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Awesomely edited video

My friend Dallas sent me this. The combination of an 8 bit soundtrack, some NES editing, and snowboarding will always be a winning combination for me. I fully encourage you to watch the whole thing; the end is as good as the beginning.

Gnarcade from Mike Benson on Vimeo.

Ingredients

Through conversations with other vegans and omnivores alike, I have found that a good deal of people have no idea where certain ingredients of their food comes from. I left the graphic details aside. This is not the absolute list, companies constantly rename their ingredients so they sound less disgusting and harder to discern like Cetyl Palmitate rather than Spermaceti. I also left out obvious animal ingredients that should be common sense like egg whites, lard, beef fat, chicken flavor, etc etc.

Another good thing to keep in mind is similar named items. If you see an ingredient that starts with stearylate, or stearol, it is most likely stearic acid or a derivative of it. As a vegan and a person who hates the idea of indestructible Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other TSEs and the rise of Alzheimer’s diagnoses (thanks to the USDA, FDA, and CDC burying heads in the sand), I’ve learned to avoid particular prefixes to ingredients like stear- and lact- and avoid altogether anything that says enzymes, mono and/or diglycerides, DATEM, and my newest endeavor: natural flavor (unless it’s certified vegan, no more “accidentally vegan” foods with natural flavor).

If you are ever unsure of an ingredient most companies welcome phone calls and emails regarding their product. Sometimes you find out things like I did: anything that says natural flavor on ANYTHING from Frito-Lay has ground pork in it. No more of those MSG laden Frito BBQ twists for me, haha.

To any vegans or anyone remotely concerned with what they eat: check absolutely every label from your foods. Vitamin water has calcium lactate, salt and vinegar chips has whey or calcium lactate, Frito Lay has natural flavor (ground pork), there’s so many unexpected foods that contain animals.

