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Author Topic: OMG wots in my fud?  (Read 4307 times)

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OMG wots in my fud?
« on: September 03, 2008, 11:00:36 PM »
 Thur clonnin' my mcburger o.O
OK, so personally, I have mixed feeling about this. It's been on for a while about the whole cloning food thing, and the arguements to either side sound good. Then again, what are these "safety concerns"? If it was cloned from a perfectly healthy animal/plant it should be an indentical perfectly healthy animal/plant, yes?

Meh, I would much rather just wait and see how many 3rd world citizens it kills first, wouldn't you?
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2008, 11:51:57 PM »
Cloned meat is a horrible thing and it disgusts me just thinking about. We should only get our food from pure, natural sources, not hideous man-made experiments.

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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2008, 10:08:20 AM »
We've been performing variations of 'cloning' ever since we started breeding animals and plants for specific traits. There's a lot of baseless and stupid scaremongering over the issue and- OH WAIT LOOK IT'S CHARLES MARGULIS, GREENPEACE SHILL.
 
Edit: I only drink springwater blessed by monks and all of my meat comes from 'angel' cows raised on the top of a mountain.


« Last Edit: September 05, 2008, 10:10:01 AM by Lacerda »
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2008, 05:33:17 PM »
One of the problems with cloning is mitochondrial DNA, which will make the clonee different from the clonor.  Another is telomeres, which can prematurely age the clonee if the clonor was old to begin with.  This may be bad for the clonee, but doesn't seem to affect food quality.  So as far as food safety is concerned, I don't perceive much threat.  The anti-cloned/anti-GMO people seem to be basing their arguments on the emotional rather than the rational plane.
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2008, 05:42:38 PM »
I'm against cloned food because I don't want the same exact thing for dinner every night.
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2008, 01:17:39 PM »
Maybe Xolik can clone his giant Gouda wheel.  Then he'll have TWO!!!
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2008, 04:12:34 PM »
Hey if I have had some jummy food, I'd clone it anytime.

/bitchslap to all those people who block these nutrious and cheap options for starving people. Everyone agrees on clean water for everyone, why not good food aswell hm?

Just dont clone humans, and im all happy.
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2008, 05:27:33 PM »
Quote from: TeraHammer on September 06, 2008, 04:12:34 PM
why not good food aswell hm?

Just dont clone humans, and im all happy.

 You can't have it both ways.
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2008, 11:31:41 PM »
Quote from: Detta on September 06, 2008, 01:17:39 PM
Maybe Xolik can clone his giant Gouda wheel.  Then he'll have TWO!!!

I'm having enough trouble with one giant cheese as is, thank you very much. Fondue kits cost about $100 or more. Fuck that.  :x
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2008, 12:10:31 AM »
Quote from: bananaskittles on September 07, 2008, 11:37:33 PM
Try carving the gouda wheel into Jesus, I've always wanted to do that to cheese and then just eat it.

Why bother? It would just show up in my fridge again three days later.
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2008, 07:51:36 AM »
You wouldn't even recognise it anyway.
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2008, 11:32:39 AM »
It it were swiss, I'd at least be able to see the holes.
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2008, 01:07:35 PM »
Quote from: TeraHammer on September 06, 2008, 04:12:34 PM
/bitchslap to all those people who block these nutrious and cheap options for starving people. Everyone agrees on clean water for everyone, why not good food aswell hm?

Soylent Green is a nutricious and cheap option, and is yummier than Soylent Red and Soylent Yellow.

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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2008, 01:15:52 PM »
Quote from: ivan on September 08, 2008, 01:07:35 PM
Soylent Green is a nutricious and cheap option, and is yummier than Soylent Red and Soylent Yellow.

'Yummier' is up for debate. The taste varies from person to person.
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Re: OMG wots in my fud?
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2008, 01:17:09 PM »
Quote from: xolik on September 08, 2008, 01:15:52 PM
'Yummier' is up for debate. The taste varies from person to person.
How about $250?
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