#i don't know why i consume dairy

[headspace-hotel]

Cheese caves?

Long story short, the US dairy industry produces way more dairy than anyone likes or wants, and despite a bunch of sketchy government campaigns to convince people to drink milk and eat cheese, it's still overproducing, so for decades we have had a giant government stockpile of cheese that is housed in underground caves, and it keeps growing

Like, the price of milk has dropped so low recently that dairy farmers can't even break even. The government has done all sorts of questionable shit to try to put cheese in EVERYTHING, everywhere, and the giant cheese stockpile is not dwindling. In 2016 we just...dumped out millions of pounds of milk.

What's happening as a result of all this is that smaller dairy farms are going under and getting bought out by huge dairy farms with thousands of cows, and we're still hitting record high milk production, and nothing is getting better for anyone involved. The number of farmers has plummeted while the amount of milk being produced has skyrocketed.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around why this is happening, but basically: Produce less milk overall, and prices go up, yes? This would benefit small farmers. But huge dairy farms (with thousands or even tens of thousands of cows) don't want that. The government subsidizes the price of milk, in theory so farmers don't go under, but what has happened in practice is that loads of farmers have gone under and the industry itself remains a gigantic pillar of idiocy constructed out of pure cheese.

I don't even know. What's the economics explanation for this? The invisible hand of the market is jacking off the invisible dick of corporate interest.

I like cheese. I honest to god couldn't survive without dairy, what with the autism giving me instant gag reflexes at so many foods that could otherwise sustain me. But even I can only eat so much of it.

What gets me about this whole thing is that we're all collectively pretending that human population and consumer demand are straining the Earth to its limits, as if the dairy industry hasn't functioned entirely independent of consumer demand for 5 decades.

It goes from like "Hmmm...why can't we redistribute these resources to people who actually need them?" to "Aww, sweetie, you still believe in resource scarcity?"

[funnyshapedpuddles]

The Sides as dumb shit my group and I have said

These always make me laugh so I'm making my own for funsies.

Here's the (sanders) sides as dumb shit I or my GC has said.

Virgil: *deleted a message*

Logan: what did he say

Remus: that you smell like a rat's ass

Logan: *leaves the group*

Patton: how you kiddos doing :)

Virgil: jumping off of buildings and such. The usual.

Patton: omg

(That one was with my mom 👍)

Roman: we have such great ideas

Virgil: too bad we don't have enough motivation to put them into action

Roman: next thing you know the government has stolen our ideas and distributed them among the major entertainment companies so no one will believe us when we say the amazing ideas originated from OUR minds and we'll get kicked out and have to live on the streets as rats.

Roman: well you will. I'll be living as royalty once I've weaseled my way into working for Disney.

Virgil:

Virgil: are you good?

Logan: let me show you something cool really quick.

Logan: it's called a ✨comma✨.

Logan: placed between two words to seperate them as individuals when listing off multiple options.

Roman: womp womp

Logan: use the comma, love the comma, be the comma.

Patton: if you go to sleep right now, you'll probably wake up with a hundred messages from me :)

Logan: I'm sure I will. But also why?

Any: I consume too much dairy for being lactose intolerant

Virgil: I consume too much attention for having social anxiety

Virgil: istg atp I run off of MCR, water, and memes.

Patton: *loud laughter for a straight 5 minutes*

Patton: sorry I just needed to laugh

Virgil: that's fine. I wasn't about to call the mental health services or anything.

Remus: someone told me to go die

Janus: you have my permission to use your christmas present early. It's a machete.

Remus: YAY!

Remus: I wonder if dove soap bars have the same texture as dove chocolate.

Roman, joking: why don't you go figure it out

*a few minutes later*

Remus: it doesn't.

Remus: doesn't taste all that good either.

Thomas: my intrusive thoughts just told me to touch the hot pan.

Thomas: can you guess what I just did?

Logan:

Thomas:

Logan: did you touch the hot pan?

Thomas: I touched the hot pan. It hurt.

*the sides finishing a serious discussion*

Patton: for real

Patton: anyways

Patton: KARMA IS THE GUY ON THE CHEIFS, COMING STRAIGHT HOME TO MEEEEEE

Remus: hrrgh soap

Logan: what.

Remus: I shouldn't have eaten the soap.

Logan: what.

Remus: I'm going to kill Santy Claus!

Roman: No! I've worked hard to be a good boy this year, I expect presents! Santa can't give me my presents if he's dead! No killing Santa until I get my pony!

Remus: ...okay, jeez...

Logan: You need three things to make a fire. Oxygen, burnable material, and-

Remus: A will to destroy!

Logan: No.

#sanders sides #incorrect quotes #virgil sanders #remus sanders #janus sanders #roman sanders #logan sanders #patton sanders

[suneeater]

the haikyuu guys + their icks

➳ushijima, oikawa, iwaizumi, daichi, asahi, sugawara, hinata, kageyama, semi, bokuto, kenma, kuroo, shirabu, terushima, tsukkishima, tanaka, nishinoya

✎a/n: this is supposed to be silly, we need things to post until we get some requests rolling in and this was fun to write so!

✰warnings: n/a

𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐦𝐚.

he is completely socially unaware and cannot tell when people are flirting with him so he just lets it continue and accidentally leads people on, REGULARLY

𝐨𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚.

he still follows instagram models and regularly likes all of their photos. he also responds with "why" when someone asks if he's single instead of just saying no

𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐳𝐮𝐦𝐢.

he has a man complex. im obsessed with this man but he is rude to strangers in public bc he thinks you'll think it's hot when really he's just embarrassing you. he also manspreads severely.

𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢.

he has a weird amount of back hair which isn't a problem itself because it's just the human body except he tries to shave it by himself so now his back is just weird uneven patches of hair and he insists he doesn't need help. he also mansplains really bad

𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐚.

gives unprovoked and backhanded compliments all the time for literally no reason, also uses large amounts of your nice soaps

𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐡𝐢.

i genuinely cant think of any icks for him i love him so much he's perfect sorry. his ick is that he cannot make a mistake ever

𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐚.

he moans like a fucking blobfish. he also always has a tummy ache because he's a grown man who consumes too much dairy, and he gets indigestion and is always BURPING. watches family guy at full volume and cackles at it

𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚.

can only fall asleep if bluey is on

𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚.

he leads you on and then rejects you, then after a few months hits you up again acting like nothing happened

𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐮.

constantly tells people 'actually, that's DR to you'

𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚.

he talks down to you like a child sometimes and insists on doing tasks for you not out of the goodness of his heart but because he's convinced you'll do it wrong by his standards

𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚.

he only listens to rap music and thinks you don't know who tupac is. every gift he gets you is stolen from the dollar store

𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐲𝐚.

does the 'he ain't got no money' hold

𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐨.

he captions all of his instagram posts with emo quotes because it's not a phase, y/n. it could literally be your wedding photos and it would say 'ILL BURN YOUR NAME INTO MY THROAT I'LL BE THE FIRE THAT WILL CATCH YOU' and just ruin everything

𝐛𝐨𝐤𝐮𝐭𝐨.

he has skid marks lol, he at least has no personality icks if that helps. idk this one's pretty bad but at least it can be fixed. he'd sob if you brought it to his attention though

𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐦𝐚.

he does not regularly shower and it's noticeable. he also stockpiles dirty dishes, like deadass never brings them back to the kitchen. he'd also just throw the rest of his food away instead of putting it up because 'he doesn't like leftovers'

𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢.

throws basement shows at his grandmas house and doesn't stop if there's a fight in the audience

#oikawa x reader #daichi x reader #bokuto x reader #kuroo x reader #hq hcs #jo #haikyuu

[streaminn]

Yeah it's prob bc bitching in omegaverse, as just stated in the au thought, is pretty taboo bc of how entangled it is with alphas usually doing it to degrade someone

It's different bc wednesday is a willing participant

Less of surgery and more of physical therapy I suppose?? Like prepping yourself for smth

Aight, line break bc this shit gets NSFW. Here's the link to the og post

It starts with the diet.

The idea was to feed the body as if preparing for pregnancy, giving it everything an omega would want to consume if they were trying to conceive. The same foods and vitamins that can help push an omega towards pregnancy can also help support the bitching process for a beta or alpha.

Prenatal vitamins were a must. For those bitching someone against their will, they would often find ways to slip them into their food or switch them out with their regular vitamins. But since wednesday was bitching herself, shs didn’t have to stop there.

So she'd eat more dairy, lean meat, complex carbs, yams and berries etc etc

Next, we got the genitalia. Beta's don't exclude slick in this universe so Wednesday would need to get used taking something if she wishes to couple with Enid. Sure there's the natural lubricant when one is afab but sometimes that isn't enough considering that beta's aren't built for alphas..

Yeah, you get where I'm going with this

But it isn't just that, everytime she would need to do this she'd need to have Enid's scent on her so her body would associate finishing to her alpha. This could Kickstart smth akin to the heat that omegas could get into whenever around the alpha they like

This is where enid doesn't need to know part comes in because she simply needs Enid scent, not Enid herself. Not surprising for Wednesday to straight up steal the alpha's clothes.

They're in college in the au, seeing as I based it off the scent blind au and have seperste rooms, it's not new for wednesday to hole herself up in her own safe space

But now that Wednesday got those two steps out of the way, she now needs to get into Enid's den. The alpha didn't even need to be there and considering how they both have different class schedules, it was so easy for wednesday to sneak into the room

Now, you're prob asking why tf does Wednesday need to be in Enid's den? It's bc now that her body is rather used to thinking of enid whenever she finishes, it will start to biologically yearn for the alpha too

Is Wednesday deadass making herself grow smth akin to omega instincts for Enid? Yes.

Told you she's crazy

She would need to spend several hours in the den, enough to make her own body yearn for a strong but absent alpha's presence, enough to stimulate the making of pheromones specifically designed to attract this particular alpha

Nothing sexual had to be done in this part, Wednesday simply had to daydream and enjoy Enid's bed while surrounded by her scent

So she does this, for weeks.

And since beta's don't produce a scent, guess who's none the wiser?

Yeah that's right, Enid.

But wait a sec, after a few months Enid would scrunch her nose for a moment and tug at her blanket. For some reason, something felt off.

Maybe she was close to her rut? It'd explain why she was sweating so much recently. Damn late bloomer things..

And so the three steps continue for months

Until one day, Enid smells something enticing from somewhere in the house. It's confusing, because it's strong enough to make the alpha drool for a moment before she slapped herself into her senses

Was there someone in heat in her house?? Enid got worried, slipping off her shoes and fretting around the place. Maybe Wednesday brought someone over and it escalated? The image leaves a sour taste in the blonde's mouth and she goes straight to the source

The door to Wednesday's room is cracked ajar and there's this sound, of something wet and slick echoing inside.

Enid isnt a fool, she knows what it is but.. She has to ask, maybe make sure?? Honestly it's getting a bit harder to think but like normal, Enid grasps at the handle and knocks

She breathes heavily, hoping that it'd calm her dowm down but it didn't help. If anything it has the alpha biting at her lip bc fuck, her fangs popped out

Shit, this is getting bad. She needs to leave else she does something she regrets.

"Enid," a breathless voice calls from the room.

And well something stirs in Enid's stomach, something primal and like a switch has been flipped, the blond pushes the door open to step inside

Wednesday smiles

Seems like degenerate Wednesday got what she wanted in the end, for Enid to consider her as her omega

Then again, instincts are wild and now that Wednesday knows that Enid's alpha will only think of her as her omega no matter what, she can be satisfied because yknow how Wednesday is

Good for her I suppose, wonder how Enid is taking it. And yknow what's funny? Idk if my hints have been pretty obvious but enid was willing to date Wednesday regardless of whether she's a beta or not

She can be just like her parents bc when she loves, she wants it to be as all consuming as they make her feel

It's only right after all, for her devotion to be repaid in full

#Froggy #Wenclair #Au thoughts #Omegaverse #🤨

[rainyfestivalsweets]

2/8/24

Traps

So.... I need to vent, again.

This time about seemingly innocuous diet saboteurs.

For one thing- fucking Snapchat.

I have noticed that when I look at any of the snap subscription things (mainly gym/fitness related stuff) they fucking shove fast food ads in there.... and somehow it never seems to get to the title 'story' no matter how long you watch.

