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Pork and Beans :kellykelly

  • CascadeOfLight [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    A quick look shows they haven't told anyone what the actual genes they've put in are (for "IP reasons"), but it's probably something like myoglobin if it has that pink colour.

    Frankly, if it improves the amino acid profile then great, and if it convinces even a few people to eat less meat then double great.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      1 year ago

      It wold be pretty neat to have a vegetable with a complete amino acid profile. Make life easier for a lot of people.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      1 year ago

      Right. I don't really get people freaking out at the idea of tasting protein residue.

      Like, the problem with industrial animal cruelty isn't the flavor.

      • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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        1 year ago

        Factor worth considering: some people have dietary restrictions that prohibit consumption of certain animals, including pigs.

          • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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            1 year ago

            Ok, but this is still pig protein. Even entirely meatless "pork" such as Impossible Pork is haram and treyf, meaning that despite it not actually even containing any pork at all, it still cannot be consumed by people maintaining a halal or kosher diet.

            • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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              1 year ago

              this is still pig protein

              not actually even containing any pork at all

              This isn't a science problem, its a religion problem. If you've got a hang up about eating beans, because you're religion tells you that beans are a pig...

              Idk, man. What is anyone supposed to do to accommodate someone that picks up a bean and insists it is actually a pig?

              • Mardoniush [she/her]
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                1 year ago

                Im ok with pork beans in principle, but ensuring that (some, clearly marked) vegan food only contains vegetable protein seems reasonable, given people can be vegan for medical reasons.

                • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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                  1 year ago

                  I just get the sense that this'll be the next generation of MSG hysteria, where we make a big show of warning about powdered mushrooms.

            • Mardoniush [she/her]
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              1 year ago

              Interesting that it's not Kosher, given the propensity for rules lawyering around things. (Not a criticism, us Catholics love a technicality.)

              But yeah, label that shit for religious and health reasons.

              • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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                1 year ago

                Yeah, this one is extremely not kosher. I think there's maybe an argument to be made for things that absolutely contain only plant products like Impossible Pork to be kosher or halal, but I also understand the opposing argument, that it would be kind of troubling to declare something explicitly labeled as pork as being either one.

                I can't speak for Muslims, but there are a lot of non-kosher Jews who will eat other treyf food items like catfish or shellfish, but who still will not eat pork. To be entirely honest, I don't keep kosher at all, and I actually have both crab and bacon in my fridge right now. shocked-pikachu

              • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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                1 year ago

                haha yes cool and based we should feed banned things to people with religious dietary restrictions, this is very normal and not literally the exact same shit that neonazis love to do. please put bacon on qurans and dip your bullets in bacon grease because you are very neat and based

                clearly I am the reactionary here for the thought crime of *checks notes* being jewish, and this is not a textbook antisemitic argument that you're concern trolling over.

                • Parzivus [any]
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                  1 year ago

                  There's a reason communism is atheist and it isn't because it's fucking anti-Semitic. Religion is the original reactionary bastion and is potentially the only institution responsible for more suffering that capitalism itself. Read theory and stop calling comrades racist

                  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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                    1 year ago

                    This is a deeply r/atheism-poisoned misunderstanding of both religion and of Jewish culture. I'm not saying you're an antisemite, but you are certainly parroting words and concepts directly out of the mouths of antisemites. I'm not playing the "who's read more theory" epeen measuring contest with you. Do better.

                    • Parzivus [any]
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                      1 year ago

                      religion is cool because some redditors are cringe

                      I'm just gonna stop replying, you're way too online. Call it epeen whatever if you want, but it really feels like a lot of these arguments could be avoided if people were willing to read a little.

                      • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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                        1 year ago

                        Dude, I have read plenty of theory. I moderate c/Judaism on here as well, and I'm not just going to bend over and . I really don't get what the fuck you're trying to achieve with this line of reasoning. Learn to keep your sectarianism to yourself or piss up a tree.

              • spectre [he/him]
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                1 year ago

                I think this is a rare miss from Emma, but I don't think we need to flame our comrades with this sort of response tbh. She has a point

                • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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                  1 year ago

                  I just think that people who have religious or health related dietary restrictions should be allowed to maintain those restrictions, and that there's a legitimate argument to be made in that scenario. I'm not suggesting that this is a matter of animal cruelty, just that the idea of pushing something that roughly 1/3 of the global population cannot eat as a predominant monoculture product is probably something that that 1/3 of the population is justified in being apprehensive about.

            • sysgen [none/use name,they/them]
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              1 year ago

              Impossible pork being Haram isn't a consensus. Some Islamic groups in the way argue it isn't, and their argument has no Quranic basis, it's just that they don't like that pork is in the name. There is nothing in Quran or Hadith that could give any strong basis in religious law for it to be haram. That may as well be the case for Jews, but I'm not as familiar.

              Because the argument is that it's haram based purely on the name and would be halal otherwise, which is a silly argument.

    • JuneFall [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      Okay, so here is my bit:

      What if we can take from the Cloth of Jesus, or the Spear or whatever is left and use that DNA to clone a Jesus embryo and from that take the proteins which create blood/blood colour and those we implant into plants, so that Christians can actually have a literal interpretation of the bible for the first time in history.

