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There exists a future where you could conceivably eat a delicious lamb shank, while wearing a supple lambskin jacket, while your implanted pancreas and kidney p

There exists a future where you could conceivably eat a delicious lamb shank, while wearing a supple lambskin jacket, while your implanted pancreas and kidney process the meal, and all are sourced from the same animal.

chr1 9y ago
And some time after that a future where all of these are produced in the same factory from cell culture, and real sheep are rare.
- JorgeGT 9y ago
  But surely by that time we can have, say, electric sheeps, right?
  - bryanrasmussen 9y ago
    sure, but status-wise you would be sort of a loser if you didn't have a real one.
    - matte_black 9y ago
      Unless people walk up to it and check they’ll never be able to tell the difference anyway.
  - mathgeek 9y ago
    We can dream.
    - spodek 9y ago
      Dreaming of electric sheep is something a Dick would come up with.
      - gagege 9y ago
        You have apparently committed comedy homicide. May VALIS have mercy on your soul.
  - nerdponx 9y ago
    If you take away the whole "nuclear war" aspect that future doesn't sound all too bad.
roryisok 9y ago
The same individual animal? Because that seems kind of weird for reasons I can't quite put my finger on. I guess it would be less wasteful though. If you're going to butcher a man-pig to steal his pancreas you might as well use the leftovers. Would save hospitals money on catering too. You know what, I've thought about it and I'm all for it
- shezi 9y ago
  Even today, very little is wasted when animals are slaughtered. And products made from animals find their way into a surprising number of end products. Here's some indication of whats going on from the Daily Mail (2009): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217794/From-bullets-bread-beer-tambourines-toothpaste--plus-180-things-pig.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217794/From-...
  - roryisok 9y ago
    I was joking, but joking aside, please don't use the daily mail as a source of data. People in the US might not realise it but The Daily Mail is like a tabloid version of fox news but with more racism.
- emiliobumachar 9y ago
  > [...] that seems kind of weird for reasons I can't quite put my finger on. The meat wouldn't stay fresh while you recovered from surgery. You could always freeze it, but then it's not quite as delicious.
- King-Aaron 9y ago
  > Go to hospital for pancreas transplant > Go home with a packed meal
sparkie 9y ago
That's all before you go to bed with your wife(male) who has a sheep-implant vagina.
roywiggins 9y ago
> A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beeblebrox's table, a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with large watery eyes, small horns and what might almost have been an ingratiating smile on its lips. 'Good evening', it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, 'I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in the parts of my body?' It harrumphed and gurgled a bit, wriggled its hind quarters in to a more comfortable position and gazed peacefully at them.

chr1 9y ago

And some time after that a future where all of these are produced in the same factory from cell culture, and real sheep are rare.

JorgeGT 9y ago
But surely by that time we can have, say, electric sheeps, right?
- bryanrasmussen 9y ago
  sure, but status-wise you would be sort of a loser if you didn't have a real one.
  - matte_black 9y ago
    Unless people walk up to it and check they’ll never be able to tell the difference anyway.
- mathgeek 9y ago
  We can dream.
  - spodek 9y ago
    Dreaming of electric sheep is something a Dick would come up with.
    - gagege 9y ago
      You have apparently committed comedy homicide. May VALIS have mercy on your soul.
- nerdponx 9y ago
  If you take away the whole "nuclear war" aspect that future doesn't sound all too bad.

roryisok 9y ago

The same individual animal? Because that seems kind of weird for reasons I can't quite put my finger on. I guess it would be less wasteful though. If you're going to butcher a man-pig to steal his pancreas you might as well use the leftovers. Would save hospitals money on catering too. You know what, I've thought about it and I'm all for it

shezi 9y ago
Even today, very little is wasted when animals are slaughtered. And products made from animals find their way into a surprising number of end products. Here's some indication of whats going on from the Daily Mail (2009): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217794/From-bullets-bread-beer-tambourines-toothpaste--plus-180-things-pig.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1217794/From-...
- roryisok 9y ago
  I was joking, but joking aside, please don't use the daily mail as a source of data. People in the US might not realise it but The Daily Mail is like a tabloid version of fox news but with more racism.
emiliobumachar 9y ago
> [...] that seems kind of weird for reasons I can't quite put my finger on. The meat wouldn't stay fresh while you recovered from surgery. You could always freeze it, but then it's not quite as delicious.
King-Aaron 9y ago
> Go to hospital for pancreas transplant > Go home with a packed meal

sparkie 9y ago

That's all before you go to bed with your wife(male) who has a sheep-implant vagina.

roywiggins 9y ago

> A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beeblebrox's table, a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with large watery eyes, small horns and what might almost have been an ingratiating smile on its lips. 'Good evening', it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, 'I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in the parts of my body?' It harrumphed and gurgled a bit, wriggled its hind quarters in to a more comfortable position and gazed peacefully at them.