wishing i did my philosophy degree

[amw]

Now that i have discovered that listening to a podcast when i cook is a nice background noise, i realized i was going to need more podcasts than just the 538 guys rambling about stuff they already wrote about, and Katie and Jesse making jokes about how embarrassing people are on Twitter

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[amw]

Yeah, for me McWhorter and the like are less interesting from the point of view that they are right and everyone else is wrong (which is a bit of a condescending attitude they sometimes show), and more interesting in that they bring up points that tend to get ignored in the mainstream narrative about race in America. I see the same thing happening all the time in discussion of trans issues, where i know first-hand that the mainstream narrative deliberately leaves out inconvenient facts and misrepresents all deviation from the party line as "transphobia". It's really frustrating for me to see so much effort put into propaganda and tokenistic actions in highly-educated circles when the trans people who are really suffering are the poor. I really think society would be better served focusing on poverty alleviation and income inequality over increased representation at higher levels. Although, increasing representation isn't a bad thing either.

I feel you on going out to eat and trying to stay vegan. At home, cooking for myself, it's very easy. But going out, or eating with other people, it's a challenge. I don't tend to bother picking out the meat if a dish is already ordered, unless i really don't like the flavor. I do think there's some value in trying to order a vege option, though, even if it's presented more as a side dish. Perhaps i'm being naïve, but i feel like it sends a message to the restaurant owner that there are people who don't find it boring or shameful or unhealthy to just eat rice and beans or noodles with greens, and perhaps they could bump one or two of these dishes up to "main" status. One of my faves at a Korean restaurant in China was a silky tofu block with gochujang. It was just a side dish, but i always ordered it with kimchi and green onion pancake to build my own main. Eventually a tofu bibimbap main appeared on the menu!