I think they’ve made very clear that they use the Nixon rule. If the president does it, it’s not illegal

They’re not war crimes the first time

Hard agree. I’m no vegan as a fully understand that a) humans are omnivorous mammals who thrive on a mixed diet and b) eons of selective breeding has created creatures that are designed for food and goods and wouldn’t survive in the wild in their current state without either much suffering or outright death of the species. The monocultures created for large industrialized farms are a blight for the environment as well.

I champion local small scale farms with permaculture and local plants as much as possible while reducing meat consumption in general (at least here, meat is usually at every meal so reducing it to one a day if not every few days would be a huge shift). I also recognize not everyone wants nor cares about going vegetarian or vegan but would accept the reductions in meat use and focusing on buying local if it was made more readily available

Industrial honey is just another facet of my distain and complaint of industrial agriculture as a whole. Almost every vegan argument I’ve ever encountered has been in reaction to the horrors of the industrial process

Are we sure he wasn’t recalling a fanfic he wrote

Except the blame minorities part, I don’t mind the sit inside on my own bit, as a hermit by nature. I’d still grow stuff to share with the community as much as I’m able though. Just because I don’t want to interact with people face to face doesn’t mean I don’t care that they are fed

If it didn’t make them money, they wouldn’t do it

Is it really a pun if that’s where the word came from?

More effort maybe but infinitely cheaper

No Dresden love?

That’s in the top level supporter package

But that urge to nuke it can really make some good arguments

Love a good ol scream test. Only problem is you have to make sure to keep the disconnected thing or the data within for a solid year in case it’s only used once annually by “very important process that makes sure the doors stay open” and no one realizes that thing you disconnected is where it’s pulled from. Learned that one the hard way

Because the concepts that created the philosophy of socialism did not exist… Right

People used to fly around all over the place before gravity was invented in 1687.

I mean

It stops being a crush when you actually tell the crush to break up with someone because it ruins the fantasy you’ve created with them para-socially.

It’s only illegal if they are held accountable for it

Yeah but it also detracts from the point instead of focusing on the main issue at hand, it causes people to go down rabbit holes looking at minutia. Like focusing on a scratch on a fender when the engine is on fire. While it’s something that is true, it’s not the important part of the conversation.

I can clarify a few things.

Being gay doesn’t mean you’re attracted to every single person of the group for which you’re attracted. … Just like straight people aren’t attracted to every person of the group for which they are attracted so plopping a gay(affectionate) in the middle of a bunch of straights(affectionate) is going to do nothing (in a vacuum as you described).

The brother in law in question believes in the manosphere christian nationalist drivel that our area has been peddling for decades. The Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, oan listening type who doesn’t think about anything beyond what he’s told. Zero understanding of anything beyond surface level if it doesn’t fit his narrow understanding of the world

Self reflection isn’t his strong suit. Nor is researching information and looking for sources.