For Cripes sakes. One of the reasons I don't use that entertainment anymore is because of those fucking ads. So you want views? Match your fucking ads to what I need, like fucking Amazon does.

Know your audience, I absolutely don't want to see that shit. How about you show me some protein powder ads? As much as I despise Built bars, I would rather have ads for that than some bull shit food that NEVER tastes as good as the advertising looks. Seriously, FUCK OFF.

Another diet sabotage thing is when someone knows you are on a weight loss &/or health journey and they send you snaps or reels that reference fast food, mukbangs, or . Why would someone choose to inject that into your space? Do I really look like I am suffering from a lack of McDonald's? Cake memes? You think I don't know where the fucking cake lives? Come OOOOOON.

Please just don't. This is hard enough and this shit is fucking everywhere. It is inescapable in real life, I shouldn't need to be dodging bullshit from my friends and family.

What else?

Oh, if I say I have to go to so and so store for my favorite ice cream, Artic Zero, and you mention Dairy Queen, Culver's or Cold Stone.... seriously, fuck off. 😑

What is the difference? One is 1200 calories per serving (total guess, the bigger ones could be more) and has been known to cause me binges. Like, weeks long binges where I struggle to control what I consume, suffer blood sugar problems and literally spiral down into a vat of self hate and depreciation. One is 150 calories for a whole fucking pint, has protein and satisfies my craving. Pretty sure *I* know which one I want and what will make me feel better overall. Also- you think I don't know how amazing Cold Stone or Ben & Jerry's is?

I was over 300 pounds, as a relatively short woman.

I know where the fucking ice cream lives. 🙄

Getting healthier can be really fucking hard. Don't make it harder on your people, we are already goddamn struggling daily and we are not being confronted by your big Mac snaps.

Fuckers.

#healthy lifestyle #getting healthy #losing weight #healthy eating #fitblr #healthy habits #operation lose this gut #weight loss #operationlosethisgut #weight loss journey #diet help #diet sabotage #sabotage #dietista #diet plan #dieting #diet #diet for weight loss #you got me fucked up #mentally fucked #just asshole things #fast food #ice cream #fake ass #fake people #jealousy #irritated #vent #personal #salty af

[phoenixyfriend]

Remember when I was talking about dry weddings a few years ago? (Some people got ridiculously aggressive in the notes but I linked a calmer one.)

Anyway. Watching another AITA compilation and it's a "no alcohol at the event" situation.

"You don't need to provide the alcohol, but if someone else is bringing alcohol for themselves to consume, you can't stop them." I disagree!

If the host doesn't want to have alcohol, and even cites having an alcoholic father in their explanation of why, then people getting pissy about "no booze at this event, Because It's Christmas" are the assholes, not the host. (The father isn't coming, but it was mentioned as a trauma.)

Some of their phrasing was rude, but the actual core of it is just. I do not understand people. Alcohol is not that important.

And all the AITA reactions are "you're the grinch who stole boozemas" type stuff

They also mention "if a vegan hosts and plans an all-veg meal, that's fine, but they can't stop someone from bringing meat" like

Actually

That's really rude?

It's one night

It's. one night

You can handle one night with a slightly limited menu.

EDIT: To be clear, the vegan example is about people who want to bring meat/dairy dishes because Vegan Food Gross. There are absolutely exceptions regarding people who have medical restrictions that mean they could not spend several hours without specific meals that are not compatible with vegan restrictions, but that's a "contact the host and let them know you need to bring your own meal for safety/health reasons," not "I don't want to spend one meal with restrictions that don't hurt me because I think your food is Gross," which is unfortunately how a lot of people act about vegan and/or vegetarian menus.

#I don't even like vegan food but like? I could handle it for one night. #personal #vent post #alcohol

[criminalskies]

Some Aaron thoughts & HC's (all kind of cozy and domestic)

He gets migraines from fluorescent lights. Thus the lamps in his office.

Aaron shops at Trader Joe's (American store that's kinda fancy.)

Aaron's favorite flowers are forget-me-nots.

Aaron likes almond butter better than peanut butter.

Aaron sends good morning texts. Every. Single. Day,

Aaron likes The Princess Bride and David Bowie

Aaron gives you rides to the office when it rains. Even though you have a car.

Aaron wears reading glasses at night when he's on a case. He takes them off if a member of the team asks him a question.

Aaron's not great at cooking steak and he wishes he was.

Aaron's swim trunks are navy blue with little white sailing ships on them.

Hope this helps Rome <3

thank you levi!!!! i love him all soft and cozy and domestic, let's hit it!

I definitely think he finds the fluorescents to be sensory hell, given the hours he overworks himself with, I think he'd totally suffer from migraines too. The endless coffee and lack of food don't help. Poor baby definitely prefers some soft lamplight, even if it is bad for his poor old eyes, he'll wear his glasses before he turns on the big light.

I think so, I think if aaron hotchner's gonna buy something, he's gonna do it right. He makes sure to have a top quality mattress, suit, and ingredients to cook with at home. Or their semi-fancy premade snacks (thanks for the translation too <3)

I think he'd love forget-me-nots too! not to mention the name ringing true for one of his fears in life, they're so beautiful.

I don't know why but I'm completely agreeing he would.

If he tells you he's gonna do abc for you. He's going to do it. so when you tell him a few weeks into dating that you like good morning texts, it becomes his lifeline. Can't start his day until he's sent you a good morning message. Whether it's 4:45am or 4:45 pm after he was almost comatosed in bed from a case, he's saying good morning.

HE DOES LIKE BOWIE AND TPB!!! I will take no further questions here.

He'd also be the type of guy to keep a gym towel in his trunk JUST IN CASE there's a puddle!!!! you don't want your shoes wet!!! just for you tho <3 I think he loves helping you take your wet shoes off after walking under his umbrella to the car and he'll put them in the boot for you so there's no mess and your feet can get warm under the AC!!

I'm completely obsessed w/ him wearing old man (dilf) glasses!! Mon wrote a fic about it and it has consumed so much of my mind ever since. He'd just look so sexy and wise and professor-ly wearing them.

