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  • DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.mlto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonePost (OC)
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    2 years ago

    Even for a religious person, being smart within their company is usually preferred. Priests and the like take great pride in their knowledge of faith and understanding of wisdom. They may take a vow of servitude and condemn themselves to poverty, but they do so with the apparent knowledge they will be rewarded for their sacrifice. That is playing the long game, which takes smarts. “Understanding God’s love” and the required knowledge to be a part of a faith, you know?

    People prefer to be smart over poor, when those are the only two options


  • I hadn’t heard of the YouTube thing. Doesn’t matter because I don’t use it, but it’s still outrageous.

    I am willing to watch an ad or two every 15 minutes, so long as they are no more than a minute total of wasted time. This ultra-monetization crap where it’s a minute and a half every 5 minutes is why people use AdBlockers and pirate media.

    Be reasonable as a business, and you’ll get a reasonable response. Flood my free time with ads, and you get AdBlock and piracy.







  • DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlBut I love death
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    2 years ago

    I’ve eaten bear. It’s gamey as hell. Tried it multiple times and prepared multiple ways. The cooking methods that make it the most palatable are the ones that take forever like slow roasting and smoking. It’s a very tough meat so it takes a lot of tenderizing methods. Large predator meat is typically not great eating.

    Before everyone jumps on me for being a hunter, I am a native Ojibwe. I don’t want to dox myself by revealing much more than that.



  • DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlBut I love death
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    2 years ago

    Damn I forgot about lamb, goat, and their cloven hoofed friends like deer

    Lamb is readily available in the US, but we (excluding farmers and active hunters) tend to eat it selectively like duck or veal as a delicacy or a meal for a special occasion. Normal everyday people don’t eat lamb, veal, or duck when cheaper chicken, beef, fish, etc is available. Americans have an aversion to eating cute animals.




  • What’s the historical reason it wasn’t included in one of the other states?

    When Texas sought to enter the Union in 1845 as a slave state, federal law in the United States, based on the Missouri Compromise, prohibited slavery north of 36°30’ parallel north. Under the Compromise of 1850, Texas surrendered its lands north of 36°30’ latitude.