Oh, I’m doing the same. I just don’t want another Ghostbusters on our hands, where we get annoying fanboys whining about how putting a woman in anything makes it bad.

Ugh, with the way the pissy fanboys have been about this movie, I was really hoping it would be good just to shut them up.

More than that, Bulbasaur was strong against the first two gyms, had a resistance against the third gym, was neutral to the fourth and fifth, and was strong against the eighth. Bulbasaur is basically easy mode.

“Even when it’s a less popular item (like meat loaf, death to meat loaf forever), responses like “My mom makes the BEST meat loaf, you should try hers!” just make me want to throw a plate of horrid ketchup-flavored, formerly meatlike glob-substance in the face of whoever just said it.”

Yeah...even the idea that a somewhat fancy restaurant would have old leftovers of their signature item just sitting around on one of the busiest days of the year is ridiculous, honestly.

Sure, but a dictionary definition isn’t going to capture the nature of politics, which is that republican/democrat/conservative/liberal are all sliding definitions that change with generations and cultures.

How so?

I’m not saying that the act of paying for a movie affects your enjoyment of it.

So for instance, I judge the OP based on his actions. While I don’t know how he treats this vegan woman he knows, I know his very action of accusing this person of bad motives encourages negative treatment of vegans.

Judgment for personal choices that harm no one is shitty. Judgment for actions that affect the world around you is necessary. Judgment based on inferred motives of a person that you can never fully understand is stupid.

And thank you for implying that the fact that I think someone’s motives for a personal choice that does not affect anyone around them are...well, personal...means that I don’t care about people. You really nailed it there. Well done.

And I’ll note yours. I just think it’s stupid.

You didn’t say lynching, but it was inferred.

And I’m not attributing motives. I’m looking at actions. I’m looking at a dude looking for a reason to judge a vegan. I’m judging his judgment. That isn’t a contradictory viewpoint.

If you think you can prevent bad actions by identifying why someone is vegan, go ahead. Good luck with that. How is that going to work, exactly?

I’m sorry, but are you really comparing taking part in a diet fad to lynching people?

All any of this is, is just looking for an excuse to look down on someone. That’s ALL the OP was doing. He was looking for an excuse to be critical, and he assigned a motive that he thought validated that judgment.

The motive that he discussed that he wanted to be critical of was that they were doing it to “fit in”. Why the fuck does that matter if that is there motive? Why does that impact you in any fashion that requires judgment?

At the end of the day, it is stupid to just look for possible reasons to judge people. It is. Judge them on their actions, judge them on their stated motives.

“All possible moral views” is such a stretch though. Without any evidence of an uncommon motive, you can reasonable assume it is a standard motive. There is no way to way to account for “all possible moral views” for any action. That’s just not a practical way to go through life. If somebody donates to charity, you…