Shout Box archive

13 Jul 21:00

John

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Yeah me too!

13 Jul 21:00

Amit Dutta

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I did. I didn't slaughter it myself btw....but I've seen it happen when I was younger in Africa

13 Jul 21:00

Mechanizoid

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It would be like eating my dog

13 Jul 21:00

Mechanizoid

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I know I would get emotionally attached to the lamb :(

13 Jul 21:00

Amit Dutta

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And I didn't like it

13 Jul 21:00

Amit Dutta

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I figured it would be dishonest of me not to face up to the reality

13 Jul 21:00

Mechanizoid

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I'd raise my own chickens if I had the time

13 Jul 21:00

Mechanizoid

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I buy the cage-free ones but still

13 Jul 21:00

Amit Dutta

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It totally did for me...I still eat meat, but much less...definitely have that moral issue in my mind every time

13 Jul 20:59

John

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@Amit: You serious? Did you actually go through killing the poor little thing?

13 Jul 20:59

Mechanizoid

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Well, I do use some eggs for baking, though I don't feel too happy about that 'cause of conditions on chicken farms. :/

13 Jul 20:59

Mechanizoid

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Yeah, I think if we were honest about where meat comes from it would change how we feel about it.

13 Jul 20:59

John

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@Mech: Wow. That's pretty much a solid vegan..

13 Jul 20:59

Mechanizoid

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Grains and vegetables seem to be keeping me quite healthy!

13 Jul 20:59

Mechanizoid

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nope

13 Jul 20:58

Amit Dutta

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I want to switch to vegetarian....I raised my own lambs for meat. It was an experience.

13 Jul 20:58

John

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Bone broth?

13 Jul 20:58

Mechanizoid

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Like any meat, at all. :-)

13 Jul 20:58

Amit Dutta

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Great!

13 Jul 20:58

Mechanizoid

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I don't eat meat

13 Jul 20:58

John

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@Amit: My dread for the future simply went away! Carry on oil-depleting mess of a world!

13 Jul 20:58

Amit Dutta

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It's shocking what we do to chickens over almost all the other farmed animals actually...really horrible

13 Jul 20:57

Mechanizoid

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lol

13 Jul 20:57

Amit Dutta

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bio-engineer pre-fried chicken

13 Jul 20:57

Mechanizoid

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and the return of passenger-carrying airships :-)

13 Jul 20:56

Mechanizoid

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Personally, I'm for computerized clipper ships

13 Jul 20:56

John

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How can you make fried chicken without oil?

13 Jul 20:56

Amit Dutta

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as we know it

13 Jul 20:56

John

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Like tasty fried chicken...

13 Jul 20:56

Mechanizoid

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electricity is a lot easier to handle in an fossil fuel depleted world than transport though

13 Jul 20:56

Amit Dutta

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including civilisation :)

13 Jul 20:56

Mechanizoid

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Yeah