Will humanity ever give up eating meat? When?
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It is one of the things that will be viewed negatively in the distance future. 500 years ago people did not see anything wrong with slavery or misogynistic ideas. I am not equating eating meat with those in terms of impact; I am equating them in terms of acceptance. Those things were acceptable at one point in human history, but they are not today.
As the great da Vinci said,
As the great da Vinci said,
I eat meat everyday.
jchap
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Skirt steak cooked sous vide where all the connective tissue is allowed to dissolve (over about 48 hours) while still being medium rare is possibly the most delicious piece of beef there is.
Extra Sauce
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1. Carnivorous Era
2. Meat Prohibition Era
3. World War III
4. Cannibalistic Era
2. Meat Prohibition Era
3. World War III
4. Cannibalistic Era
It takes 25x more energy to produce a calorie of beef as it does a calorie of corn. Chicken is a lot better, but still 6-7x more energy intensive than corn. Eggs and dairy products are even better still.
If you really want to boil it all down, it is simply the privilege that comes with being the dominant life-form on this planet. We are no tied to natural ecosystems, because we shape them ourselves. The fact that getting meat is so easy for us, really does make it clear as day. You either accept the privilege, or you don't. I can understand both viewpoints, but know clearly where I stand. I quite frankly love meat, so I am indulging in this privilege fully.
I can't say eating meat is morally correct, not at all really. But I can live with that.
Lambda Pie
Banned
don't fuckin take my cows away from me, man.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Since when do we not need meat? B vitamins are difficult for many people to extract from plant materials and some people can't. Are you saying we don't need B vitamins? You're wrong if you think so.
Unless you mean meat that is not from birds or sea creatures. That's a bad definition of meat, but if that's what you mean then I guess we'll never give that up.
Unless you mean meat that is not from birds or sea creatures. That's a bad definition of meat, but if that's what you mean then I guess we'll never give that up.
I detect a parody thread, but just want to be cautious.
Aeriscloud
Banned
Probably when we become mutant cannibals.
Wait, is that meat?
Wait, is that meat?
rokkerkory
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we're made to eat meat #dealwithit
Forsaken82
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Where were you shopping? I can find it at any grocery store in Chicago (Im talking Jewel, Dominicks, mariano's, hell even walmart) I love skirt steak.
I am absolutely baffled at the idea that you assume we don't eat it because you couldn't find it lol.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
More people giving up meat = more meat for me.
Yeah, but you can't get the same nutrients from Corn that you can from meat.
Corn is a pure starch. It's a good filler but you can't really sustain body production with it like you can with animal protein.
foxuzamaki
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Why would we ever
Angelus Errare
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Never giving it up
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!
canoli2006
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terrisus
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I wouldn't eat that if you paid me.
That's the only way I would consider eating a steak.
SCULLIBUNDO
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FYI veal schnitzel is the best schnitzel. Yum.
foxuzamaki
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its past 5 o clock bro, chow down.
Kurt Angle
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with ketchup!I wouldn't eat that if you paid me.
That's the only way I would consider eating a steak.
I wouldn't eat that if you paid me.
That's the only way I would consider eating a steak.
My brother would say you're ruining your steak. Although I think you and me share something in-common here. I'm a well-done man myself, and sick of hearing his shit lol.
Substitute corn with any vegetable crop. It was just an example. Also, you can get what you need out of vegetables, eggs and dairy. Milk has one tenth the energy requirement of beef, since you are not growing entire cows every time you harvest. Eggs aren't as efficient as milk, but are still 5x less energy intensive than beef. Alternatively, cutting beef in favour of chicken leads to a 70% energy savings.
umop_3pisdn
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If meat ever became too expensive, our palates would adjust and it would be normative to not eat meat, at that point reintroducing it would probably seem like more trouble than it is worth.
Humans can't even digest corn without heavy processing.
Corn is fucking bullshit. All you absorb from it is sugar, which is poison.
Meat for life.
This, though even then I'm sure there'll be a huge number of people who still prefer "naturally occurring" meat.
I'm with the OP. I realise that there's a huge amount of animal suffering involved in the meat industry, but when I ask myself the question "Do you care enough about these animals to stop eating meat forever, knowing full well that your gesture won't be sparing even a single one of them?", my honest answer is "No."
Unknown Soldier
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Meat is delicious, and fortunately while growing a whole animal is ecologically no longer feasible to feed 7 billion humans, the research into lab-grown meat should become real edible product you buy in a supermarket in a decade or less.
Captain Europe
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Eating less, or no meat actually helps.
canoli2006
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NoctisVsStar
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When there's no more meat on earth..til then I'll eat steaks!
AstroNut325
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I have meat once or twice a week at most. I think of humanity every gives up meat it will be by force.
fluffydelusions
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Wasn't meat based diet what made us smarter through evolution? Sorta drunk btw...
I can (and do) get skirt steak at every traditional grocery store around me.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
I will stop eating meat if they ever make fake meat that is as good as the real thing.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
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I wouldn't eat that if you paid me.
That's the only way I would consider eating a steak.
That's not steak, that's jerky
fluffydelusions
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A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Yeah, but there will still be demand for the real thing. And there are some evolutionary theories that through animal protein (some say fish), our ancestors gained the competitive edge.
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