  • RevAT2016 [he/him,they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Someone watched annihilation and went "wait I think this might be something" and then made meat beans

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      Hey I'm really enjoying playing Deaththrash

        • RNAi [he/him]
          hexagon
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          1 year ago

          Just played the demo, I downloaded the whole game but haven't touched it

  • UlyssesT
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    10 days ago

    deleted by creator

  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    1 year ago

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    An excerpt of Oink by Allen Ginsberg

  • Albanian_Lil_Pump [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    A buff bodybuilder coworker and I were talking about our favorite soy milk brands, and another buff bodybuilder coworker joined in and coworker 1 asked the other if he drank it. He gave this condescending face and scoffed and said “no, I don’t like that stuff” and proceed to drink from a plastic bottle.

    It shouldn’t be surprising that the first guy and I are asian so we drink this shit without any problem. Maybe white people just have bad stomachs or something or maybe he was specifically allergic, but it’s more likely he read some shit about soy milk estrogen given his other views. But I imagine estrogen from plastic will be more damaging because it’s mixed with a bunch of other shit

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      Coming soon: The Gymbros War over Half-understood Pop Science

      Drinking from most plastic bottles will have the same effect on man titties as drinking soy milk

      • BoxedFenders [any, comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        The irony of beer being held up as the masculine counterpart to soy milk by those who choose to use "soyboy" as a slur is that beer contains the most potent phytoestrogens ever discovered.

        • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          Not to mention that cow milk, which is the other masculine alternative, has actual animal estrogen in it.

    • Biggay [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      The last time I had soy milk I hated it, but that was years and years ago. Have the brands gotten better or are there any you prefer? I also dont like most of the almond milks I've tried but do love 1 cashew and every oat milk I've had

  • a_talking_is2 [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Cool thing by itself. Too bad it will only be implemented Monsanto-style with everything it implies, for now.

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]A
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    1 year ago

    Am I the only one that thought this looks like they're trying to make bean-sized spam?

  • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    It's a good thing GMO soy plantations don't have anything to do with deforestation, displacement of smallholder peasants or indigenous peoples, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss, right?

      • RNAi [he/him]
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        Particularly to feed pigs.

        ¿ "And Yet a Trace of the True Self Exists in the False Self" ?

        Shit is getting confusing

        • AHopeOnceMore [he/him]B
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          1 year ago

          It may be confusing, but we must never forget what is important: we gotta eat some pig beans immediately.

          • RNAi [he/him]
            hexagon
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            1 year ago

            "We used to eat Pork and Beans but now liberals turned it into Beans and more beans!" grillman

    • Albanian_Lil_Pump [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      So in other words, it’s mostly poor and nonwhites eating vegan, but the most marketed and researched products are ‘meat substitutes’ which take resources from poor and nonwhite communities, all while the media portrays some hipster white guy as the sole vegan demographic cowboy-cri

      Multi pronged psyop to make people discard poor and nonwhite plights because they’re not snobby tree hugger

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    The part that's beyond my comprehension is why they keep trying to sell veg protein as a replacement for meat when decades of failure has shown that's not working.

    • Barabas [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      They are getting slightly more popular with time.

      But the main reason it keeps happening is that you get to sell veg at meat (or even slightly higher) prices if it works.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      1 year ago

      McD's famously used a ton of soy in its early burgers because it was cheaper than pure ground beef.

      This isn't a retail product. Its an ingredient intended to cut costs for mass market meat-flavored products.

      The dried pork dust on your $5 bag of potato chips will one day contain zero actual pig in it.

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      Hey texturized lentils/soy/peas/etc protein is already great and the empanadas, sausages, and pattys made with them are incredibly realistic

    • MF_COOM [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      decades of failure has shown that's not working

      Lol its clearly working

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Trying to convince meat eaters that plant protein is the same as meat, not adoption of plant proteins. Maybe I'm just built different but I didn't actually start enjoying plant protein stuff until I stopped thinking of it as a replacement for meat and started enjoying it on it's own merits.

        • RNAi [he/him]
          hexagon
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          1 year ago

          Ah I get your point now

    • Albanian_Lil_Pump [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Because despite the bragging, capitalists are unable to innovate their marketing. They’ll hire a panel of psychologists to think of the most addictive method to make their cigarettes and gambling within legal limits, but won’t bother hiring someone who can convince jordan-eboy-peterson to eat a broccoli without making it look like bacon

    • Infamousblt [any]
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      1 year ago

      Because capitalist brain says "their product failed because it wasn't good enough and a cheap enough price. Surely I am smarter than them and I can make my product better and cheaper!"

      But then they can't because science and technology have limits and can't be used to solve literally everything in a perfect way every time. So they fail too and the cycle continues

      • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        not that kind of limits. someday somebody will get the texture right. i had some fake "ground beef" that was pretty close, i think the more viable thing to do would be to mix it in with the real stuff like taco bell with sawdust but they'd need to be cheaper than beef or figure out how to get the cowards in government to stop subsidizing the beef industry so much.

        • RNAi [he/him]
          hexagon
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          1 year ago

          get the cowards in government to stop subsidizing the beef industry so much.

          liberty-weeping ep

        • StewartCopelandsDad [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          i think the more viable thing to do would be to mix it in with the real stuff like taco bell with sawdust but they'd need to be cheaper than beef

          this is already very common in schools and prisons with TVP. cheaper than meat