As a vegan this is so real lmaoooo I always think about me serving him meat substitutes and he's just so happy to eat yummy food it never occurs to him that it's vegan food so one day penelope's like planning a meal for the family of the team and she's like 'can I put you down for vegan?' and I'm like yes pls queen and hotch is like 👁👄👁 and the penny finally drops that I've just never fed him meat or dairy lskdfjdlskjflskdj Idk why I find it so funny that a pro profiler is just like 'YAY! LASAGNE!' and wouldn't notice it's meat/dairy free

10. Y E S. He's such a cutie pie they so would be. Jack has some similar ones with little octopuses (octopi?)

THANK YOU LEVI! these are so freakin cute. <333333

#rome’s wonderful moots! <3 #the lovely levi! #rome’s got mail! #aaron hotchner #Aaron hotchner imagine #aaron hotchner headcanons #aaron hotchner thoughts #hotch imagine #hotch oneshot #hotch thoughts #hotch headcanons

[the-duchess-of-domination]

I return and ykw the brainrot is too strong here is my latest one

Recently I've been watching a lot of Erik the Electric (that man constantly astounds me with the sheer amount he's capable of putting away, lke if you showed me a picture of everything that guy eats in a meal I would tell you there is no way any human could possibly consume all of that in under an hour) and LA Beast (I don't know how he's still alive honestly) and then I got hit by the idea truck and was instantly flattened

Your dear boyfriend is a Youtuber who specializes in doing eating challenges. You, his loving partner, are the one who gets to take care of him after he finishes filming and collapses into your arms with a very stuffed (and sometimes very upset) tum.

Today, he's made some very bad life choices, and decided his challenge will be an inhuman amount of spicy food. What helps with spice? Milk, of course! Now, why are these terrible decisions?

Your boyfriend, no matter how much he loves to feel the burn, can NOT handle spicy foods.

He's mildly lactose intolerant. He takes lactaid, but with the amount of dairy he's about to ingest to extinguish the fire in his mouth, will it be enough?

With the sheer amount he's about to try and force into his stomach, there's no way this is going to end well.

He's just turned off the cameras (he beat the challenge, so there's that going for him at least) and the first thing he does is stagger over to the couch behind the cameras where you're sitting, collapsing onto the cushions and leaning against you with a groan.

"You alright?" you ask, putting down your phone and reaching over to place a hand on his belly (even through his t-shirt, you can feel it bubbling and churning unhappily, and it's pressing up against the fabric - the bloat from the spice and dairy making his already stuffed belly even larger).

"Hurts..." he mutters back with a moan, curling around his (very) upset stomach.

Take care of your poor boyfriend...and also subtly hint that he should do this again (maybe)

-- Lurker anon

no because this is EVERYTHING. love love love. you hit every mark, and i especially love the added lactose intolerance and spiciness sensitivity. it is so sexy when people eat things that they KNOW will make them feel sick, but they can’t stop themselves because it tastes so good so they just suffer??? and the added concept that it’s just, an INHUMAN amount. he is suffering for clicks and views. ugh. i love when men make bad decisions and upset their poor little tummies 💕💗💖💓💞

i await more brain rot!!

#the duchess speaks #fantasies from friends 💌

[marshmallowprotection]

Can you rank the characters on most to least likely to drink plain milk?

You would think that Yoosung would be the highest on that list, and while he is a good boy who enjoys drinking milk to take care of those bones of his, I'd argue that he's got a challenger for that title. Saeran isn't picky about food, as a matter of fact, there's only one thing that he avoids, and that's plain white bread. I think he would enjoy a nice glass of milk! While he might enjoy strawberry more, he won't turn a glass of milk down. God knows he needs it.

Jumin strikes me as the next person who would he likely to drink plain milk. I don't know why I feel that way, but he doesn't seem like the type of person who like chocolate or strawberry milk. He's a very traditional kind of breakfast guy in my eyes. I just know in my heart he enjoys a healthy balance of milk and water after nights of wines on his lips.

Jaehee can go either way. I don't think she has a preference one way or the other when it comes to dairy. She's particularly picky about creamer and milk in coffee, but if you asked her what milk she prefers on its own, she doesn't have one. You could guess her favorite milk from the way she uses it in her coffee over time, but it's really a toss up.

Zen strikes me as someone who had to drink plain milk when he was growing up and he wasn't allowed any variety. The taste isn't it for his palette these days. He likely prefers oat or soy milk when he's not on track to drink more beer. So, he's less likely to drink plain milk. That's a taste associated with a bad memory.

I'm going to say Rika prefers chocolate milk. Her adoptive parents probably only let her have water and plain milk growing up and she sees chocolate milk cartons as something she wanted but could never try because her parents told her that strawberry and chocolate milk weren't meant for kids like her. It was a reward she could never have so now she has it whenever she wants. She's more of a juice girl these days but a nice chocolate milk hits the spot!

V doesn't drink plain milk. He doesn't strike me as the type. I think he was raised on oat or almond milk and he prefers the taste of it much more, and that just makes sense to me. His father strikes me as the kind of person who thinks he's all worldly and better than others just because he doesn't consume cow's milk. Chief Kim is pretentious as hell, and just seems like he'd make it his personality. V would never make others feel bad for enjoying milk, though, it's a preference for him.

Saeyoung puts plain milk, strawberry milk, and chocolate milk into a glass and calls it neapolitan milk. I don't know if he's onto something or not.

Vanderwood just drinks whatever is put in front of him.

#mod kait #ask #mystic messenger #anon #mysme #mysticmessenger #mm #character analysis

[acti-veg]

Is there any data on how much of animal products go towards minimally processed stuff - like you look at it and go that's meat, that's dairy; steak, yogurt, chicken nuggets, etc - vs animal products as an ingredient, like gelatine in lollies, milk in chocolates, eggs in pastries, etc? Like does cutting out ingredient animal products make a big difference or is it mostly when you stop buying chicken breast and eggs? (I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense I don't know how to word it, I hope you understand though??)

It would be very difficult to measure, it's not something corporations are required to report so there is no real reason for them to do so. It's really not about that though in terms of an economic boycott, we boycott products from an ethical perspective but also as economic sabotage.

It doesn't matter if it's gelatine being sold to a vendor or bacon, the sale of both products help make the make the exploitation and slaughter of animals a profitable concern. We often call these things 'byproducts' but they're better described as tertiary products, they still make money and that's why companies sell it rather than dispose of it.

