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https://news.sky.com/story/row-over-new-greggs-vegan-sausage-rolls-heats-up-11597679 (https://archive.ph/5Ba6o)

A heated row has broken out over a move by Britain's largest bakery chain to launch a vegan sausage roll.

The pastry, which is filled with a meat substitute and encased in 96 pastry layers, is available in 950 Greggs stores across the country.

It was promised after 20,000 people signed a petition calling for the snack to be launched to accommodate plant-based diet eaters.


But the vegan sausage roll's launch has been greeted by a mixed reaction: Some consumers welcomed it, while others voiced their objections.

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Cook and food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe declared she was "frantically googling to see what time my nearest opens tomorrow morning because I will be outside".

While TV writer Brydie Lee-Kennedy called herself "very pro the Greggs vegan sausage roll because anything that wrenches veganism back from the 'clean eating' wellness folk is a good thing".

One Twitter user wrote that finding vegan sausage rolls missing from a store in Corby had "ruined my morning".

Another said: "My son is allergic to dairy products which means I can't really go to Greggs when he's with me. Now I can. Thank you vegans."

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TV presenter Piers Morgan led the charge of those outraged by the new roll.

"Nobody was waiting for a vegan bloody sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns," he wrote on Twitter.

Mr Morgan later complained at receiving "howling abuse from vegans", adding: "I get it, you're all hangry. I would be too if I only ate plants and gruel."

Another Twitter user said: "I really struggle to believe that 20,000 vegans are that desperate to eat in a Greggs."

"You don't paint a mustach (sic) on the Mona Lisa and you don't mess with the perfect sausage roll," one quipped.

Journalist Nooruddean Choudry suggested Greggs introduce a halal steak bake to "crank the fume levels right up to 11".

The bakery chain told concerned customers that "change is good" and that there would "always be a classic sausage roll".

It comes on the same day McDonald's launched its first vegetarian "Happy Meal", designed for children.

The new dish comes with a "veggie wrap", instead of the usual chicken or beef option.
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It should be noted that Piers Morgan and Greggs share the same PR firm, so I'm thinking this is some serious faux outrage and South Park KKK gambiting here.
 
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Chunky Salsa said:
Oh good, more re-arranging the deck chairs. The NHS is fucked because we have too many people, too few doctors, and the bloat of incompetent foreigns infesting it. The solution is to kick out the foreigns, train more doctors and encourage people to look after their olds.
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This is pretty much the solution suggested by, of all people, Jimmy Carr. He's doing a bunch of interviews at the moment (god knows why, probably trying to raise money to pay his taxes or something) but he's been truthnuking left and right about anti-immigrant protests and the general failure of the country. IIRC he once compared himself to a jester, who can only say what he's saying because he does it as jokes.

Here's an example (excuse the zoomer subtitles):


Points out that we import foreign doctors because there's a quota system for the NHS, which I know has been mentioned here before. He's obviously a creature of the establishment, otherwise he wouldn't still be getting gigs, but he is nevertheless airing views that would have got him cancelled (again) just a few years ago.
 
femboy fart huffer said:
Brother you aren't rusting that's just you've shit yourself.
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You cheeky little scamp!

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Otterly said:
The nhs taking anaemia seriously? Please excuse me while I laugh
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That was my thought as well. When I was stuck back in the UK during coof I got diagnosed with anaemia, they gave me a prescription for 3 or 4 months of iron tablets and basically told me to fuck off. A few months later I ended up in A+E with breathing difficulties from what I thought was just a nasty chest infection, but while I was there they realised my RBC count was about half of what it should be. I'll give them credit that I got treated pretty quick, and they kept a better eye on monitoring it along with giving me iron infusions instead of tablets in future, but at no point did anyone appear to give a shit about figuring out why I'd randomly developed this issue.
 
Anaemia should always be taken seriously. It's not just "low iron", it's actually low RBC count, which can be caused by low iron or low B12 (which are needed to make RBCs) or aplastic anaemia which is where your red bone marrow doesn't make enough RBCs,or by poor quality RBCs , in the case of sickle cell anaemia.

