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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    09:22 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    Kornbluth & Pohl wrote about a giant tumor named Chicken Little that was regularly harvested of its meat in the 1952 novel, The Space Merchants.

    [books.google.com]
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    07:39 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    Shmeat! Is inescapable future of humanity!
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    05:17 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    Scientists grow PETA people in a lab, annoying pork meat to disappear soon!

    PETA scientists meet annoying pork growths in a disappearing lab!?

    Soon scientists disappear annoying pork meat, PETA grows people!!?!?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    05:31 PM

    @The5thElephant: Are you saying that the PETA is bred to annoy society? I feel awful.

    ... sandwich.
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    08:24 PM

    @ripfire: I was just randomly making sentences out of the headline. I had no idea I accidentally created a three part story!
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    04:49 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    Mmmm. Fācon!
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    Image of newgalactic newgalactic
    04:10 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    If there's ever been a need for a "long term effects" study...
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    04:08 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    I used to ask vegetarian friends "would you eat meat from a meat tree," to determine the reason behind their vegetarianism. The answer was always 'no,' which leads me to believe this product will not be popular or convert our veggie friends back to carnivores.

    Of course, I later discovered everybody thought I was asking "would you eat meat from Dmitri," a slightly strange Russian fellow we knew, with a creepy moustache and bad personal hygiene. But I don't believe that minor error had a significant impact on the results of my informal study.
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    Image of Mark 2000 Mark 2000
    04:33 PM

    @jepzilla: I dunno. Blood, veins, tendons, muscle, adipose tissue. Its gross no matter where it comes from. I applaud this, but I wouldn't eat it.
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    Image of fredcadete fredcadete
    04:45 PM

    @Mark 2000: Of course you would not necessarily be aware that that is what you were eating. Cue Twizzlers and precooked frozen hamburgers.

    Gross.
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    05:14 PM

    @fredcadete: Or any '50% meat protein' product you see in the frozen food section of your local grocery store.
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    Image of Slinkytech Slinkytech
    03:54 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    I thought the more they suffered the better they tasted. lawl

    I bet they stick electrodes in the meat to make it contract, in order to get the exercised taste.
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    Image of seapathac seapathac
    03:57 PM

    @Slinkytech: Yeah, I typically make sure my steak came from a cow that had to watch it's entire family be slaughtered in front of it before it was slowly bludgeoned to death itself.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    04:00 PM

    @seapathac: you too? I've always said, that's the only way to eat.
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    Image of dingus dingus
    03:35 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    Next up, ChickieNobs.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    02:56 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    i feel the same way about real vs lab meat as i feel about transsexuals:

    if i can't tell the difference, i don't care.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    02:56 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    I'd rather eat lab meat - it would lack the parts that make real meat less palatable like gristle, fat, or bone... and I really find the idea of it no less appealing than eating a dairy product made in large bioreactors/labs at a dairy plant.

    What I really want to know is what is the energy cost of producing this? How many man hours does it take? How much electricity? How much material supply, and how much of that is wasted? If it's significantly less economical to make lab meat, then I'd still support real meat, though I suspect this would be much safer to eat chemically...

    Also a bit curious if there's a taste difference between muscle raised in blood, vs raised in formulated nutrient bath, which I'm assuming they use?
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    Image of Ridley Ridley
    03:12 PM

    @fuchikoma: Fat content for many meats is what gives the flavor. Tell me you have never enjoyed a good porterhouse steak or prime rib. They are certainly palatable.

    So you kind of make an interesting point in reverse, it needs some of that stuff for the taste to be comparable.
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    Image of karite36 karite36
    03:12 PM

    @fuchikoma: what about chemical compisition. like red meat, how much protien, or creatine. how does it stack up.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    03:32 PM

    @Ridley: That is true... they would have to deliberately add some fatty substance to it to carry some flavour... I was thinking more of large visible strips of fat that most people cut off, but meat devoid of ANY fat would be... bland and tough.
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    Image of lordargent lordargent
    04:04 PM

    @fuchikoma: or bone

    BBQ Ribs > McRibs
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    04:58 PM

    @lordargent: TBH I'm not the best indicator of what meat lovers would want out of it... if you ask me, instant ramen > BBQ ribs...
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    02:53 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    ...in the not so distant future...
    "This synthetic bacon is awesome! But how to we know it doesn't taste like... chicken?"
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    02:51 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    So does this mean we can synthesize human meat? You know, for curiosity's sake? <_<
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    Image of Nitesh Singh Nitesh Singh
    02:58 PM

    @Xagest: Or dinosaur meat? Me wants me some t-rex steak.
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    02:59 PM

    @Nitesh Singh: Why stop there? We can finally have our delicious cans of Tuna free Dolphin meat.
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    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    02:43 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    Eating fake meat is worse than killing the animals in the first place. You all enjoy your wanna-be muscles, I'll be enjoying delicious meat, filled with the pain of the animals who died to give it to me.
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    02:45 PM

    @Maori_Yelir: Make sure to eat their heart to gain their courage
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    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    02:56 PM

    @Xagest: I have never thought of this before, it makes perfect sense! You are a god among men sir.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02:36 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    When this finally makes it into Supermarkets I hope they call it Soylent Pork...
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    Image of acidrain69 acidrain69
    04:29 PM

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Damnit! You beat me to the Soylent Green joke. I will have my revenge!
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    02:35 PM

    In reply to Scientists Grow Pork Meat in a Lab, Annoying PETA People To Disappear Soon
    Another great idea that will have no adverse consequences, whatsoever. Just look at how healthy processed, chemical loaded, preservative filled food is already!

    #THEFUTUREISNOW!
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