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Where's the Beef?: The lab-grown-meat revolution that wasn't

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  1. swiftcoder · · focus · HN ↗
    > Then, suddenly, the nausea hit... The problem was not the flavor, not the texture, but the knowing. The Knowing. Knowing about the fat tank, about the sticky white substance...

    I feel like squeamish people are probably not the best ones to write about novel meat products...

    1. ForHackernews · · focus · HN ↗
      Need to make these people visit a slaughterhouse.
      1. CalRobert · · focus · HN ↗
        Me, having recently moved to rural Ireland: “the cows were mooing and wailing horribly last night, were they being slaughtered?”

        Farmer Neighbor (not the one with the cows): “oh, no that’s just when they take the calves away for veal”

        As a parent I feel worse about dairy than beef…

        1. chneu · · focus · HN ↗
          Dairy is a legit nightmare factory for the cattle involved.

          Constant rape. Constant separation from off spring. Tons of hormones and medication to keep infections down.

          They are so stressed physically and emotionally that their lifespans are 50% or lower of what they should be. Dairy cattle routinely just die from stress.

          Its also insanely bad for the environment.

          I grew up ranching and have seen dairy operations plenty of times. They're disgusting cruelty factories.

          Every time we eat a snack or food that involves dairy, remember that it is completely unnecessary to include dairy.

          1. pch00 · · focus · HN ↗
            > Every time we eat a snack or food that involves dairy, remember that it is completely unnecessary to include dairy.

            You're preaching to the lactose-intolerant choir here, man.

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