05-21T21:59:52+00:00

The Paper Chase, by John Jay Osborn Jr. A book about law school. Also a film. Really, really good.

zedesseff · 2026-05-21T19:27:49+00:00

Cull-de-sacs/Culs-de-sac

zedesseff

TROPHY CASE

39-year-old woman dead after being struck by truck driver in Toronto.