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Old 10-11-2016, 09:53 PM
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'A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption, invention, device, or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, generally including a chain reaction.'

am I misinterpretting "deliberately over-engineered"?...


I don't think we have valid claim to say one way or the other how the earth/evolution/creation breathes...

search for &alien& life leaves this question open to a point?... I still think we are the masters of earth's inhabitants and that my life is more important than a gorilla's... I just hope in that situation that the sustenance gathered is of significant value to the point I can placate my emotional(a trait of my rube goldberg?) reaction...


I recognize that most people (myself included) are desensitized to the killing of livestock(animals) because we buy the meat in neat packages and are not the butchers.


more on-topic ... is it possible for a vegan to get the necessary components to live a healthy life? a vegetarian? a omnivore? a carnivore?...

Is it possible that the OP's subject is just a failure of veganism? or is it that veganism is the failure? maybe i should read thread... /facepalm... adding... is breastmilk against vegan ways??
Agree with all this. The thing that frustrates me about OP article was that the woman endangered the life of her child in a self gratifying pursuit. Sure she could have gone about it differently, but the point is she could have killed her baby because she'd rather see meat in a dumpster than deal with the guilt that her life was dependent on the sacrifice of another creature similar to her.
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