It really depends what you mean by 'big' difference, individual consumers don't make a big difference fullstop, but as a collective we do. Companies are increasingly replacing animal byproducts to make them appeal to a wider market because they have picked up on the fact that vegans exist, even just one product is a massive amount of demand withdrawn for a product like gelatine. It's all about reducing demand, whether that is for whole cuts of meat or just products that contain animal bodies or excretions.

#ask #vegan #ethics

[shepherds-of-haven]

Do any of the characters have allergies?

Blade: he doesn't seem to have any allergies that we know of, though he does get fairly seasick and doesn't fare well with long sea voyages!

Trouble: he has a mild allergy to cats, but nothing he doesn't just blithely power through anyway

Tallys: she doesn't have any true allergies per se, though Elves colloquially have an "allergy" to sub-zero cold temperatures (their bodies can't tolerate and will begin to shut down, leading them falling into comas if exposed long enough). I recently found something in my ancient notes that indicated that Elves are also "allergic" to ansinth, which I'm sure teenager-me thought was a very clever way of referring to absinthe: "a spirit flavored with green anise, sweet fennel, and grand wormwood, it is consumed in moderation among most races as an uncommon liqueur, but can be deadly when ingested by Elves, who refer to it as 'the green poison.' In small amounts, it acts as a hallucinogenic and psychoactive agent, but in greater amounts, it will lead to organ failure and even death." Ansinth is LITERALLY never mentioned in any other context except for this tiny one-off paragraph from my notes in like...... 2006 or something, so I'm not sure if it's even canonical or if I'll keep it, but just something interesting I came across the other day!

Shery: she suffers from hay fever/seasonal allergies in the spring, but nothing too extreme! She just has to carry around her handkerchief and cough or blow her nose a lot!

Riel: my sickly child. Author-knowledge tells me that his lungs are probably mildly irritated by mold and mildew, but because he's never exposed to such environments, I don't think he knows this 😂 he often is uncomfortable in pollen-heavy or dander-heavy environments as well, though his allergic reactions tend to be much milder than Shery's! He mostly just feels tired/cranky/overtaxed rather than coughing or sneezing!

Chase: no allergies that we know of! It explains his general feeling of invincibility and arrogance, because not even the gods had the foresight to nerf him with traitorous histamines

Red: he is convinced he's allergic to bee stings, but he's not, he's just a mild drama queen. Eating certain kinds of foreign foods can upset his stomach (like snake medallions in sauce 😰) but it's unknown if that's an actual food allergy or just more of a delicate stomach!

Ayla: her stomach gets upset and she feels very nauseous when eating meat, but I think that's more of a food intolerance than an allergy? (Is there a difference? I'm not sure) Sometimes horse hair makes her itchy as well!

Briony: certain kinds of fruit (usually various types of melon) will give her a mild rash on her throat/neck or, in the most extreme cases, hives, but she is known to usually soldier through it unless she already doesn't like the fruit in question!

Lavinet: her lips and tongue swell up when consuming certain kinds of shellfish (like sea devil), which is why you never see her eating it!

Halek: ironically, I think he's a little lactose intolerant, even though he's secretly like the biggest cheese-lover in the game... 😂 he loves dairy!

Mimir: I believe she is immune to all earthly concerns, including allergies

Caine: no allergies, but he does seem to catch cold a little often!

#Shepherds of Haven #allergy #allergies #allergic #all characters

[mysticstarlightduck]

Happy WBW! How do people store their food in your WIP? Do they have refrigerators? Do they need to salt and preserve their meats? What about things like dairy and other perishables? Tell me all about it!

Happy Worldbuilding Wednesday! Thank you for the Ask, @writernopal!

This is my favorite type of worldbuilding question, lol, because it means I get to nerd out about highly specific aspects of my WIPs. Brace yourself for a thorough explanation because the answer is, as always when it comes to The Last Wrath, IT VARIES, a lot, lol.

How do people store their food in your WIP? Do they have refrigerators? Do they need to salt and preserve their meats? What about things like dairy and other perishables? Tell me all about it!

Okay, so, as I said before in this post, this answer actually varies a lot depending on the question: "Where are you in Agrannor?"

Because oh boy, does that continent have varying climates, geographic formations, and cultures that directly affect the way each of its residents store and preserve food.

If you live in the colder extremities of Agrannor, like Kestrall, some parts of the Morosyn Empire, or the northernmost and southernmost edges of the Borderlands:

These regions (and I mean ESPECIALLY Kestrall) hold freezing cold temperatures, for most of the year. Kestrall is a snow-clad mountain range with little to no summer, some parts of the Morosyn Empire are cold and wet throughout most of the year and dry and freezing in the other half of the year, while the Edge of the Borderlands (called the "wildlands") are foggy moorlands and forests that are, almost always, either raining/muddy or snowed over.

So you get the picture, it is cold. Very cold.

This is relevant to this topic for one important thing: food goes bad faster in the heat, as we all know. Plus, since these regions are so close to such extreme sources of cold almost year-round, it is pretty easy to store food at home without much to worry about. The weather is cold, and there is always enough ice to go around for pantries and ice boxes. If needed, certain cuts of meat can be salted and frozen in the snow and ice outside of the houses, before being stored. And that is without considering one thing the citizens of Agrannor have available that we don't: ✨REAL MAGIC✨

This gives them - at least those who actually use it/cast it themselves or buy potions/runic amulets/enchanted items - the chance to use it in order to make food last way longer than it would naturally. There are plenty of alchemical elixirs, spells, and whatever else, that allow food to be preserved, be it by enhancing the properties of ice and making it last longer, or by actually preserving the food, like modern-day chemicals would.

