Whenever I drive (which is rare) and I go through an intersection on a yellow light, I punch the ceiling of the car. I’ll even punch the air above my head if I run a yellow on my bicycle.

Someone told me back in high school that it’s bad luck not to do so, and for some reason it stuck with me.

I used to see this guy bike past my apartment all the time. He had a speaker blasting country music and he’d scream-sing the lyrics. Not my type of music at all but his passion made me fuck with his vibe.

I honestly feel that’s less of a diss on the Neo and more of a statement on how overpowered phones are now, especially considering the limitations placed on mobile OSes.

Hey! As a vegan stoner, I resent that. I use an Arch-derivative (EndeavourOS btw).

Peanut Butter Sunday and FUUDGE are two French Canadian bands worth checking out!

unbiased source of news

I honestly don’t think this is possible.

Who’s deciding what counts as “biased” or “unbiased”, and how do we ensure there’s no corruption there?

How do we determine “the truth” about controversial subjects when general opinion is split?

Even if you did determine a magical method to broadcast exclusively factual information without any spin; the choice of which information gets broadcast inherently introduces bias. You can’t put literally everything that happened on Earth in a day on the evening news, so you have to choose and prioritize which information to broadcast, introducing the bias.

I’ve always thought a better solution would be having news sources be more explicit about their biases, rather than pretending they don’t have any, but I realize that just introduces more problems without necessarily fixing anything.

IIRC, Spotube streams its music from YouTube.

Most cyclists I know want more people on the bike paths.

I’ve never heard a driver bemoan a lack of traffic.

Xcode is an IDE, this version being released in March.

The Ides of March is the day Julius Caesar was assassinated.

I think that’s all there is to the joke, unless I’m also missing something.

If you go about it with curiosity, especially if you focus on recipes instead of ethics, you’re probably good. Sharing food is such a big social thing that you get a bit ostracized from when you’re vegan, so it truly is nice to share recipes with earnest people like you seem to be.

Now if only I can figure out vegan meals that would do well in my smoker!

I’ve never used a smoker so I’m not quite familiar with the process, but my first instinct would be trying something with seitan. I did find some recipes with just a quick search.

If you do smoke some seitan, feel free to invite me, I’ll bring drinks! :P

I’ve never made anyone become vegan, but a lot of my friends have definitely opened up to incorporating more vegetarian or vegan meals into their diets, which I do count as a small win.

A friend who used to be very much the meat & potatoes type has recently been texting me excitedly about the new vegan recipes he’s been trying out. He still regularly eats meat, but hey, it’s something.

I’ve been vegan for nearly ten years, I dread any time the topic comes up with people who aren’t also vegan.

It usually becomes a pointless debate where I either have to heavily self-censor, or end up hurting the feelings of people who eat animal products. It’s always the same conversations I’ve already had hundreds of times, no one’s gonna change my mind and I probably won’t change theirs either.

Why people would use ChatGPT to ignore reality is beyond me, that’s why God invented drugs!

Even ignoring that most people couldn’t maintain their cars for shit; people always seem to forget that they’re still super dependent on petrol and the oil industry. How is that in any way better than relying on governments to provide public transit?

Cops, even ignoring the fact that ACAB, are flawed in that they can’t enforce traffic laws everywhere all the time.

Infrastructure can make a road safe 24/7. And doesn’t discriminate nor shoot minorities.

Yeah, if someone truly wants your bike, they can get it. Locking a bike somewhere in a city is about making the would-be thief look for an easier target. Outrunning your hiking partner, not the bear.

You’re just describing shrooms, lol

Calling him a “cocksucker” is frankly insulting to people who perform the act of sucking cock. Musk is way too selfish to perform the generous and loving act that is fellatio.