If your comment is meant to allude to the fact that I used my personal preferences to make my point relatable, well, yeah—I did that.

This I actually understand, though. My GP is a woman. My OBGYN is a woman. My dentist? A woman. Notably, all those offices I just mentioned are staffed entirely (I think) with women.

I’m not pro-docking, really, but dogs don’t need their full tails to communicate. Saying a dog without a tail can’t communicate is analogous to saying a person with a lisp can’t communicate—it certainly doesn’t help, but communication definitely still occurs.

It’s for sure timing in large part—considering the national conversation—also definitely connections/nepotism to have gotten into the New Yorker in the first place.

I’m sure she’ll be fine because of how viral the story went (much to my personal mystification—it’s fine but not revolutionary but ok!) but really big advances can backfire and be a very bad thing in the current publishing climate.

So you confirm that you haven’t read the book. You’ve also confirmed that not supporting Tucker Max—who already got his payday, FYI—is more important than supporting Tiffany Haddish.

I have no patience left for this.

Have you read the book? I’m reading it now and I have laughed out loud multiple times. As celebrity memoirs go, it’s very good, very entertaining... and yes, reads as authentic.

Eh, I think meat byproducts are a little less appetizing than organ meat in this case (since organ meat and other unusual cuts still get sold in human stores all the time).

I think big companies still do.... I mentioned 4D livestock in another comment, that’s sick/dead livestock and such.

omg that breaks my heart

Even cats on normal food (which I’m guessing means kibble) sometimes need additional taurine supplements because that food which includes meat + synthetic taurine isn’t enough. Taurine derived from meat (not boiled, not baked) is much better for cats.

Agreed. I’ve tried to bring this up a number of times to fellow Democrats and progressives, and it hits deaf ears. It gets dismissed as an excuse because pro-choice (or simply more neutral) people can’t imagine thinking of abortion as murder. But for many people who are anti-abortion, the reason is that they think it…

I think that used to be the case, but now it’s become increasingly popular for upscale pet foods, especially dog foods (in my anecdotal observation), to offer non-byproduct meats in their foods so maybe not anymore.

It’s a bad idea in general for dogs and IMPOSSIBLE for cats. It’s just stupid, really, all around.

That’s horrible! Cats can GO BLIND from being put on vegetarian diets, let alone vegan. You probably saved its life a little bit.

Most people who (try) to raise their dogs vegan piss me off. Unless you’re willing to spend as much or more on your pet’s food than your own, then vegan dog-raising is not for you.

Do you mean my references to the McMansion Hell blog discussion, or the use of Beyonce’s name?

No, I’m a creative who works in branding—I saw the client case I mentioned from the cheap seats (but I did see it, all the same).

“I’m not—you are!” is quite the clapback.