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Re:The internet didn’t kill counterculture, you just won’t f... by dingusdew on Friday July 14, 2023 @10:56AM (#36724902)
You had me until the weird put-down of soy and insects.
Re:The internet didn’t kill counterculture, you just won’t f... by extr0pian on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:22AM (#36725300)
Same. Soy is great source of protein that's far less resource intensive and generally cheaper than factory farming. And the only times I've heard of people eating insects are from people attacking/insulting another group of people.
Re:The internet didn’t kill counterculture, you just won’t f... by helen___keller on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:21AM (#36725267)
Some people really really hate tofu I guess. Probably never had a great mapo tofu, that stuff slaps
Re:The internet didn’t kill counterculture, you just won’t f... by extr0pian on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:24AM (#36725333)
Tofu scrambles are awesome. One of my favorite meals is fried tofu with steamed broccoli and soy sauce.
Re:The internet didn’t kill counterculture, you just won’t f... by alwaysbeconsing on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:36PM (#36726336)
Mapo tofu doesn't seem like a good counterexample since the pork component is as important as the tofu to the dish. Granted there are veg versions using mushrooms as an alternative.
Re:The internet didn’t kill counterculture, you just won’t f... by helen___keller on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:50PM (#36726499)
Is a tofu+pork dish not considered “consuming soy products”?
Re:The internet didn’t kill counterculture, you just won’t f... by helboi4 on Monday July 17, 2023 @04:59AM (#36755712)
Pretty much every asian tofu dish in its authentic form includes meat. Tofu was never seen as a meat replacement in its countries of origin. However, if you think about it, mixing tofu and meat as protein sources does reduce the overconsumption of meat. My Japanese friend who came to visit recently was shocked by the large steaks and whole chickens that you could buy here. There they usually eat very small slivers of meat with other stuff. So, yeah, still probably helpful to the environment and probably healthier considering humans are not herbivores.
Re:The internet didn’t kill counterculture, you just won’t f... by ycomuser on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:42PM (#36726405)
What's weird about it? I don't know about soy, but for insects if it weren't for the internet, they would be on far fewer people's radar. It's not an unrelated thing.