Would you eat vat meat?

[HunterSeeker]

By vat meat I mean an "animal" that has been genetically modified to have no or few internal organs and no real features. It just sits there and grows and grows as long as it is supplied with the nessacery nutrients, and one can simply cut off a piece of it when you need meat.

Would you eat meat produced this way. Even if it was identical to beef or whatever to the degree that only a DNA test could tell you the difference?

 

[Raziaar]

And no. It sounds gross. It also sounds like the way of the future, but no.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Hell no, sounds sickening.

 

[French Ninja]

Wouldn't this be epic win for vegetarians?

 

[Social Bacon]

Yes! It saves unnecessary killing of animals. For every person that says "no" I'm going to go club a baby seal.

 

[Raziaar]

In Vitro Meat... Stealing proud hard working American Farm Animal jobs.

 

[Eejit]

Yes.

Since the question assumes it being done correctly... it's the same thing.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Yes, most definately.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[CptStern]

depends on the method ..in vitro still uses animals ..and I dont think it would be a animal shaped hunk of meat ..more likely "sheets of meat"

I dont know it's been so long I dont know if I would but it would be tempting ..so long as no animals were involved

 

[Cpt Tenacious]

Psh toughen up, if it tastes like steak i'll eat it.

 

[Stigmata]

Absolutely. I imagine they'd also be more energy-efficient, as they'd grow the same amount of meat with less poop and wasted ATP.

 

[Qonfused]

Sounds weird. I don't know. As long as I couldn't tell the difference... ...still.

 

[Raziaar]

You can't pet In Vitro Meat dammit! You can't kiss it on its slimy snout before it goes off to the butcher!

Clearly it has disadvantages.

 

[Darkside55]

Tastes like meat? Then it's meat. I don't care how it's grown.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

It's exactly the same concept as having meat grow on trees. The meat is born without a nervous system, and therefore never thinks, or feels pain, or anything.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Raziaar]

It's exactly the same concept as having meat grow on trees. The meat is born without a nervous system, and therefore never thinks, or feels pain, or anything.

-Angry Lawyer

Pain enhances flavor! As barbaric as that sounds, and as much as I hate that aspect... there are groups out there that go through methods that supposedly increases the flavor by putting animals through adrenaline releasing experiences. Terrible really

 

[Insano]

And we don't need so much cows, which are in fact CO2 factories.

 

[Darkside55]

Terrible really

Terribly delicious.

 

[[Matt]]

I would rather eat meat from an animal that's had a decent life beforehand such as free range or organic meat as it tends to taste better that intensely farmed animal produce (which i advise everyone to star clear of due to cruelty issues). I guarantee vat produced meat will taste dire in comparison to free range organic meat and the very idea seems perverse when compared to the idea of a farm animal that's been free to roam outdoors.

I also believe you should only eat meat if you're prepared to kill the type of animal you wish to consume. I Eat plenty of chicken and fish and have killed both myself before preparing and consuming them. Anyone who eats meat but is disgusted at the idea of killing an animal is in my eyes a ****ing hypocrite.

 

[Phobie]

No, I really wouldn't. It creeps me out and I find it repulsive.

Each to their own, though.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

You guys disgust me.

 

[Sam]

It's exactly the same concept as having meat grow on trees. The meat is born without a nervous system, and therefore never thinks, or feels pain, or anything.

-Angry Lawyer

Issue being that it's the soul that makes meat so satisfying.

In vitro meat, which is essentially just a tissue being grown on its own, sounds awesome.

Edit: Oh cocks, I misread the options. I clicked the third one down thinking it was "I do eat meat and I would eat it". ****, I fail.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Whatever. Hands up if you know where your meat comes from anyway. If it tastes the part, it's going in my mouth.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

I can't believe so many people are against the idea of having a little pot where rashers of bacon grow themselves.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Raziaar]

Science has completely raped the food industry unfortunately. So much stuff that comes from technological advances in the food part of the world.

I mean sure, we can boost crop yields, increase nutrition and stuff potentially... but from what I've seen most of the advances when it comes to food has been almost completely for the negative. Our food is moving away from the natural, into the unnatural and processed and this actually has profound negative effects on the human body.

I would only support this if it is gone about in a way that is completely different than everything else the industry has done.

But chances are you're going to find this meat that is far away from the natural thing as you can possibly get. Injected with things, chemicals used in the process. All the sorts of retarded shit that is done to our food to not only preserve color appearance and smell, but also to improve taste.

Science is like... a huge letdown for me when it comes to food. We've used our advances so carelessly and thoughtlessly and it's become a monster of a beast that we'd be lucky if we can kill.

 

[Stigmata]

That would be ****ing awesome.

[edit] That was in response to Lawyer.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

Yes, meat is meat.

 

[Gray Fox]

I guess. What would be the environmental impact of this meat?

BTW who's other fag that doesn't eat meat normally? And are you just a veggie or a vegan.

 

[lePobz]

Having watched 'Kill it, cook it, eat it' I can wholeheartedly say I would rather all meat were 'grown' this way.

 

[[Matt]]

I can't believe so many people are against the idea of having a little pot where rashers of bacon grow themselves.

-Angry Lawyer

I would rather eat something that was alive and concious enough to know it was whilst having a comfortable existance before its death..

 

[taviow]

No.

char

 

[PimpinPenguin]

Hell yeah meat is meat. I don't care if it's been genetically modified or where it come from. The only thing that bothers me is how it's tastes.

 

[Fliko]

I would rather eat meat from an animal that's had a decent life beforehand such as free range or organic meat as it tends to taste better that intensely farmed animal produce (which i advise everyone to star clear of due to cruelty issues). I guarantee vat produced meat will taste dire in comparison to free range organic meat and the very idea seems perverse when compared to the idea of a farm animal that's been free to roam outdoors.

I also believe you should only eat meat if you're prepared to kill the type of animal you wish to consume. I Eat plenty of chicken and fish and have killed both myself before preparing and consuming them. Anyone who eats meat but is disgusted at the idea of killing an animal is in my eyes a ****ing hypocrite.

QFT, I can't believe it when people refuse to eat butchered animals that have been on a free-range, but this stuff can't be good for something.

 

[Musk]

I don't know. It sounds ok if done correctly but i don't like the idea of it. maybe yes when i know about it

 

[Cheomesh]

I don't know...it seems really weird to me. We killed "god", we should not replace him.

 

[theotherguy]

Definitely yes. Its the same thing, just more humane and hundreds of times more efficient.

 

[Warbie]

Yup, sounds good.

 

[Stigmata]

I don't know...it seems really weird to me. We killed "god", we should not replace him.

This is the kind of thing that will allow us to take steps to prevent the massive food shortage. It may be weird to you, but it may also be completely necessary in order to sustain our population.

 

[joule]

Most people probably wouldn't notice a difference anyway. I'd eat it like any other meat.

 

[phantomdesign]

it could probably produce tastier and new types of more healthy meat. I'm all for it! I drink protine shakes for ****s sake, take Omega 3, vitamins, etc . . . . so why not?