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rockatiel said:
I'm super worried that I'm going to get a C in Calc II. I didn't do so well on the second test. I'm getting a second chance on the problems I missed and if I do, that will get me up to a B. I'm just worried about the class getting harder and keeping the grade that way. I made an A in Calc I so it'a going to look strange. And it's a 5 credit hour class :nailbiting:
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My calc were both only 3 units a piece, but I pulled an A in I but a C in II. So you're not alone if it happens. My professor for I had a giant curve so I did well, but I didn't learn anything so I paid for it in II. I haven't used any calculus since then so I don't feel bad.
 
Trilt said:
My very first patient of clinics, who I had in the ICU for two freaking weeks, nursed through dialysis and a bizarre hemoabdomen, and who has been going through chemo for horribly aggressive prostatic cancer... sigh. I'm getting a freaking beer. or three.
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🙁 I'm sorry. There will always be a few extra specials whose stories stay with you forever
 
dyachei said:
I just sent an email explaining that I may not be able to teach anymore. I really like teaching but I do a lab class and my joint health is iffy at best. Makes me really sad.
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Well the email is sent, and the healing begins; this too shall pass. Sometimes we're bound by the limitations of our bodies, and it can end up being a bummer. If you have to stop teaching, I'm sure you'll replace it with something great

 
wheelin2vetmed said:
Well the email is sent, and the healing begins; this too shall pass. Sometimes we're bound by the limitations of our bodies, and it can end up being a bummer. If you have to stop teaching, I'm sure you'll replace it with something great

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thanks
 
dyachei said:
I just sent an email explaining that I may not be able to teach anymore. I really like teaching but I do a lab class and my joint health is iffy at best. Makes me really sad.
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I'm sorry dy 🙁 hopefully you'll get back to it some day, but even if you don't, you're definitely still teaching people in other ways 🙂
 
Trilt said:
My very first patient of clinics, who I had in the ICU for two freaking weeks, nursed through dialysis and a bizarre hemoabdomen, and who has been going through chemo for horribly aggressive prostatic cancer... sigh. I'm getting a freaking beer. or three.
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I saw this today and might have started crying. Geordie and I have been following him on instagram and it just makes me 🙁 He was such a fighter.
 
jmo1012 said:
🙁 I'm sorry. There will always be a few extra specials whose stories stay with you forever
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orca2011 said:
I saw this today and might have started crying. Geordie and I have been following him on instagram and it just makes me 🙁 He was such a fighter.
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I'm heartbroken. I caught him in the hallway just a few days ago and cuddled a bit - he looked like he was doing so well. He was euthanized here, too, and I was at the school just futzing around in dentistry, so if I'd seen the post earlier I could have stopped in and seen him. Ugh.
 
Trilt said:
I'm heartbroken. I caught him in the hallway just a few days ago and cuddled a bit - he looked like he was doing so well. He was euthanized here, too, and I was at the school just futzing around in dentistry, so if I'd seen the post earlier I could have stopped in and seen him. Ugh.
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Sorry Trilt 🙁 It's clear you care a great deal about your patients. You'll make a fabulous doctor.
 
wheelin2vetmed said:
Well the email is sent, and the healing begins; this too shall pass. Sometimes we're bound by the limitations of our bodies, and it can end up being a bummer. If you have to stop teaching, I'm sure you'll replace it with something great

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dyachei said:
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While I strongly dislike the reason behind it, this emoji is so dirtay it made me quite giggly. I hope you can return to teaching at some point, dy. I know I love it most of the time. Maybe you can make teaching videos? That is on my to do list.
 
dyachei said:
I just sent an email explaining that I may not be able to teach anymore. I really like teaching but I do a lab class and my joint health is iffy at best. Makes me really sad.
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I am so sorry. My mom has RA and I've watched her have to decrease her physical activity because of decreased function. This is someone who has been active Their entire life--tried out for the Olympic gymnastics team, ran 5Ks, loves to run miles everyday... But she has found new things to enjoy. The same will happen for you, if you can't really teach anymore. Rule #1 is always keep your health first.
 
Lupin21 said:
While I strongly dislike the reason behind it, this emoji is so dirtay it made me quite giggly.
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I grabbed that emoji from an "Animated Emoji Hug" Google search result. I thought "Awww, that's cute," and posted it. Then, right after, I thought "Someone like Lupin21 could totally call out the second, and potentially dirty translation of this emoji....no, it's too cute."

Thanks @Lupin21 :arghh:
 
wheelin2vetmed said:
I grabbed that emoji from an "Animated Emoji Hug" Google search result. I thought "Awww, that's cute," and posted it. Then, right after, I thought "Someone like Lupin21 could totally call out the second, and potentially dirty translation of this emoji....no, it's too cute."

