Nah, I just actually look up claims rather than taking them at face value, and live in Europe.

Wonder why Excel didn’t use numbers and treat them like an X and Y axis?

So I decided to look up the article, and see what the defense was.

Here’s the article: https://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-19-at-16.04.33.jpg

And indeed, it does seem to be a Vetements piece he’s wearing. I could not however find the exact outfit, but those are the Georgian designer’s signature, in Georgian letters, which can be compared here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demna_(designer)

In looking through some videos from that era, he is wearing multiple articles of clothing from Vetements which tracks. So it’s not a one off piece of clothing he was wearing from that company.

As for the cross, it is a design used in Georgia, including on their traditional flags:

And it is known as a Bolnisi Cross

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolnisi_cross

And can even be found in ancient Georgian architecture, specifically with a circle around it:

It is similar to the German iron cross, except the iron cross always has white or iron bolding, which the Bolnisi Cross does not

(You can compare them in these search results: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=fpas&q=german+iron+cross&ia=images&iax=images)

He did give multiple apologies for using it tho and as far as I’ve known hasn’t used the word in many years

I’m trying to understand it because for example I, if faced with something like the Trolley problem, would pull the lever so that whatever ends up being less deaths in the long term is the rail selected.

But based off the second paragraph you wrote, it sounds like you’d either never pull the lever or would choose the rail that kills the least even if more die in the long run.

For example, you mention infanticide would be bad. But if you don’t use vaccines because it uses chicken eggs, you could hypothetically still lead to dead infants via the spread of disease.

And then there’s the insects part - wouldn’t this omit farming that uses pesticides then? How do you know which did or didn’t? It would also include I’d imagine farms that say release ladybugs to control other insects since it required the exploitation of ladybugs.

But virtually all medicine was tested on animals. It’s not about if the medication itself is made with/without animal products, it’s that animals were harmed or killed in testing to make sure they were safe for humans. Or used animal cell lines.

Or what about vaccines that save animals, but used animals to create, like the rabies packets?

Likewise, if you’re using plastic, you’re using something made of oil, which the extraction and use of is causing catastrophic environmental damage and harming untold amounts of animals. You could then easily argue that the wanton exploitation of nature is very much the exploitation of animals, even to a far greater degree than certain animal husbandry techniques or raising styles.

Lastly, where do insects fall? Some insects have a decent level of intelligence, if that’s a criteria. And there’s also things like hives which are unique intelligences.

If we go by the first published definition of veganism, it would seem to me the only way to truly abide by it would be to live without any modern technology, in the wild, with only materials made without pesticides or machinery.

That’s why I’m wondering where the line is drawn.

Does that include vaccines then?

And where is the line drawn? Like what about petrochemical derived products or fuels?

Then does that mean you can’t take pain killers of any kind? What about birth control for the primary use case?

And based on that definition, it would sound then this Salmon would be allowed, even if a few were killed, because it would prevent the permanent suffering of billions of future salmon.

I’m a bit curious is purists like yourself also don’t take nearly all modern medicine. Like legit curious.

I’m a bit curious is purists like yourself also don’t take nearly all modern medicine. Like legit curious.

I think Ultima 4 is over rated. FF6, Secret of Mana, Chrono trigger, and even Earthbound I’d say are better (Earthbound was way ahead of it’s time by having weak enemies run away from you in the overworld too).

I’d say both DKC2 and Super Mario World easily best Mario Bros 3.

But not that you mention it, there is a lack of indie platformers that are good.

They’re not leftist though

Companies usually get a test product before approval. That’s because you wouldn’t want to license to some who might go rogue for some cash and do a Nindildo or such.

Based on your other comment, it would make sense for you to say “I’m not a fan of parades, gatherings, or holidays” moreso in the future

But they didn’t blow anything up?..

But they sold the permission to have this garbage made with their character and branding.

Eh, grass would be fine, and cows eat grass.

The snails would get out of hand probably tho

I feel like the majority of people’s default response to abuse is fear and/or submission. My much older brother was like that too.

I on the other hand always had anger and survival instinct instead, and remember even as a kid planning on how to use a knife in case it was needed, and going for the neck, or how to maybe escape a machete. Even being beaten nearly to death didn’t stop me from doing what I wanted, and if anything only make my anger stronger then.

I wonder what determines how one will be? At least in my anecdotal data, it seems to be genetic. But then, why is most people’s reaction to abuse fear and/or submission? Could it be thousands of years of human history, where conquering, enslavement, and pillaging led to an increased survival rate of the quiet ones passing down this trait? I’d imagine in much more ancient times, aggression against aggressors would have been more likely to have led to death after all than complacency.

And is this why we see less and less revolutions now as well, in part? Why society has become more tolerable against oppressors and injustices?

Idk. Just random thoughts had while sleepy on a really late night.

Well, at least the potatoes and NCP lost a lot of seats in the local elections already, so I gained a bit of hope.

Young people not fucking voting though still remains an issue.