I’m being called an ableist in the replies because some people need to eat meat due to allergies. This place never changes :)

Wild to assume this was a personal attack on you, the main character, and not a broad statement about the environmental and political impacts of eating meat, which is ofc exactly what my actual words said.

Unambiguously correct. One of the most impactful things anyone can do politically or environmentally is go vegetarian. But Americans love burger. Meat is masculine coded and in fact a big part of masculine identity for millions.

If you can’t keep your caucus together, what good are you ??!

No no you see, you need to engage with the author’s other works to really understand the details, you can’t just read takes and secondary sources!

Relatedly, Brian Doyle remains one of the best to do it

(I don’t know for sure tho, would hate to be wrong, still lots of fuck shit the govt can do)

Exhibit A

100% yes. He has the literal textbook physique of “takes gear but doesn’t really workout”

I gotta stop looking at madness runes, man

My friends have, in similar times of distress, done dishes in the shower. Wouldn’t recommend.