Thanks @Lupin21 :arghh:
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If it can go there, I take it there with all the ifs, ands, or butts.

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I just spent two hours working on a stupid case study for my immunology class, slogging through a Journal of Immunology article and not understanding it. I finally asked my boyfriend for help (he's a pre-med biomedical engineering major) and he reads the article and understands it in under five minutes. :bang:

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alohacat319 said:
I just spent two hours working on a stupid case study for my immunology class, slogging through a Journal of Immunology article and not understanding it. I finally asked my boyfriend for help (he's a pre-med biomedical engineering major) and he reads the article and understands it in under five minutes. :bang:

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Ugh I hate this! Story of my life so I feel your pain!
 
Trilt said:
I'm heartbroken. I caught him in the hallway just a few days ago and cuddled a bit - he looked like he was doing so well. He was euthanized here, too, and I was at the school just futzing around in dentistry, so if I'd seen the post earlier I could have stopped in and seen him. Ugh.
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Ugh, I'm so sorry. -hugs- .
 
So there I am, sitting in biochem waiting for our midterm to start, trying to ignore the last minute cram questions. Then my ears pick up on something... "I'm not worried about getting into med school because I'm so smart and did amazing on the MCAT. Like, I got in the 95th percentile. But you know, I like decided that if that doesn't work out, then I'll just go be a vet cause I know I can get into any vet school I want." :banana:

..... the room turned a lovely shade of red and my body temp rose an easy 5 degrees. Being that I try to maintain my professional bearing since I'm the older guy in class, I did what any other self-respecting individual would do and I lost my marbles. I think the pulsing vein in the side of my head was her clue to not respond and take the beating. :diebanana:

For note - my school is extremely heavy on human medicine with dual-enrollment to a lot of professional programs, so with that comes an abundance of these self-absorbed/entitled kids, many of whom have not had to work a day in their life. "Everything is easy, because, like, you know, if I want it then I just get it." :barf:

Rant Over.
 
FeartheDogMonky said:
Being that I try to maintain my professional bearing since I'm the older guy in class, I did what any other self-respecting individual would do and I lost my marbles. I think the pulsing vein in the side of my head was her clue to not respond and take the beating.
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Well what did you say, old man?

At 28, I'm that guy in class as well. I think we'd make a good tag team. You can verbally beat them down, and then I can run over their feet.
 
Jilary said:
It probably wasn't very nice for the other people in the gym either.
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I wiped the machines down after each use and I'm not actively coughing or sneezing but I see your point.

I got a years worth of personal training as a gift last Christmas and if you don't give 24 hrs notice you can't reschedule. I called this morning and tried. Probably would have been worth the $40 loss retrospectively.
 
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3 finals tomorrow -_- Do NOT wanna study
On the bright side, I'll be done with classes and on my way to clinics! So rant/rave?
 
There is a younger pre vet at my school who is pretty much the most inflammatory person ever. She literally has no understanding of the profession, but thinks she will get into the most competitive OOS schools because she "just can't go to the IS school". Guess that wouldn't make her special enough. She's a vegan, and while that doesn't bother me, her additude towards people who eat meat does. She said that I was a hypocrite because I want to be a vet but eat meat. Tell that to me when I send my bosses a ham every Christmas! Her opinions of the profession would get her app thrown in the trash at an interview. She's actually super cocky--talks about her beautiful biological mind and she's a genius and all this stuff. She complains about every class, especially science ones. She's failing organic chem but it's everyone else's fault for being to busy to tutor her. Trying to help her is terrible. You explain things to her in the smallest of steps and she still complains that she doesn't get it. and its still your fault that she doesn't get it. I'm sorry, but hearing my name I her mouth after all I've put up with to mentor her just lit a fire under me.
 
rockatiel said:
She said that I was a hypocrite because I want to be a vet but eat meat.
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I had a vegan in college tell me that same thing. What was hilarious was she bought a brand new coat one day and it had real snakeskin buttons (clear on the label) and she claimed she thought it was faux. Even after she found out, she didn't try to return it.

