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[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 30 points 1 day ago (4 children)

First it was bugs as protein .

Then it was poo burgers .

Now it's trash cookies.

What's next?

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 1 points 58 minutes ago* (last edited 57 minutes ago)

I was gonna say piss beer, but we already have heineken.

(Boomer joke I know, I know!

Tbh I drink almost no more alcohol in general)

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 11 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Idk if it's an unpopular opinion here, but I'm totally cool with bugs as protein. I actually ate a roach that was raised in a clean environment and fed nothing but apples. It wasn't bad, actually kinda good. Tasted vaguely of apple to boot.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Entomophagy isn't even uncommon, globally speaking. And I can vouch for chapulines and escamoles being tasty. I'd happily try more invertebrate foods.

[–] Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 12 hours ago

just eat a dang beans

[–] nanometer1625@thelemmy.club 1 points 12 hours ago
[–] Garbagio@lemmy.zip 5 points 19 hours ago

I'm cool with it. I fuckin hate roaches, but that aside, I think people misrepresent the concept for their own goals. The point isn't to eat bugs for protein (even if humans have at various points in history as a cultural norm). The point is modern meat production is killing us, and we should find other ways to supplement our nutritional intake. But the same people who bitch about vegans not getting the right macros or whatever also shit on bugs, so

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

First it was bugs as protein .

Which has nothing wrong...?

Then it was poo burgers .

I mean, i really doubt it's meant to be taken as serious consideration and not just "why don't wr just try for the funnies?"

Now it's trash cookies.

Seems like you did not even try to understand the article lmao, they just want to showcase their modified yeast that can "eat" PET and produce other stuff with it

I was trying to be funny though.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

From the sounds of it, some kind of genetic treatment to turn everyone into raccoons?

[–] ScriptSage@lemmy.zip 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Wait I'm kinda down to be a raccoon tho

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

i know people that ate raccoon, i would never try it. apparently some people in my city caught wild raccon and cooked it and ate it. the meat is like pitch black.

[–] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

So that's why he cut off and took the roadkill penis....