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  • T_Doug [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Vegan for only 6 years but I'd eat lab grown meat just as I now eat plant-based substitutes for meat (Beyond Burgers esp). I understand other Vegans argue that lab grown meat isn't truly vegan since it's tested against real meat in it's development, but frankly by metrics like that almost anything could be considered non-vegan. Though if that lab meat was hugely environmentally wasteful, in the same way that meat is now, I wouldn't eat it.

    Though I'm not actually that optimistic that lab grown meat will be revolutionary. Vegan meat substitutes right now are generally pretty good imo (cheese sucks, but whatever) and yet I don't think its had that much of an impact on converting people to veganism. Unless lab grown meat is absolutely indistinguishable in price and taste from normal meat, I can't see it being much more than a novelty to most omnivores.

    • Saint [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I'm on pretty much the same page, though I don't know if I'd actually eat it, given that I've never eaten meat. I'd probably go back to my pescetarianism if lab grown fish, eggs and dairy were possible.

      I strongly suspect that lab-grown meat would be a lot closer to the real thing than meat alternatives. Possibly even indistinguishable