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driverdevin t1_j6l3u44 wrote

It’s prohibitively expensive in my area

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AKblazer45 t1_j6m2mtx wrote

Should have seen the craziness on Reddit back in 2018. Beyond and impossible burger were going to completely destroy the entire meat industry.

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CalyShadezz t1_j6md27k wrote

I remember when the Impossible Whopper came out and people were like "Finally, I can eat at Burger King!". Like fuck man, I only go to Burger King when I was in a pinch...how many Vegans were driving past Burger Kings getting sad before the Imposible Whopper?

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waxheartzZz t1_j6n3q5t wrote

50% of the time they just gave me actual meat when I ordered it, lmfao. you can clearly taste / see when it is impossible vs meat

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lovsicfrs t1_j6nntrl wrote

The part that kills me is like…

You’re going to go eat at a place that still profits off slaughtering animals and using their remains as food for everyone else going there? As a vegan, shouldn’t you be against any establishment that practices this? Wild.

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Federal-Artichoke-73 t1_j6nqr7h wrote

Actually, if you drive up the sales of Impossible Whopper vs animal meat, the wise business decision is to increase consumption of the former thus driving down demand for meat. The outcome is that fewer animals are killed. Win

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AKblazer45 t1_j6nzm2t wrote

Will now I’m going to go eat a pound of ground burger just to keep the price down!

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pingforhelp t1_j6o6ga5 wrote

No lol this only holds true if an already existing animal meat consumer switches to impossible

If a fresh vegan who is not already a bk customer goes and gets an impossible whopper than it doesn't change their demand of animal meat at all and no less animals are slaughtered.

A fresh vegan should avoid bk at all costs because the only way to reduce the number of animals slaughtered is if the business disappears and by giving them any money at all you are preventing that

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Me_Melissa t1_j6oettn wrote

Purchasing the impossible option in large numbers would keep it on the menu longer, normalizing it and enticing many to try it at least once. That would lower the cultural barrier to entry for any meat substitute, which helps the concept's viability. That would be a very long play.

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Thanmandrathor t1_j6nq5ab wrote

By that logic you can’t shop at a grocery store either.

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lovsicfrs t1_j6nvk3n wrote

I think it’s different when it’s good being cooked Vs food you are purchasing to take home to your own cooking environment.

You are assuming that the same cooking utensils are not being used and as someone who has worked fast food, good luck!

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Thanmandrathor t1_j6nx77z wrote

I avoid fast food as a general rule, it’s literally my last food option when nothing else is available.

But both places bring in meat to sell onto consumers and profit off doing so, so I think claiming that as the reason to avoid fast food as a vegan is a bit of a stretch.

I also made no assumptions about how stuff is cooked in a fast food place, I merely pointed out that both places profit off selling meat.

I do in fact eat vegan. I am also under no illusion that staff in a fast food, or any other restaurant that isn’t solely plant-based for that matter, are going to cross-contaminate the foods, because they either don’t give enough of a shit, or are too stupid to know better. As I have no allergies the cross-contamination is not a huge issue for me personally. If I eat at a BK it would be a calculated risk at that point.

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buttnuggetscrunchy t1_j6p2m3q wrote

Guess vegans shouldn't go to grocery stores either based off that logic

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lovsicfrs t1_j6p46ky wrote

They shouldn’t but what do I know. Kind of weird to have such a hard stance because of acts you don’t agree with but then actively put money into the pockets of those who benefit from said acts and continue on with them.

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Beginning_Pudding_69 t1_j6ocu52 wrote

Two BKs closed by my house. They were getting absolutely smacked by Wendys, McDonald’s, and Chik.

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legopego5142 t1_j6n0eme wrote

Shit doesn’t even taste good and half the time it’s cooked on the same grill so its covered in fat and grease anyway

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CoolFirefighter930 t1_j6otjqo wrote

it comes out of the pack greasey. If you compare nutrition value of lean hamburger compared to beyond meat, lean hamburger wins. Check it out

Google it.

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GhostintheSchall t1_j6n0v25 wrote

When I mentioned how disgusting Beyond Meat smells in those threads, all the replies kept telling me it was because I was a bad cook 🤣

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Yasai101 t1_j6n4oeh wrote

i remembered seeing the commercials and laugh thinking how this company will go bankrupt in a matter of time. vegetable meats, lol only the biggest suckers would buy this.

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ChiggaOG t1_j6lxbu9 wrote

And high in sodium. It smells unpleasant no matter how much it's raved about. Reminds me too much of pea soup.

