cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1116242
Woke ticks are out to turn the US South into soyboys
(did I do that right?)
Living in the middle of Y’all Quaeda, I’d think the local cousin fuckers would be more riled up about this. Eating steak is a point of passion down here, second only to worshipping Trump.
For the most part it’s just ignored… I kinda anticipate a trend of folks acquiring the allergy, then literally killing themselves in denial.
RFK will save them…with leeches eheh. You vote for a snake oil salesman, you get witch doctors, have fun in the middle ages! :)
So red meat prices are about to plummet right?
I need ox tail to be affordable again
Really shit short ribs are like 10 a pound right now at Walmart.
I’m no vegan but isn’t this technically a good thing? Red meat has negative environmental impacts right?
My first thought reading the headline was ‘the Earth is healing,’ LOL
I can just imagine the coming conspiracy theories.
isn’t this technically a good thing?
Far from it. There shouldn’t be anywhere near this many ticks as there are now. It’s a sign that the climate is changing and that is getting warmer overall.
Where I live is considered to be the tick hotspot in all of Canada. 15 years ago it would be wildly rare to hear that someone had a tick on them. Now it’s rare to hear the opposite. Go for a hike in the trails nearby and you can easily walk out with at least a few dozen on you.
And it’s not just the temperature itself. It’s that the climate is affecting everything in the ecosystem.
We’re going to see crazy tropical infections and parasites migrating a bit more north every year, and we’re not ready for it.
Probably. In some situations where there are no predators and you have semi-wild herbivores roam (usually goats, they are the least picky eaters) to eat forest fuel to prevent forest fires, it might be an ecological solution. But otherwise, yeah, red meat is something to reduce, not sure if this will be enough.
Not exactly goats, but kinda.
The same thing applies to roe deer in most of Europe. It has to be culled due to a lack of natural predators. They would eat everything, ruin the ecology and then be on the roads increasing crashes and human deaths.
And can’t really introduce wolf populations into populated European zones which haven’t had proper predators for ages.
I’m against industrial meat farms, but not eating meat as a concept. There’s just no need for the type of animal torturing powerfarming that is so common in, like, the US. (Watch Clarkson’s farm for instance to see British farming.)
Transition to eating the rich.
Mmmm porky pig.
Fun story: I once watched a lone star tick crawl into the headphone jack of my phone. After trying for hours to get it out, I did two google searches:
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What eats ticks?
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Guinea hen mating sounds.
Thirty seconds later, it crawled out.
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Ah yes, globally, but also in the US
Idk if I’m allergic to red meat, but I do know that my body has a really hard time digesting it. It just sits in my stomach for an absurd amount of time and makes me feel so nauseated.
Haven’t eaten any red meat in years because of it.
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I mean, I can see old fashioned doctors saying to have a lil more red meat if she’s anemic. My mom grew up eating a lot of red meat for her anemia. There’s medicine for anemia now, however.
My stepfather is one of those people who wants meat and potatoes at every meal. I moved out of their place 3 years ago and I’m still not able to eat regular potatoes in any form because I ate so many while with my parents. Sometimes just looking at potatoes makes me mad.
My stepfather was told that he’s at risk of a heart attack and/or stroke. He also has anger issues and smokes. Had his first heart attack in his 30s. Hasn’t had any others yet, but yet is the keyword.
It just sits in my stomach for an absurd amount of time and makes me feel so nauseated.
I sort of thought that everyone experienced that.
I don’t think that’s what should happen lol
But that’s what eating red meat does. There’s no fiber so there’s nothing for your muscles to push against.
I have the same but only with beef. Pork and lamb are fine.
I think with the allergy it’s the myoglobin which content defines what is a Red meat. (edit: it’s not the myoglobin, it’s a specific sugar structure, reading the article mightve helped) My issues to digest beef is more likely related to the structure itself, the “long fibres”, because minced beef is completely fine.
I can eat small amounts of pork. I haven’t had lamb in like 20 years so idk how I’d digest it. Beef is my biggest issue. I’m essentially a pescatarian but have chicken every once in a while. My main sources of protein are fish and tofu and beans. My mom is wonderful enough to cook a separate meal for me when I come over for dinner and they’re having beef there. Other members of my family and my friends just alter what they’re making when they know I’m going to visit.
