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BrennyBear

@brennysaurus-rex

My old handle was Giraffasuarus-rex, I think it was deleted fully. Like I can't find anything from that account at all. So. here I am again. 30something

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episodes that i think every tv show should have:

  • timeloop
  • whodunit
  • musical
  • beach trip
  • random genre change (especially if it's to a noir detective thing)
  • one where they get randomly meta and fourth wall breaky but then never acknowledge it again
  • one where something happened but we as the audience don't actually get to see how it happened and only see it through the unreliable narrated flashbacks as recollected by the characters

extremely funny to me that harley quinns real name is apparently harleen quinzel, a name that sounds less real that harley quinn. they should do that with more comic characters. batman real name batthew manning. daredevil real name darius devilson. doctor strange real name. well okay that one doesnt count.

I have some very good news for you about Black Bolt's real name

NOW THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT

you can never go back. this is your one life. you had a bad childhood and that's it. you lost your teen years to mental illness and that's it. you're miserable in your 20s and that's it. you just go forward

Underneath the ubermensch tones, this feels like a precursor to food safety standards being lowered for meat. They're just tapping into toxic masculinity as a way to repackage what they want.

Americans, if you're able to shop from local processing butchers, especially halal/kosher ones, I'd suggest preparing to make the switch.

I see in the notes people engaging with the White House's announcement at face value and pointing out this is hypocritical/nonsensical.

Of course it's both.

"The War on Protein" is just a slogan to make it look like the previous administration and the Left in general were/are deliberately trying to keep the nation weak. (This slots in well with white supremacist fears about the Great Replacement, etc.)

This is deliberately to rile up folks and further draw Us vs Them lines. In addition, their current base that actually knows science will be forced to parrot this nonsense as a loyalty test.

It doesn't matter that we see protein added in all sorts of things these days, even bottled water. It doesn't matter that America is the land of burgers, hotdogs, and steaks.

Treat this as an example of how this regime tries to sell its bullshit as "beneficial". See how everything is now a "war", and how America needs to be "strong".

This is most likely propaganda to disguise a campaign to lower food safety standards. Probably also to change requirements for food lunches to favor corporate donors whose food is unhealthy/unsafe.

The formula that worked so well to cast public doubt upon COVID and vaccines is being used here to do the same food safety. Expect to hear that regulations are "unreasonable" and actively hurting America.

Again, do not engage this regime with the surface content of their messaging - treat everything as propaganda and look for who stands to benefit.

Guys, it's not about deregulation. It's about the new food pyramid guidelines. The "war on protein" they're talking about is previous guidelines that recommended limiting red meat and had a lower protein recommendation.

I don't know enough about nutrition science to say if the new guidelines are actually healthy - per the article the response from nutritionists has been "mixed." My guess is no, but my guess on this is worth very little, given I have no training or background in this area.

I agree that the language used is intended to evoke reactions, and plays on associations between meat and strength.

But please stop telling people they can't trust their food to be safe based on vibes and assumptions

https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/12/food-pyramid-new/

But regulatory oversight and testing literally has been cut in 2025. In part because there is an effort to shift regulations at the federal level to the states, many of which are underfunded.

Many things can be happening here at once. In fact, a new food pyramid combined with easing regulations and testing sort of goes hand in hand.

Some events from 2025 and early 2026:

Deregulation is moving through legislation at the state level, such as in New Hampshire. This is currently at odds with federal standards, but only as far as those standards continue to exist, imo.

The feds hadn't been using this data for years because of lack of funding, but now preventing any future studies via a data blackout is concerning.

Pork and chicken processing speed has been increased. Faster speeds = more chance for error and worker injury.

Not all of these examples are directly meat related, but it still points to a pattern where public safety has been impacted.

There have been enough listeria outbreaks since 2025 to where I will no longer buy bagged salad.

And from where I sit in federal space and the cuts and sleight of hand I've personally witnessed on my own program - even while not CDC or USDA related - I am inclined to believe many decisions by this administration are to line pockets at the expense of public safety.

Call me paranoid, fine, but as has pointed out in the notes, making at effort to patronize local butchers, especially those from underrepresented communities, is good from a community-building standpoint.

I'm not done with the connections behind this announcement.

This promotion of protein also ties into rewarding the production of meat, which has climate and labor impact.

And with immigrants being so under attack in the US, that means a huge source of labor is dwindling, likely to be picked up by prisons. (Tyson foods is a big offender here.)

We already know this administration is denying climate change, which is convenient for an industry that contributes so much to it.

This isn't "just" a new food pyramid. It seeks to prop up a system that is already rife with abuse.

Am I saying you should be afraid of your food? I dunno, maybe a little, to where you need to be more keyed into recalls and the like. The quality of consumer goods has dropped so much due to capitalism that it feels naive to assume food won't follow suit.

You definitely should be more mindful of where it comes from and make the choices that are the most positive and impactful for you and your community.

Yeah man the utopia of infinite joy and contentment is awesome. There’s absolutely no hardship or pain. Well until people started bitching about getting bored of the infinite joy saying shit about “well if there’s no hardship then the joy gets dull and boring” so now we make sure every person gets punched really hard once a year. Completely fixes the problem

crazy how real life is this but backwards

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