That’s not the guy in the NYT article, who is slower and much more chill. This guy’s a speed runner.
Joe Biden is the Impossible Southwest Bacon Whopper of American politics?
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well, gimme about 20 mins to return a verdict on that. I suspect yes. looks ok in photos and in theory, but far overpriced and a bit mushy, and there aren’t any alternatives.
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yep nbz nailed it. visually appealing when unwrapped, scent is ok. bacon a bit dried out and spongy but pretty solid for fast food burger fare. meat is what you’d expect. technically edible, way overpriced, thinks it’s a lot more than it is, doesn’t do much for me.
joe biden is the american southwest impossible burger with bacon. ASIBB - thanks, brandon.
WAT? Maybe I’m getting leveled here. The guy in jmakin’s link is georainbolt aka Trevor Rainbolt, who is the guy featured in the NYT article. There is even a photo of him that you can compare to the tiktok.
But it’s still better than eating dogshit (aka any Republican), right?
How the heck did she not get ratioed for that?
Yeah I play. I watch Speedruns of it too.
https://youtu.be/aV2VuWleEeY
https://youtu.be/Elzm2TDI-7c
https://youtu.be/fxBcdmExUyc
Sorry, was thinking about the guy featured in the New Yorker at the end of June. The Charming Bloke Who Dominates GeoGuessr | The New Yorker
Didn’t realize there were two recent Geoguesser profiles.
I’m going to keep on assuming that Impossible burgers have a much larger environmental impact than beef burgers and we’re just waiting for somebody to run the numbers to confirm it. That’s how these things always work out. I mean fuck, it’s right there in the name, isn’t it?
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I’m having a real tough time imagining that.
Yeah, the thermodynamics of that are… challenging.
Why? Impossible burgers are very heavily processed and they cost more (excluding BK deals with artificial price parity). I’m pretty sure all that added chemistry that drives up the cost has some sort of environmental impact. I find it very easy to be skeptical of the claimed benefits of fake meat.
You want ecologically and ethically responsible fast food? Have a falafel pita with a side of fries. It’s minimally processed, vegan (usually), and delicious.
You think higher price means a higher environmental impact? Bro, that’s not how negative externalities work.
Falafel is great. Again I don’t know why a major chain hasn’t introduced something like a falafel burger.
I’m sure there is some non-zero impact, but seems like you’re going to have assume a lot to beat beef. Perhaps your imagination is more vivid than mine.
Well, obviously, a good falafel crushes an impossible burger and most FF beef burgers. That’s not the point.
Another way to think about this is to imagine all the added chemistry needed to manufacture a cow. Those things need to be pumped full of all kinds of sophisticated antibiotics and stuff.
It’s a bit tangential to my suspicions of the environmental superiority of fake meat, but I do think that is an important point. The goal is to get people to eat fewer animals. I don’t think selling imitation animals is the way to do that, because you’re selling something with an asterisk. It has an inherent inferiority by pretending to be something it’s not, and that’s a terrible way to market something.
Nobody sells plant-based falafel. Nobody’s menu says their french fries are vegan. There’s no need. There’s already lots and lots of delicious foods that aren’t made from dead animals. We should just eat more of those instead of trying to pretend a soy bean is a cow.
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I’m with you 100% on this. Imitation meat seems like a dead end to me. The world could learn a lot from India, which has ancient vegetarian traditions and is one of the GOAT cuisines.
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