Milk, especially the fattier and thicker kinds, like that of the Blue-Tinted Mountain Goat (in Kestrall), is consumed. A lot. Cheese is consumed too, but it takes a while to make due to the cold climate, and it's mostly reserved as a very occasional delicacy. Chocolate - and magical variations of it - is extremely popular, especially in desserts. Kids growing up in these kingdoms have access to a lot of chocolatey sweets because it's surprisingly very cheap there (the quality is not guaranteed tho, and some do feel less like chocolate and more like something else you can't quite place, like, there's only a whiff of chocolate there) and if you're lucky, it is warm. Plus, if you buy the nicer ones, they're really good. (Now you know why Raelen likes chocolatey sweets so much. Julyan bought a lot of those weird chocolate pies and cakes for that girl while she was growing up, - mainly because he didn't know how to cook that well yet and sweets were cheap, plus it made her happy, and it kinda stuck with her now that she's grown lol)

The Nomadic human tribes of the Borderlands use smoking techniques (with a special mix of magic, certain types of firewood, and condiments) to preserve their food during their long travels.

In most of the Morosyn Empire, however, since magic is restricted to the lucky few who have a permit and the sale of authorized magical elixirs makes them expensive, most people use a combination of techniques to preserve food, using the frosty weather of the winter to their advantage and getting creative in the summers. Ice is carefully stored in sealed ice boxes in the winter season, and the food is usually heavily condimented and smoked to preserve it. The Morosyn Empire is famous for its notoriously spicy/strongly condimented dishes, for this exact reason.

If you live in the more temperate areas of Agrannor, such as most of the centermost kingdoms: Arkellya, Eldon, Midtaren, Nethilor, Etaruze, Faravvia, and Liranthis

Those kingdoms typically can only rely on snow and ice in some of the colder winters, and even then it is not nearly as foolproof. So, they have to get creative. The most varied kinds of alchemical elixirs, potions, curing salts, freezing spells, machinery (only in Liranthis, the city of scholars), and smoking techniques, are perfected here.

Food is usually prepared with freshly collected ingredients every day because it is easier to just eat something that was only recently picked on that specific day than to find the means to preserve it. Farmer's markets are always bustling every day, for this reason. Everything else also falls under his rule: fish are fished from the lakes/rivers on the day they are to be prepared, game meat/venison is often hunted right before the feasts and such (though the remaining meat is salted, smoked, and preserved for later), pastries are baked each day, etc.

Milk is consumed fresh or boiled, on the day it is picked. Cheese is one of the staples of the cuisine of these kingdoms since the climate is favorable to it, and it's pretty much in every dish you can find here so much so that it almost gets boring after a while.

In the hotter/warmer parts of Agrannor (a desert city and the seaside kingdoms): Adrellios, Vellamere, and Meruvvon.

Adrellios is the golden jewel of the Eternal Dunes and the Billowing Desert. This means: it is dry, hot as all hell, and there isn't a twinge of snow in sight. There is a river - Attarah's Tear, said to have been a blessing from the Goddess Attarah herself, protector of desert travelers and mother of the lost - around which the entire city is built, but the river isn't cold - obviously. In this city, food is mostly preserved through: drying it out in the sun (an effective way to keep food preserved, though it changes its texture severely), seasoning/salting it, and, you guessed it, magic. Adrellios is the chief consumer of magical concoctions to preserve foods or keep them cold in the heat of the summer. They are the number one buyer of anything of that nature they can get their hands on, and for good reason.

Vellamere, our beloved seaside kingdom. Though its temperatures are generally milder than Adrellios, and there is no denying that, it still isn't anywhere near as cold as the other kingdoms. It is warm, it's windy and it has a serious humidity issue going on due to its extreme proximity to the sea winds, especially in the summer. They are especially creative when it comes to this topic, buying ice (temporally enchanted so that it won't melt on the travel) from neighboring kingdoms. Since doing this is very expensive, they have found a rather unusual but more practical solution. There are nonpoisonous "enzymes"/properties that are collected from sea monster shells (the all-purpose sea monster shells of Agrannor, lol), and when mixed with sand, and water they create an extremely cold/freezing mixture that won’t heat up for weeks. They use it to coat the inside layer of their "ice boxes" like paint when they build them, covering that layer with more wood and letting it dry. Once dry, it stays cold like nothing else, and food can be safely stored for months, until it wears off and another coat of "paint" is required for the ice box - like a portable freezer. It is used to store food during long-term sea travels or even at home.

Meruvvon, is the maze city by the delta of Agrannor's largest river that flows right into the Lost Sea. Its climate is almost the same as Vellamere's, except that it is often plagued by sea storms (due to its proximity to the Lost Sea, hence the maze-like structures which are basically their version of storm safety methods). Their techniques are very much similar to that of Vellameres, though they do rely a lot more on imported ice trades from other kingdoms and are known for seasoning/salting their food with a local berry known as the Sphynx' Hook, which gives the local cuisine its unmistakable - and highly spicy - taste.

Milk and cheese are huge NOPES in either of these kingdoms, due to the heat (which rots it like nothing else) and (in the case of the seaside ones) their seafood cuisines, which rarely need cheese or milk to accompany them.

Finally, the extras:

The Storm Isles: They have perfected the art of fishing and every day new fishing boats return from the open sea with just enough for another day. They believe in reducing waste/not throwing good stuff away for nothing, so their communities only fish what they need for the day or week. The rare remaining seafood is preserved with local condiments, and put into the same kinds of ice boxes as in Vellamere - the ones with the sea monster shell lining.

Elves believe that if you're going to take something from nature (be it by hunting an animal or picking a plant) you had better not waste it or disrespect the life it once had. Hence, they usually only hunt or collect what they need for each meal, and so don't have much of a need to preserve it, though their magic potions know no bounds and they have tried preserving food before, for some specific recipes. Most of an elf's diet, however, is vegetarian, and they rarely hunt (though they can and do eat meat, that is reserved for very special celebrations, and so most choose not to hunt on normal days).

Faeborn are carnivores/apex predators, like wolves or tigers (they even have rows of wickedly sharp teeth, pointy clawed hands, highly adapted eyesight and heightened sense of smell/hearing), and so they usually hunt what they need or want to eat on a daily basis, they have no need to preserve it for later because there's always more in the forests to hunt when they want more. They do eat the odd plant/fungi/flower but that's only a small snack to their tastes, though they do like tea quite a lot.

Merfolk are extremely similar to that, though they eat fish and keep stacks of preserved clams/crabs and seaweed for lean months under the sea

Vampires/Dhampirs need blood to sate their inhuman amounts of hunger, and while some do drink human blood (the fastest way to sate themselves), most live from the blood of animals such as cattle (you will likely find that even the richest vampire has a herd of sheep or cows in the forest/backyard next to their castle because they need a lot of blood), so they also do not need to preserve food. Dhampirs (half human/half vampires) do eat human food every day - though they still need blood weekly to keep their health up.

