Also, the dude literally cites Greece, who do you think bailed out of the EU first? Does that mean Greece isn't in Europe?
Well not Greece because it's very much still a member of the EU. It even still uses the Euro as a currency. Of all its members, the UK is the only one that left.
I don't think there'd be enough frogs in the wild to fulfil demand.
Yes, there isn't enough frogs in the wild for it to be sustainable at the scale they're being hunted. And that's why scientists raise the alarm about frog populations decline in those places where they are being hunted.
From the same article I linked, still in French, which you can easily machine translate:
"En raison de leur chasse importante, plusieurs espèces et populations connaissent déjà un déclin significatif", s'inquiètent les experts."
""Due to their heavy hunting, several species and populations are already experiencing a significant decline," experts worry."
That's not what I read. Frog farming is difficult because they must eat live prey. So most of it is imported from places where they don't bother with farming, or environmental conservation.
From an article in French:
"Problème, pour les scientifiques, ces animaux sont issus "en grande majorité de populations sauvages", et "en particulier d'Indonésie, de Turquie, d'Albanie et du Vietnam"
"Problematically for scientists, those animals come "in vast majority from wilderness populations" and "particularly from Indonesia, Turkey, Albania and Vietnam"
I have the same experience as well. Never met anyone eating or offering frogs in my life. When I was a kid, in the first half of the 90's, I would sometimes see frozen frog legs in supermarkets, but I never saw anyone buying them and they have disappeared from french supermarkets for well over 30 years now.
I think it's only local fairs and festivals and some local restaurants, arguing to keep culinary tradition alive who still serves them, definitely not everyday people. Which is ironic because almost all frogs consumed in France are imported from Indonesia. Poor frogs would be better left alone in their rainforest :(
"Black lives matter" is a desperate cry for help from people subjected to the deadly violence of the police and of racist "neighbourhood watch vigilante wannabes" (killing or Trayvon Martin) or straight up lynchers (killing of Ahmaud Arbery), to demand "stop killing us".
Now imagine responding to that "No! No! ALL Lives matter."
People saying all lives matter are either that stupid to believe it means only black lives matter or that malicious to pretend it does when it was never implied.
I don't know how to explain it better if you still don't get it. It's kinda like if I was passing through a famine stricken country and people dying from hunger told me they were hungry and I went "Well, everyone's hungry" before turning a deaf ear to their suffering. It's that disgusting.
Between this and the video from inside the coffee shop showing the goon running away with the victim's gun get startled and turn his head towards the shooter at the first shot, I don't know how people imagined this was because of the accidental discharge of the goon who took the victim's gun.
And even if it were, the guy was on his knees, peppersprayed just seconds ago, getting hit in the face with a pepperspray can, with both arms restrained when he got shot in the back for fuck sake.
In the longer version of this video you can see ICE goons crouched over his body going through his pockets and ripping open his shirt. I read a statement from some ICE goon saying they gave him chest compression on site. Which obviously won't do anything after magdumping into someone's back.
My excuse? I live in France buddy, do you think it's on me and my fellow compatriot wageslaves to protest our government in order to make them act against your government? We have our own struggles to contend with if you can believe it, and even if we had the time and energy, how is it our place to try to repair the shit show going on in your country. As to our leaders, the US has been trying to brazenly fuck us for the past year, almost on the daily now, don't you think if they could do more to defend themselves they would?
«As least as culpable» ? So, maybe more culpable? I don't even know how to qualify that type of thinking. Again, it's not my country, I only have to suffer the consequences of what's going on there like the rest of the world. I guess, sorry there's an ocean between us? My bad.
Tut-tutting?
The guy felt the need to apologise on behalf of the US. Except he doesn't speak on behalf of the US. I appreciate they're trying to be a good person but what am I supposed to do with it, is it supposed to make us feel better? Because to me it doesn't. Thanks but it's a meaningless gesture. Is it supposed to make them feel better? In which case, OK cool whatever. But I'm sorry my expressing a feeling of lassitude about American commentary adressed at us, Europeans and the reest of the world, upset you that much. I guess I'll make sure to do better next time and put in efforts in my spare time to try help you fix your country for you?
I appreciate that you mean well, but apologies on behalf of America are just empty, worthless words. I know I have no use for it and can't imagine who would.
I have nothing against you personally, and the fact that you're not a Republican ghoul is already a lot to ask in today's Trump's America, but the rest of the world is well past caring about Americans futilely commenting about their sense of shame on the Internet.
Wow. I'm gonna start using the phrase «on a scale from zero to Maria Corina Machado regifting her Nobel prize, how desperate and useless are you right now?»
If you're having a mental health crisis, get off social media and call someone you can trust to help you from your family or a mental health crisis hotline. I'll say it again, call someone for help if you need it.
Celebratory slice of cake maybe?
Huh.
Well not Greece because it's very much still a member of the EU. It even still uses the Euro as a currency. Of all its members, the UK is the only one that left.
Capybara has a right to have one day at the beach. It works very hard at being a capybara.
