I guess the counterpoint is that maybe we don't have to sanitize every damn thing in the world, since a sanitized world isn't a healthy world - and perhaps contributes to an individual's wonky biome.
It might actually be the transplanting of immune cells that helps strengthen the recipients' immune action
Merch plop!
E.g. everyone in a 250 mile radius get fresh poop injections from the mother queen
I think both "digestive microbiome transfer" and "digestive microbiome transplant" sound perfectly fine, as both get rid of the "gross" part of the name. But I think that "transfer" is slightly better, because "transplant" invokes associations with something being surgically put into my body and attached to stay there permanently. While "transfer" doesn't have the same sense of permanence and seriousness attached to it.
I hear stories of people using alternative “medicine” and eschewing (normal|western)? medicine, so I think you are incorrect. Anecdotally I personally know of one person who used indigenous herbs to treat their cancer (I don’t know the outcome of that).
"early digestive microbiome transfer" would be .. bar.. puk.. emetic reflux transplantation.
Hmmm ... for some reason they decided to rebrand themselves as Coherent, Inc.
[1] - https://inhabitat.com/starbucks-admits-its-strawberry-drinks...
Aside - tracts of Australia, and doubtless elsewhere, have a major problem with the cactus that was introduced specifically to feed these beetles -- Opuntia aurantiaca, aka tiger pear.
A cousin of the better known (and edible-fruiting) prickly pear, this one has smaller pads, grows only about 30-50cm high, but has much fiercer spikes, propagates way more easily, and the biological controls (cochineal beetle) are woefully less effective than, say, the Cactoblastis moth that's used to control prickly pear.
Back to cochineal - for a very long time it was one of the very few ways to produce a reliable, consistent, persistent red dye. The incidence of anaphylactic shock and similarly strong reactions to cochineal, while non-zero, is tremendously low.
Artificial dyes also have some non-trivial health concerns [0], and some manufacturers are moving back to cochineal for this reason.
[0] https://www.google.com/search?q=artificial+red+coccine+dye+h...
A vanishingly tiny number of people care whether their food coloring contains crushed up bugs. I can guarantee you eat similar insects (aphids, etc.) on a regular basis in "vegetarian" or "vegan" food.
Satoshi actively encouraged other blockchains, even encouraging namecoin to run their own chain separate from bitcoin back when the proposal was called "bitdns":
https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/posts/bitcointalk/535/
Back has been nothing but a frothing-at-the-mouth altcoin hater.
Comments like @gridder's do an injustice to Hal Finney.
I would argue the conversion is the one you're utilizing, from "taxation" to "extortion."
Extortion is a specifically defined crime, and of course, it is the role of the government to define criminal behavior. In the same way that getting arrested by the police isn't kidnapping, paying taxes isn't extortion.
The consent of the governed and all that.
Can you explain what you mean by this?
Lot of laws and rules are arbitrary, so a government official get a “fine”, sometimes massive fines, placed against you.
You pay it or lose everything, go to jail, or get shot for refusing.
Lots of struggling business owners are finding themselves in this situation lately.
Many have already been given major fines, had utilities shutdown, etc.
Friends our shutdown there restaurant last week.
Because everywhere you look... with or without lockdowns, COVID is spreading... California, New Jersey, Florida, Texas... all different approaches. All spreading in "2nd waves"...
Not everyone is okay with following "decree's from on high by a benevolent master" without end because "the war will never be over so give me more power"...
There were pandemics and lockdowns all the way back to the founding fathers, which I still find very strange to hearken back to, they made a lot of poor decisions too - but I digress.
[1] https://www.cato.org/commentary/are-lockdown-orders-constitu...
What law is being broken?
I have many ever-so-slightly aged cookbooks (Asian-themed, in particular) that would always recommend, "Use rapeseed oil for stir-frying, due to its high smoke point" and driving myself nuts trying to find rapeseed oil at grocery stores. Even at Asian marts! I could find grapeseed oil, but never rapeseed.
Thank you!
For example, it amazes me how many questions on r/Spanish could be answered in 5 seconds by pasting the title into Google, but OP also wrote two paragraphs to explain their predicament of being unable to translate a common word.
I don't want to pile on our friend above, but it's a good example. We are all seconds away from just looking up rapeseed oil and learning some interesting things about it, but we don't even do that (myself included in all of this).