I honestly don't care what you eat if you don't judge what I eat. But for the people that do, I tell them that vets keep meat safe to eat, so no hypocrisy there.
 
rockatiel said:
There is a younger pre vet at my school who is pretty much the most inflammatory person ever. She literally has no understanding of the profession, but thinks she will get into the most competitive OOS schools because she "just can't go to the IS school". Guess that wouldn't make her special enough. She's a vegan, and while that doesn't bother me, her additude towards people who eat meat does. She said that I was a hypocrite because I want to be a vet but eat meat. Tell that to me when I send my bosses a ham every Christmas! Her opinions of the profession would get her app thrown in the trash at an interview. She's actually super cocky--talks about her beautiful biological mind and she's a genius and all this stuff. She complains about every class, especially science ones. She's failing organic chem but it's everyone else's fault for being to busy to tutor her. Trying to help her is terrible. You explain things to her in the smallest of steps and she still complains that she doesn't get it. and its still your fault that she doesn't get it. I'm sorry, but hearing my name I her mouth after all I've put up with to mentor her just lit a fire under me.
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I've dealt with similar people-I'm sure we all have. Plenty of my veg friends are completely respectful of my choices, and vice versa. I have dealt with one or two that literally got up and left mid lunch when I pulled out chicken nuggets or something. I can do without that, lol. Just remember that the disrespect of dietary choices can go both ways. It's perfectly acceptable to be a vegetarian/vegan vet, just respect what others choose.

To emphasize dy's story, a lot of people (vegetarian or not) buy their clothing, cosmetics, and healthcare products blindly. I think awareness of what goes into the production of cosmetics is increasing due to pressure on the companies, but still. One of my vegan friends (not pre-vet) had no clue animals were tested on by some makeup companies, where a lot of red dyes come from, etc. and she is one of the most in-your-face vegans I've met.
 
rockatiel said:
She's a vegan, and while that doesn't bother me, her additude towards people who eat meat does.
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Oddly enough, I actually never met a vegan or even a vegetarian until I got to vet school. But my classmates who are vegan do not hold this snotty attitude and have their own reasons for being vegan. But they all fully understand that being a vet, you have to learn about food animal medicine.

Does she not realize that vets play a huge role in the food and fiber industries? Maybe she'll be that extra special student who doesn't have to touch a cow because she morally objects to raising and humanely slaughtering it for meat. Surely if she does get through the paper application, she couldn't possibly pass the interview with that attitude.
 
MouseWrangler said:
Oddly enough, I actually never met a vegan or even a vegetarian until I got to vet school. But my classmates who are vegan do not hold this snotty attitude and have their own reasons for being vegan. But they all fully understand that being a vet, you have to learn about food animal medicine.

Does she not realize that vets play a huge role in the food and fiber industries? Maybe she'll be that extra special student who doesn't have to touch a cow because she morally objects to raising and humanely slaughtering it for meat. Surely if she does get through the paper application, she couldn't possibly pass the interview with that attitude.
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Exactly! I have tons of respect for vegans and vegetarians. I actually often wish I could control my diet that well. But a lot of vet schools deals with food animal med, because that's an important industry. Hopefully she knows she will have to do that stuff.
 
FeartheDogMonky said:
So there I am, sitting in biochem waiting for our midterm to start, trying to ignore the last minute cram questions. Then my ears pick up on something... "I'm not worried about getting into med school because I'm so smart and did amazing on the MCAT. Like, I got in the 95th percentile. But you know, I like decided that if that doesn't work out, then I'll just go be a vet cause I know I can get into any vet school I want." :banana:

..... the room turned a lovely shade of red and my body temp rose an easy 5 degrees. Being that I try to maintain my professional bearing since I'm the older guy in class, I did what any other self-respecting individual would do and I lost my marbles. I think the pulsing vein in the side of my head was her clue to not respond and take the beating. :diebanana:

For note - my school is extremely heavy on human medicine with dual-enrollment to a lot of professional programs, so with that comes an abundance of these self-absorbed/entitled kids, many of whom have not had to work a day in their life. "Everything is easy, because, like, you know, if I want it then I just get it." :barf:

Rant Over.
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I can't stand this additude. Adcoms will take care of that one, though.
 
rockatiel said:
There is a younger pre vet at my school who is pretty much the most inflammatory person ever. She literally has no understanding of the profession, but thinks she will get into the most competitive OOS schools because she "just can't go to the IS school". Guess that wouldn't make her special enough. She's a vegan, and while that doesn't bother me, her additude towards people who eat meat does. She said that I was a hypocrite because I want to be a vet but eat meat. Tell that to me when I send my bosses a ham every Christmas! Her opinions of the profession would get her app thrown in the trash at an interview. She's actually super cocky--talks about her beautiful biological mind and she's a genius and all this stuff. She complains about every class, especially science ones. She's failing organic chem but it's everyone else's fault for being to busy to tutor her. Trying to help her is terrible. You explain things to her in the smallest of steps and she still complains that she doesn't get it. and its still your fault that she doesn't get it. I'm sorry, but hearing my name I her mouth after all I've put up with to mentor her just lit a fire under me.
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Haha I would just be like "Good for you dear, good for you", then give her the trusty middle finger behind my back. They're going to chew her out if she shows her true self at the interviews. I think you should point out that she's a hypocrite, she's going to inspect food animals at some point in her veterinary career, be it as a student of GP, and uh......it's going to be for the sole purpose of someone eventually getting nommies.
 
