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Aquaman?

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I don't know why you felt the need to make a message like this, OP. We're all fully united and never quibble over inconsequential shit.

They've so far used AI to detect all the different parts of a particular whale species' language, like the different sounds and timing. Deciphering the meaning will be much harder since it's difficult to observe their behavior, but small land mammals should go much smoother.

I don't know that it's hard to hire. You can't just not have income under capitalism, and you don't have a lot of choice as a worker when pretty much everywhere is offering the worst conditions they can get away with. They're more likely to replace you than give you a raise.

No one asked him to change the movie or to anticipate audience reaction beforehand. I just think he's a moron for endorsing rude (and occasionally dangerous) behavior. (Possibly also for making a terrible film; haven't seen it.)

Factory farming exists pretty much everywhere though. If just 50% of people reduced their meat intake to an occasional treat, that would go a long way to reducing suffering, improving sustainability, and increasing the availability and affordability of vegan products. That doesn't mean that any given individual needs to be vegan, just that encouraging widespread veganism is beneficial to everyone.

I'm sorry if my post came off as "Just eat s bunch of soy beans," because that isn't what I meant. Rather, it seems viable to eat a lot of plants and supplement with animal products where needed, especially given that there's also a pill form.

Also I don't think the 550mg figure is meant to be a recommended minimum intake, but rather a figure where it's impossible to be deficient. It's my understanding that a minimum intake of choline hasn't been established. From Wikipedia:

Insufficient data is available to establish an estimated average requirement (EAR) for choline, so the Food and Nutrition Board established adequate intakes (AIs). For adults, the AI for choline was set at 550 mg/day for men and 425 mg/day for women. These values have been shown to prevent hepatic alteration in men. However, the study used to derive these values did not evaluate whether less choline would be effective, as researchers only compared a choline-free diet to a diet containing 550 mg of choline per day. From this, the AIs for children and adolescents were extrapolated.

Twelve surveys undertaken in 9 EU countries between 2000 and 2011 estimated choline intake of adults in these countries to be 269–468 milligrams per day. Intake was 269–444 mg/day in adult women and 332–468 mg/day in adult men.

I was suspicious about the idea that cops were getting called over popcorn, and wouldn't you know it, there's more context:

In another video with police involvement, embedded below, an officer says that a group "body slammed" a theater employee. (Theater employees are understandably not loving the situation.)

https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/cops-called-as-a-minecraft-movie-sends-kids-into-chicken-jockey-frenzies/

At least one person has even brandished a live chicken in a theater at that moment.

https://kotaku.com/minecraft-movie-director-chicken-jockey-popcorn-cops-1851775832

Also the idea that large teenagers intentionally dumping whole buckets of popcorn is the same as what a six-year-old spills accidentally is just stupid on its face. If you think you're old enough to vape, you're old enough to not be an asshole.

I'm sure the understaffed folks making minimum wage really appreciate all the extra income this film is bringing their overlords.

It's from the movie. At one point Jack Black says "chicken jockey" in a very loud and serious tone, and it's exactly the sort of line a Twitch chat would latch onto.

I also have medical and economic issues that make it unreasonable to be completely vegan, but that doesn't mean the world shouldn't shift towards it. Factory farming isn't a practice needed to help my conditions, and I doubt you benefit from it either. They could probably use humane and sustainable methods to provide plenty of meat/dairy for medical purposes and pet foods.

And besides, according to this chart, soybeans have higher choline content than most meats. Google also says there's a shitton of trimethylglycine in wheat. And both come in supplement form. (Not sure how they make them though, so maybe not vegan.)

We can have both with well-placed parking garages, but I'm guessing these people wouldn't like that either. They want their open space so bad, but they don't realize how much more room for nature there is when you condense the cars and living spaces a bit. And you save a ton of money on things like plumbing and roofing when responsibility for the building is shared.