#utility

[kelsonius]

What I find really interesting about Dungeon Meshi is how it explores the role of humans/humanoids in an ecosystem and what is okay to consume.

Take the kelpie for example. Senshi is attached to the kelpie that frequently joins him while he's fishing, even naming her. Marcille also thinks it's cute and supports the idea of Senshi riding it. After that doesn't turn out well Senshi apologises while delivering the killing blow, appearing remorseful. Nevertheless, he himself sets out to salvage usable ingredients from the now deceased kelpie and even Marcille uses some of its fat for soap.

That is an example of exactly the type of relationship I think humans should have with livestock animals. I'm mostly vegan (occasional exceptions made for fish and eggs) both because of the environmental and animal rights issues with large scale livestock farming/the meat industry. However, I very much support a harmonious approach shown by indigenous peoples and small scale farming for example. Where, similar to Senshi and the kelpie, the animal lives a good life and is loved by its keepers until it is killed and all its parts are utilised.

There is also something to be said about people's involvement in the slaughter of animals so they respect the origin of their favourite products, like Marcille with the soap, since that is likely one of the reasons people currently consume animal products in such copious amounts. I regrettably didn't save the post in my drafts, but I saw someone on here talk about how far removed we are in the west from the origin of our meat products and how absurd it is that people are disgusted by a fish served with its head for example.

Meanwhile, Laios and Chilchuck are arguing over whether it's okay to eat a fish-man since it resembles a humanoid. Laios naturally wants to eat everything but Chilchuck has reservations when it comes to humanoids. This comes up in later episodes as well, where the rest of the crew appears to have fewer reservations since the creatures are being killed in self-defense and they're now seeing the utility of not letting resources go to waste.

Now I wonder if they'll take it as far as cannibalism, but humanoids are already a close metaphor. In any case, it is a great way to showcase how the arbitrary values we attribute to different species influences what we consider to be acceptable food, even though it's all just meat. I mean, I could never slaughter a cat for example but somehow would be fine with eating human flesh...

[glenthemes]

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[511am]

[march-hare01]

[philosophybits]

The usefulness of an opinion is itself a matter of opinion.

John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

[yz]

A stunning 1966 Ford F-100 with the twin I-Beam suspension.

[theadventurek9]

Please hold. I'm going to keep crying about this dog.

Aayla stepped into the Utility B ring at Nationals and pulled out her best and got a 198/200 only a half point behind the winner with some impressive competition. Some of the biggest names in obedience for Australian Shepherds and Aayla ranked second, only a HALF POINT behind.

[ralfmaximus]

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[thirdity]

[I]t is a bourgeois prejudice to suppose that for something to have worth, there must be a practical application. The ancient Greeks knew that pure understanding for its own sake was, even just in terms of the quest, the highest value or activity of a man: Homo sapiens: man who knows. However, look what this three year ongoing quest to understand, learn and know has done for me: joy, awe, peace, tranquility, a sense of purpose. Of personal worth — and above all meaning, from my awareness of God.

Philip K. Dick, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Architecture, like dress, is an exercise in good manners, and good manners involve the habit of skilful insincerity - the habit of saying "good morning" to those whose mornings you would rather blight, and of passing the butter to those you would rather starve.

- Sir Roger Scruton

Famous Palladium Dress designed by Gianfranco Ferré for a 1992 Dior collection.

[glenthemes]

🎧 NPF audio player ⋆

On Tumblr's process of changing everything to NPF, staff has added metadata (details) to NPF audio inserts to reflect what was originally entered when it was posted. Unfortunately, they're unstyled for now, so I wrote a plugin that mimics the appearance of Tumblr's legacy audio player.

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[511am]

[march-hare01]

[philosophybits]

Science is useful — but she need not pretend to truth. She cannot know what truth is, she can only accumulate universal laws. Whereas there are, and always have been, non-scientific ways of searching for truth, ways which lead, if not to the innermost secrets, yet to the threshold. These roads, however, we have let fall into ruin whilst we followed our modern methodologies, so now we dare not even think of them.

Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible

[supplyside]

Sydney seawater desalination plant

[theadventurek9]

IT HAPPENED!!

Aayla got her AKC Utility title today!

A bit of icing on the cake is that today she also:

Got first in Utility (required for OTCH)

4 OTCH Points

A score of 191.5 (highest yet!)

6 OM points

Qualified in Open too which got her a UDX leg

Won high combined!