I’m about as anti-smoking as it gets, and whaaaaat the hell is this.

People shouldn’t smoke because smokers’ lives have worth that they shouldn’t let be destroyed at the hands of the tobacco industry, not because it makes them “losers”. What the actual fuck is this shit.

From your comment I gather enough to conclude that the main premise of the accusation is “Shakespeare told by animals,” and I concur that that’s laughable.

It’s somehow baser than you suspect for the accusations against The Lion King – but more complex for Aladdin. I’d highly recommend Lindsay Ellis’ video for a history lesson exploring the nuances. I’ll at least spoil that Kimba has nothing to do with Shakespeare and that whatever level of tepid, token generosity you’re willing to grant the plagiarism accusations, it’s dumber than that.

I’m going to ask you to politely and with an open mind reread what you just quoted with the knowledge that Nathan Mileikowsky is Benjamin Netanyahu’s paternal grandfather and that Benzion Netanyahu (né Mileikowsky) is Benjamin Netanyahu’s father.

• The accusation for Aladdin is complicated and is based on The Thief and the Cobbler.
• On the other hand, your instincts are entirely right about The Lion King, and when I say “YMS eviscerated it”, I mean that it’s the most comically ridiculous yet superficially believable accusation of plagiarism you could possibly come up with. This is genuinely worth 147 minutes of your time, and it’s one of the funniest videos I’ve ever watched. One of the comments summarizes it best: “Damn, can’t believe kimba invented Africa, and real life just ripped them off like that.”

Dude speaks Hebrew and changed his last name to Netenyahu [sic]

Point of order: Benjamin Netanyahu was born “Benjamin Netanyahu” in Tel Aviv in 1949. His father, Benzion (born 1910), changed his surname from Mileikowsky after migrating to Mandatory Palestine in the 1920s from Warsaw. Never at any point was Benzion’s son “Benjamin Mileikowsky”.

If you’re going to make this into an argument, at least bother to get basic facts right.

Edit: Maybe more importantly, don’t exploit in bad faith the poor construction of the word “antisemitism”; you and I both know it means prejudice against Jews regardless of the fact something like “Judeophobe” would’ve been better. That’s shitty, cheap “gotcha” semantics, not an actual argument for why calling out genocide isn’t antisemitic (if anything, it’s just overcomplicating it and making it look bad, especially because “Semite” as an ethnicity is heavily dated). If Netanyahu weren’t ethnically Polish, would it matter? No? So who fucking cares?

As someone who hasn’t watched FernGully (but should), I’m increasingly skeptical of these types of “plagiarism” comparisons between movies. Lindsay Ellis recently broke down the “Aladdin was stolen” narrative and compellingly showed “it’s complicated”, and more obviously, YMS five years ago fucking eviscerated the then-popular argument that The Lion King was a ripoff of Kimba the White Lion.

(Edit: I’d say this especially goes for someone like James Cameron who clearly takes immense pride in his work and setting himself apart. That’s circumstantial, of course, but it seems totally out-of-character.)

“Gay pioneer” sounds like an amazing Halloween costume.

Can’t say I entirely liked Frank; anti-trans, pro-Israel, pro-online gambling. I respect that he advanced gay rights, medical cannabis legalization, demilitarization, and some (relatively milquetoast) environmentalism.

Edit: I forgot to mention pro-choice. All-in-all not bad, but just leaves a sour taste.

Edit 2: Going to his Wikipedia article now to refresh my memory, it seems:

However in May 2026, shortly before his death, Frank reversed his position and criticized the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He believed that the U.S. should end their weapons sales to Israel as long as Netanyahu does not “relieve Palestinian suffering” and expressed support to Netanyahu’s opposition.

He was clearly one of the better ones, to whatever extent that means anything when speaking about the US Congress. I think his anti-trans actions and statements have sort of just polluted my view of him.

Everything in my comment was about their carnivore diet, not about an elimination diet – the lone exception being the last sentence advising not to start an elimination diet based on their advice without reading actual scientific/medical literature, as the OP is the opposite of a credible source for nutrition. (What I should’ve said too is to consult a doctor or a registered dietitian; people are generally not great at personally poring over primary or even secondary medical literature to decide what to do with their health, although the latter is far preferable if you do so.)

