Or, don’t participate in atrocity against animals.

but an alot of atoms is just a regular old alot…!

No. The other thing.

While Einstein and Hawking (no s) were giants of their field, published papers that turned all other accepted science on its head, and have basic physical phenomenon of the Universe named after them, they were surprisingly limited in their knowledge of other fields. Whereas NdT will expound on absolutely any topic with the complete certainty that he is a fucking expert, even if he only just now inferred the existence of the thing from the question he is presently being asked. He is a Mycroftian megabrain of galactic proportions, a fact he appreciates better than anyone else.

One of these nerds is not like the others,
One of these geeks just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which nerd is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

All else being equal

yay for privilege I guess but we can’t all do that

They are heavier and accelerate faster than an equivalent ICE vehicle on the same frame, and so result in more pedestrian fatalities.

Did you know that vegans are hated on par with drug addicts? Perhaps. Did you know that people who consume a plant-based diet for their health or for the environment are hated much less than people who are vegan because of concerns about animal welfare? I think that’s interesting. People feel judged by the mere existence of ethical vegans. And I think you are demonstrating how those feelings of being judged are expressed as defensiveness and “hatred” (though I know that language seems strong in this context).

I mean it would be a pretty foolish threat to make because you would just demod me. I’m trying to appeal to your rationality and better nature.

Perhaps I should demod you before you can demod anyone else?? This isn’t a threat, it’s an invitation to examine your choices from a different point of view.

fwiw, if I had been asked, I’d have said I’m fine with banning people for voting behaviour if that’s the sort of place we want to be. Every vegan community does not have to be about the needs of activism, or the needs of non-vegans and potential vegans. It’s a valid discussion what this community should be about, but until there is some kind of consensus agreement about that, a lot of it legitimately comes down to individual interpretation and personal preferences. I don’t see that any lines have been crossed that needed an intervention and power struggle. This isn’t serious world-changing stuff and if someone needs a few days to process a reply, nbd.

I’d like to see Beaver restored to moderator status if they still want it and are interested in reaching a consensus agreement.

Then why didn’t you fucking tell us you knew Tenet and Poole were shopping millions of dollars of propaganda?? Why the fuck didn’t you tell us???

Russia in NATO is a stretch, but okay, maybe.

Putin in NATO is absurd. I don’t know how you can even suggest that should have been entertained.

shooting the messenger

weird whattaboutism. bit beyond a caasual “accusation”, they’ve been officially indicted. I am sure that if Israeli propagandists had been indicted, you would hear about it.

Weird downvotes. Truth hurts I suppose.

We’ve had a big problem with foreign agents in Canada. The federal government keeps downplaying it but several states appear to be acting with near impunity in Canada.

Just use another word for something that is in some ways similar to piracy, but isn’t piracy.

Gay people have exactly as much money as everyone else. There are proportionately as many gay billionaires as there are gay homeless people.