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mini-godzilla:

As someone who plays DnD, let me break down what’s going on with the mxtx characters:

SQQ is an example of what happens when someone puts all their points into Charisma and uses wisdom as a dump stat.

WWX is what happens when someone puts all their points into intelligence and never bothers to roll an insight check.

Xie Lian is what happens when someone has a character with fantastic stats, but cannot roll above a 5 to save their life.

shinraalpha:

magnetothemagnificent:

magnetothemagnificent:

The vegan to ecofascist pipeline

Actually I’m going to expand on the steps of the pipeline.

It starts with:

“I want to do something to better the environment”. A noble pursuit.

Then, “Large scale animal agriculture is bad for the environment”. Accurate statement.

Then, “Therefore, I am going to stop consuming all animal products and biproducts.” A lofty goal, but still reasonable. It’s not something that’s for everyone, but if that’s what you want to do to do your part, more power to you.

Then, “If I can do it, so can you.” Inaccurate. The human body is suited ideally for an omnivorous lifestyle. While the human body is very adaptable, its adaptability varies from person to person, and not everyone is able to subsist off of a vegan lifestyle.

Then, “People who don’t follow my lifestyle are maliciously contributing to climate change.” We’re going into dangerous ‘us vs. them’ territory now. Now everyone who consumes animal products and biproducts even utilyzes large-scale animal agriculture, and there are myriad of reasons for someone to not be vegan. Personal lifestyle choices are also a distraction from the larger issue at hand, which is that corporations contribute the most to climate change, and blaming yourself and other individuals is a distraction.

Then, “Human beings are responsible for climate change. Humans are inherently destructive.” False. Corporations and industrialization is responsible for climate change. Humans are inherently neutral, and for the most part are actually good.

Then, “If there were less people on this Earth, we would have less climate change and pollution.” And there we are. At the ecofascism finish line.

Not every vegan ends up at the ecofascist finish line. Many vegans stay comfortably on the third rung of the ladder, focusing on their own personal boundaries and lifestyle choices. However, as soon as you dip your toes into the “if I can do it, so can you” mentality, that’s when the ball begins rolling down the slippery slope of ecofascism.

As soon as you begin forcing your lifestyle onto other people, that’s when it becomes dangerous.

AND it’s worth stating that the vegan lifestyle is *still buying in to the large-scale agro-industrial complex*. The deforestation required to grow soy beans. The devastating effect that our demand for almonds produces on bee populations. When we say “no ethical consumption under captialism” that’s what we MEAN. The system is unethical and you can minimise your engagement with that but it needs overhaul not genocide. The planet has resources to feed and house every human being on it - it’s just that corporate greed and the unsustainable strive for exponential profit growth are hoarding those resources (and even letting them go to waste).

It’s not overpopulation, it’s captialism.

bunnyalope:

obscure-pokemon-facts:

#395. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Kanto Elite Four member Lorelie has a house on Four Island in the Sevii Islands.

Inside the house contains 6 Pokémon Dolls, but every time the Player defeats the Elite Four and enters the Hall of Fame 25 times, an extra Pokémon Doll will appear in the house. This continues until the Player has entered the Hall of Fame 200 times and a total of 14 Pokémon Dolls reside in Lorelie’s house. (X)

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Lorelie’s house with all 14 Poké Dolls

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