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@danirabbit Sing it.
"I could never live like it's 2021" then mask some of the time, like at doctor's offices, on planes, and during surges.
If you can't tolerate an N95 (or can't find one that gets a good seal), wear a surgical with a mask brace. Or wear cloth. The best mask is the one that gets worn.
If you don't have an air purifier, crack a window.
@danirabbit Can I be "Vegan - Grapefruit" (cause I like them even less than oranges)
@catsalad @danirabbit
Cats do hate grapefruit...
We often let Freya sniff our food to assuage her curiosity, but with grapefruit...
*Freya walks closer to grapefruit*
I say, "Kitty's don't like grapefruit!"
*Freya sniffs at the grapefruit anyhow, then literally recoils and backs away in abject horror.*
@eniko says, "she has good taste", because she, too, hates grapefruit.
@danirabbit I live “vegan + bacon”, almost literally. Vegetarian is the wrong direction. It does little to alleviate environmental damage, animal suffering, and the industrial farming complex. Go vegan 90% of the time and you’re 90% better, but you also don’t miss out on holiday treats you remember, and the occasional cheat because you had a rough week.
@danirabbit and who knows, three years from now you might eat vegan without bacon without noticing. Happened to me and my husband. We went from "meat and dairy only on weekends" to "oh did we actually any meat or dairy in the last two months" and stopped eating both altogether after that realisation.
@danirabbit the Fork Ranger app or Instagram feed is a good place to start for anyone looking to reduce the amount of animal products they consume without committing to going fully vegan
@danirabbit right on. A good example is my attempt to de-Meta. I removed Fecesbook, Instagram, Messenger. But I can't get rid of WhatsApp. There are family groups, friend groups and work groups on WhatsApp and the momentum is not yet there for them to all move to non Meta alternatives. Especially family groups with all the elderly members who already struggled to learn WhatsApp as "The New Thing To Use". It's too much to ask them to do it again 😒
@rozeboosje @danirabbit I'm the same, it was such a struggle to get my parents on to Whatsapp in the first place (my Mum ended up deleting most of the contacts from her phone because she thought that would stop them contacting her on Whatsapp) I can't imaging switching them to Signal. And just about every local community group I'm in organises either by Whatsapp or Facebook
@danirabbit
Agree on the bacon. I did start to make my own so I know what's in the cure and use very little pink salt (nitrates) but now I don't like others bacon haha
I usually do a salt/black pepper cure and smoke with apple wood.
@danirabbit
I don't actually hate this but it's just reinventing the idea of vegetarianism.
& maybe that does need some rejuvinating & maybe that'll do some good in the world, still it's really not veganism.
I don't think it's cool to benefit from the moral associations of veganism without the hard work (being an animal use abolitionist).
I guess vegetarianism is kinda lame nowadays (now we say plant-based or plant forward or 'vegan'), & part of that is because veganism makes it look obsolete, but you can't just take the name without doing the work.
@Opticacia @danirabbit > I don't think it's cool to benefit from the moral associations of veganism without the hard work
You know, for some people the reason for being vegan (or trying to be more vegan with some exceptions) is because they want to reduce harm, not to get bragging rights for being morally superior. 🙄
And this binary thinking of "it's only hard work if you go 100% vegan" is exactly the problem. It's hard work to change your diet and habits, even if you make some exceptions.
@binaryDiv @Opticacia @danirabbit Yeah, if its about moral bragging rights, I don’t have any problem stealing those either. You’re not a good person.
@binaryDiv @danirabbit @Extra_Special_Carbon
One good moral principle doesn't make a good person lol
No, you can't get credit for giving a shit about animals if you don't actually give a shit. It's fine to tell people not to appropriate something they have nothing to do with actually :)
@Opticacia @binaryDiv @danirabbit Credit? I’m not taking credit for anything, and I’m not giving credit either. That need for validation is what makes you shitty.
@danirabbit The last 10% is the hardest bit, but the first 90% is the most effective. "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good", as the saying goes.
It's a terrible shame that synthetic meat seems to have fizzled out. It would've solved a lot of problems.
@argv_minus_one @danirabbit well the problem is that synthetic meat isn't 100% completely perfect with zero ethical or environmental or taste or texture issues, so it's basically a complete waste of time.
/sarcasm for Poes Law.
@argv_minus_one @danirabbit I don't know! I'm just making a joke!
But if you really want to find out, just post " #syntheticmeat has absolutely zero #ethical issues and is completely fine" here on Mastodon, and some joyless bastard will be around in 5 minutes to tell you you're wrong...
Maybe you can’t buy everything local. What one thing can you start buying local? Can you switch from Starbucks to the local coffee shop? Can you switch from Petco to the local pet feed store? Can you switch from Dominoes to a local pizza place?
Maybe you can’t completely de-Google or de-Apple or de-Amazon your life. Can you switch one thing? Can you use DuckDuckGo? Move your passwords to Bitwarden? Open a Fastmail account?
@danirabbit People usually underestimate how much difference small, incremental changes make over time.
If you get into the habit of preparing, say, 2 vegan meals per week, that's 100 vegan meals per year.
Plus, once you've got the hang of it, adding a third vegan meal isn't so hard. Or sometimes a fourth one, maybe. And suddenly you're at 150 per year.
It's the same for all the other good things. Doing a little, on a regular basis, just adds up, and opens further opportunities for change
@slothrop @danirabbit @ifixcoinops favorite things about cooking vegan.
1. Delicious meals. Everything in Big Vegan Flavor is amazing
2. Inexpensive - even the best fancy organic veg is so much cheaper than meat selections.
3. Food safety is much easier to manage with veg vs. meat prep. All around.
@slothrop @danirabbit Depending on some things, two vegan mails a week is the Orthodox way, outside of fasting periods, of course. (If things are a bit laxer than the strictest form, it's going to be vegetarian.)
I had to give up on that because I got really sick at some point, but I'm compensating that by barely travelling anywhere anymore! (Because I'm too sick...)
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@danirabbit this is exactly how to do it. Another thing: Cash.
It seems crazy, but the reality is that massive credit card companies and banks keep your money outside of your city/town and invest it there.
I just paid $20 for lunch at my local cafe. I know the guys who work there are getting paid off the books, so they're taking that same cash home and stopping at the bodega for food, and paying in cash, giving their kids allowance in that cash, shopping at the chinatown hardware stores in cash, etc....
the money gets multiplied and stays out of the hands of big corp. And the reaility is that, no matter how liberal, *ALL* big corporations are bad. ALL of them have a negative effect on your home town. ALL of them.
Small business + Cash whenever possible.
@danirabbit Conversely, it’s incredibly easy to get swept up in the “I’m gonna do good!” thought and bite off more than you can chew. You see it with folks who get into privacy all the time; they actually MAKE the huge switches, get completely burnt, then go back to how they were feeling defeated.
Moderation isn’t just good advice those nervous to make big changes. It’s also a good mentality for those who want it all, but might forget that that doesn’t mean all at once.
@moshimotsu @danirabbit what I call the May and Mercury Specification, 1989 (I want it all, I want it now) is not just something to push back on at work but also in personal life
@danirabbit I definitely think we need a lot more “harm reduction” and a lot less “if you are not perfect you are the enemy.”