#writers #my characters #my wips #character writing #writerblr #writers on tumblr #my writing #writing #writeblr #my wip #The Last Wrath WIP #WBW Asks! #Asked and Answered!

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(I have no energy to describe another one. sorry.)

[IMAGE ID 2: a YouTube comment by thatrandomguywhocares from one day ago that reads.

"to be honest if we didn't make gelatine out of bones/horns/hooves they would go straight in the trash.

and honestly it's kinda wasteful if you didn't, at least with this system we are extracting a whole another type of food from things we wouldn't normally be able to use.

I'd rather it be made into gelatine than not, and this is coming from someone who plans on becoming vegan. (currently can't due to parents being assholes about it)

and has been learning about cooking and foodstuffs since I was little. it has never struck me as cruel to use all parts of an animal, otherwise it's going directly in the trash.

I think the commercial meat and dairy and pet industry is horrid and disgusting. but I still don't believe it's morally wrong nor bad to consume animals.

the ways in which they were raised and the ways they are treated is apparent and despicable. but I don't believe that eating roadkill or cooking using bones and such is a bad thing.

I am against animal suffering but there is many layers and nuances to this whole thing that if we treat every part of everything in this way we are only going to put ourselves in a sad cycle of purging and shame.

at the very least honouring the animals that have died by making gelatine isn't a bad thing. especially if it was roadkill or a friends finished roast.

otherwise it's going in the trash.

idk, food waste sucks." END ID]

if you wanna follow the burner YouTube account you can, but here's Theo's writing.

he's fucking English I want you to know that it in fact DOES make sense that he is (haha I am half English.... my grandparents are literally every English stereotype <3 real.) (obligatory FUCK the empire rq)

this is on literally peta's comment section btw.

honestly Theodore and me share similar beliefs but honestly it's kinda interesting to see him talk about this? I haven't seen him in ages, he's also been around FOREVER and is probably a Geronimo stilton/a teddy bear I have introject lol. reformed into like just some dude in his late 20s, he's weird.

he's literally English I don't know why, he's kinda weird and well spoken and actually takes his time to reply to things and I kinda respect him for that.

but he's ENGLISH AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, hsvafglavshhiofwhie;ogdhv.

either way I don't know here's something you might like.

#-pop #the voices talk #veganism stuff #Theodore appears in this post in the images #unfinished image description

[hawkeyedflame]

Hi! Hope I'm not bothering you too much with this ask, but I've got some questions about carnivore diet.

Can you explain why you don't eat eggs and dairy? Is there some evidence that this is better/what is the evidence? And the same about other types of meat - why is pork and chicken 'bad'/'worse'? Is it because of their diet leading the meat to not contain enough nutrients?

What about subproducts, like liver or heart or stomach?

And lastly, I'm a bit conflicted, since carnivore diet is ketogenic, how much contraindications are there? Is it well researched? I mean, if a person does not have a gallbladder, for example, it is usually recommended to eat often and to not consume a lot of fat. Sorry to bombard you with questions, but your advocacy for it got me really curious.

Hi there! You're not bothering me at all. Let me try to answer these as best I can. Please bear in mind that carnivore for me, and for many others, is used to address autoimmune illness and thus the "rules" I follow may not be necessary for you depending on your health history and reasons for wanting to try the diet. This got kinda long so I'll put it all under the cut.

Dairy: for me it is an allergy. Many many carnivores continue to eat dairy with no problems. I have found that pasteurized dairy, particularly cheese and yogurt, gives me acne. I am currently in the process of testing unpasteurized, grassfed milk to see if it causes the same reaction (there is some thought that pasteurization may denature proteins in such a way that they become allergenic for some people, probably particularly people with autoimmune illnesses. I'm not sure if there is any real research on this, but it's a common phenomenon that people who can't tolerate pasteurized dairy can tolerate raw dairy). If I don't have any issues with raw milk, I will attempt raw yogurt/cheese/butter as well.

Eggs: I honestly just don't really like eggs very much. It's possible they are an allergy for me, as I used to eat them scrambled a lot before I went to meat-only. I have not tested them, and the number of eggs I would have to eat to constitute a meal is just silly, so it seems like a waste of money. I know a lot of carnivores like to slap a fried egg on their steaks or eat hard boiled eggs as a snack on the go. It's just not for me.

Non-ruminant animals: animals that are monogastric (one stomach) are understood to break down less of the chemicals in the food they're ingesting. Ruminants have so many layers of digestion in their many stomachs that, by the time the nutrients are absorbed and distributed around their bodies, they're generally not carrying over any potential toxins/allergens. People with very serious autoimmune issues have a reaction to eating chicken, pork, and other non-ruminant meat, theoretically due to the plant toxins present in trace amounts in the meat. This is especially true for conventionally-raised animals that are not eating their proper, natural diets.

If you don't have any autoimmune concerns, go ahead and eat non-ruminant meat if you like. I eat it occasionally, although I have noticed that both chicken and pork do cause minor digestive problems for me that stop me from eating them regularly.

Organ meat: the debate rages eternal about whether organ meats are necessary to eat or not. While it's true that they pack a nutritional punch, there are a great many carnivores who do not eat them at all and their health, both self reported and bloodwork, is fine. My opinion is that if you like organ meats, eat them, but probably more sparingly. If you think about it, 50,000 years ago when we were hunting megafauna, we would kill one very large animal for the group and eat the meat of it for weeks/months. The organs only make up a very small part of the animal's edible mass and must be shared with everyone, so to me it does not make sense to be eating lots of organ meat all the time. But if you enjoy organs, then more power to you.

I hope this helps! I tried to keep it kinda short because it's so close to my bedtime haha but if you have any follow-up questions then you know where to find me!

