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[–] jellyfishhunter@lemmy.world 131 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

I know nothing about paintball, but I feel like there has to be vegan paintballs.

[–] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 58 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Fuck. I guess you're the one attending paintball with a Claymore.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago
[–] BoosBeau@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, you play for keeps

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Blend kale and almond milk.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

A touch of nutritional yeast does wonders

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[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

Agar maybe, or alginate

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[–] deHaga@feddit.uk 75 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It was just medieval food safety to not eat pork in hot countries. They really need to update their software.

[–] Hapankaali@lemmy.world 57 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

The origin of Abrahamic dietary laws is not certain. There is no obvious benefit in terms of hygiene, also not in ancient times (they long predate "medieval" times). Keep in mind that poultry carries a significant risk of salmonella poisoning.

It has been suggested that the origin might have simply been that pigs are viewed as unclean due to their own diet including carrion. Another speculated reason is that rulers might have wanted to promote poultry due to it being a more economical way of raising livestock.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i have a specific unusual food allergy. I always presumed abraham or ishmael or jacob or moses or one of them mythical folk had a food allergy against pigs and said "you know what, if i started a religion about not eating pigs maybe i wouldn't get the runs every time i went out to eat"

[–] Nythos@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

“Pork makes me shit so much that Moses could part it, that’s it! It’s banned”

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There was also the result of drawing a sharp line between the in-group and everyone else. If we have strict dietary laws but the people on the other side of the hill don’t share them, then it follows that they’re unspeakable barbarians, and that we should not trade or cooperate with them, let alone intermarry, and indeed, it’s acceptable to kill them and take their stuff, as surely such a barbarous people would do the same to us.

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[–] Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Maybe they just thought pigs are too cute to eat.

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Could also just be an exaggerated case of "ew, poor people food", since pigs will eat damn near anything.

I guess chickens are similarly omnivorous and take up less space though (plus, eggs). And are arguably easier to transport and defend (a rooster can fuck you up)

[–] deHaga@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I thought it was due to the parasites, worms?, that pork gets in hot arid countries which is why both the Jews and Muslims don't eat it

[–] Hapankaali@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, that's just an ad-hoc rationalization. Before refrigeration, people didn't just leave fresh meat lying around. Either it was consumed immediately after cooking it, or it was smoked, cured or dried right away after butchering (people used much more salt than they do nowadays for e.g. modern hams to make sure the meat lasted a long time). The climate doesn't really matter - in temperate climates fresh meat goes bad rapidly as well.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Just going to point out that cold storage predates modern refrigeration by literal millenia, hell there was a Greek island that mastered it well enough to consistently manufacture ice cream. I think the term I've heard is lagen basically a stone basement with evaporation boxes that can be used to keep tempatures around 50°F. The problem was consistency and how much labor it took to actually build the things, also they'd sometimes just kinda break if the environment shifted too much or were only usable during certain seasons.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

It reminds me of Northern Europeans stereotyping Southern Europeans as lazy. But Northern European don't realise it is mainly because Southern Europe is very hot to work for longer hours. The Southern European "siesta" of course carried over to Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Before Cuba gained independence from Spain, they only work three hours a day, and this happened only about one hundred years ago.

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[–] Raptor_007@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. Religion is well-known for its acceptance of logic 😆

[–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's religion, not science. Unfortunately, logic isn't a requirement.

[–] 5oap10116@lemmy.world 70 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hindu paintballers be like

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 41 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah wait, can we not make paintballs with...no animal parts?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it's jist the shell the paint is in that uses animal parts, and glycerine can be made from plants too. 🤷‍♂️

[–] redundantgrouch@sh.itjust.works 37 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

You can definitely get Glycerine from a Bush.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I hate living in this wheel where everyone steals.

[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah it sucks, but when we rise it's like strawberry fields.

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[–] ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m guessing the shell is made from gelatin or something? Which is made from animal bones. I can’t think of what else would be made from animal.

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[–] harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

Literally 1857

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 47 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Someone needs to explain to me why there’s ANY animal product in a paintball in the first place.

[–] new_guy@lemmy.world 65 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Paintballs are made of gelatin. Gelatin is often just collagen and collagen is basically connective tissue.

[–] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Fun fact! This is why E Ink displays use pig products!

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 points 3 weeks ago

Is there a Halal Kindle for the Islamic world?

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[–] edinbruh@feddit.it 11 points 3 weeks ago

I only did paintball once, and that place didn't use gelatin balls, I think they were made of a thin bioplastic film (corn stuff) filled with ink

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[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Hope you aren't a gummy bear fan, cause I have news for you

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

You know they're not really made of bears, right?

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[–] responsible_sith@programming.dev 36 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

So you don't need them to be hallal if you just don't get hit.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Etterra@discuss.online 10 points 3 weeks ago

One man's religious stupidity is another man's business opportunity.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You die.

You ascend to the pearly gates. Saint Peter stands there, or the Islamic equivalent, whatever, holding a book with your record. He flips through it.

“Let’s see. Beat his wife and kids, no problem. Stole massive amounts of money, okay. Generally racist, shouldn’t be an issue. Killed a man in cold blood. It was a Jew, so no great loss. Wait. You used pork paintballs? Are you fucking kidding me?”

A hole opens beneath you. You fall straight to hell.

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And halal paint balls still hurt when getting shot.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Shouldn't hurt too much, they do no haram

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"Within islam" is doing a lot if work here that should be elaborated upon.

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme

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