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Beef is literally just grass. Humans began herding grazing livestock because we can't eat grass. Given the amazing variety, quality, and price of foods availab
by hypertele-Xii 5y ago
Beef is literally just grass. Humans began herding grazing livestock because we can't eat grass.
Given the amazing variety, quality, and price of foods available in the developed, globalized world, I cannot fathom why anyone would want to eat grass anymore.
Maybe gut bacteria are mind controlling people to eat it, to their benefit at our expense. I've certainly noticed the craving effect, almost universally regardless of food, for the things I eat. Going from meat to vegan was challenging, but I'm better for it.
- bagels 5y agoBeef is not just literally grass. That's just unhelpful reductionism, and ignores that the properties are changed dramatically through energy inputs and chemical reactions. Grass is just dirt and CO2 and water after all. Dirt is just a bunch of atoms...