74 points

I remember when he was popular I would get downvoted to hell for pointing out he was full of shit. He’s a silver spoon, oligarch nepo baby who wears hoodies and shorts to pretend he’s one of us, he isn’t.

I would point out how disingenuous he was and how the other shoe would drop after he was elected and people would report me to mods

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I realized it early on and didn’t vote for him but my wife did. All I had to do is find out where he stood on Palestine. Palestine has been my litmus test for how truly progressive a candidate is. So when the genocide started and he revealed himself for the ghoul he really was, I wasn’t surprised.

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13 points

You had a good read

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Yeah, people didn’t much care for me stating that he would be another Kyrsten Sinema. I remember when people were enthused for her because she was gay and weird, as if someone who’s gay and weird could never, ever be a right-wing asshole.

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-5 points

Bunch of fucking piss baby libs

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67 points

The guy literally got brain damage and became more conservative. You can’t buy that kind of political commentary.

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14 points

Smells like a Manchurian Candidate.

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3 points

Alwyas seems to happen to only one of the two parties. Almost like it’s on purpose.

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-1 points

I got brain damage and became more leftist.

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He’s also strangely against lab grown meat… which I just flat out don’t understand. It’s unproven on whether or not it’s even economically viable… and PA is famous for scrapple. So I mean… calling anything else slop is confusing.

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12 points

It’s a well known fact that Republicans like killing animals. Just ask Kristi Noem

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7 points

Why wouldn’t it be economically viable?

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17 points

Because it’s vegan or meat free. Everything sold at grocery stores that are meat free prepared proteins are hugely overpriced, making them unaffordable for most families.

I just had an impossible burger i made at home, the 2 impossible meat patties cost $10. Which is absurdly expensive. Vegan chicken burgers are similar. Vegan bacon costs 3x the price of regular bacon. Same with vegan lunch meats.

So lab grown meat will most certainly be overpriced and not appealing to regular people and families who can’t afford premium prices

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More importantly the technology isn’t there yet for scale. After watching a few documentaries I’m not sure if we will ever scale it up, but here’s to hoping. I need to go find some links now

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4 points

If you’re vegan for ethical reasons, lab grown meat is fine. If you’re vegan because limiting your animal protein has health benefits, lab grown meat is still not okay.

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I remember reading this article on the subject and finding it interesting: https://archive.ph/8xyWx

My terrible summary of that article is that it’s really hard to turn cell goop into something that is recognizably hamburger. There’s a shitload of structure to meat so you have to make the cells do their “turn into this part of a cow” thing. That’s been really difficult to scale up. One shortcut you can take is to use actual animal meat as a starter, but then you’re no longer making vegetarian meat, and I seem to recall there being some other issue with that.

I really want lab grown meat to work, but I’m losing hope.

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5 points

If we made a continuously long chain of meat using artificial cells, at what point is is it just the cells? Or is it still the Meat of Theseus?

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1 point

On paper it totally should be. I mean, you’re not growing animals, just the parts you want to eat in a vat.

But well, in actuality it may follow the same path as vertical farming.

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29 points

Hopefully he’ll end up in the same circle of hell as Kyrsten Sinema (if I remember my Dante correctly, this means that Satan himself will be nibbling on their heads for all eternity alongside Judas, Brutus, and Cassius).

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7 points

Id like to see him have another stroke.

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21 points

Do is he a piece of shit who lied to get into office or did he lose his mind after having a stroke?

Side note: continuing to run for Senate after having a stroke isn’t bravery, it’s insane.

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