As a thinking experiment, let us consider that on the 1st of January of 2025 it is announced that an advance making possible growing any kind of animal tissue in laboratory conditions as been achieved and that it is possible to scale it in order to achieve industrial grade production level.
There is no limit on which animal tissues can be grown, so, any species is achieveable, only being needed a small cell sample from an animal to start production, and the cultivated tissues are safe for consumption.
There won’t be any perceiveable price change to the end consummer, as the growing is a complex and labour intensive process, requiring specialized equipments and personnel.
Would you change to this new diet option?
Definitely. I see no downsides.
I don’t eat very much meat as it is. But if I could drastically reduce the suffering inflicted when I do I would not hesitate.
Absolutely. I’ll take grown meat over slaughtered. Last i heard they basically just need to make the equipment cheaper to have it be viable. I’m awaiting it.
The day it’s on the shelf is the day I’ll buy it.
Of course not, I want my food to suffer.
Sure, why not? I don’t eat meat currently but I’d prolly throw in a lab burger or two occasionally if they were available
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there’s a not so small possibility that development of meat growing tech and patent expression will give us a niche market of not-available-before-for-ethical-reasons meats, like white rhinoceros burgers, cat and dog steaks, human fillets.
There are so many wrong things on that sentence.
I’d rather go vegan. Falafel all the way.
I’ve been vegan for almost 25 years, and vegetarian for couple years before that… and I’d be happy it existed, but I wouldn’t eat it. I don’t miss meat, and the idea of eating any of it just grosses me out.
Same, I get why beyond meat exists but I can’t touch the stuff myself and it sucks when that’s the only option available
I actually like Beyond/Impossible lol. I guess for me it’s about knowing that it’s made out of vegetables.
once it’s affordable, yeah almost immediately i reckon. i already go for plant based meats whenever i can find them for a reasonable price!
For seafood yes, but I’m unlikely to bother regrowing the necessary gut biome for other meats
If I could afford it yeah of course
Only if the culture medium for the meat cells is not made of living animals.
Can I see the lab?
no
Darnit…
Don’t ask to see a slaughterhouse…
hell yeah. soon as its not way more expensive than normal meat, i’m down. your proposed technology also sounds like it should mean lab grown replacement organs with zero chance of rejection, which would be amazing.
Sure. Custom meat, without the unnecessary parts sounds great.
No, i’d go vegan before i’d eat cultured meat. I’m not opposed to it and it’s probably better for the economy and environment, but I have a mental thing about it. Granted if I had to catch and clean my own meat, i’d also probably go vegan. Maybe I’m just squeamish about my food.
Sorta sounds like you already think meat is gross.
Yeah, I’m pretty picky about the meat I do eat. It’s the fat and gristle that I can’t stand. After a pork chop, it looks like a dissection. I don’t like to eat around bones. If I think about it too much, old probably end up vegetarian, which would probably be better for me given my other health issues. I don’t think anybody ever died from eating too many vegetables.
This actually happened to me too for quite a long while. I knew I would be vegan for maybe 10 years before I decided I should just do it one day. Life’s weird like that. I will say its pretty important to have fresh veggies and fruits nearby or else its practically impossible no matter what.
I do wish more people would come to terms with that, I have no issues with people eating meat provided they’re actively aware of what’s happened to put that meat on their plate
Too many people never even think about it
What is the mental thing you have against lab grown meat?
It sort of grosses me out. I don’t know how to explain it.
Still a valid reason, food is just as much pure nutritional values as well as emotional responses from the people who will decide to eat it or not