Adrenaline – hormone from adrenal gland of livestock
Alanine – (see amino acids)
Albumen – (albumin also) from egg whites, commonly in baked goods
Alcloxa – (see allantoin)
Aldioxa – (see allantoin)
Aliphatic Alcohol – (see lanolin and vitamin A)
Allantoin – uric acid (piss) from animals. Can be made from plants though.
Alpha-Hydroxy Acids – can come from animal sources
Ambergris – from whale intestines
Amino acids – comes from animal and plant sources
Aminosuccinate acid – (see aspartic acid)
Arachidonic Acid – fatty acid from liver, brain, glands, and fat of animals (and humans)
Arachidyl Proprionate – a wax from animal fat
Aspartic Acid – (see aminosuccinate acid)
Aminosuccinate Acid – can be from animal or plant source, sometimes synthesized
Benzoic Acid – can be from animal or plant sources
Beta Carotene – (see carotene)
Biotin – also vitamin H or vitamin B factor, commonly from milk, can come from plant sources
Bone Char – animal bone ash commonly used in water filters, aquarium filters, and to “bleach” sugar/flour
Bone Meal – ground animal bones used in fertilizers, tooth paste, vitamins and supplements
Bonito – dried/ground fish used in Japanese soups
Calciferol – (see vitamin D)
Calcium Lactate – (see lactose)
Calcium Lactylate – (see lactose)
Caprylamine Oxide – (see caprylic acid)
Capryl Betaine – (see caprylic acid)
Caprylic Acid – fatty acid from cow/goat milk, can be from plant sources
Caprylic Triglyceride – (see caprylic acid)
Carbamide – (see urea)
Carmine – also cochineal, carminic acid, red pigment from crushed female cochineal insects. 70,000 beetles must be crushed to produce one pound of dye.
Carminic Acid – (see carmine)
Casein – also caseinate, sodium caseinate, a milk protein used commonly in “non dairy” or lactose free milk products
Caseinate – (see casein)
Castor – also castoreum, creamy substance from muskrat and beaver genitals, can come from plant sources
Castoreum – (see castor)
Catgut – string made from intestines, used in surgical sutures, tennis rackets, musical instruments
Cera Flava – beeswax
Cerebrosides – fatty acids and sugars found in covering of nerves, normally from brain tissue
Cetyl Alcohol – from sperm whales or dolphins, can be made synthetically or from plant sources
Cetyl Palmitate – (see spermaceti)
Chitosan – fiber from crustacean shells, used in diet products, skin care, deodorants
Cholesterin – (see lanolin)
Cholesterol – a steroid alcohol in animal fats/oils, nervous tissue, egg yolk and blood, found in many cosmetics and creams
Choline Bitartrate – (see lecithin)
Civet – unctuous secretion painfully scraped from a gland very near the genital organs of civet cats, used as a fixative in perfumes
Cochineal – (see carmine)
Cod Liver Oil – (see marine oil)
Collagen – can come from plant and animal sources
Colors – FD&C and D&C colors are continuously tested on animals, if they aren’t from animal sources
Corticosteroid – (see cortisone)
Cortisone – also corticosteroid, hormone from adrenal glands, can be made synthetically
Cysteine, L-Form – an amino acid from hair and feathers, can come from plant sources
Cystine – an amino acid from urine and horsehair, can come from plant sources
DATEM – (see monoglycerides)
Dexpanthenol – (see panthenol)
Diglycerides – (see monoglycerides and glycerin)
Dimethyl Stearamine – (see stearic acid)
Duodenum Substances – from digestive tract of cows and pigs, in vitamins and medicines
Dyes – (see colors)
Elastin – protein found in the neck ligaments and aortas of cows
Emu Oil – from flightless ratite birds native to Australia and now factory farmed.
Ergocalciferol – (see vitamin D)
Ergosterol – (see vitamin D)
Estradiol – (see estrogen)
Estrogen – also estradiol, hormones found in urine of pregnant mares, used in birth control and Premarin, a menopausal drug. Birth control made with phytoestrogen is from plant sources
Fats – commonly fats from animals
Fatty Acids – caprylic, lauric, myristic, oleic, palmitic, and stearic are all commonly animal sourced, plant sources can be used
FD&C Colors – (see colors)
Fish Liver Oil – in milk fortified with vitamin D
Fish Oil – (see marine oil)
Gel – (see gelatin)
Gelatin – protein from boiled skin, tendons, ligaments, and bones with water
Protein obtained by boiling skin, tendons, ligaments, and/or bones with water. From cows and pigs.
Glucose Tyrosinase – (see tyrosine)
Glycerides – (see glycerin)
Glycerin – also glycerides, glyceryls, polyglycerol, glycreth-26, from animal fat, commonly in soaps, chewing gum, toothpaste, medicines, lubricants, transmission and brake fluid, even plastics
Glycerol – (see glycerin)
Glyceryls – (see glycerin)
Glycreth-26 – (see glycerin)
Guanine – also pearl essence, from fish scales used in nail polish, shampoo, and makeups
Hide Glue – (see gelatin)
Hyaluronic Acid – protein from umbilical cords and fluids around joints
Hydrocortisone – (see cortisone)
Imidazolidinyl Urea – (see urea)
Insulin – from hog pancreas, can be made synthetically
Isinglass – gelatin from fish bladders as a “clearing” agent of some wines and vodka
Isopropyl Lanolate – (see lanolin)
Isopropyl Myristate – (see myristic acid)
Isopropyl Palmitate – (see stearic acid)
Keratin – protein from ground horns, hooves, feathers, quills, and hair
Lactic Acid – from blood and muscle tissue, can be (although rarely) made from plant sources
Lactose – milk sugar from mammals
Laneth – (see lanolin)
Lanogene – (see lanolin)
Lanolin – wool fatty wax, sometimes found in products containing vitamin D3
Lanolin Alcohol – (see lanolin)
