BreathingUnderWater

joined 1 year ago

Wow haven't even heard of this shooting. Where did it happen? It's not in the news here at all.

[–] BreathingUnderWater@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

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[–] BreathingUnderWater@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago

I think you are overshooting how much average American citizens think about or even give a shit about Gaza.

[–] BreathingUnderWater@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That sound awful to go through, I'm sorry you experienced that. I feel like I wouldn't be able to get back on a bike after having major incident like that. Kudos to you for getting back into it. I live in a bike phobic city where people will openly harass you throwing stuff at you like drinks and shout at you if you are riding a bike in the designated bike lane. And there's been I think 3 - 5 deaths in the last month alone here since it's too expensive to own a car so there's more cyclists now. North America needs to work on its car centric problem

Yeah sorry if I got a bit heated in my response. Maybe I misunderstood your point.

Okay, I can really understand what you are trying to say. I feel like there needs to be a different or new word for this kind of experience maybe? Because choosing to abstain from a food group or what have you doesn't make your minority in the sense most of us think of, even if it's technically correct. And we don't want to minimize what true minorities go through when our food choices in this case our truly our own choice. But it is definitely a different experience when someone finds out you choose not to eat the type of food they do. They take it so personally you are not eating meat. I actually had the same issues when I was doing Atkins ages ago, which is mostly protein based. People questioning my food choices because it wasn't what they they eat and they took it as a personal judgement against them.

Who are you? I've seen your post history (now) since you mentioned mine. Interesting. I'm not trolling, I'm a genuine person. It honestly feels like you were the one who is trolling. Sorry you were so offended. Hope you have a better life sometime.

[–] BreathingUnderWater@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

People of all races love pumpkin spice lattes, what are you talking about? It's not a white person only thing

This is wonderful

[–] BreathingUnderWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Getting bullied is not the same as being a "MINORITY". White kids who are not minorities in North America but get bullied all the time in school. Not eating flesh of a mammal or fish etc doesn't mean you are a "minority". Like I said, I've experienced life as a veggie. Is it annoying? The stupid questions, the comments people make? Yes. But I've never had a cop pull me over and worry about whether I'll die that day because I don't eat beef. Or worry, walking down the street, alone at night as a single woman, if I'll be assaulted because I don't eat chicken. Non-meat-eaters aren't minorities in the sense that they are discriminated against in the idea that the word "minority" conjures up. They deal with, at most, someone tricking them into eating meat. Which I've had done. It felt violating and offensive but wasn't any sort of level as someone who is an actual "minority" in our continent.

[–] BreathingUnderWater@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

D:

what will become of me

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