charlytune

charlytune , 1 month ago to science_memes in Oxygen

In rust we trust!

charlytune , 1 month ago to nostupidquestions in How do people actually dumpster dive to get free food? Are there any other cheap/free ways like this to get food?

Probably even better for OP if they have no money is the Olio app, where people give away free food (and non-food). It depends on activity in your local area, but in many areas there are people who regularly collect food from supermarkets at the end of the day to give away. I’ve given away portions of meals before when I’ve cooked too much to freeze it all.

charlytune , 1 month ago to asklemmy in What was your best decision in life?

I realised a relationship was doomed when I had a pregnancy scare. I was overjoyed when I got my period, and he told me he was sad. The man already had 3 kids by 3 different women, none of whom he saw, and I was like wtf how does he think I’d have a kid with him?? We broke up not long after. And every time I see him around town I thank my lucky stars I didn’t get stuck with him, as well as embarrassment I was with him in the first place.

charlytune , 1 month ago to science_memes in The miracle of childbirth

😭😭😭

charlytune , 1 month ago to science_memes in The miracle of childbirth

I don’t feel like I’m having fun here…

charlytune , 2 months ago to science_memes in Mandelbrot

What does the ‘B’ in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for?

Benoit B. Mandelbrot

charlytune , 2 months ago to world in Spain approves plan to compensate victims of Catholic Church sex abuse. Church will be asked to pay

The church is a guilty institution, it provided abusers with authority and power over their victims, and actively covered up crimes and enabled abusers to continue committing crimes. While demanding money and devotion from it’s millions of followers, many of whom were the victims. Abusers should be punished for their crimes, but we’re talking historic abuse, most perpetrators are probably dead. The church should most definitely pay reparations.

charlytune , 2 months ago to asklemmy in What destinations are experiencing "undertourism"?

It’s not just tourists that need to worry about that stuff. I have friends with Somali heritage and they don’t want to go there either, even with having family there.

charlytune , 2 months ago to science_memes in duck duck

Yeah but you try saying ‘ununderstandable’ after a couple of drinks

charlytune , 2 months ago to science_memes in barn owls

How about carpet beetles and clothes moths?

charlytune , 2 months ago to asklemmy in How do you Lemmings like your tea?

I am a huge tea drinker and also like the Tiger tea like that, just with oat milk not cow juice.

charlytune , 2 months ago to asklemmy in How do we package food products sustainably in coming decades?

Ok, but we’re getting dragged into a tangential debate about farming when really my point was that we need to look at waste through the whole supply chain, from farming ingredients to getting put on the shelves. I’m sure we could pick apart the contribution of any one part of that chain and debate how significant it is. Together, at all points in the chain, there is plastic waste that the consumer doesn’t see.

(And btw Canada isn’t in the top 20 of global producers, according to the IMF / CIA World Factbook as at 2018; the EU is number 3 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture)

charlytune , 2 months ago to asklemmy in How do we package food products sustainably in coming decades?

So according to this link www.ciwm.co.uk/ciwm/…/agricultural-waste.aspx

"Plastic packaging waste from agriculture represents approximately 1.5% of the overall volume of plastic packaging in the waste stream in England. The types of plastic wastes arising can vary and be both bulky and dirty often making the management of these wastes difficult. Around 135,500 tonnes of agricultural plastic waste is produced each year in the UK with;

<span style="color:#323232;">Approximately 32,000 tonnes being produced from plastic packaging waste; and
</span><span style="color:#323232;">Approximately 103,500 tonnes being produced from Non-Packaging Plastics (including contamination)."
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That’s just England. The data is old (2003 I think), and yes 1.5% is not huge, granted, but that’s of total plastic waste, not just from the food chain. A lot of our produce comes from Asia and North Africa where generally there just aren’t the same facilities for recycling, and environmental issues are not as prioritised. It’s great that there’s very little plastic waste in your farming methods, but it’s not the same around the world.

charlytune , 2 months ago to asklemmy in How do we package food products sustainably in coming decades?

Which country are you in? Where I live my food comes from all around the world. Recycling is mostly a Western thing. It doesn’t exist in many of the countries that supply our food. I was just going by the amount of crap I’ve seen in many agricultural areas. Plastic sacks, containers etc.

charlytune , 2 months ago to asklemmy in How do we package food products sustainably in coming decades?

But I bet those paper packages of paper straws were bundled into cartons that were wrapped in plastic, and then those were wrapped with other bundles in more plastic. And even if they’re using cardboard boxes as part of that packaging who knows what percentage of that is recycled, or made from recycled waste. Anyone that’s worked in retail knows the incredible amounts of packaging that get binned every day that’s invisible to consumers.