The Tavern

Off-topic talk on music, art, literature, games and forum games.
Post Reply
User avatar
miniboes
Master of the Forum
Posts: 1578
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:52 pm
Diet: Vegan
Location: Netherlands

Re: The Tavern

Post by miniboes »

The Dutch liberal (classical; libertarian) party VVD wants to ban companies from calling their product "vegetarian [meat product]" because "if it says sausage sandwich, it should contain some sausage". They think the names are misleading.

A journalist tweets in response:
"Very confusing when VVD people are reffered to as liberals. Maybe ban that too?"
:lol:
"I advocate infinite effort on behalf of very finite goals, for example correcting this guy's grammar."
- David Frum
knot
Master in Training
Posts: 538
Joined: Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:34 pm

Re: The Tavern

Post by knot »

Cirion Spellbinder
Master of the Forum
Posts: 1008
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:28 pm
Diet: Vegan
Location: Presumably somewhere

Re: The Tavern

Post by Cirion Spellbinder »

Kind of a stupid and silly question, but: Do you guys think internet memes are a worthwhile method of promoting veganism? I've seen some people say that they became communists because of communist memes, so I wonder if the same could apply to veganism.
knot
Master in Training
Posts: 538
Joined: Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:34 pm

Re: The Tavern

Post by knot »

Cirion Spellbinder wrote:Kind of a stupid and silly question, but: Do you guys think internet memes are a worthwhile method of promoting veganism? I've seen some people say that they became communists because of communist memes, so I wonder if the same could apply to veganism.
Definitely. Just see how popular Vegan Sidekick is. In this day and age where everyone has a 2 second attention span, memes are excellent
User avatar
EquALLity
I am God
Posts: 3022
Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2014 11:31 am
Diet: Vegan
Location: United States of Canada

Re: The Tavern

Post by EquALLity »

3 Doors Down is playing at Trump's inaugural concert? Wtf!
I used to kind of like that band. O_O

"I watched the world float to the dark side of the moon."
Yeah that's what happened when Trump was elected President.

"But I feel there's nothing I can do."
Well, I can change the channel. :)

They sound kinda shitty live anyway.
"I am not a Marxist." -Karl Marx
User avatar
Red
Supporter
Supporter
Posts: 3897
Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:59 pm
Diet: Vegan
Location: To the Depths, in Degradation

Re: The Tavern

Post by Red »

Sour grapes much? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Learning never exhausts the mind.
-Leonardo da Vinci
Dream Sphere
Senior Member
Posts: 356
Joined: Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:52 pm
Diet: Vegan
Location: Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada

Re: The Tavern

Post by Dream Sphere »

Kryptonite was fun in GH5. While I dislike that they'd associate themselves with the Donald, I'm not going to religously avoid them now like I've heard some people on other forums saying they'd do. I do wonder if their career/popularity will take a hit from this, though I could see the reverse happening too, and they haven't had a hit in a while so I'm guessing that they thought that they didn't have much to lose with doing this.
User avatar
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Master of the Forum
Posts: 1209
Joined: Sun Feb 21, 2016 5:57 am
Diet: Ostrovegan
Location: The Matrix

Re: The Tavern

Post by Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz »

Cirion Spellbinder wrote: Thu Jan 12, 2017 1:10 am Kind of a stupid and silly question, but: Do you guys think internet memes are a worthwhile method of promoting veganism? I've seen some people say that they became communists because of communist memes, so I wonder if the same could apply to veganism.
YES.
User avatar
Red
Supporter
Supporter
Posts: 3897
Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:59 pm
Diet: Vegan
Location: To the Depths, in Degradation

Re: The Tavern

Post by Red »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpBnJq19R60
It seems that Greenpeace actually was useful at its beginnings.
Learning never exhausts the mind.
-Leonardo da Vinci
Dream Sphere
Senior Member
Posts: 356
Joined: Wed Aug 27, 2014 7:52 pm
Diet: Vegan
Location: Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada

Re: The Tavern

Post by Dream Sphere »

I didn't see anywhere on here talking about this, but The Vegan Atheist is back. Here's the video about returning to doing YT vids: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OjpKDqQb1Xk

And here's a new typical content based video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oPgXePGSjbE
Post Reply