It reminds me of the parable of the lumberjack who is found trying to cut down the same tree all day with a dull axe because he says he doesn't have time to sharpen it.
I understand people asking about subjective stuff but objective stuff like this is so easy to Google.
https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/02/mustard-oil-guide.html
From what I've seen in passing most people attribute rising heart disease to economic prosperity leading to a more westernised diet but I haven't really looked into it.
(I'm Indian.)
All kinds of connective tissue and meat plant scraps, as well as anything that grows in it during it's unrefrigerated transport and storage, go into gelatin.
Also, gelatin is in EVERYTHING. Good luck eating virtually any dessert if you're a strict vegetarian.
I think I found it again by searching for "reverse gummy bear video". I won't link it directly, so that if you really don't want to see it, there's less chance of reflexively clicking a link. ;)
The video, for anyone wanting a direct link (be warned, it's exactly as gknoy described): https://vimeo.com/180163754
The video is not actually gory - shows parts of the cleaning and butchering process, but not the slaughterhouse.
Getting past that, I was pretty sure I knew what a sheep pelter was, but I did not expect that there is in fact a product (TM!) named the Pelt-O-Matic.
Reading the description it sounds very.... efficient.
Outside of jello itself, the common desserts that contain it are chewy candies and some mousse type desserts. So canolli, mousse, and flan frequently have gelatin, along with things like Starbursts and some chewing gums, but other than that I have not found it to be a common ingredient.
Definitely not in anything like a bar of chocolate.
> ice cream
Oddly, this seems to vary a lot by country. It's rare in the US, though. Guar gum is common, though.
Usually nougat uses egg whites so it doesn't need gelatin as a protein. Marshmallows are arguably nougat, though, since they're also sugar bound with protein. Marshmallow cream usually uses egg.
All of the major nougat US candy bars I can find use egg and not gelatin.
I've seen chocolates with marshmallow in them.
The common places you might not expect it are sour cream, yogurt, fondant, and some Planters dry-roasted nuts.
https://flashbak.com/meals-in-a-mold-the-mid-centurys-love-a...
https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/why-were-there-so-many-gela...
But this video shows it to be made from pig skin https://vimeo.com/180163754
Everybody turning strict vegetarian would create an ecological disaster at planetary level.
My species also "evolved" to constantly fight wars against everyone not in my family; I'd say it's really good news that we were able to develop moral and conceptual systems to overwhelm our evolutionary tendencies.
(in reality there's almost no chance, synthetic glues are way easier to manufacture and manage, outside of gelatin animal glues would near-only be used for restoration or specialty applications e.g. some lutherie and other speciality woodworking)
Of course this conversation also ignores the fact that fining agents are removed from wine before bottling as part of their purpose - they bind with the crap you don't want in your wine. Typical store-bought wine will have no detectable amount of a fining agent in it.
I’m an Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent and I’ve always been keen to try “weird” foods. Never had cow feet soup, but sounds tasty. I’m sure I’m not the only Westerner with this attitude either
That said, they're an acquired taste, so you may think it's an overpriced sugar-free lump of Jello in greasy water... YMMV. :)
Burritos with an actual foot inside of, well coworkers say it’s good.
bait -> sushi
Theft -> Quantitative Easing
Further, a lower price for meat may stimulate demand but it will more likely suppress production rather than increase it. It depends on the costs of raising the animals and the opportunity costs of the farmers. Excess profit is what generally attracts competition and more production. Lower prices are not normally associated with larger profits. Only a few "markets" are much different; e.g. oil, gas, etc.
There's two sides to every price setting action, supply and demand. The current price is where they cross now, so the shapes of the respective curves aren't necessarily clear.
You might have missed the premise where the reduced prices in meat are a direct result of competition and increased profits due to better margins on non-meat products. The specific demand elasticity is irrelevant for this scenario - as long as pig hides and lard are not Veblen goods.
If more consumer money is put into the animal product market then there are two possible outcomes: either they all go into the profits of the manufacturers in a perfectly monopolistic market, or they go towards higher quantities being produced in a competitive market. It's economically impossible to depress production by increasing demand for the products of a certain industry - except very particular market anomalies, luxury and status goods etc.
Yes, animals are being killed and ground up to make gelatin.