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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • Back when Americans still were almost 100% operating under the stupid protein myths (these days, I think it is a least a little better, but there has been a huge rise in marketing protein to people as if they aren’t getting enough, lol, so I really don’t know if people have a better grasp of nutrition now or not, even with easily-available information sources now online. Back then, spotting a vegetarian in the wild outside of major metro areas, anyway, was like spotting Bigfoot and the very concept of not eating meat was something that made most people’s brains short out.) and virtually everyone thought you needed a big portion of some meat on your plate… my boomer parents were trying to scrape by, they would have liver about once or twice a week to make ends meet.

    It wasn’t until a bit later when they read a bit more about vegetarianism that they realized they could easily sub in things like beans/rice to round out meals and not only was it far safer and a lot less disgusting, it was cheaper and had an incredibly long shelf life. And they didn’t have to worry about the family being malnourished or anything.


  • It’s less about him being born between certain years and more about being part of the Epstein class. Not all boomers have that many resources, either.

    His advice to opt for low-grade meat, however…I’m not sure if that’s a consequence of his delusions about needing to have animal flesh in the diet or his complete lack of care for others. Possibly both.

    If he had instead suggested eating less meat and subbing in things like rice and beans (especially buying and storing dried beans) to help stretch the budget, it would have at least been a bit more fact-based, especially when you consider the long-term costs of eating harmful things like meat.

    Subbing in shitty cuts of meat, especially questionable things like liver…JFC. I realize even telling others to eat rice and beans is going to come off as uncaring and out of touch for someone as rich as himself, even if it’s true, but telling them to eat crappy meat? Just…wow.



  • It’s funny how many on the far right are doing the reactionary centrist pikachu face over normal Americans cutting them off. They act like it’s the liberals that are being unreasonable.

    I just saw a clip of that dumbass Watters complaining about this phenomenon. Do they really think they have some kind of right to be the very worst of people and others are supposed to invite them over to their houses for things like Thanksgiving? Or that women have to not only date them, but consider them marriage material?

    They like to pretend they are being cut off for merely being “conservative”, as if it was just about something like deregulation and tax policy. If that being “conservative” didn’t include so many truly gross things like misogyny and nativism and xenophobia and xtian theocracy and racism and so on, I doubt anyone would cut them off socially.

    People are so tired of their shit and the fact that it has personal consequences for them makes them so mad.










  • The threads about this on Reddit are quite illuminating. It’s a real shame, that’s all I can say.

    If these rocket surgeons get what they really want, membership will be cut by 25% by kicking out girls and honestly, the organization will probably die, or at least wither away to a wisp of its former self. Absolutely brilliant nine-dimensional chess like every other stupid fascist idea.

    I see people discussing this as it has been playing out and saying - don’t give in - especially if you are a girl - since that is exactly what these pieces of shit want.

    I guess former members have their own choices to make, and I respect yours. I would hope that your good memories and impressions of things are not permanently spoiled by these unhinged monsters.