Chickens raised in the Matrix

[xSkyDrAx]

It's a living breathing creature. Butchering it so that it doesn't "feel" the horror of its life doesn't make it ok in my book.

Considering their current situation is probably worse than the proposed one I don't see how you would propose something better that involves increasing production at the same time.

 

[CZroe]

It's a living breathing creature. Butchering it so that it doesn't "feel" the horror of its life doesn't make it ok in my book.

So, I take it that you are opposed to butchering a happy chicken to eat as well?

 

[Krazy4Real]

mmmmm.... yummy chicken.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/02/16/architect-student-proposes-matrix-for-chickens/ D:

Could you imagine a wall of Ribeye like that? That would probably be less disturbing that some partially functioning chicken.

 

[SlitheryDee]

So, I take it that you are opposed to butchering a happy chicken to eat as well?

This is the way I see it as well.

Face it, those chickens are going to be killed so that people can eat them. That's not a nice thing to do to any living thing, but it's what's going to happen. If it's considered semi-humane to do it at some point in their life, then it must be semi-humane to do it at an earlier point in their life as well, so long as they don't suffer any more. A brainless, but chemically functional body isn't a living being any more than a transplant liver lying on an operating table is.

It's not "a" chicken anymore. It's merely "some" chicken.

 

[ultimatebob]

I thought that they were working on ways of synthesizing meat in a lab that didn't even require a living creature. Wouldn't that be more practical, let alone humane?

 

[manimal]

I thought that they were working on ways of synthesizing meat in a lab that didn't even require a living creature. Wouldn't that be more practical, let alone humane?

They did. It was made of poop


http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/17/japanese-scientists-create-meat-from-poop/

 

[MotF Bane]

PETA is going to spontaneously combust when they see this.

 

[Tsaico]

I can't get my brain wrapped around this. Not to mention, seems like a lot more work to cut the brains out of a million chickens, vs building a bigger pen.

As for production, if the meat just got more expensive, maybe people would eat less of it and it would help with our bulging belt sizes too.

 

[busydude]

PETA is going to spontaneously combust when they see this.

I don't think they is any ground left for them to oppose it.

 

[surfsatwerk]

For the love of tits, meat has nothing to do with why people are fat.

 

[manimal]

I can't get my brain wrapped around this. Not to mention, seems like a lot more work to cut the brains out of a million chickens, vs building a bigger pen.

As for production, if the meat just got more expensive, maybe people would eat less of it and it would help with our bulging belt sizes too.

Genetic engineering

 

[Lummex]

Yea.

As a society we need to learn how to eat less meat, not find ways to eat more of it.

D:

I'm going to stick with my organic non-gmo vegetarian fed cage free / free range chicken, thanks.

Both of these. I agree 100%

I'm not going to go apeshit on a forum, but I find this pretty disgusting/distressing.

 

[busydude]

I'm not going to go apeshit on a forum, but I find this pretty disgusting/distressing.

Do you eat meat?

 

[her209]

Why are those chickens naked?

 

[sactoking]

D:

I'm going to stick with my

organic

non-gmo

vegetarian fed

cage free / free range

chicken, thanks.

Ya know, it's funny, since all of those terms are unregulated or banned from use by the FDA it's possible that your "organic, non-gmo, vegetarian-fed, cage-free/free range" chicken is not only none of those things, but actually a Matricized franken-chicken.

 

[Squisher]

How about when we open this up for human consumption we do it in someplace we don't like first?

 

[Azraele]

So, I take it that you are opposed to butchering a happy chicken to eat as well?

I'm fine with giving them a good life before we eat them. Torture or butchering so they're not aware of the torture does not sit well with me.

 

[I Saw OJ]

If an intergalactic master race of chickens ever landed on earth and saw that, we would be in big trouble.

 

[MotF Bane]

Yea.

As a society we need to learn how to eat less meat, not find ways to eat more of it.

Fine, you can eat less meat if you want, just means more for me.

 

[Lummex]

Do you eat meat?

No, I stopped about 8 months ago. However, I would presumably make an exception if I knew exactly where it was coming from (but I don't really like meat anymore so.. maybe not even then).

 

[xSkyDrAx]

I'm fine with giving them a good life before we eat them. Torture or butchering so they're not aware of the torture does not sit well with me.

Well we can't all have kobe chicken now. Unless you want to pay like $30/lb.

 

[Squisher]

I'm fine with giving them a good life before we eat them. Torture or butchering so they're not aware of the torture does not sit well with me.

Onsale!!!

Squisher's Dead Chickens $2/lb.

Squisher's Dead Happy Chickens $4/lb.

 

[amdhunter]

Chicken in OP looks freaking delicious.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

I didn't read the article or all the comments in full so maybe this is an old thought but...why not take it a step further and find a way to clone animals that don't have brains to begin with?

Notice I said clone, not breed, obviously this would not be a desirable trait to let escape into the wild animal population and the standard domesticated animal population.