Recent content by Caracal

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    what are you reading?

    I just finished reading Burnt Tongues which is an anthology of "transgressive" short fiction edited by Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) among other people. Of course transgressiveness is a kind of moving target depending on the reader and their society; there was nothing I found terribly...
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    How Do You Feel About Veganism?

    In theory, supporting veggie options makes them economically viable and reduces the amount of meat created by the industry overall. i.e. the food truck had purchased and bought less meat than it might have in years past because that portion of their sales are now veggie. Or if they didn't this...
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    How Do You Feel About Veganism?

    My ideas around vegetarianism/veganism are based around harm reduction, rather than the idea that life is too sacred to eat or some such notion. The way I look at harm reduction supposes two things- one, that to be moral I am not expected to be omniscient. If an attempt to reduce harm somehow...
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    What's your favorite horror/gore movies?

    It doesn't get great reviews and has it's holes for sure, but I really liked Banshee Chapter. Loosely based on ideas from Lovecraft's short story From Beyond, it's found footage/documentary style which is something that has always appealed to me. Ultimately I think it's those fingers that freak...