You spend all day lining them up for slaughter, one by one onto the conveyor before bullet is silenced by brain, knife slithers over throat, hung to bleed for eight minutes. You cannot wait to get home and eat a big, juicy steak. You like it so rare that it’s still ruminating in a field […]
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At the time of writing this, I’ve been vegetarian for exactly seventeen days — or less than that, if you consider me accidentally eating non-vegetarian fries a week and a half ago. I’m excited about it. I’m definitely more excited now about eating than I used to be. I’ve been lobbying my parents to let […]
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Hello, dear Germs. Today I am here to talk to you about something a little personal — and maybe a little unexpected — but it’s something that has affected my life since February. I’m a vegetarian. There it is. I’ve said it. It’s in the universe now for everyone to know. I have been a […]
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For me, the ideal meat (ground beef, ham, etc.) will be a near-future cultured meat that’s actually made from real animal-muscle cells, just grown and tended in labs instead of pastures. But until that kind of meat becomes a more viable alternative, maybe Beyond Meat’s fake “super meat” discussed in the above video will suffice. Maybe. […]
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