bacteria, fungus, plants, protozoa, and (arguably) viruses are all alive, too. bed bugs. rattlesnakes. being alive isn’t actually that special, nor a reason, in itself, to refrain from eating or killing that thing.

you shouldn’t treat animals like smartphones, either. you treat different things differently.

they weren’t things. treating them like things is part of what made that wrong.

and treating animals like people is also wrong.

every human being is actually something and not someone

no, and this makes no sense

didn’t you try the directory I linked?

https://matrixrooms.info/

yea. I don’t use fluffy chat, I just use element, but it’s definitely searchable. there’s also a directory… let me dig it up

https://matrix.to/#%2F!GPQBPHOaOHUswTPQla%3Amatrix.org%3Fvia=mozilla.org&via=matrix.org&via=tchncs.de

we use matrix

the one that talks shit on so-called third parties is basically all conjecture and poorly interpreted academics.

great.

the same people trying to kill section 230

first of all, I don’t kill animals, except pests or by accident.

second, how can animals deserve… anything?

eating meat isn’t cruel

its pretty cool

tale as old as time

I didn’t see this film until the 2010s, and I couldn’t believe how accurately it lampooned my local scene.

just because it’s free doesn’t mean it’s worthless, and charging for content doesn’t make it valuable

nobody is going to want to create new content when they get paid nothing or almost nothing for doing so.

that’s a lie

pearl clutching

wanna fite?

why did you name him stomp