Lanosterols – (see lanolin)
L-Cysteine Hydrochloride – (see cysteine, L-form)
Lecithin – also choline bitartrate – waxy substance from nervous tissue, can be made from plant sources
Linoleic Acid – (see fatty acids)
Lipase – enzyme from the stomachs and tongue glands of calves, kids, and lambs
Lipids –  (see lipoids)
Lipoids – also lipids, animal fat, can come from vegetable oils
Marine Oil – From fish or marine mammals (including porpoises).
Methionine – usually from egg albumen and casein
Mink Oil – fat from minks
Monoglycerides – also glycerides, glycerin, from animal fat
Musk  – also musk oil, dried secretion painfully obtained from musk deer, beaver, muskrat, civet cat, and otter genitals
Myristal Ether Sulfate – (see myristic acid)
Myristic Acid – from animal or plant sources
Myristyls – (see myristic acid)
Natural Flavor or Sources – can mean animal or vegetable sources, most commonly animal sources unless it’s specifically vegan
Nucleic Acids – In the nucleus of all living cells, can come from animal or plant
Ocenol – (see oleyl alcohol)
Octyl Dodecanol – (see stearyl alcohol) mixture of solid waxy alcohols, primarily from stearyl alcohol
Oleic Acid – (see tallow) also oleyl oleate, oleyl stearate, can come from plant sources
Oils – can come from animal or plant sources
Oleths – (see oleyl alcohol)
Oleyl Alcohol – also ocenol, oleths, aleyl arachidate, oleyl imidazoline, found in fish oils
Oleyl Arachidate – (see oleyl alcohol)
Oleyl Imidazoline – (see oleyl alcohol)
Oleyl Myristate – (see myristic acid)
Oleyl Oleate – (see oleic acid)
Oleyl Stearate – (see oleic acid)
Palmitamide – (see palmitic acid)
Palmitamine – (see palmitic acid)
Palmitate – (see palmitic acid)
Palmitic Acid – (see fatty acids)
Panthenol –  also dexpanthenol, vitamin B-complex factor, provitamin B-5, can come from animal or plant sources
Panthenyl – (see panthenol)
Pepsin – found in hogs’ stomachs
Placenta – also placenta polypeptides protein, afterbirth, from uterus of slaughter animals, widely used in cosmetics
Polyglycerol – (see glycerin)
Polysorbates – (see fatty acids) derivatives of fatty acids
Pristane – (see squaline) from the liver oil of sharks and from whale ambergris
Progesterone – steroid hormone from animal sources, can be synthetic
Propolis – bee product, tree sap gathered by bees
Provitamin A – (see carotene)
Provitamin B-5 – (see panthenol)
Provitamin D-2 – (see vitamin D)
Rennet – also rennin, enzyme from calves’ stomachs
Rennin – (see rennet)
Resinous Glaze – (see shellac)
Ribonucleic Acid – in all living cells, can come from animal sources
RNA – (see ribonucleic acid)
Royal Jelly – bee product
Sea Turtle Oil – (see turtle oil)
Shark Liver Oil – also squalene, sqalane, used in lubricating creams and lotions
Shellac – also resinous glaze, excretion of certain insects.
Silk –  also Silk Powder, worms are boiled in their cocoons to get the silk
Snails – in some cosmetics (crushed)
Sodium Caseinate – (see casein)
Sodium Steroyl Lactylate – (see lactic acid)
Sodium Tallowate – (see tallow)
Spermaceti – also cetyl palmitate, sperm oil, waxy oil derived from the sperm whale’s head or from dolphins, also used in leather industry
Sponge (Luna and Sea) – a plant-like sea animal that is becoming scarce
Squalane – (see shark liver oil)
Squalene – oil from shark livers, etc.
Stearamide – (see stearic acid)
Stearamine – (see stearic acid)
Stearamine Oxide – (see stearyl alcohol)
Stearates – (see stearic acid)
Stearic Acid – fat from cows and sheep and from dogs and cats euthanized in animal shelters, most often refers to a fatty substance taken from the stomachs of pigs, can come from plant sources
Stearic Hydrazide – (see stearic acid)
Stearone – (see stearic acid)
Stearoxytrimethylsilane – (see stearic acid)
Stearoyl Lactylic Acid – (see stearic acid)
Stearyl Acetate – (see stearyl alcohol)
Stearyl Alcohol – also sterols, can come from animal or plant sources
Stearyl Betaine – (see stearic acid)
Stearyl Caprylate – (see stearyl alcohol)
Stearyl Citrate – (see stearyl alcohol)
Stearyldimethyl Amine – (see stearyl alcohol)
Stearyl Glycyrrhetinate – (see stearyl alcohol)
Stearyl Heptanoate – (see stearyl alcohol)
Stearyl Imidazoline – (see stearic acid)
Stearyl Octanoate – (see stearyl alcohol)
Stearyl Stearate – (see stearyl alcohol)
Steroids – also sterols, from various animal glands or from plant tissues.
Sterols – (see stearyl alcohol and steroids)
Tallow – also tallow fatty alcohol, stearic acid, rendered beef fat
Tallow Acid – (see tallow)
Tallow Amide – (see tallow)
Tallow Amine – (see tallow)
Talloweth-6 – (see tallow)
Tallow Glycerides – (see tallow)
Tallow Imidazoline – (see tallow)
Triterpene Alcohols – (see lanolin)
Turtle Oil – also sea turtle oil, from the muscles and genitals of giant sea turtles
Tyrosine – also glucose tyrosinase, amino acid hydrolyzed from casein
Urea – also carbamide, excreted from urine and other bodily fluids
Uric Acid – (see urea)
Vitamin A – Can come from animal of plant sources
Vitamin B-Complex Factor – (see panthenol)
Vitamin B Factor – (see biotin)
Vitamin B-12 – usually animal source, some vegetarian B-12 vitamins are in a stomach base, Spirulina and nutritional yeast is the best vegan B12
Vitamin D –  also ergocalciferol, vitamin D-2, ergosterol provitamin D-2, calciferol, vitamin D-3, can come from plant or animal sources, D3 is always from animal source, best source for D is sunlight
Vitamin H – (see biotin)
Wax – Can come from animal or plant sources
Whey – a serum from milk
Wool Fat – (see lanolin)
Wool Wax – (see lanolin)

