Pfhreak

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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Trees are capable of growing in and on other trees. Also, most of the tree comes from air, not the ground.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
$50/week in food is doable, but it takes some careful planning. I'd be impressed at someone who could purchase fresh vegetables and fruit, balanced whole grain carbs, and a healthy protein of their choice, spices sufficient to pro
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Because not everyone has enough money to feed themselves in the US. Start from a position that everyone should have food assistance available if they want or need it.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Also, one can make ends meet and still be in poverty. Those aren't mutually exclusive.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Sure. Point stands: I was literally a teenager making change on bagel purchases. (Yes, actual bagel shoppe.) I was absolutely making poverty wages. If I did not have free meals from work as a perk I would have starved.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Those office workers rely on a huge infrastructure of other services -- food preparation, cleaning, maintenance workers, parking lot attendants, etc. etc. The people who work those jobs should have the same access to their worksites as anyo
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Means testing in social services is such a terrible idea. It creates nothing but perverse incentives like you describe. Programs like food stamps should be available to everyone who wants them. I don't care if a billionaire uses food s
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
I was a teenager working a minimum wage job. I also had to pay for housing, meals, healthcare, etc. Don't assume a teenager has a life less complex than yours.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
I haven't been able to find cheeses. I was talking about vegan milks.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
No, not yet. Most of the vegan cheeses target shreds/singles. I would bet someone is working on it, but that it's probably a niche product at best. I think there are other food items that have that funky, umami tang that those che
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
I mean, so do garbage fast food burgers, so maybe that's the bar they are comparing against?
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Fake meat was never made because of the health benefits. People want impossible burgers because they are unhealthy and taste like burgers. > meat and cheese are what they are because the animals eat plenty of things and they are living c
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Milk has quite a bit of sugar, many of the milk replacements are higher in protein and lower in sugar, or have different macronutrient profiles. Also, I like the flavor and mouthfeel of things like oatmilk. I'm also not convinced that
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
I strongly doubt that. If the product was inferior, you'd maybe see one purchase from someone accidentally buying it, but it wouldn't be sustained. People want this stuff. We've transitioned our house to vegan milks because,
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
What's the incentive for companies to be truthful? Why wouldn't I claim higher costs for ingredients or labor? And why doesn't the price include things like money paid to shareholders and ceo?
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
The problem I see with your definition of "Not saying no." is that it leaves a lot of ambiguity and requires a lot of caveats. An unconscious person can't say no, but no one would agree they are consenting. What about someone
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Those folks who are not interested can say, "Nah." and if their partner presses the issue that's definitely problematic. A signal of "I'm not interested" should be the end of discussion, there are plenty of too
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Ok, that's fair, I was painting with a broad brush. I acknowledge that yes, employers can pay employees more than the value they bring in, but it's likely that doing so isn't sustainable long term. And I dodged entirely aroun
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Including the profit your employer retains -- employers necessarily pay you less than the value of your labor.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
There are colloquial usages of 'value' that make this conversation more complicated. We might describe the value as the utility or desirability of the object -- use value -- where I value food because I can eat it. Or the exchange
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
That point was a long time ago.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Sure, we all make choices and have our own values. We all prioritize differently. I don't think it's unreasonable for them to ask you not to use a library, and it's not unreasonable for you to politely decline their request.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Totally agree with you, just didn't want to take a hard-line stance that it was 100% problematic always.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
It literally mentions she tried to decline but he insisted.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
If you are having sex and your partner isn't unambiguously interested, you need to ask yourself some questions. Also, people in stable relationships can have non consensual sex. It was legal to rape your wife until like the 90s in part
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
> she is not referring to the events as "rape", so maybe you shouldn't either. Can you point to where I used that word?
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
I mean maybe, but tax evasion put Al Capone in Alcatraz.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
Sure, but do you believe that's what's described here? I don't see anything that suggests that consent was ever given.
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
> Why does it take months and therapy for her to decode those clear signals? Because brains aren't just bundles of logical interpreters that fully understand what they are experiencing all the time. There are many, many reasons why
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by Pfhreak 5y ago
In English, it can mean doing it. "I wanted to split the check, but he insisted on picking up the bill." For instance, could mean that the person paid the whole bill or that they are putting up a strong resistance. It's unfor

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