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> Beans are protein-rich, sustainable, and delicious. Why doesn’t the US eat more of them? Because they don't taste as good as meat, obviously. People get exc
by ARandomerDude 3y ago
> Beans are protein-rich, sustainable, and delicious. Why doesn’t the US eat more of them?
Because they don't taste as good as meat, obviously. People get excited about going out for a steak. Nobody gets excited about going out for beans.
- paulcole 3y agoYou’re not quite getting at the root of it. People are generally selfish and will generally choose to do things that benefit them over things that benefit other people.
- jankyxenon 3y agoWell sure. If one puts all their discretionary income and effort into a “pile” the vast majority would go to themselves/kin then others.
- jahewson 3y agoIf the other people are selfless it won’t benefit them either.
- imposterr 3y agoSpeak for yourself. Bean dishes are delicious and I'd choose them over steak in most circumstances.
- eyelidlessness 3y agoI totally agree, and I quite like meat.
- TeeMassive 3y ago[flagged]
- delta_p_delta_x 3y agoYou just generalised roughly about a billion people's diets. > 86% of vegetarians go back to eating meat because they get sick About half of those billion people were never not-vegetarian in the first place, i.e. Indians. They are generational vegetarians, having stuck to that diet for well over 3500 years. So either you pulled that factoid out of some unsavoury orifice, or you are badly misinformed. > Nearly all vegetarians I've seen are nearly never obese but nearly always look weak, sick and tired Also, source? Americans are amongst the most 'carnivorous'[1], but there is a massive obesity, heart disease, and high cholesterol problem in the US. [1]: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-meat-consumption-per-person?tab=table https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-meat-consumption-pe...
- xrisk 3y agoHuh, a majority of Indians aren’t vegetarian. Don't spread FUD.
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- eyelidlessness 3y agoI don’t have a statistical interest in this dispute, but I do think it’s worth pointing out that this is an unusual use of the term “FUD”.
- SJetKaran 3y agoMajority of Indians are non-vegetarians. Indians eat way less meat than other countries, sure. Part of this is due to cultural, religious, and cost reasons, but the fact that most Indians are non-vegetarians is un-disputed. Here is one post about it https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/yaspf6/19_of_population_in_india_eats_vegetarian_food/ https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/yaspf6/19_of_populat..., but you can easily find better references online regarding the same.
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- Carioca 3y agoPut the two together and have a feijoada
- carabiner 3y agoSteak is the most overrated food ever. Give me soup dumplings, tacos, neapolitan pizza, ANYTHING over a bland unseasoned slab of meat that cost $50-100 (or way more in Vegas). The romance around steak is entirely cultural and not objective.
- tristor 3y ago> bland unseasoned I found the problem. A proper steak should be properly seasoned.
- bloodyplonker22 3y agoUnless you have the palate of a child, beans and meat are two different things. Similar to comparing apples to oranges. They can both be enjoyed.
- timbit42 3y agoDoes the meat really taste better, or is it because it's buried in a sauce full of sugar?