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arctic_bull t1_j6m0iq3 wrote

Sodium isn't really an issue for most people, and personally I disagree. I think it tastes good. Definitely has a bit of a pea smell. I order it over a beige paste made of as many as 100 to 1000 cattle if I'm out at a fast food place. Won't replace a steak of course.

Let's face it most ground meat in the US by volume is shit, bottom tier stuff. Nobody would notice if it got swapped out at a Taco Bell.

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BeerPizzaGaming t1_j6md7tb wrote

Taco bell "meat" is the lowest grade allowed for human consumption and only a fraction of the substance identified as meat comes from beef muscle. Their "meat" products have a shit ton of cellulose powder (horse hair and tree pulp) mixed in it and they admit that 12% of the volume is "spices." What is that BS? There is no need for that much spice.

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saveitred t1_j6mzr88 wrote

Do you have a link ?

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BeerPizzaGaming t1_j6nmmw9 wrote

There were news reports about it a while back. Just do a google search and you can find plenty of articles on it.

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carmichael561 t1_j6mbzht wrote

>Nobody would notice if it got swapped out at a Taco Bell.

They would notice the increase in price

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Civil-Ad2058 t1_j6mk5vu wrote

Sodium aren’t a big deal until you get high BP and have that shock pikachu face at the doctor and wonder why your kidney at stage IV failure.

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1villageidiot t1_j6m7tvz wrote

ground "meat" is actually soy byproducts, but at least not soylent green

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Creative_Ad_8338 t1_j6mqcpl wrote

Beef subsidies will eventually stop and the true cost of $30 per lb will be realized. Plant based meats are much cheaper.

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darkspd96 t1_j6lmcxl wrote

Well when 80/20 ground beef is $2.5/lb, vs impossible at $6/lb... I know what I'm getting everytime

If they could undercut I'd buy it everytime!!

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TRBigStick t1_j6mpizw wrote

Imagine trying to compete with an industry that gets $38 billion in subsidies from the federal government every year.

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Cryptic0677 t1_j6n06r8 wrote

They also treat the animals like complete shit to get those prices so low. Ethically raised beef is expensive even with the subsidies

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paradox501 t1_j6nnmrv wrote

Hopefully they treat their genetically modified plants better

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aKnightWh0SaysNi t1_j6n9mip wrote

It takes a gold medal in mental gymnastics to arrive a place where raising something for the sole purpose of killing and eating it is ethical if you’re nice to them first, but not if you’re mean to them before the murdering.

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Cryptic0677 t1_j6nakx2 wrote

I’m not saying it’s optimal and imo we should all resolve to eat less or no meat, but if we’re gonna do it we definitely shouldn’t lock animals in cages and or let them walk all over and shit on each other

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callmecrude t1_j6noz2f wrote

As a farmer, the answer is obvious to me. But I’m genuinely curious if the average person thinks the government is only subsidizing the meat and dairy industry?

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TRBigStick t1_j6nyaeq wrote

I can’t speak to the average person because I’m on WSB and thus below average intelligence.

I do, however, know that the federal government creates massive market inefficiencies in farming, healthcare, pharma, and higher education.

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_BreakingGood_ t1_j6oggtj wrote

As a person with common sense, I genuinely wonder if people really think it could ever be cheaper to raise a fucking cow to slaughter than grow some soybeans.

It's not cheaper, you're just pre-paying for it with your taxes

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lost_in_life_34 t1_j6o9rhr wrote

corn and soybeans used in these things get more subsidies

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_BreakingGood_ t1_j6og8xv wrote

Looks like soybeans get about 14 million in subsidies per year from the US gov.

Slightly less than the 38 billion for meat

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[deleted] t1_j6n354f wrote

80/20 is $2.5/lb ? I get 88/12 for $4/lb at costco, where u buying at that cheap? or do you not have freedom

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what_is_blue t1_j6matdf wrote

Yeah, exactly. Only wealthier people can afford the luxury of being ethical when it comes to feeding themselves and their families.

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dzigizord t1_j6mfl5p wrote

Lentils and beans are cheap as f*** though

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Low-Equipment-2621 t1_j6msqi1 wrote

But wealthier people wouldn't feed such trash to their families. Look at the ingredients list.

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darkspd96 t1_j6md3fq wrote

What do you mean ethical? Who gives a shit shot cows?

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what_is_blue t1_j6md8xl wrote

A lot of people. And even more pretend to. Remember that old adage:

"How do you spot a vegan at a dinner party?"

"You don't. They'll soon let you know."

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blackbarminnosu t1_j6lhn1e wrote

Who wouldn’t want an unhealthier version of meat?