Anaemia is more accurately, poor oxygen carrying capacity, caused by a lack of red blood cells or fuckywucky red blood cells.

Also for minor issues like ear pr sinus infections, pharmacies here where we live can treat them. And another thing I've learned from my former job, is for bites, keep a fine tipped Sharpie and magnesium sulphate paste. The mag sulph is to treat, and the fine Sharpie is to monitor it. Draw round the border. If it shrinks, happy days. If it gets bigger, you need to seek further treatment.
 
BongoMongo said:
Also for minor issues like ear pr sinus infections, pharmacies here where we live can treat them. And another thing I've learned from my former job, is for bites, keep a fine tipped Sharpie and magnesium sulphate paste. The mag sulph is to treat, and the fine Sharpie is to monitor it. Draw round the border. If it shrinks, happy days. If it gets bigger, you need to seek further treatment.
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There's not a single ailment that can't be cured by germoline. wonderful stuff.

Not sure if this has been brought up on the Ofcom lawsuit threat. For the past few days, men on twitter have been using grok to create pornography of random women (by asking the application to change clothes to bikinis or bdsm/fetish gear or nothing at all) and CSAM using photos of real children.
Ofcom's response, days later. (and in welsh). Thought this situation was interesting regarding KF going down for 'Online Safety Act' violations.
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Heinrich Maneuver said:
There's not a single ailment that can't be cured by germoline. wonderful stuff.

Not sure if this has been brought up on the Ofcom lawsuit threat. For the past few days, men on twitter have been using grok to create pornography of random women (by asking the application to change clothes to bikinis or bdsm/fetish gear or nothing at all) and CSAM using photos of real children.
Ofcom's response, days later. (and in welsh). Thought this situation was interesting regarding KF going down for 'Online Safety Act' violations.
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Is it just me being racist,or does that welsh version look like they're trying to summon C'thulu??
 
Heinrich Maneuver said:
Thought this situation was interesting regarding KF going down for 'Online Safety Act' violations.
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Thank you for reminding us that the UK is not a serious country :story:

"we are aware"
"urgent contact"
"steps to be taken"
"will undertake"
"potential compliance issues"

POTENTIAL? Simulated CSAM is only potentially an issue? :lossmanjack:
 
Chunky Salsa said:
Minor care is one of the things that really pisses me off. There's a lot of things more urgent than the GP, but not requiring a visit to A&E. A lot of common child issues like ear infections, and sudden rashes are things that are 100% needing to be looked at pretty quickly, but don't warrant sitting in the waiting room next to 'man-with-knife-wound' and 'screaming heroin addict' (Both of whom are figures I met when I was waiting in A&E).
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One of the things I remember my family always talking about with my grandparents is that there wasn't any non emergency urgent option. Even here, you call the gp at 9am on the dot, you're already number 20 in line and there's only 5 appointment slots so you might as well just fucking die. But at the same time the things that my grandparents would need help for are not things that require an ambulance. Especially with people who physically cannot get to a gp. I remember my uncle telling me about one time where he'd called over that thing where old people skin tears incredibly easily in a large strip, he'd called that non emergency 111(?) number to say like hey what the fuck am I meant to do? And he got told a doctor would be out to see him the next day, instead the doctor gave him a phone call the next day and then got pissed off at him for 'wasting' time when he never asked for it. I just don't understand how that happens, like how does 'this old bedridden person needs a doctor to look at and treat a serious wound' turn into something that you can have a phone call for?
Otterly said:
The nhs taking anaemia seriously? Please excuse me while I laugh
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Beating anaemia is easy. Just make people taste the medicine to cure it. It is genuinely one of the worst things I have ever tasted, the taste left in your mouth after you throw up is so much nicer in comparison. I don't know the name of it but the thick incredibly dark red liquid that tasted like if you sprinkled rust on a stock cube and just ate that and washed it down with a whole lemon. At least from what I can remember. The opposite of that sweet lemon neon yellow stuff or calpol.
 
