i've never had my cholesterol checked (with my knowledge, dunno if it'd be a routine check when getting other bloods done?)
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Fuck sake. Cheese is quite a lot isn't it? I still buy cheese for myself here and there.
Here, the area of the supermarket (Tesco say) that contains meat feels very big here, compared to my last one in the US.
I don't remember thinking "holy shit that whole third of the supermarket is meat so I can skip that" in my last supermarket in the US. I'd have thought yanks ate masses of meat.
Could be because I'm living in the country or something? Is it possible Irish people eat more meat than Yanks?? Almost feels like that in the shops.
edit - apparently not: List of countries by meat consumption - Wikipedia
talking shite. Feels strange though nonetheless.
Here, the area of the supermarket (Tesco say) that contains meat feels very big here, compared to my last one in the US.
I don't remember thinking "holy shit that whole third of the supermarket is meat so I can skip that" in my last supermarket in the US. I'd have thought yanks ate masses of meat.
Could be because I'm living in the country or something? Is it possible Irish people eat more meat than Yanks?? Almost feels like that in the shops.
edit - apparently not: List of countries by meat consumption - Wikipedia
talking shite. Feels strange though nonetheless.
RE earlier comment about Supermacs having no veggie food:
as a few people pointed out the issue is the chips are cooked in the same fryers as meat.
I emailed Supermacs to see if could buy anything for a friend who liked eating there.
that was in 2018 or 2019 so things could have changed since.
I am not going to pay for food or hot drinks for anyone again, as people I was paying for did things like put milk in tea when I had expressly told them that was not OK with me.
as a few people pointed out the issue is the chips are cooked in the same fryers as meat.
I emailed Supermacs to see if could buy anything for a friend who liked eating there.
that was in 2018 or 2019 so things could have changed since.
I am not going to pay for food or hot drinks for anyone again, as people I was paying for did things like put milk in tea when I had expressly told them that was not OK with me.
I guess Irish country folk eat at home, whereas Americans eat out. So the supermarket meat section is bigger. And I suppose meat production more directly affects the lives and livelyhoods of Irish country folk compared to the average American, so they support it.
One time i brought up vegetarian food to UTM, he said he tried it once while abroad and didn't like it. We were eating potato and leek soup at this exact moment.
Hahahhaaaa deadly
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yep, for the last 33 years
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ok, so here's my experience of Dublin airport from yesterday.
Flew back from Riga after being away with herself - she had to get corrective eye surgery so I needed to be there with her while she was recovering (but happy to check my privilege if asked).
Flight was due to leave at 22:35 local time. We were meant to board just before 10 when we all got messages on our phones saying the flight was delayed to 23:50. No explanation given. Fine, whatever.
Inbound plane arrived at 23:25. Everyone gets off quickly, we get on quickly. and take off around midnight. (thats 10pm Irish time).
Flight was grand. Ryanair staff were lovely.
The pilot apologises for the delay and said it was due to delays leaving Dublin due to lack of ground staff. They were fully boarded on-time. Everyone had to sit on the plane for 1.5 hours until someone could come and guide them out to the runway.
Anyway, when we land we taxi near the gate. We sit there for around 10 minutes waiting. Then a lad drives a van over, jumps out and starts waving his arms, guiding the plane in. Then he jumps back into his van and lashes off to the next plane. Anyone who has ever flown into Dublin before knows there are people there waiting to guide the plan in before you taxi to the gate.
Everyone had to get out the front door, cos there was no one to bring steps to the rear door. Not the end of the world. Everyone gets off fine.
Passport was quiet. Through in 5 minutes.
The luggage claim area was chaos. There were unclaimed bags everywhere. There were people at every belt, and no belt was moving. I stood waiting at my belt for around 35 minutes before it started to move. Ours was the first there was movement from. And, winner, my bag is first out.
My bro-in-law was collecting me (its 2am by this stage) and texts me saying its chaos outside. He was gonna park away from the airport and to text him to drive up to get me once I was ready.
I walked up through departures to go meet him at the drop-off spot (terminal 1 btw). The departures area was madness. At 2am there were already big queues at the Ryanair area. Mostly kids dressed in summer gear - I reckon secondary school kids heading off on a mates holiday. They seemed in great spirits altogether.
There were also lots of people sleeping on the ground around the sides of the building.
Outside in the drop-off area they had barriered off 2 lanes, probably for the expected queues this morning. I was at the end of the terminal so didn't see what was going on further back. I rang my lift to drive up that end, cos it was quieter, and we got out grand.
Anyway, fucking stress. Home 2.5 hours later than scheduled, all because of the shit thats going on there. And thats little enough to be complaining about given some of the shit people have to endure.
2 things to note. No one was causing trouble, that I could see. Everyone was patient and in good form. And any staff that were there couldn't have been more helpful. There just weren't very many of them.