Pugsforlove2014 said:
Haha I would just be like "Good for you dear, good for you", then give her the trusty middle finger behind my back. They're going to chew her out if she shows her true self at the interviews. I think you should point out that she's a hypocrite, she's going to inspect food animals at some point in her veterinary career, be it as a student of GP, and uh......it's going to be for the sole purpose of someone eventually getting nommies.
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I want to tell her that her quarrel obviously isn't with me, it's with the entire profession.
 
I hate when people are disrespectful of other people's choices, and that goes both ways. I'm a vegetarian (living in Texas) and I get SOO much s*** from people about it. The meat industry makes me kind of sad, but I understand why people eat meat and I respect that (however, I do think people eat way too much meat... To a level in which it's not healthy). When I travel to other countries, I eat meat so I can get a feel for the culture, so I'm not as strict as some. But, there are some foods that I actually beg people not to eat and I can see how that would be bothersome, but awareness is a big issue for me. For example, I will literally beg people to not buy or eat octopus or squid. They are so incredibly intelligent it's insane, and it kills me that they are caught or farmed and treated so poorly, and people buy in to the horrible industry and eat them. But that's really the only animals I'm that passionate against people eating. For me, there's not a huge difference between cows and goats and dogs and cats. I just can't eat them! But I'm still respectful of other people's habits and I don't think that not eating for meat signifies that one person loves animals more than another... Maybe I'll eat meat again one day, when I can afford not to buy it from regular stores in which I have no real knowledge of where it came from or how it was treated.. Who knows!
 
dyachei said:
I had a vegan in college tell me that same thing. What was hilarious was she bought a brand new coat one day and it had real snakeskin buttons (clear on the label) and she claimed she thought it was faux. Even after she found out, she didn't try to return it.

I honestly don't care what you eat if you don't judge what I eat. But for the people that do, I tell them that vets keep meat safe to eat, so no hypocrisy there.
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I've had a vegan in vet school tell me that.
 
rockatiel said:
I can't stand this additude. Adcoms will take care of that one, though.
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Not necessarily. You'd be surprise how people can be complete a**holes, then put on a good show for interviews for jobs or school. Sometimes they don't realize how they come off to others, though. There are a few people in my class that have me wondering how they behaved in their interview. Obviously they were well-behaved enough to not raise any red flags.

As a mentor to your peach of a pre-vet, maybe you could see this as an opportunity to help her learn more about the profession (assuming your knowledge is welcome...).
hazelmoo said:
I hate when people are disrespectful of other people's choices, and that goes both ways. I'm a vegetarian (living in Texas) and I get SOO much s*** from people about it. The meat industry makes me kind of sad, but I understand why people eat meat and I respect that (however, I do think people eat way too much meat... To a level in which it's not healthy). When I travel to other countries, I eat meat so I can get a feel for the culture, so I'm not as strict as some. But, there are some foods that I actually beg people not to eat and I can see how that would be bothersome, but awareness is a big issues for me. For example, I will literally beg people to not buy or eat octopus or squid. They are so incredibly intelligent it's insane, and it kills me that they are caught or farmed and treated so poorly, and people buy in to the horrible industry and eat them. For me, there's not a huge difference between cows and goats and dogs and cats. I just can't eat them! But I'm still respectful of other people's habits and I don't think that not eating for meat signifies that one person loves animals more than another... Maybe I'll eat meat again one day, when I can afford not to buy it from regular stores in which I have no real knowledge of where it came from or how it was treated.. Who knows!
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Exactly what I was trying to say, I'm glad you shared your experience. For all of the people who are harassed for eating meat, there are vegetarians/vegans who are bullied for choosing not to. Our dean told us a story about how a student had her car vandalized with "Got meat?" bumper stickers during vet school because she was a vegetarian.

When I purchase meat, I do my best to make sure it's the best purchase I can make. Sustainability is important to me, but there's a whole lot of false marketing in the meat industry and it makes it hard (that, and I have that pesky budget). Seafood is another issue entirely...
 
dyachei said:
I had a vegan in college tell me that same thing. What was hilarious was she bought a brand new coat one day and it had real snakeskin buttons (clear on the label) and she claimed she thought it was faux. Even after she found out, she didn't try to return it.