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WhyBee92 t1_j6lnknp wrote

Yeah I was initially excited and actually willing to give up meat for a healthier, sustainable alternative. Read that nutritional label and nope. Didn’t make any sense

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_BreakingGood_ t1_j6ohal3 wrote

It makes more sense when you realize what problem it was actually trying to solve.

Animal farming produces about 16% of global emission each year. That means about 1/6th of every pollutant released this year was because of animal farming.

The impossible burger is in a solid 90% reduction of power usage, water usage, land usage, emissions, deforestation.

Their goal isn't to make a healthy burger. Not at all.

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ExoticAsparagus333 t1_j6os9pi wrote

But it’s fucking gross. We could just make supplements to reduce methane or some shit and eat delicious beef. Or stop driving big cars everywhere. Fuck eat processed pea imitation meat.

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DeepseaGoldfishs t1_j6luvfc wrote

My wife is vegetarian. She would rather have a black bean burger then a fake bloody processed burger.

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west420coast t1_j6m9wdo wrote

I’m vegetarian and black bean burgers are fucking tasteless

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ZebraheadedGuy t1_j6n6zos wrote

Have you ever tried J Kenji Lopez-Alt’s recipe for black bean burgers? It’s phenomenal. My family loves meat and we make that recipe once a month. He bakes the beans first to dry them out and it totally improves the texture and flavor.

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pyroracing85 t1_j6l2rvp wrote

Product sits on the shelf on sale in my local supermarket.

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getgoingfast t1_j6l3100 wrote

Fad is over I guess.

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Zetice t1_j6l39k3 wrote

what fad?

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gym_brah81 t1_j6lann3 wrote

Ur mum

https://preview.redd.it/cwiyep707cfa1.png?width=103&format=pjpg&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=db97ce5cae1e472cee897bbc3957dbe8a8deeae5

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Zetice t1_j6lh9za wrote

img

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gym_brah81 t1_j6lq43y wrote

Look man, I can apologize if you come meet me at the local hooters to discuss buying houses in Japan

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BeerPizzaGaming t1_j6mdcdb wrote

Your mom says that your dad and his friends are "fads." She knows because she caught them.

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smeshyuz t1_j6lt8kk wrote

Never happened. That’s how you should know it was bullshit out of the gate. It was loud and appeared everywhere suddenly.

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greenskew OP t1_j6l3r9k wrote

Same here. People pickup, lookup and put it down.

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SateliteDicPic t1_j6l6k5y wrote

That’s an improvement over where I live where people just sneer in its general direction.

Chanos said today he thinks they don’t have enough cash to finish out the year.

ETA: I’m a regarded degenerate that can’t tell one plant based “meat” product business with a hyperbolic name from the other one.

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rarius18 t1_j6lw8yx wrote

Because it doesn’t matter how realistic a rubber vagina is, it always will be a pathetic imitation.

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[deleted] t1_j6l81fv wrote

I buy it once in a while as an alternative to buying beef.

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caezar-salad t1_j6ldssj wrote

It's more expensive than ground beef here img

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j12 t1_j6lssye wrote

Ag gets hella subsidies, impossible doesn’t.

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pyroracing85 t1_j6lzirg wrote

Buy chicken then…

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[deleted] t1_j6n0oow wrote

I buy it because I want a burger but don’t want to eat meat. Chicken wouldn’t help too much in that situation would it?

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darkspd96 t1_j6lm7yh wrote

Where!?! I'd love to pick it up

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pyroracing85 t1_j6lzhzd wrote

Hahaha eww but most Ingles in SC. NC ingles might be different cause those people roll a different way

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Mega-Lithium t1_j6l6jxd wrote

How can that be???

I personally bought an impossible Whopper at Burger King that one time around 2 years ago (I think)

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saab4u2 t1_j6l8w78 wrote

Well, you’re still alive. How about cancer free? If so, I might try one now since it may be cheaper in the near future.

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BeerPizzaGaming t1_j6mcwcb wrote

Glorified veggie burgers that are less healthy that actual meat and cost more than twice as much.

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Heatbeat t1_j6nx0f9 wrote

But muh animals!

Don't care. Not eating literal garbage just because of the animals.

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_BreakingGood_ t1_j6ogxf5 wrote

Impossible was never about the animals. That might be priority number 30 on their list of top 30 priorities.

An impossible burger takes something like 99% less water, 90% less power, generates 99% less emissions, results in 99% less deforestation (much of the beef industry is deforesting the amazon rainforest too which is even worse.)

The goal was always environmental, not so much animal welfare.

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Heatbeat t1_j6oyg7q wrote

Question.

