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    1. Lets trade advertisement for something else and start a new trend?

      Hi I think we could start a new trend to make the world better by trading advertisement for tips and how to behave in a society. The important thing is not to be invasive or change the user...

      Hi

      I think we could start a new trend to make the world better by trading advertisement for tips and how to behave in a society. The important thing is not to be invasive or change the user experience in any way.

      So do you see the top bar where we don't have nothing? I think it would be a great place to have a new phrase on every refresh like this:
      "A bottle of plastic is to put in the yellow trash can".
      "Open Source is important so we don't rely on company's for everything"
      "If you smoke please don't throw butts in to the ground, buy a cheap portable ashtray"
      "Remember that not everyone is having good day"
      "Don't throw cotton swab in to the toilet"
      "When brushing your teeth turn of the water in the dead times or better use a cup to use less water"
      "2OATH is always important to have"
      "Password manager is a must have now a days (having the same password in everything defeats the purpose)"
      "Read more than the titles before you make conclusions"
      "When driving don't forget to use the lights when turning/changing lanes"
      "Think twice when using paper"
      "Beverages are not water"
      "Focus a distant point from time to time if you are long hours in front of the monitor)"
      "When you are putting music in public you are invading the other space"
      "Wait for the people to exit the train before entering"
      "If you drink don't drive not because of you but because of the other people"
      "Put the phone down while driving, everyone says that can do that before hitting someone"

      Before of witch phrase it would say the topic.

      I think for this phrases we can't have nothing political, religious or other topics that could change people views or that could offend.
      Maybe we could have topics for country's because of the costumes.

      Little things like this, I hope I could express the idea(more directs and simple maybe?). And if this is welcome maybe the correct way of doing this is making a repository on gitlab(every file would be a topic maybe) so everyone could add new phrases and use the list for other sites. Of course we would need to get a few trust worthy people that have a good sense of witch phrases to accept or create rules for them.
      Maybe there is a better way of creating a public DB but I don't know any at least.
      And if people wanted could select the topics they wanted(all or some or none).

      This could also show the importance of donating and support open projects so we don't need to get money from third party's in any way and better yet, use the empty space to make the world a better place.

      8 votes
    2. Is anyone else interested in (or actively pursuing) meat from more ethical and sustainable sources?

      I consider both industrial meat production and veganism to be sub-optimal across all dimensions. I've recently jumped into this growing niche market for more sustainable and ethical meat. It's a...

      I consider both industrial meat production and veganism to be sub-optimal across all dimensions. I've recently jumped into this growing niche market for more sustainable and ethical meat. It's a little more pricey, unless you buy in bulk (e.g. 1/4 to full cow at a time), but I think it's worth it in the end.

      I'm looking to share sources of info and network of producers/farms in this regard. Allan Savory has the Savory Institute which I found to be a good start. Though FYI there have been back-and-forth essays written about the criticism and defense of these practices (too many to post here but easy to find in the two above links).

      I found one local family-operated farm that practices e.g. "organic" (in this case no herb/pest/fungi-cide) farming (crops for the animals), legitimate free-roaming chickens and sustainable land management that allows soil and ecology equilibration (reducing fertilizer use and subsequent runoff). Plus, buying and directly supporting local farmers and ranchers is always a plus!

      EDIT: I foresee this thread being hijacked towards a discussion about how "meat is bad" and how we eat too much meat etc. I am being narrow here because I want to be pragmatic, rather than opine on global economics and dietary needs.

      15 votes