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Azek

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    Comment #44485426

    Mirroring this, I have ADHD and experienced a lot of harsh judgment as a kid for my behavior at home, and in school. And the resulting shame from that judgement stuck with me for a…

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    Comment #37503193

    So 3,079,600 ha per annum for Animal Ag vs 760,400 ha for everything else. That's roughly 75:25

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    Comment #34673489

    The 'Tic Tac' is another interesting and unexplained UFO sighting: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/tic-tac-ufo-video-q-... The commanding officer in this indicent, David Fr…

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    Comment #34545099

    Are you suggesting we should measure how 'evolved' a species is by the mutation rate in their lineage, or by 'successful' adaption through mutation? I'm not sure but I think the ab…

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    Comment #30942156

    https://caley.dev/ Tried to build something that reflected my personality. Had the most fun with the contact page 'copied' popup. Built from scratch with React-create-app and no ot…

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    Comment #30474389

    Kicking my dog would also not affect human society, does that mean I can kick my dog without justification? For fun? My point here to be more clear is that we simply don't need to …

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    Comment #30474361

    I wish I could still believe that. If you have the time and stomach I'd recommend search up slaughterhouse footage. I'll let you judge for yourself what they're feeling in those mo…

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    Comment #30474345

    Interesting, could you share your sources showing plants are capable of suffering and can indicate preference? I eat many things, but nothing from animals :)

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    Comment #30474302

    Is eating them 'necessary' if we can sustain ourselves without killing them?

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    Comment #30463953

    At risk of getting tedious here, the even-more accurate comparison would be "I'm gonna limit paying someone else to kick a dog from Tuesday to Sunday". Since there actually exists …

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    Comment #30463890

    So just because we're omnivorous and capable of eating animals, that justifies it? Most humans are also fully capable and arguably evolved to do things like steal and murder each o…

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    Comment #30463657

    A non-obvious issue here is that often these animals are sent to slaughter around 12-24 months when they can live happily up to 25 years.

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    Comment #30463549

    Is your point that the majority of people don't consider their own actions as moral agents so we shouldn't either? If you're browsing this website from a phone or computer you are …

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    Comment #30463468

    How long do your cows live before they are sent to slaughter?

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    Comment #30463463

    If you're asking a personal question like I think you are: for me the courtesy of non-violence extends to all beings capable of suffering and with a preference to live. For a good …

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    Comment #30463028

    My take is that they're related because a being's ability to experience sentience, and especially suffering are ethical grounds to not breed them and inflict unnecessary suffering …

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    Comment #29887534

    Harder to digest in the climate of how we treat them, but pigs have personalities too.