Your mom is much better at “momming” than mine. Since the day I went vegetarian, she said, “You have to cook everything for yourself now.” So I learned how to cook before I got into high school (which I can’t really complain about. It’s better than never learning how to cook at all.)
The weird thing is, she still thinks it’s the 90s or something. Prior to every family event, she tells me to eat something before going because “there will be nothing” for me. Yet every family event in the past decade (or more), I have been far from the only vegetarian there. My siblings, cousins, and their spouses have a completely different attitude than the one my mom has - they think, “If I’m throwing an event, I want everyone to be able to eat.” They’re aware of dietary differences, whether it’s veganism or a peanut allergy, and they care enough about their guests to make sure they don’t go hungry. Even though I’ve never asked for any special treatment, they always consider me when they plan food options. It makes me feel included and loved.
That simple concept doesn’t seem to enter my mom’s brain. Despite me being well-fed at recent family parties, she still not only thinks nobody would care enough about me to consider me when food planning (which really says a lot on its own), but also that having dietary restrictions is some super rare thing. Oh yeah, and she thinks she still has to warn me at all. I’m in my mid-30s and haven’t changed this aspect of my diet in over 20 years, ffs. Perhaps I’d know a wee bit more about all this than she would?
My mom wasn’t always good at it. She was very abusive for most of my childhood. She was having seizures constantly and it fucked with her behavior super bad. We didn’t know about the seizures for years because they don’t present like you’d imagine a seizure presenting. Once she got them under control, we worked together to repair our relationship. It wasn’t easy, especially because her seizures cause memory lapses. She legit didn’t remember a lot of the stuff she’d done. I actually had to bring in folks we know as witnesses to help her realize what she put me through.
I’m so sorry your mom is shitty. I hope some day she’ll be able to change.
Nice.
Going to heal the world.
This is the Earth saying NO MORE. The world would be a better place if all the food used to feed livestock went to humans instead.
Are plant-based allergies also the earth saying NO MORE?
Take a joke.
Make a joke.
I was going to make a comment about needing a sense of humor but realized it was easier to just block you.
Take a joke.
Just burn all the ticks and tell earth to go fuck itself or we will fuck if it keeps being chaos incarnate?
The saying from Jurassic Park “Nature finds a way…”
You forgot the obligatory, “Uh”.
Also, these Lone Star Ticks have probably unironically had the most impact towards mitigating climate change than anything us humans have voluntarily tried so far.
Uh, it’s “Life, uh, finds a way” but yes, life will find a way to go on if we kill ourselves
Lol oh yeah you’re right. It’s “life” not “nature”
I think its crazy how many people get ticks where they go unnoticed long enough for it to bury and reach your blood. I wanna say it’s a full 24 hours before that happens and even then idk how much it takes before this will effect you since even things like limes disease means it needs to be in you for even longer.
Idk about others, but I have had my fair share of ticks, but thankfully, never one go unnoticed long enough that it broke through. People really should check more. Showering is a great time to discover if you may have one on you.
I always figured it’s a sensory thing, different levels of skin sensitivity. I’m highly sensitive, so I imagine there are people who are much less sensitive. For me, I get tickled very easily (and I absolutely hate it.) Any light touch can trigger it. A gentle caress by someone’s fingertips makes me want to jump out of my skin. Lately my skin’s even become more sensitive to chemical irritants. I can’t use the bandaids my boyfriend bought (which are pretty average and of a standard brand) because the glue in it now gives me a rash.
But the benefit of this sensitivity (and, I suspect, the reason this hyper-sensitivity was maintained in humans at all) is that I can feel ticks and most other bugs almost immediately. I’m not perfectly immune - they are sneaky little fuckers. Sometimes a lucky one is able to sneak onto my scalp undetected for a bit. I became aware of that after the last time it happened, so now I brush my hair and feel around my scalp as part of my “tick check” routine.
When vegans took actions too seriously
