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  1. No problem, I actually am a vegetarian of 6 years (hence the stupid username), and I have always been confused by people who claim to be animal lovers/are obsessed with their pets but will criticize me for my choices. I get if you don't want to be a vegetarian for whatever reason, but to go out of your way to criticize them is confusing, especially given if you claim to love animals. It's really hard to eliminate all of your support in avoiding the "speciesism" as you put it, because animal products are so prevalent. Also, as someone who has done and will have to do a lot of experiments, it's obviously less of a hassle to use animals people tend not to care about, i.e. mice, but I don't really have a problem with this when it's for a morally just cause, e.g. cancer research. That said, I do try to avoid this stuff in general, and I actually think this was a huge element of the debate that went completely ignored during Gemberling's beastiality episodes.

     

    Nice!

     

    About medical research using animal testing: I don't know enough about the effectiveness of the research or its necessity to have a strong opinion, but I do know that the overwhelming majority of animals killed/used are for food.

     

    It definitely can be hard to avoid all animal use (for example, plastic bags use animal fat as a slip agent), but it's definitely worth it to strive to do as much as possible, whatever that may be (in fact, 'as far as is possible and practicable' is included in the definition of veganism).

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  2. No I'm not saying that it's always obvious to the people being misogynist, as, like all forms of prejudice, it can be subtle. What I was trying to articulate is that, from a moral perspective, it is black and white if someone can explain to you why something is misogynist/whatever. Like if you could get someone to accept that the wage gap is not a myth, they should then be able to make a simple judgement that the wage gap is morally wrong. Destroying and identifying misogyny at a 100% success rate is the goal, but obviously doing so is not simple. However, I do believe that, on a case by case basis, if you can identify prejudice in something it is then a simple decision to not support that prejudice. I don't know if that clarifies things, but I definitely do agree with you that not everything that is misogynist is necessarily easy to identify/put a stop to.

     

    In this very episode, Matty B expressed discomfort about the possibility of the cat video depicting animal cruelty. This is indicative of a few things that most people accept: 1) animals can feel pain (that is, they are sentient), and 2) causing animals to feel pain should be avoided whenever possible.

     

    Combine this with the fact that animal products are unnecessary for health or survival for almost everybody, and it becomes clear that the only justification for eating/using animals is a prejudice against the species that we choose to eat/use (they don't deserve moral consideration, or their pain is less important than our desire to eat/use them), even when it is clear that they feel just as much as the animals (and certain humans) we as a society go to great lengths to protect from pain.

     

    So, I identify using animals for food/clothing/experiments/etc to be based upon a prejudice (known as 'speciesism'). And because the logic you present in the quoted post, combined with what I presented in this one, was a huge catalyst in me changing my own habits, I'm curious if it has had (or will have) the same effect for you.

     

    Apologies if this is an unwelcome tangent.


  3. Mary left off the best part about the Survivor format: the last 7-9 people that get voted out ultimately choose the winner, which means that players have to attempt to be devious while still remaining liked/respected by the people they are voting off. This in turn creates an infinite number of possible ways to win, and pretty much every winner up to this point (29 seasons in) has won in a distinctly different way (besides 2 time winner Sandra).

     

    If you have a million years to read about Survivor, the dynamic of jury management has never been more evident than with Russel Hantz in Survivor: Somoa (and also Russel Hantz in Survivor: Heroes vs Villains).

     

    Basically, there is an extremely deep hole you can go down with Survivor (for example, here's 80 hours of audio content talking about the strategy in the first 10 seasons of Survivor alone). It's understandable that it's laughed off by people that are unfamiliar with it, but it really is an outlier in terms of reality shows.

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    Don't mean to brag, but:

    https://twitter.com/...867510226849792

    Definitely a good ep. I'll likely be posting a lot more from it in future weeks.

     

    EDIT: I've been taking notes on RSS eps like a real nerdo; here are my ep 26 notes:

     

     

    Episode 26:

    • Boston marathon bombing
      • Affects S&H the most
      • Sean ran cross country in high school and almost considered pursuing it

      [*]The Amazing Race

      • Youtube celeb Joey should be reading the news
      • “I had to take a lot of medicine when I was a kid” @ ~14min

      [*]Boston marathon bombing part 2

      • Sean’s very first twitter follower is the biggest Red Sox fan
      • Boston won’t stop being a city

      [*]The Real World

      • Joshy on the forums doesn’t like the sex talk
      • S&H try to avoid gutter talk while playing clips from The Real World

      [*]Guest: Spellman

      • Not Boston strong
      • Sean will guest host Spellman’s twitter soon
      • Story: Spellman punching Sean in the face while driving
      • Story: Sean bullies a bully in high school
      • Story: Sean’s theater teacher’s wife comes on to him in a museum on a high school trip to Europe
      • Diggers
        • Nectar: Something cool that you find in the earth
        • “Oh, that wore that?” (slave tag)

        [*]Myrtle Manor

        • “a HIGH pressure situation”
     

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