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SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!1!
Singapore becomes first country to approve lab-grown meat
“…The product, created from cultured chicken cells, has been approved as an ingredient in chicken bites following Singapore Food Agency (SFA) approval, Eat Just said Tuesday.
“Initially, the chicken bites will debut in a Singapore restaurant, with plans for wider expansion into dining and retail establishments in the country, Josh Tetrick, co-founder and CEO of Eat Just told CNN Business. The product will be priced at parity with premium chicken, he added.”
From the MIT newsletter thingie: “Singapore’s decision could kick-start the first wave of regulatory approvals around the world. Meat with much lower greenhouse gas emissions and zero animal suffering is really on its way.”
OK, that actually good news, but I would rather go vegetarian to accomplish those goals. I’m probably outta my lane here, but no thank you, Science.
They tried to make me grow a meat slab,
I said, “No, No, No.”
Told me, “Make a clone, steak without a bone!”
“No, no, no!”
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Oh, give me a clone
Of my own flesh and bone
With the Y chromosome changed to X
And when she is grown,
My very own clone,
She will be of the opposite sex.
Clone, clone of my own,
With the Y chromosome changed to X
And when she is grown,
Since her mind is my own,
We’ll be thinking of nothing but sex.
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Ref – All You Zombies, Heinlein.
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I thought it was from Asimov, and as I recall, it goes:
“Oh give me a clone
Of my very own,
With its Y Chromosome
Changed to X.
Then me and my clone,
When we’re all alone,
We’ll be having
Plenty of sex.”
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I was correct about the authorship, but my faulty memory failed me yet again when it came to remembering the lyrics.
http://members.tripod.com/~bardic_circle/aclone.htm
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Dang! I thought E.A. was making it up.
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It’s a very old filk song, going back to at least the 1970s, when I was heavily into the con circuit (when they were run by the fen, and, therefore, still fun). It’s been attributed to Asimov based on Heinlein, but when it comes to a lot of filk, nobody’s really sure.
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Presumably it still has all the physical properties of real meat — so it will still promote clogged arteries, insulin resistance, cancer, obesity, strokes, heart attacks, and generally, you know, death.
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They’re working on the death part too. So, you can live longer and drag out the misery.
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Not a problem. No one really wants to know what’s in chicken nuggets anyway.
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I thought the Nuggets came from roosters.
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DC- and all you scissor-heads- y’all never disappoint.
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I’m reminded of the wickedly funny novel The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth. The protagonist loses his cushy job as an advertising executive and has to take a job tending a giant mass of vat-grown chicken meat called Chicken Little that’s fed with algae byproducts.
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B-4 –
I know the story well; certain famous podcasters lent the book to me a few years ago..
The pulsating blob was disturbing, but the harvesting with swords to shave off layers creeped me out. Nightmares for days, which I will probably have again tonight.
Rgds,
TG
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Isn’t that the one where one’s caste was determined by one’s SS number, the lower the better?
I don’t remember the blob, but I do remember his decision process regarding his use of addictive substances that he knew had been added to rations, in order to blend in.
It was written in the age of tobacco and alcohol e v e r y w h e r e.
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I welcome lab-grown meat. I can’t wait to try it.
I switched my diet to 100% vegetarian about 4 years ago, and it was strictly because of what the meat industry has done to the environment. I still like to eat meat, and I am a fan of the fake meat products on the market.
I’d have an easier time keeping weight off if I could eat some skinless chicken breasts rather than the carb-heavy fake meat stuff.
I live alone and don’t really enjoy cooking, so I keep looking for shortcuts.
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G’ma used to say if all those people are right Heaven will be mighty lonely.
And Hell would be just like here.
(Can I go to Montana?)
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