Shrimp flavoured or shrimp scented?
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First one, then the other.
Thanks for the laugh
If this were a real product, I would guess it'd be using the shrimp shells to make gelatin or something out of. In that case, neither, unless they added flavor/scent.
Honestly though, I think I could enjoy and Old Bay scented and flavored lip balm.
Made of shrimp but smells of anaphylaxis
Shrimp balmed lip
*those in power did fucking nothing
While true, "we did fucking nothing" is also entirely true. The vast majority of humans don't give a shit about the environment. No matter their wealth and power. It's only a lot more noticable and harmful when Jeff Bezos flies to space. But let's be real here. If average Joe White (43) had the means to fly to space, he would do so without a second thought of the environment!
We're dealing with a pandemic of selfish assholes and one of its symptoms are selfish billionaires who destroy in seconds what a few thousand conservationists achieved in a year!
It's a systemic issue, so pointing fingers at any one entity is not going to be helpful.
Go to any garden center. What proportion of plants sold are actually native and beneficial to the area? Let's say you want a grass lawn. What does the path of least resistance to getting that look like? What species are planted? What chemicals are used? What are the dominant practices around that?
These questions don't even touch commercial agriculture, which comes with issues on a much larger scale, but it's out of sight for most.
If we are to change our ways for the better it's going to have to be a complete realignment in all areas from top to bottom.
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makes my mouth swell up just like the real thing! Boy do I love food allergies
You're telling me a shrimp lipped that balm?
It's balm made from shrimp lips.
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Makes it way easier to convince cats to kiss me
you did nothing
Bitch, I haven't killed a single bee since this conversation started. Stop blaming me for the dead bees. I've gone out of my way to be nice to bees.
I killed one bee extra per bee to offset your commitment.
Honey bees aren't at risk of extinction
But the other bees and pollinators are. And thats scary.
The distinction is key. Honeybees are one of the biggest reason other Bees and native pollinators are going extinct. Honey bees are voracious foragers and will out compete almost all other pollinators.
There are anti honey bee non profits with missions between eradicating honey bee nests they find to just relocating them to places where they can be used for monocrops.
If the extreme native pollinator crowd got their way we would all be fucked as honey bees currently account for 75% of ag pollination, with the remainder mostly being self pollinated plants.
If they keep making them into lip balm they are
Sometimes jokes where the punchline are based around absurdity will simplify or ignore the nuance of reality for the sake of a joke.
What's next? Bacon perfume?
WTF! I better not say anything, it turns out to be real!
Personally, I find the fact that they take pains to point out that it's vegan and cruelty free the most offensive since
1: pointing it out kinda implies that they expect people to expect meat byproducts and cruelty from their perfumes and
2: the Venn diagram of people who would want a bacon perfume and people who are vegan and/or are actively conscious about animal testing and other cruelty associated with consumerism probably features infinitesimal overlap, if any 😄
Perfumes are often made with some animal part to carry the good smell chemicals. Notable examples are whale shit and beaver anal glands. The glands get banned, and then the industry finds and targets a new animal (heard at a perfume tour).
That's an interesting statement from a company that's owned by Clorox
I mean... We still don't know why the honey bee is dying (yes, specifically the honey bee. Other bees seem to be doing OK).
Yes, it could be the industry, or it could be climate change, or it could be the use of pesticides... But while it could be all of those things, none of those things fit entirely.
So even if a whole lot of people are willing to do something to prevent the honey bee population from going poof... We wouldn't know what to do exactly.
Wait, this is not true. At least not in Europe, look it up. Honey bees are not dying, on the contrary. There are too many of them and biodiversity drops around their hives. Save the bees has never been about the honey bee.
The conflation of Apis Mellifera with the native species that we actually need is one of my biggest pet peeves.
My understanding is that honey bees are dying in farmed environments in the USA. Basically farmers will pay these large bee hive companies to bring bees in tractor trailers to their farm and let them out for a period of time to help pollutant their fields. These bees are the ones having record die offs, but from what I understand the die offs are less than the number of new bees being made.
Basically the efficiency of the corporate farming operation is decreasing, but the captive bee population is fine.
If someone out there knows better and has source information I would love to be corrected.
Interesting. So the honey industry might not even be as under threat as it lets on.
How could I not love this?