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The Trump Administration is trying to define us trans folk out of existence- but we DO exist, we HAVE existed, and we sure as hell will CONTINUE to exist! Please, make sure you get out and vote, bring attention to trans voices, and support us wherever you can!

Our civil rights are at stake- by their own words, they believe inclusive policies “wrongfully extend civil rights protections to people who should not have them.” Please read this article on the proposed revision of the legal definition of gender!  

to the people saying Goblin Slayer would be better with more nuanced villains and giving the goblins more depth, you need to remember something about GS.

It’s not some deep thinking Dark Fantasy series where questions of humanity and mortality mingle with magic and grand adventure.

It’s the anime equivalent of a Grindehouse movie. Lot’s of gore, monsters, and monsters getting gored.

Don’t believe me? Replace the goblins with zombies. Literally nothing changes except that they are slightly dumber.

Would it be better with better written villains? Yeah probably, but it doesn’t need a better villain, goblins serve the purpose just fine on their own, being despicable, universally evil creatures that are easy to hate and enjoyable to watch get brutally murdered by our main guy.  

Just turn your brain off and have some damn fun.

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#and I just don’t feel entitled to someone else’s life’s work.

That comment exactly!! It’s not mine and I can survive without it, so I will.

This is why honey is not vegan.

The problem here is that honey, especially if you buy it ethically from an apiarist, isn’t actually detrimental to the well-being of the bee or the hive. In the wild, honey is used as a food stock, but in a domesticated honeybee colony, the bees are fed quite well, and so the honey is a surplus.

The alternatives, like sugar, relies on monocrops in third world countries, with transient labour. Growing up, there was a sugarcane field by my house, and I’m sure the Haitian men who worked backbreaking hours hacking a machete through knife-bladed leaves in 40 degree heat for a couple dollars a day would have traded a testicle to be a Canadian honeybee. Stevia’s going the same way, iirc.

Additionally, apiarists are actually huge proponents and activists for sustainable bee-keeping, and it’s estimated that the domesticated hive may be the last great hope for declining populations, because we can optimize their chances for survival.

It’s their life’s work, sure, but it’s not the death of them to use it responsibly.

literally read anything about the history of sugarcane and the cuban sugar industry if you think sugar is or ever has been more ethical than honey

Beekeepers-

  • Provide a home for the bees
  • Keep that home warm in the winter
  • Keep the bees well fed, negating the need for honey, which the bees would make anyways
  • Still do not take all the honey, just in case
  • Protect the bees from predators
  • Monitor the hives for any signs of the parasites, diseases, etc. that cause colony collapse disorder

Their bees-

  • Provide a valuable and reliable source of pollination for plants in the area, both wild and crops
  • Help keep the local ecosystem healthy

Honey-

  • Is one of the healthiest things you can eat
  • Is able to keep for a EXTREMELY long time (Millennia even), making it more valuable than many perishable foods without being full of preservatives
  • Can be used to soothe sore throats, nauseau, etc.
  • Has been eaten by humans since at least Ancient Egypt (We’ve found STILL EDIBLE honey in tombs)
  • Is a great tool in cooking, adding sweetness without raising the sugar content much
  • Is a staple food in many people’s diets

Honey is amazing you can put it on or in pretty much everything I goddamn love it and you should too.

Honey is also a natural antimicrobial that has been used medicinally since time out of mind on external wounds like edible neosporin.

Particularly useful in the treatment of dermal abcesses.

“oh no we steal it from the bees!”

*has no problem benefiting from exploited migrant farm workers*

^^^

Y’all @ the suffering of brown folk

I’m playing Yakuza Kiwami 2 right now and, besides the fact that it’s a bunch of fun, a thing in the story is bothering me *spoilers from chapter 6 or so*

Okay so, Date gets framed for shooting a guy, the evidence used against him is a video of him point a gun at the aforementioned guy, and then the guy gets shot.

The superintendent (or what ever some asshole in a blue suit) says: “Anyway you look at it, it shows Date shooting him.” to two other guys that are helping Date.

Except that is complete and utter bullshit because anyone with half a brain cell could see that video doesn’t show Date actually shooting the guy.

The gun doesn’t jump from recoil (and it’s a pretty old gun that Date has, so it should have some noticeable recoil), there’s no muzzle flash, no smoke coming from the barrel, nothing.

I mean, it’s obviously a ploy to frame Date for murder and gun possession (the later of which is a huge no-no in Japan), but any two bit lawyer could rip that video to pieces as evidence.

Later on, another character says the video was, “Full of holes.” And all I could do was go no really?

Honestly if I was the guys helping Date getting shown that video, I would spend a whole ten minutes yelling at the fucker about how much of a damn idiot he is.

plot hole much??