femboy fart huffer said:
you're already number 20 in line and there's only 5 appointment slots so you might as well just fucking die
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I just buy my medicine myself now. I do not have the time to try and thunderdome for doctors appointments. If it looks bacterial, I can buy antibiotics off the web. If I could opt out of paying national insurance, at this point I would.
 
femboy fart huffer said:
Beating anaemia is easy. Just make people taste the medicine to cure it. It is genuinely one of the worst things I have ever tasted, the taste left in your mouth after you throw up is so much nicer in comparison. I don't know the name of it but the thick incredibly dark red liquid that tasted like if you sprinkled rust on a stock cube and just ate that and washed it down with a whole lemon. At least from what I can remember. The opposite of that sweet lemon neon yellow stuff or calpol.
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's probably not a 10/10 idea to try to explain anaemia treatments to Otterly.
 
Heinrich Maneuver said:
There's not a single ailment that can't be cured by germoline. wonderful stuff.

Not sure if this has been brought up on the Ofcom lawsuit threat. For the past few days, men on twitter have been using grok to create pornography of random women (by asking the application to change clothes to bikinis or bdsm/fetish gear or nothing at all) and CSAM using photos of real children.
Ofcom's response, days later. (and in welsh). Thought this situation was interesting regarding KF going down for 'Online Safety Act' violations.
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Today I learned that the Welsh call the UK the "DU". Can't you guys get anything right?

(although I do support calling the microwave a "pobblyping", that's just adorable)
 
Clem Fandango said:
Today I learned that the Welsh call the UK the "DU". Can't you guys get anything right?
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Then it will no doubt amuse some here to know that the Welsh for a Black man is "Dindu".

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As soon as peace is firmly established, the British and French militaries will spring into action!
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This just makes even a ceasefire to agree a peace deal less likely, because Russia knows that the moment there's a ceasefire British and French troops will be sent in as sacrificial tripwire troops, to provide a casus belli if and when war flares up again. Which it will. Another leaf taken out of the yanks' playbook of "I'm Not Touching You" foreign policy.
 
BongoMongo said:
Is it just me being racist,or does that welsh version look like they're trying to summon C'thulu??
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Why do you think there’s a dragon on the Welsh flag? It’s a warning, like on old maps of the sea. ‘Here be dragons’ = run the fuck away before some massive bastard covered in coal dust and with cauliflower ears comes charging at you, sheep on tow.

I was once told that Wales has no zoos, and assumed that’s because it’s one giant safari park. Who knows what giants live up mount Snowden.

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Lol, and do what? Russia already said that any troops in Ukraine are fair targets. Why is the government so determined to start a war against Russia? Especially when it’s the nutter over the other the side of the Atlantic that’s blowing up boats, catburgling foreign leaders, and threatening to wedgie the Danes. We’d be far saner to say ‘not my problem, mate’ and get on with trying to deal with issues at home. Lolasif.

Apparently there’s a warning of yellow (and even amber - drink more!) snow headed our way. At least the kids will be happy. They always love bombing about in it. Very cute to see. Just a shame there’ll be no heating to warm them back up again when they get home.

Question: I know you’re not supposed to use a BBQ indoors etc, but what about those calor gas camp stoves? Surely that’s just the same gas you get from a cooker? What about meths stoves, or those solid tablet stoves? Will having the window open while you cook be okay? I keep seeing warnings about not cooking indoors with those things if the power goes down, but the idea of sitting on the path out front with a cooking stove doesn’t fill me with confidence. Especially not if I’ surrounded by yellow snow.

With regards to the national grid, look on your bill and at the top there should be a letter, I think it goes A-F? You need to remember which letter your property is in, because if the grid has to shed load (blackouts) for any length of time, their plan is to do rolling blackouts with certain properties off and certain ones on, on a timetable. Your letter will let you know which group you’re in for power cuts when.

That’s all assuming the load shedding is plannable. If it all goes tits up, it’ll be chaos for a while. There’s a very specific way they have to restart after a major blackout, and it can take a few days to get everyone reconnected (depending on any work needed, too). Make sure to read up on your official Kiwi Farms smoke signal codes. Someone has to find out when Greggs is open and let everyone else know.
 
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