The original source of the article is Bild, a German tabloid. I don’t see this story relayed on other reputable news outlets.

Big red flag for me. Let’s see how things are evolving but I’ll be skeptical until then.

A moment of normalcy and laughter before the events of the evening unfold.

I don’t deny the existence of slurs or hate speech (like “bloodmouth”). In this particular case, “carnist” is an academic word used in scientific papers in a sociological context.

Like I said in the other thread, it’s describing the opposite of vegetarianism and veganism. “Omnivorous” was proposed as an alternative, but it’s initially understood as “digesting plant and animal matter” in zoology, which would technically include vegetarians.

There is a need for a name that excludes vegans and vegetarians to describe reality.

Sorry for the Godwin point, but fascism is also an academic word used to describe a real political movement and fascists hate being called fascists. I’m myself eating meat so I don’t want to draw parallels here.

Okay I had a look and, you’re right. Apparently it’s an academic word in sociology meaning “prevailing ideology in which people support the use and consumption of animal products, especially meat.” So it’s not the practice, it’s the way of thinking.

Alright, that’s pretty good. I wanna nitpick by saying that vegetarians are also omnivorous because omnivorous is digesting “plant and animal matter”, but I don’t know if it would be in good faith :p Thanks for the discussion.

Then what word would you like people to use for “person eating meat as part of their alimentation”? I ask in good faith, I’m really curious to know your opinion.

I don’t think that “meat-eater” is necessarily better than “carnist” 😕 Or a negative like “non-vegeterian”? A bit of a mouthful.

“Bloodmouth” is clearly trying to be a slur (although it’s the first time I see the term). “Carnist” however is just a neologism with meaning “someone who eats meat as part of their alimentation”.

Words exist to convey meaning, that’s all. Now vegans or vegetarians can be aggressive towards carnists, that’s for sure. Nothing to do with vocabulary.

I love to see Meta lose, but I couldn’t care less that “legacy media” lost ad revenue. This money should be paid to the public for being targeted with illegal privacy practices.

I just cheated to have additional resources when needed. Game was more fun after that!

Minimalist necromancy.

Disappointed that this comic isn’t older and I can’t binge read it :( But I’m eager to read the rest!

Fucking hell, y’all make me realize how lucky I am with my bank that runs without gapps.

Wow, I admit that’s reaally bad 😅

Damn… The two extremes of the cyberpunk dystopia: no tech at all vs tech slavery.

Some people have no smartphone at all. How can they be customers at your bank?

It looks more like a Savoy cross than Danish.

I mean, if he went home his biscuit and gravy weren’t amazing I guess.

What do you mean by rechasing the dragon?

I feel like we’re skipping steps… This kind of tech is incredible and has huge potential. But it needs vast amount of energy and we’re making the planet uninhabitable by the minute. If we first developed tech to have clean energy, I would be overjoyed. Here I feel mostly dread.

Ah dang. :( Thanks for the heads up, I thought I found something nice…