Th4tGuyII

Off-topic, but speaking as a non-veggie, I somewhat disagree on the idea that vegetarianism is an arbitrary distinction.

Of course from the perspective of killing things, it absolutely is - but from the standpoint of causing the least pain possible, then vegetarianism would be more ethical (and veganism moreso) as to my awareness plants can’t feel pain beyond automatic trauma responses (I.e. releasing pheromones).

Until we evolve to photosynthesise and pull nutrients from the ground (timeline never), I would argue that it is always more ethical to kill something incapable of pain than to kill something capable of it.

As to why you got so much push back, my opinion is that your argument sounds an awful lot like the “conservative” argument of if it’s not perfect, it’s not worth doing at all. An argument that a lot of people get frustrated by at the best of times.

Albeit, if you want to point out the arbitrary nature of a diet, I might point you towards Pescetarianism, basically a veggie who eats seafood. I find the idea of an ethical boundary based on habitat to be completely arbitrary.

Given the available context, I’m inclined to agree with ChatGPT. I can’t see those listed being anything else

While I admire her climb to the top, to say she is a self-made bad bitch would be a lie. She came from a firmly upper middle (if not upper) class background and was basically entirely bankrolled into her career by her parents. While her journey might not have been easy, she had a lot more help than most.

Given Apple made $93.74 billion in just 2024 alone, this fine is equivalent to fining the average person just 1/3 of a day’s wages for over a decade of illegal privacy invasion.

That fine is laughably insignificant in the face of the crime committed against the people involved.

The average person pays proportionally far more than that for much less significant crimes!