I.e., I was not making any claims to the healthfulness of an elimination diet; I have not done enough research to have any kind of credible opinion on it, which is why I chose not to express one except to advise that people actually research first (or, as appended in this comment, ask an actual expert).

Edit: I will express that the specific diet the OP proposes of “one bioavailable food for 30 days” is absurd on its face and obviously dangerous. Low FODMAP can potentially be quite good for e.g. lower GI problems, but I know little of any others.

The last ten years or so like:

Judy Cho personally claims to be an expert in, and I quote:

• Autoimmune and Chronic Illness
• Chronic Infections (EBV, Vector-Borne Illness)
• Collaborative Care
• Endocrine System (Hormones, Thyroid)
• Environmental Toxins (CIRS, Mold, Endotoxins)
• Gastrointestinal System (and all Key Axes)
• Liver and Biliary System
• Immune and Lymphatic System
• Kidney and Urinary Tract
• Medication Timing, Protocols and Integration [suuure?]
• Mineral and Electrolyte Balance
• Nervous System (Psycho-Neuro-Immune Axis)
• Psychology, Motivation and Collaborative Care

Literally nobody is an actual expert in all of these fields simultaneously, and, as noted on that page, she advocates the completely pseudoscientific “carnivore diet”; in reality, she’s not an expert in any of them because she’s actively sabotaging every single one.

Why are we taking her as any kind of authority? I know “inflammation can be caused by environmental factors” isn’t groundbreaking, but then why are we citing her anyway?

With a free Cheerios cock ring in every box for a limited time.

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I’m happy to have a collaborative discussion with you

You’re happy to platform your wholly unsupported and completely insane worldview by making it look like something worth debating.

I don’t debate flat-Earthers.

I don’t debate anti-vaxxers.

I don’t debate “climate skeptics”.

And I don’t debate carnivore dieters. I’ve tried to correct disinformation you actively spread when I’ve seen it for the sake of others, and even that is reluctantly because too many people might not be familiar with the science and also endanger their own health. And I don’t mean “endanger” as in a plant-based diet where you have to be mildly conscientious about your intake to gain the health benefits and not end up deficient in e.g. B12; I mean that the diet inherently has no health benefits and is strictly dangerous to human health.

Context for those reading this:

Jet (the OP) adheres to and advocates a deeply unhealthy and pseudoscientific “carnivore diet”.

Absolutely nobody should be taking their advice when it comes to nutritional health.

There is no clinical evidence that the carnivore diet provides any health benefits. Dietitians dismiss the carnivore diet as an extreme fad diet, which has attracted criticism from dietitians and physicians as being potentially dangerous to health (see Meat § Health effects).

It also raises levels of LDL cholesterol, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. Carnivore diets exclude fruits and vegetables which supply micronutrients. They are also low in dietary fiber, possibly causing constipation. A carnivore diet high in red meat increases the risks of colon cancer and gout. The high protein intake of a carnivore diet can lead to impaired kidney function.

They will tell you regardless that it has health benefits because they’ve deluded themselves into believing. This is who you’re getting health advice from if you choose to pursue this with no further reading into actual scientific/medical sources.

Relevant Onion

“What if it’s just a sexually charged embrace?”

Before the attack, the mother of one of the suspects had called officers at 9:42 local time, and reported that when her son left, he took several of her guns and her car.

Glad, as always, that some random fuckwit can own “several guns” to be taken in the first place.

I’m not even sure it’s (usually) editorializing as much as it is looking for a word that strongly conveys “lambasting” or “deriding” but is a) at least somewhat neutral, b) understandable to most audiences, and c) not overly informal.

“Slam” doesn’t imply some kind of bias toward one party; it literally just means “To speak badly of; to criticize forcefully.” Arguably the reason you’re more likely to see it in editorializing isn’t because it’s an editorializing word but because “someone said some mean-ass shit” as a class of story is ripe for (but not inherently) editorializing.

“Slams” has the benefit of being very short over something like “strongly criticizes”, and something like “attacks” could be more easily misconstrued as “physical assaults”. Like it’s kind of just the ideal word for this even though it’s goofy if you’re like me and imagine them body slamming the other party.

(Edit: Replied to wrong comment at first. Also, I see now you were responding to the scenario in the comic, not the use of “slams” generally.)

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This is from the Babylon Bee.

I don’t know if you’re saying this is a tankie meme or just akin to one, but the former would be awfully confidently incorrect given a 10-second search returns the exact article.