Lab grown meat is not from a sentient animal, so why would you be bothered by it? If it means a future where most mass produced burgers and chicken strips and cheap cuts of chicken and pork in stir fries are now "fake" meat, it seems like a good step forward for ethical causes.

I sometimes even miss the mushy hippie-restaurant veggie burgers of the 80s.

Anonymous wrote:I think that one day the developed world will look back on the practice of slaughtering animals for food as a barbaric practice. I just don't know when that will happen--maybe in 40-50 years?

More like 4000-5000 years.

Anonymous wrote:as a fellow vegetarian - we're not the target market. the target market is meat eaters who don't want to stop eating meat, but do want to do it in a more ethical, sustainable way.

don't make the perfect the enemy of the good. it is good if meat eaters decide to eat fewer animals. it doesn't have to all be for us.

This is me.

I think that one day the developed world will look back on the practice of slaughtering animals for food as a barbaric practice. I just don't know when that will happen--maybe in 40-50 years?

Anonymous wrote:disgusting to me. The idea of meat is already gross to me, why would I eat fake meat? Why put money into this research? At least it will help solve climate issues and the ending of animal slaughter, but to me it's like fake cigarettes.
If you are a meat eater, and decide to troll this comment, I will ignore it- won't engage. But if you are a meat eater with a thoughtful comment about diet, or a vegetarian, what do you think? Isn't it easier to just reorganize our global food supply to plant based?

On the off chance the bolded was a serious comment - no, absolutely not. Are you kidding? Just reorganize the global food supply? How do you propose to do that? Outlaw meat?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:as a fellow vegetarian - we're not the target market. the target market is meat eaters who don't want to stop eating meat, but do want to do it in a more ethical, sustainable way.

don't make the perfect the enemy of the good. it is good if meat eaters decide to eat fewer animals. it doesn't have to all be for us.

This! Also I HATE when restaurants replace their veggie burgers with impossible burgers. That shit is gross.

I am PP and I hate that, too. I really miss when lots of restaurants had homemade bean burgers. Those impossible burgers are disgusting.

Anonymous wrote:Obviously there are people who like the taste of meat but also want to help the climate and animal treatment. This is for them, not someone like you who doesn’t like the taste of meat.

This. No one is going to make you eat meat. You can calm down now.

I thought the trend was dying out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:as a fellow vegetarian - we're not the target market. the target market is meat eaters who don't want to stop eating meat, but do want to do it in a more ethical, sustainable way.

don't make the perfect the enemy of the good. it is good if meat eaters decide to eat fewer animals. it doesn't have to all be for us.

This! Also I HATE when restaurants replace their veggie burgers with impossible burgers. That shit is gross.

I eat meat, and my god do I love a good veggie burger. If I am road-tripping, I can often find one these days. So much better than fast food meat.

Anonymous wrote:as a fellow vegetarian - we're not the target market. the target market is meat eaters who don't want to stop eating meat, but do want to do it in a more ethical, sustainable way.

don't make the perfect the enemy of the good. it is good if meat eaters decide to eat fewer animals. it doesn't have to all be for us.

This! Also I HATE when restaurants replace their veggie burgers with impossible burgers. That shit is gross.

You are not the target market for fake meat. It’s for people who want the taste of meat without eating actual meat.
I am a lifelong vegetarian and won’t touch any of this stuff with a 10-foot pole because I don’t want something that looks and tastes like meat. What other people choose to do is not my concern, though. Live and let live.

Obviously there are people who like the taste of meat but also want to help the climate and animal treatment. This is for them, not someone like you who doesn’t like the taste of meat.

as a fellow vegetarian - we're not the target market. the target market is meat eaters who don't want to stop eating meat, but do want to do it in a more ethical, sustainable way.

don't make the perfect the enemy of the good. it is good if meat eaters decide to eat fewer animals. it doesn't have to all be for us.

disgusting to me. The idea of meat is already gross to me, why would I eat fake meat? Why put money into this research? At least it will help solve climate issues and the ending of animal slaughter, but to me it's like fake cigarettes.
If you are a meat eater, and decide to troll this comment, I will ignore it- won't engage. But if you are a meat eater with a thoughtful comment about diet, or a vegetarian, what do you think? Isn't it easier to just reorganize our global food supply to plant based?