I watch at 7.5x play speed.
There is major hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance in contributing to history's largest holocaust, to unnecessarily be; enslaved, raped, orphaned, tortured, exploited and killed, with 90 billion land animals and trillions of marine lives every year for the momentary pleasure of the taste buds. While being against other holocaust. We know, sensory pleasure doesn't justify morality, otherwise, rape would be justified for rapist. Pigs and birds being forced into gas chambers, having their tails/ teeth/ testicles ripped off without anesthesia, male babies being macerated, suffocated, having their throat slit, or being bludgeoned to death.
It's not a personal choice because there's a victim whose well-being, you’re either violating or terminating. You seem to confuse making a choice yourself without interference as a personal choice, rather than one that affects other people. Why don’t you trade places with them? You just don't care because you're not the one in the position and can appeal to the ostrich effect (burying your head in the sand) and ignoring what happens on a daily basis. You say vegans are forcing their beliefs on you, but it’s their value of not harming others, whereas you are forcing others to be harmed for your beliefs. E.g., If I punch the air, it is a personal choice. No one, or thing, is being harmed. However, if any sentient being gets in my vicinity while I’m swinging, and I intentionally still hit, it is no longer a personal choice. There’s a victim whose life I’ve harmed. Vegans would be the ones defending you, if you were in that position.
It makes one a morally bankrupt hypocrite to break the golden rule, and put others in a position that they, themselves would never want to be in. In fact, you all would be crying, and begging for mercy, and the only ones to attempt to save you (vegans), have no power. You have no right to intentionally violate the well-being of another sentient beings with the will to live, in the same way no one has the right to infringe on your well-being. If it's not good enough for you, or your eyes to see, don't do it to them. Arbitrary discrimination based on species, weaponizing the same pejorative as racism, sexism, transphobia, or homophobia etc.
This is where you get to the 'name the trait' argument, where one must name the trait, true of animals, if true of humans, that would morally justify the same atrocity. For example, intelligence; then any mentally handicapped human, or undeveloped children equivalent are candidates for the the same action. You'll find this fails.
It's unnecessary, as all essential nutrients are readily available in plant-based alternatives, whether whole foods, fortified foods, or supplements (remember the meat you eat is supplemented itself, and human meat is even more bioavailable), resulting in reduced all-cause mortality. Would you rather pay to have an animals throat slit, or take a vitamin occasionally, which itself is more bioavailable. Even if it were not, just take extra. Causing unnecessary harm is, therefore, immoral. If you are not vegan, you pay for unnecessary animal abuse, and thus, an animal abuser.
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And things are generally just really expensive here. When I went to vacation in France just earlier this week, a pizza in Monaco cost me 12 euros. But a pizza in Oslo cost me kr180, about 18 euros since the conversion rate is 1-10. I don't know anything about Iceland other than Snorre Sturlasson so I've no idea how close it looks to Norway, but it's probably pretty similar around the northern parts. I want to go there sometime for sure, since the language they speak is so close to old norwegian. I've read that they can apparently read Snorre's writing, and Icelander sags completely unchanged, that's how close it is.
I've been listening to a lot of radio and they interview tourists, and it seems the consensous from them is "it's nice, but expensive."
I have to watch/read Trigun eventually too, heard lots of good things about it. Is it a favourite of yours?
As for Sins, well I don't really remember much since it's been three years since it's been three years since I watched it. It has great animation but I don't recall the episodes having particularly interesting ideas, and the colour palette is so dark and black. I will probably give it a second chance eventually though, since it's not very long.
Also, I'd appreciate it if you just call me Star instead of StarMan now :)