Why does it take 99% less of all those things? Is it maybe...gasp... because of no animals required??

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_BreakingGood_ t1_j6oz24m wrote

Exactly, animals are one of the least efficient sources of food out there. Cows did not evolve to be food.

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Heatbeat t1_j6ozii2 wrote

Really? Then what did they evolve to do? Calculus?

If they're not supposed to be food then why do predators exist equipped to prey on them?

Fact is cows are a high yield food source and that's why they're so relied upon.

And you said it wasn't about the animals, which, it CLEARLY is.

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_BreakingGood_ t1_j6p7cxg wrote

You're really suggesting animals evolved to be food? Lol.

They evolved to NOT be food. Anything that evolved to be food went extinct a long time ago, because they got eaten.

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LeClassyGent t1_j6p0jxb wrote

You can be completely vegan without ever touching these products.

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nomorerainpls t1_j6lduq9 wrote

In my city Impossible is treated an an untested upgrade both in terms of quality, health, climate and price. I don’t think this message has landed yet with fast food connoisseurs

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greenskew OP t1_j6ljfl2 wrote

This product and what it is disrupting are price sensitive. That is what is at play here.

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out2seeagain t1_j6m8p2y wrote

I have never understood how someone that doesn’t eat meat, would want to eat something that’s pretending to be meat.

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Barbossal t1_j6nijux wrote

Really? It's easy - Meat is delicious but I don't want to kill something to have it.

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blondiecats t1_j6nh8br wrote

They don’t wake up one morning and stop liking meat, how is that hard to grasp.

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Redditer0002 t1_j6ma5ne wrote

Because it doesn't involve butchering healthy cows probably.

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DudeRick t1_j6n250d wrote

Think of all of the vegetable lives that will be saved…

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LC7325 t1_j6nkxlt wrote

Fake meat is possible, profits are the impossible part.

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Rameist2 t1_j6l3pwk wrote

It will only survive off niche places needing to offer vegetarian options. Like sports and entertainment venues.

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Mogar700 t1_j6lrzcn wrote

I am vegetarian. When I eat out at restaurants I am looking for vegetarian options that do NOT taste like meat. Why would someone be a vegetarian and be looking to eat food made to taste like meat is beyond me

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AideOdd1666 t1_j6lpgi6 wrote

Not even that men These fake meat are so crazy unhealthy that anybody with half brain is going to pass a mile away from anything like that

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liquefire81 t1_j6l9ktl wrote

Impossible, now rebranded as, Possible

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Dry_Inflation_861 t1_j6m0utc wrote

I'm so tired of panda express asking if I want to try their beyond orange chicken. I don't even know if it's the same company I just don't fucking want it. Give me that delicious goodness I've been eating since I was a child. I really wish it was acceptable to tell them to fuck off nicely, I'm not and will never be interested.

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bkbikeberd t1_j6m9ve4 wrote

I guess it was only 80% lean

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SproutedWinkle t1_j6n251k wrote

Our company is literally called impossible and you keep buying??????

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RasputinModelNewbie t1_j6o2005 wrote

Great, those 20% are now gonna go accidentally some egg factories.

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ATHSE t1_j6o7qet wrote

I'm waiting for 100% layoffs.

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MrULTRALONG t1_j6olttz wrote

People wana eat real meat and gf pussy

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DrJJGame10 t1_j6or6ey wrote

More social media recruiters haha

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Zetice t1_j6l3yo2 wrote

why didnt you post this yesterday?

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greenskew OP t1_j6ljnib wrote

My calls would not be crying in a corner if I could see the future.

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doobiedoobie123456 t1_j6nedlw wrote

That's too bad, I think Impossible burgers taste pretty decent. And they are way more ethical and environmentally friendly than conventional beef.

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ch4m4njheenga t1_j6laaix wrote

My company cafeteria sells the burger for $5. It’s a steal compared to McD or Burger King.

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mxk2020 t1_j6laucj wrote

If I was a billionaire I would buy farmland to support meat based vegetables so normal carnivores no longer have to be stigmatized by obedient worshipers of MyPlate.

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Loutro-Fift t1_j6lqvsx wrote

If my aunt had balls, she’d be my uncle

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mxk2020 t1_j6mkea5 wrote

That seems irrelevant today, you didn't ask for pronouns

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Free-Public-Wifi t1_j6llnz8 wrote

According to Family Guy John Wayne ate steak for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; makes sense considering he had over 40 lbs of impacted fecal matter during his autopsy. Calls on impacted fecal matter and enlarged colons due to less plant based meats being consumed.

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