As far as I know there are no contraindications for carnivore, or for ketogenic diets in general. Both diets have been used to treat pretty much every illness under the sun, from all mental health disorders to diabetes type 1 and 2, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune illnesses, epilepsy, neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders, etc. Ketosis is increasingly being understood as humans' primary metabolic state, meaning that our bodies are designed to run optimally off of ketones, not glucose. The rapid growth of our brains is associated evolutionarily with a massive increase in meat consumption, and in fact since the extinction of most megafauna just prior to the agricultural revolution (about 10,000 years ago), which forced us to both eat plants constantly and to hunt smaller, faster, leaner animals, our brains have shrunk approximately 11%. It seems pretty logical to me that our bodies prefer fatty meat.

Concerning a removed gallbladder specifically, I have heard doctors address this issue. If I remember correctly, the answer is that you can be keto/carnivore without a gallbladder, but you have to consolidate the majority of your fat consumption into one meal or else you will have digestive issues. If you don't have a gallbladder I would recommend looking into this yourself (a quick YouTube search should get you plenty of information) so you are fully informed.

#Anonymous #carnivore diet

[dreamin-vegan]

MEAT ALTERNATIVES

"Why do vegans always eat foods made to taste like meat" "if you don't like meat why do you eat fake meat?!" questions vegans hear all the time. Well let me explain that one, as humans we were raised to eat meat, which through out history if you look you'll find not everyone through time was a meat eater, beside the point, most people were raised eating meat, so we've conditioned to like the tastes and textures of meat. Now most vegans didn't grow up vegan, we grew up eating meat, dairy, eggs, honey, etc. But we watched documentaries such as dominion and did our research, not just google but actually deep diving on the internet looking into things, and we learned that being vegan is truly the best choice, for our bodies, for the animals, for the planet, but mostly people went vegan for the animals, when we learned the way animals are treated from birth to your plate, the chemicals, preservatives, meat glue, so many things we shouldn't be even touching, let alone consuming, we made the big decision to go vegan, and stop paying for that treatment of animals and moved to eat plants instead. Which is a great choice, but when we started advocating for animals, doing activism, and educating people on veganism, yes some activists are more aggressive than others, more in your face and argumentative about it, which I can see how that put a bad taste in your mouth, but the good news is there are tons of us who are willing to educate you, and help you on your journey. We know animals feel pain, they, like us, have a brain, a central nervous system, are sentient, feel fear, pain, happiness, sadness, anger, every emotion or feeling we get, they get. Which if you think about it, is both cool and sad, because when they feel hurt you can see it on them but they can't tell you about it, which if you've get a dog or a cat, and have ever seen them in pain you know it's so hard because you want to help them, you want to know where it hurts, what way it's hurting, and all the details so you can help them to feel better and explain to them that it's all going to be okay. Its the same thing with chickens, cows, pigs, horses, foxes, every animal that exists on this planet, to continue eating meat in my mind just seems heartless, especially if you've ever seen an animal suffering and sick in any way.

We do this because we want animals to live, not to "force veganism down your throat" we want these animals to experience life, love, joy happiness, to be able to run and play and be spoiled and pampered and cuddled and just be happy, how can you help them to have that? Go vegan, watch dominion, watch black fish, watch what the health, watch dairy is scary, do the deep diving on the internet, reach out to other vegans and ask them what their journey looks like for them, where they started and where they are now, you can totally do this. Lets give these animals a life, Go vegan today! start a new journey, choose the vegan options to things you would normally get, instead hamburger patties made of ground beef, get beyond meat, gardein, impossible, versions of them, and soooo many other options. You like yogurt? cool me too! try the so delicious coconut yogurt, or silk almond yogurt. like chips and french onion dip? same regular wavy potato chips, and kite hill or violife french onion dip are great! Have fun with it! welcome to veganism

#vegan blog #go vegan #veganism #vegan #active vegan blog #active blog #vegan for the animals

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but you do know evan eats meat/dairy, right? he is not a vegan, which is about the only way to truly be cruel free to our animal friends. as cruel as hunting is (and i am anti-hunting unless you are hunting to eat) it's nowhere near as cruel as the life afforded to animals who are going to slaughter.

You are right about that of course. I didn't want to bring it up because i'm vegan myself and didn't want to start a whole vegan - non vegan debate on your blog, which I know can get pretty heated. I guess the difference here is the intention. Obviously animals don't care why they are dead, the fact that they are is cruel in itself, but unnecessary dying and killing is what's even more cruel to me. And I thought that's maybe more of like the general consensus in our society, in terms of how we treat animals. Most people when they consume meat or dairy products don't even actively face the fact that these are dead animals they are consuming because meat has become this product which you can buy in the supermarket, not any different from rice or bananas. Most of us grew up eating meat and our families never told us what the process behind that was and so most people go into adult life being ignorant or even clueless about the whole industry. And a lot of people have trouble eating meat after knowing about the industry. taxidermy on the other hand is a little more... facing the truth? Idk, like you see the moose head for what it is. A dead moose head. There is also no second layer to that like diet, culture or convenience which are one of the primary motivation for meat and dairy consumption imo. Putting up a moose head is just for your entertainment, furr is just for fashion. No one needs to be wearing a furr coat in america or in most european countries, it's unnecessary animal suffering. That's what I'm getting at. I don't judge people that are intrigued by the macabre as you say, I just hope that when people make these choices that they go for already dead and sick animals and not kill new ones. Nothing makes me more sad and angry than when innocent animals (that are already dying for us in the dairy and meat industry).. end up also only dying for basically nothing but reasons of "it's so pretty". I hope we can at least agree on that.

i totally understand what you mean and i agree that animals should not be trophy hunted/killed for sport. or killed for fashion, when we have so many alternatives and it's just not necessary that we wear leather or fur when there's so many economical alternatives.

i think it's very reasonable to say you hope a celebrity you look up to doesn't approve of trophy hunting/killing an animal to be stuffed. to be honest, i don't really think most people give that much thought to how a taxidermied animal got that way, much like many meat-eaters subconsciously block out the fact that the bacon they're eating was once a very cute little pig they would coo over and never personally want to harm. personally, i would want to know any taxidermy i bought was ''ethically sourced'' aka roadkill or an animal that died naturally and was preserved, not killed so i could have it in my living room. i also enjoy going to death museums, seeing human skeletal remains, and post-mortem practices. i've held a real human skull but it doesn't mean.. i like people being killed or take joy in their death even if it was completely natural. it's just a curiosity. hopefully that makes sense lol