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That's good and all but the taste is still far off from normal. Impossible is a lot better but still not an exact fit.
by jimmaswell 6y ago
That's good and all but the taste is still far off from normal. Impossible is a lot better but still not an exact fit.
- purephase 6y agoWell shit, the taste is slightly off so let's keep killing billions of sentient animals.
- aqsalose 6y agoI was introduced to the "Hard Problem of Consciousness" some 10 years ago in high school philosophy class, and have been mulling over it ever since. Today I am sympathetic to Dennett's argument in Consciousness Explained: there is no single Cartesian theater, there are several processes in the brain which are the same thing (up to the precision of definition of same) as we internally experience, and many properties we tend to attribute to that features of internal experience, consciousness and "qualia" are myths. My personal favorite hypothesis is that those myths arise from quirks of our ability to talk and think and have a narrative about our experience. So, if sentience is much less special and much more incoherent phenomenon than the Enlightenment thinkers who made it the crown of the human superiority would have thought, and consequently the whole concept is more akin to teleological physics of Aristotle than an apt name for what really happens ... then attributing moral value to sentience alone seems less compelling take than it initially would seem. Personally, I find Benjamin Franklin's reasoning to cease vegetarianism quite logical. Animals are allowed to eat animals.
- purephase 6y agoThat's a lot of bullshit words to justify "meat taste's good". We're not animals. We can't have it both ways in the ideological spectrum of how we both perceive and interact with the world. Whatever the fuck Ben Franklin said is largely meaningless when you take a few minutes to compare it against the world and reality he inhabited to the one we live in today.
- toper-centage 6y agoPeople have always killed other people. Some people even eat other people. And we let them. Have you tried to convince a lion to eat a soy gazelle? I suppose not, because of the strong language barrier. They would probably not digest it very well, as they are real carnivores. My point is, we are capable of having this complex discussion with several points of view and your whole reasoning is "animals eat animals, why shouldnt I?".
- cercatrova 6y agoI never understand this argument. Yes, taste matters, over and above any other factor. If it didn't, we wouldn't continue to kill so many animals.
- xdennis 6y agoDon't mind if I do. Your emotional arguments only work on impressionable children.
- zachrose 6y agoI agree, but also find joy in the larger “burger experience” (toppings, bun, fries, soda, presentation, etc). I hope I’m not the only one.
- fossuser 6y agoYeah, I was disappointed in it at first but after becoming vegetarian it's really nice to have it even if it's not perfect. When you have it with all the condiments it's good enough.
- jimmaswell 6y agoHave you tried the Impossible Whopper? I was pretty impressed by it. I still get it once in a while since it's pretty good and something different.
- fossuser 6y agoI haven't tried the whopper yet, but that's mostly because I only really eat Burger King in airports. Looking forward to trying it though.
- lovelettr 6y agoSo for awhile I liked it and ate it. Then out of nowhere it turned into a thing that when I eat it I, without getting graphic, let’s just call it extreme digestive issues. I wonder how frequently that occurs. Or am I just odd?
- mikepurvis 6y agoIt feels like they're on the right track, but after all the hype, I was a bit disappointed too. It has like a slightly odd oiliness that I didn't think I minded at first but ended up finding quite off-putting.
- tyingq 6y agoProbably the coconut oil, sunflower oil, cocoa butter, etc. They need something to make the white flecks and make the patty sizzle.