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trilobot133 karma

Not trying to convince you to eat them, but I will tell you what's in them.

White chicken meat (breast mostly) that's been ground, like a beef patty would be. It's ground quite fine, and mixed with water. They add a little bit of chicken skin to it as well, mostly for flavoring. No worse than a drumstick at KFC! The ground chicken is then laid flat and rolled (like any burger would be) and four shapes are cut out of it. It is then battered and quickly fried twice to set the tempura batter, but not long enough to cook the meat. That's saved for the restaurant. It's then frozen, and packed.

Any hard pieces you find are most likely ligaments. If you've ever eaten a drumstick and get that one chewy bit, it'd be a piece of that. Most of the chicken is separated by hand, so a new worker may not be skilled enough to dodge that. It's unpleasant for some, but it's not something crazy like a chicken beak or someone's thumb.

trilobot74 karma

I grew up in a Christian home, though surrounded by various protestant denominations. I remember the issue of dating an intersex person came up (specifically Complete AIS) and was told various confusing things. Many of my friends and adults I looked up to in my community were adamant that it would be a sin to be with her as she was, genetically, male (regardless of the natural breasts, and false vagina - without an ultrasound to reveal no female reproductive organs, no one would be able to tell she as anything but a girl from the day she was born). In essence, I was being called homosexual (I'm male), or was told that she shouldn't even be interested in romantic or sexual interests as she was "neutral sex" (the two big opinions).

Although I'm very sure of my current opinion on it, and I've long distanced myself from that community, I still often think about her and all the chaos that came from it. My question is this, where does the Catholic Church stand in regards to intersex people and relationships? It's a very specific question so I do find it very hard to find answers to it online.

trilobot69 karma

What do you call a trilobite with a sword, lands and titles?

trilobot44 karma

geologist here. It's fun to hear all the technical terms for things then the word, "vuggy" gets thrown in. Just sounds too cute for science.

trilobot41 karma

I worked at a zoo for a while as a groundskeeper. One night at closing the nigh staff was lazy and didn't' check the bathrooms as she locked up, just locked them and left. I arrived in the morning to a bathroom containing a trapped and panicked peacock, along with all the shit such a creature would produce. Much of it had dried overnight, and I'm sure you're aware how difficult it is to clean that up. Not a fun day.

I also had to repaint the kookaburra enclosure which had a LOT of built up shit on the walls, as well as clean the glass which was covered in butchered chicks. Someone needs to teach this birds some manners.

And then there was Peter the African grey! That damned thing learned the sound of a tractor backing up. All I'd hear as I cleaned up the education building was, "BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP" incessantly.

At least the one greater rhea was nice. She always came up to me and let me pet her first thing in the morning. I liked her.

I have a lot of zoo stories.