I try not to differentiate the fact that I am causing death while consuming, be it animal or plant. Being naive to that fact as a ‘reason’ to switch to any (food) lifestyle is amusing and disturbing in equal measure to me.

If your friends can’t have sober fun, then they are not worth it. Not sure of your interests but, as a non-drinker myself, I spend my social time doing physical activities (rock-climbing, mountain biking, MX etc.). You tend to meet like-minded people or even influence them to change just by changing the location of…

I feel for you, I have had the dog I grew up with die in my arms at home. It was/is very painful and i miss her terribly.

If you are committed from the start, then that is your contract. Sex may just be sex to one party, but may be more for your partner.

I am currently planning my retirement on what i want to spend, not (entirely) projecting my budget forward.

i am not of the required gender, but with the number of keys required, they should fill out a bra quite nicely, so perhaps, I shall join the ‘club’ ;)

Cool Idea, but that would weigh my foot down quite a bit. I live in a country that requires us to lock our house up with more than just one key...

this is a Kinja burner account, and my passwords are all 100% unique for every account/pin etc.

we both failed that one ;)

Better to keep the outside out and the inside in, only let the outside in if you can guarantee the data is secure when it comes in and if returning outside, secure at its destination.

Step 0. Never use software that requires you to create an online account, it is a security risk and a spam/marketing magnet.