I honestly don't care what you eat if you don't judge what I eat. But for the people that do, I tell them that vets keep meat safe to eat, so no hypocrisy there.
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pinkpuppy9 said:
I've dealt with similar people-I'm sure we all have. Plenty of my veg friends are completely respectful of my choices, and vice versa. I have dealt with one or two that literally got up and left mid lunch when I pulled out chicken nuggets or something. I can do without that, lol. Just remember that the disrespect of dietary choices can go both ways. It's perfectly acceptable to be a vegetarian/vegan vet, just respect what others choose.

To emphasize dy's story, a lot of people (vegetarian or not) buy their clothing, cosmetics, and healthcare products blindly. I think awareness of what goes into the production of cosmetics is increasing due to pressure on the companies, but still. One of my vegan friends (not pre-vet) had no clue animals were tested on by some makeup companies, where a lot of red dyes come from, etc. and she is one of the most in-your-face vegans I've met.
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This bothers me. I feel like if you're going to be that intense with your veganism, you should be well rounded. I'm very into sustainable fishing and growing.. I won't buy any products that were tested on animals or contain anything from an animal that would be harmful to them (snakeskin). I'm also careful to buy from companies that support sustainable growing in other countries and stay away from anything that contains palm oil. I do a lot of research before I buy anything. It takes a lot of time, but it's worth it for me. I wish everyone lived by taking the world into account, but I know that's not realistic. A lot of people just don't care, where as others just aren't aware.
 
hazelmoo said:
This bothers me. I feel like if you're going to be that intense with your veganism, you should be well rounded. I'm very into sustainable fishing and growing.. I won't buy any products that were tested on animals or contain anything from an animal that would be harmful to them (snakeskin). I'm also careful to buy from companies that support sustainable growing in other countries and stay away from anything that contains palm oil. I do a lot of research before I buy anything. It takes a lot of time, but it's worth it for me. I wish everyone lived by taking the world into account, but I know that's not realistic. A lot of people just don't care, where as others just aren't aware.
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There are some handy apps I've discovered that makes it a lot easier! Unfortunately, a lot of your purchasing power depends on what your local groceries choose to stock...
 
pinkpuppy9 said:
Not necessarily. You'd be surprise how people can be complete a**holes, then put on a good show for interviews for jobs or school. Sometimes they don't realize how they come off to others, though. There are a few people in my class that have me wondering how they behaved in their interview. Obviously they were well-behaved enough to not raise any red flags.

As a mentor to your peach of a pre-vet, maybe you could see this as an opportunity to help her learn more about the profession (assuming your knowledge is welcome...).

Exactly what I was trying to say, I'm glad you shared your experience. For all of the people who are harassed for eating meat, there are vegetarians/vegans who are bullied for choosing not to. Our dean told us a story about how a student had her car vandalized with "Got meat?" bumper stickers during vet school because she was a vegetarian.

When I purchase meat, I do my best to make sure it's the best purchase I can make. Sustainability is important to me, but there's a whole lot of false marketing in the meat industry and it makes it hard (that, and I have that pesky budget). Seafood is another issue entirely...
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I keep a seafood watch guide in my purse at all times that tells me what is okay and what isn't in terms of sustainable seafood lol. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has some great resources!! I HATE what big fishing companies do to our oceans!! It drives me crazy; and a lot of people have no idea what they're supporting when they buy certain seafood like canned tuna or cheap salmon!
 
hazelmoo said:
I keep a seafood watch guide in my purse at all times that tells me what is okay and what isn't in terms of sustainable seafood lol. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has some great resources!! I HATE what big fishing companies do to our oceans!! It drives me crazy; and a lot of people have no idea what they're supporting when they buy certain seafood like canned tuna or cheap salmon!
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or tilapia :barf:(which is fine, because I can't stand the taste of tilapia anyways)
 
pinkpuppy9 said:
There are some handy apps I've discovered that makes it a lot easier! Unfortunately, a lot of your purchasing power depends on what your local groceries choose to stock...
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Exactly.. and they make it WAY more expensive too. I wanted to make tuna salad for my SO, and I paid $12 for a can of sustainably caught tuna at a local natural grocery store. It sucks, especially when I could buy a regular can of unsustainable tuna for $1.50. I hate it!
 
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It's also hard to talk to people about it, because I don't want to sound "ranty" or sound like lecturing them. That's what a lot of vegans and vegetarians don't get. If you want people to care about things and be aware about issues, you have to approach it in a certain manner as to not make anyone feel threatened or looked down upon. It's hard sometimes, especially when I'm talking about recycling or octopus or sustainable seafood, but that's something that I'm truly working on! Because the only way to bring awareness and make change is by being respectful and nice so people actually want to listen and support you!
 
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