THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2018
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TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPE
Do people prefer being lied to?
Dear Annie: From the time your letter, I get the impression
you are born, your parents and that you recently told someone
elders tell you to always tell the something that you simply consid-
truth. When you go to school, ered a fact and the person reacted
your teachers tell you the same. poorly, and I also get the impres-
And then when you enter the real sion this wasn’t the first time. If
world, you find that if you tell the you’re somebody who’s found
himself saying “What?
truth, you are labeled a
DEAR
I’m just telling it like it
— well, a word too rude
is!” throughout your life,
to print in the newspaper.
ANNIE
you may be confusing
You are considered rude
criticism with honesty.
and opinionated. That’s
There is a difference. A
because nobody actually
good general rule is not
likes the truth. We would
to offer your opinion on
rather be lied to. Every-
body lies on a daily basis,
other people’s business
and we are OK with it.
unless they ask for it.
Lane
So why don’t we teach Annie
Dear Annie: Most
Creators
Syndicate Inc.
our children to lie, keep
people say they care about
secrets and play political
our planet and the humans
games right from the start? That and animals living on it. So what
way, by the time they enter the real can you do to make the biggest
world, they would be experts at it positive impact? The answer may
and fit right in. I would really like surprise some readers: Switch to a
to hear your thoughts on this. — plant-based diet. Not to discount
True Lies
the value of biking to work, recy-
Dear True Lies: We should cling or buying less plastic, but
not teach our children to be mini here are just a few key facts:
Machiavellis. Manipulators might
Producing 1 pound of beef
slither to some “success,” but they requires 1,799 gallons of water,
forfeit personal integrity, honor whereas producing 1 pound of
and the chance to have any mean- soybeans requires 216 gallons of
ingful relationships. No one truly water. Many other vegetables and
respects a phony.
grains require even less.
Reading between the lines of
It takes 27 times more fossil
fuel to deliver a calorie’s worth of
beef to your plate than it takes to
deliver a calorie’s worth of beans.
Because most chickens are fac-
tory farmed (and approximately
9 billion chickens are killed each
year in the United States alone),
our environment is contaminated
by microbial pathogens, feed
additives and manure production,
affecting both human and animal
health.
This type of information —
and much more — has been
reported in major media outlets,
such as CNN, the Los Angeles
Times and National Geographic,
and can be found in science and
ecology journals.
Many people seem to think
that becoming a vegetarian is still
some sort of fringe choice for gra-
nola crunchers or that it’s too dif-
ficult to get your kids or your
parents to eat new foods. If you
cannot imagine giving up meat or
dairy, just try doing so for one day
per week. Then try two. It doesn’t
have to be all or nothing, as even
some reduction in consumption
will help. — Earthling Who Cares
Dear Earthling Who Cares:
Though this didn’t arrive in time
for Earth Day, the information is
still valuable.
5A
By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). To display riches
and titles with pride leads to downfall. But letting
people know what you do isn’t about pride now,
it’s about making a sale. Ultimately you want to
improve lives, which you can’t do if you don’t get
the sale.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Be comfortable
and happy. The losses are temporary — so
are the gains. If you rise high enough above
the situation, you’ll notice that even the most
permanent-seeming losses and gains are
relatively insignificant.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will have ab-
solutely no problem coming up with a new idea.
The hardest part will be believing this, which
you must. Otherwise it will be impossible to pry
your mind from the old idea. Just let it go.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’d love to
exceed expectations in all areas of life, but this
is not only an unreasonable thing to ask of
yourself, if you were to achieve it you’d annoy
all around you. Success comes from choosing
one area to master.
appreciate when you finally make it to your goal.
That’s the same reason it will be effective
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You know what’s
universally liked? Noting and no one. If it’s
great, it’s attracting attention both positive and
negative. So don’t read the comment section
until you’ve executed your vision your way.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Before you
extend a topic of conversation or post on a sub-
ject, you ask yourself how it’s going to impact
others. Quite simply, if they’re not going to feel
or be better for it, you’ll find another direction.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). This isn’t
right for every day, but the best way to deal
with stress today is to avoid it entirely. Consider
building your day differently from the ground up
so that you really don’t even have to participate
in that stressful situation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll really
enjoy imagining a fantasy future in vivid detail
— the one you want, of course, not the one you
don’t. Why would you make that mistake? Many
do, but not you. Not today!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Once you find what
works, you have to ask yourself if you really
need to keep all the rest. You tell yourself that
you’ll use it from time to time, but will you really?
You’re extremely efficient, after all. Maybe you
should liberate the excess.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). With all the
choices out there, it would be wrong to assume
others have the same influences as you.
People who seem to have similar tastes and
interests will surprise you with how varied their
taste can be.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are doors
in your mind that open into places you really
don’t need to go, maybe ever, but certainly not
today. So if you find yourself standing on the
threshold, your hand resting nonchalantly on
the knob, think better of it.
TOMORROW’S BIRTHDAY (MAY 11). There
will be glamour and excitement to boast of, but
that’s not the good part. Your willingness to offer
up compassion, steer clear of gossip, and par-
ticipate in efforts that focus on the highest and
best resonance of humanity that will elevate
you. Life changing commitment in September.
Sagittarius and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 30, 4, 8, 11 and 26.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Make your goal
public. This will be scary, mainly because it sets
up some accountability that you’ll probably only
FRANK AND ERNEST
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