Deme

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[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 1 points 19 minutes ago

I don't think that anyone in this chain of replies has argued for flat out ending all animal meat production. Sure, plenty of vegans are motivated primarily by animal ethics and thus want to categorically ban growing animals for food, but here almost everyone seems to be talking about the sustainability aspect of modern mass animal agriculture, myself included. Although less ethical scruples is a welcome byproduct in my opinion.

I'll take lab grown meat seriously when it's been proven to be financially competetive and most importantly scalable. Technofixes have a bad track record of turning out to be mostly just investor bait. Kinda like all the bullshit high-flying transportation concepts as solutions to problems where just slightly better urban planning and prioritizing public transit, cycling etc. would work wonders.

Plant based food on the other hand has been most of what we have been eating for most of history. It wasn't that long ago when meat was still considered a relative delicacy, back when scarcity necessitated efficiency. That's the kind of efficient, sustainable, healthy and local (so logistically simple) food production system we should try to strive for in my opinion.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Our economic systems only work with infinite growth because otherwise what would be the point of lending money if it won't grow interest. It's essentially a giant pyramid scheme. And that requires new blood to provide labour and consumers. This is incredibly dumb on a finite planet with limited resources, but that's mainstream economics for you.

Also if the population shrinks too fast, then the pyramid becomes unstable with not enough younger people to take care of all the old people (while also maintaining the economy).

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

That resource and logistics management problem is a direct result of people eating so much meat, the production of which is inherently inefficient for the purposes of feeding people. Of all the resources that we spend on maintaining and growing an animal, we only get back what goes into growing its muscles. The vast majority is wasted in maintaining the animal so that it doesn't shrivel up and die before slaughter. Scale back meat production and you get a lot more food for a lot less resources, energy and land. You can't get that efficiency otherwise. It's precisely about what we eat.

I'm almost impressed by how much completely unsubstantiated ad hominem you managed to cram in there. Personally I couldn't have guessed any of that from the comment you replied to. But if you wish to be taken seriously, maybe focus instead on the actual arguments next time.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

Wii fit meditation game

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 37 points 3 days ago (5 children)
  1. Always remember to have fun!
[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Searching for something in a place you'll never reach is about as useless. By the time you reach it, it's no longer called the future. All there is is the here and now. It's ever changing and infinite, so keep looking.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago

The idea is good enough that it would've deserved at least some effort in the final execution.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 68 points 5 days ago (15 children)

It's the experience of a toothbrush collecting data about your daily routines to sell for profit.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think its basic courtesy to put even a little effort to something as important as a breakup. Not doing it face to face or at least in a call removes the interaction completely. It's taking the easiest possible path in a situation that will certainly affect the other person in a significant manner. It's cold. Using a LLM for said text like in the meme is even lower effor and leaves the recipient feeling utterly worthless. Basically the same thing as getting fired via email.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Polaris is the one start that doesn't rise. It's always at the same height at the same spot. Learning the constellations of Ursa Minor and Ursa Major is a great first step into observing the night sky.

Finding the big dipper (the seven bright stars of Ursa Major) is usually very easy. Then you just follow the line formed by Merak and Dubhe until you find Polaris.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago

Adhering to the treaty would result in there only being half as much anti-personel mines for civilians to step onto after the war, so it would still be doing something very positive. That being said, I do understand the reasons for withdrawing from the treaty. I miss the optimistic world where the treaty was drafted up, when it briefly seemed that most issues could be solved with multilateral international cooperation :(

 
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It's looking at the camera like that because we were engaged in dialogue (I whistled to it every time it sang)

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