Not due to fly again, or check my privilege again, until september. The airport will either have sorted its shit out, or it will have completely closed down by then.
Flew back from Riga after being away with herself - she had to get corrective eye surgery so I needed to be there with her while she was recovering (but happy to check my privilege if asked).
Flight was due to leave at 22:35 local time. We were meant to board just before 10 when we all got messages on our phones saying the flight was delayed to 23:50. No explanation given. Fine, whatever.
Inbound plane arrived at 23:25. Everyone gets off quickly, we get on quickly. and take off around midnight. (thats 10pm Irish time).
Flight was grand. Ryanair staff were lovely.
The pilot apologises for the delay and said it was due to delays leaving Dublin due to lack of ground staff. They were fully boarded on-time. Everyone had to sit on the plane for 1.5 hours until someone could come and guide them out to the runway.
Anyway, when we land we taxi near the gate. We sit there for around 10 minutes waiting. Then a lad drives a van over, jumps out and starts waving his arms, guiding the plane in. Then he jumps back into his van and lashes off to the next plane. Anyone who has ever flown into Dublin before knows there are people there waiting to guide the plan in before you taxi to the gate.
Everyone had to get out the front door, cos there was no one to bring steps to the rear door. Not the end of the world. Everyone gets off fine.
Passport was quiet. Through in 5 minutes.
The luggage claim area was chaos. There were unclaimed bags everywhere. There were people at every belt, and no belt was moving. I stood waiting at my belt for around 35 minutes before it started to move. Ours was the first there was movement from. And, winner, my bag is first out.
My bro-in-law was collecting me (its 2am by this stage) and texts me saying its chaos outside. He was gonna park away from the airport and to text him to drive up to get me once I was ready.
I walked up through departures to go meet him at the drop-off spot (terminal 1 btw). The departures area was madness. At 2am there were already big queues at the Ryanair area. Mostly kids dressed in summer gear - I reckon secondary school kids heading off on a mates holiday. They seemed in great spirits altogether.
There were also lots of people sleeping on the ground around the sides of the building.
Outside in the drop-off area they had barriered off 2 lanes, probably for the expected queues this morning. I was at the end of the terminal so didn't see what was going on further back. I rang my lift to drive up that end, cos it was quieter, and we got out grand.
Anyway, fucking stress. Home 2.5 hours later than scheduled, all because of the shit thats going on there. And thats little enough to be complaining about given some of the shit people have to endure.
2 things to note. No one was causing trouble, that I could see. Everyone was patient and in good form. And any staff that were there couldn't have been more helpful. There just weren't very many of them.
Not due to fly again, or check my privilege again, until september. The airport will either have sorted its shit out, or it will have completely closed down by then.
I arrived in Dublin Airport (new terminal) at about 11pm last night, the captain commented that we had to wait a few minutes for the air bridge (which is apparently what those tunnel things are called) to be positioned but it was quick and I think I often sat on the plane for far longer in the pre-chaos days. Then I didn't queue at all at the self-service passport control and when I arrived at the baggage reclaim my bag was right there and I didn't even have to wait for it come around the belt. I did have to wait about 5 minutes for a taxi though, bummer. Brussels airport was like a ghost town at 8pm and there were no queues or hold ups of any kind there which was good as I got on the wrong train in Brussels and just made it in time.
I know the meat propaganda machine is huge but this is still quite fascinating.
No meat, no kids and no car here so I guess I'm better than most ye. I shall fly with no guilt and lots of privilege.
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I hope you remembered to check your privilege
also, I'm disgusted you didn't stick around to say hello to me. Sake
based on the list deadmanposting posted, and that the average irish person eats 19kg of beef per year, that's a little over half a ton of CO2 equivalent. that's roughly equivalent to two round trips, dublin to heathrow; or one round trip to barcelona.
I’m not really serious by the way. Millions need to go vegetarian for it to make a dent.
This actually wont slow down our extinction tbh.
I'm definitely not worried about our extinction. Not sure where you got that idea from.
Easy tiger. kids or not is obviously largely a choice, but the idea that it is an environmental positive/negative axis - how would you build that as a realistic point?
a link on aforementioned the wiki meat consumption article:
tourists are amazed at the amount of cows in Ireland. the amount of veggies worldwide is relatively small but most folks in the world eat very little meat compared to rich English speaking countries.
that's because the irish government has made a very conscious decision to concentrate on dairy and beef production. one thing we do well in this country is grow grass, so we've specialised in cows.
Shut it all down.
Less people equals less consumption. Not that I have any issue with people having kids or cars or holidays. Not a fan of eugenics at all really.
Here's another probably unrelated point to worry about. Then there's the whole individual carbon footprint being invented by an oil company to green wash their continued environmental destruction.
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