Grinderman – Heathen Child

Leave work (a lil’ NSFW).
Watch this in completion.
Then have a good day.

Sexy Mermaid Jonah

I fully encourage you to read Sexy Mermaid Jonah and other biblical coloring book disasters posted on pitch.com.

Alan Scherstuhl writes:

As a former Sunday school boy, your Crap Archivist can assure you that the raw and horrifying stories of the Old Testament — say, Abraham prepping his son-gutting knife — are best introduced to children via the medium of felt on flannel board.

Coloring books are easier, though. But unlike felt, which is cheerfully abstract, the thickly inked pages of a coloring book demand detail that is often beyond the capabilities of the artists.

That means that during the story of Joseph five year-olds might get distracted with questions like, “Where’s that other camel’s head?”

Ages of consent

A mnemonic song from Uncle Merv who looks like he belongs on latfh.com.

Good luck trying to sleep after this

Religion scares the shit out of me sometimes, well most of the time. Okay, all the time…

Taken from Boingboing who took it from Cynical-C who probably took it from so and so on. Google “Jim Steager” if you want to go to this guys website, (un)fortunately he doesn’t paint his face often. Oh my dog! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist…)

Hipster Jazz

hahahahaha

Rockin out

All My Love

The kid is priceless.

You may notice that the video is entitled “Vaughn Hemingway – All My Loving By the Beattles”. I hate bad capitalization (and spelling), so please correct Me If You See I Start Doing This…