seeking_perhaps [he/him]

Skip Annapolis, or at least you only need like half a day there. Philly is really cool these days and has a great food scene. I also recommend stopping in Princeton, NJ on your way to NY since that’s a train stop and has great history too. In New Haven get pizza. There’s not much else there but you’ll be happy you did that.

Agreed, put cheese out of your brain and just eat and you’ll enjoy it. (5 y.o. vegan)

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In a similar boat. I decided I wanted to actually learn spanish, so a couple months ago I got serious about watching Comprehensible Input (Dreaming Spanish). Between that and self study and speaking practice I’m already well past where I was in high school, though I still have a long way to go to fluency.

It’s frustrating that I have to find this all out years after my education. But I feel that way about most subjects I learned in school, so this is no different.

Shin has a vegan ramen. I have like 10 boxes in my pantry.

np! gl comrade

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That’s dumb, sorry about that. If you want to smooth over the office politics, you could bring in an identical bag of chips (or equivalent item) and offer to share with coworkers. Obviously maybe cost prohibitive but might make your narc coworker relax a bit.

Yes, this is why spay and neuter and trap, neuter, release programs are so important. We need to also be actively reducing the population of pets while caring for the ones that currently exist as best we can. And sometimes the “best” option is to euthanize, but it is definitely not a decision taken lightly.

I encourage you to read up more on the killing animals thing. They essentially do it out of compassion, because most of the animals that end up at PETA are cases shelters are not equipped to handle and thus require a higher rate of euthanization. Even our local humane society has a relatively high euthanization rate, but it’s because most of the other local shelters are no-kill and so their worst cases get sent there. I am friends with serious animal activists and they critically support PETA, though are part of different orgs themselves. Like I said, they have made mistakes like any other large org, but I think they have been a net good for animal rights.

https://www.peta.org/features/peta-kills-animals-truth/

I think they make mistakes, but are overall effective at bringing animal rights issues to the masses. Interested in hearing why you have that opinion.

jasmine green tea if i had to pick. prefer the pearls

adagio? that stuff is amazing

It definitely seems like she’s trying to will being an astronaut into fruition (PADI, skydiving, pursuing PhD, etc.). Idk how successful that will be for her, but she’s years from even being eligible to apply. I know some people that have had their references checked for astronaut applications, and they have all of that stuff and several years of experience in the engineering industry.

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almost caused a panic attack for myself by breathing manually this week

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I can say for a fact that some of them do, but it’s definitely a lower percentage of the total when compared to average working class folk that support socialism.