• iiGxC@slrpnk.net
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    7 days ago

    Beyond burgers are literally right there lmao. You don’t need lab grown meat to stop supporting animal abuse, it’s a thinly veiled excuse to avoid having to change and grow as a person

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      7 days ago

      2 things, 1) I can’t afford it as a regular item 2) Id say they’re maybe 70% there, there’s still a taste and texture issue. I personally don’t mind it and would happily switch over if it weren’t for #1

      Vegans/Vegetarians will never get the vast majority of people out there to give up meat, best shot is that lab meat if they can get the cost equivalent to real meat.

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        7 days ago

        Lab grown meat is gonna be even more expensive, and 70% is way more than enough there that it’s no excuse to support animal abuse

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          Lab grown meat is gonna be even more expensive

          Sounds like the perfect thing to advocate that the government subsidizes while the tech matures and comes down in cost on its own.

          70% is way more than enough there that it’s no excuse to support animal abuse

          Like I said, if I could afford it I would have switched already long ago, I personally am fine with the taste and texture. But for many others, that 30% is gonna be a deal breaker.