Yes, there isn't enough frogs in the wild for it to be sustainable at the scale they're being hunted. And that's why scientists raise the alarm about frog populations decline in those places where they are being hunted.
From the same article I linked, still in French, which you can easily machine translate:
"En raison de leur chasse importante, plusieurs espèces et populations connaissent déjà un déclin significatif", s'inquiètent les experts."
""Due to their heavy hunting, several species and populations are already experiencing a significant decline," experts worry."
That's not what I read. Frog farming is difficult because they must eat live prey. So most of it is imported from places where they don't bother with farming, or environmental conservation.
From an article in French:
"Problème, pour les scientifiques, ces animaux sont issus "en grande majorité de populations sauvages", et "en particulier d'Indonésie, de Turquie, d'Albanie et du Vietnam"
"Problematically for scientists, those animals come "in vast majority from wilderness populations" and "particularly from Indonesia, Turkey, Albania and Vietnam"
Link to the article in French
https://www.bfmtv.com/animaux/une-responsabilite-particuliere-plus-de-500-scientifiques-demandent-a-la-france-de-freiner-les-importations-de-cuisses-de-grenouilles_AN-202403090160.html
I have the same experience as well. Never met anyone eating or offering frogs in my life. When I was a kid, in the first half of the 90's, I would sometimes see frozen frog legs in supermarkets, but I never saw anyone buying them and they have disappeared from french supermarkets for well over 30 years now. I think it's only local fairs and festivals and some local restaurants, arguing to keep culinary tradition alive who still serves them, definitely not everyday people. Which is ironic because almost all frogs consumed in France are imported from Indonesia. Poor frogs would be better left alone in their rainforest :(
Knowing how the man liked to add uh... flair to the way he executed slavers, I think he would also have really liked a chainsaw. Or a woodchipper.
"Black lives matter" is a desperate cry for help from people subjected to the deadly violence of the police and of racist "neighbourhood watch vigilante wannabes" (killing or Trayvon Martin) or straight up lynchers (killing of Ahmaud Arbery), to demand "stop killing us".
Now imagine responding to that "No! No! ALL Lives matter."
People saying all lives matter are either that stupid to believe it means only black lives matter or that malicious to pretend it does when it was never implied.
I don't know how to explain it better if you still don't get it. It's kinda like if I was passing through a famine stricken country and people dying from hunger told me they were hungry and I went "Well, everyone's hungry" before turning a deaf ear to their suffering. It's that disgusting.
Looks more like an armored pug to me but nonetheless admirable craftsmanship
Between this and the video from inside the coffee shop showing the goon running away with the victim's gun get startled and turn his head towards the shooter at the first shot, I don't know how people imagined this was because of the accidental discharge of the goon who took the victim's gun.
And even if it were, the guy was on his knees, peppersprayed just seconds ago, getting hit in the face with a pepperspray can, with both arms restrained when he got shot in the back for fuck sake.
In the longer version of this video you can see ICE goons crouched over his body going through his pockets and ripping open his shirt. I read a statement from some ICE goon saying they gave him chest compression on site. Which obviously won't do anything after magdumping into someone's back.
That horse's not mad, she's just disappointed.
What a fool.
I'm sorry. What?
My excuse? I live in France buddy, do you think it's on me and my fellow compatriot wageslaves to protest our government in order to make them act against your government? We have our own struggles to contend with if you can believe it, and even if we had the time and energy, how is it our place to try to repair the shit show going on in your country. As to our leaders, the US has been trying to brazenly fuck us for the past year, almost on the daily now, don't you think if they could do more to defend themselves they would?
«As least as culpable» ? So, maybe more culpable? I don't even know how to qualify that type of thinking. Again, it's not my country, I only have to suffer the consequences of what's going on there like the rest of the world. I guess, sorry there's an ocean between us? My bad.
Tut-tutting?
The guy felt the need to apologise on behalf of the US. Except he doesn't speak on behalf of the US. I appreciate they're trying to be a good person but what am I supposed to do with it, is it supposed to make us feel better? Because to me it doesn't. Thanks but it's a meaningless gesture. Is it supposed to make them feel better? In which case, OK cool whatever. But I'm sorry my expressing a feeling of lassitude about American commentary adressed at us, Europeans and the reest of the world, upset you that much. I guess I'll make sure to do better next time and put in efforts in my spare time to try help you fix your country for you?
I appreciate that you mean well, but apologies on behalf of America are just empty, worthless words. I know I have no use for it and can't imagine who would.
I have nothing against you personally, and the fact that you're not a Republican ghoul is already a lot to ask in today's Trump's America, but the rest of the world is well past caring about Americans futilely commenting about their sense of shame on the Internet.
Wow. I'm gonna start using the phrase «on a scale from zero to Maria Corina Machado regifting her Nobel prize, how desperate and useless are you right now?»
Narrator: «they did end up with 250 swearing birds»
Another great day to get up and live in the insane reality of fascism
If you're having a mental health crisis, get off social media and call someone you can trust to help you from your family or a mental health crisis hotline. I'll say it again, call someone for help if you need it.