I thought it wasn't just any prions, but specific prions that replicate out of control after some time, depending on genetics. So cows were fed unclean bone meal from sheep and pigs and cows all mixed together, and they think some scrapie infected sheep spine/brain got in there and it spread to cows. Then it spread from there because we didn't think cows could get it and even if they could we were pretty certain humans couldn't get it. But we were wrong.

It's crazy how you hurt less if you exercise all the time

It's really the only answer, an no I don't speak Cantonese. But I could make up fake translations for everything they say.

Sometimes I feed the chickens worms or bugs I find in the garden, they go nuts! It's a little scary.

Oh man, I've tried venison several times growing up in the sticks. It's gross. Most people I know made it into jerky or sausage or something to make it taste better.

What vegetarians eat instead of meat for a protein is not usually ultra processed food, though it can sometimes be. From my personal experience it usually consists of regular cooked beans. Sometimes sometimes they get fermented and processed into things like tempeh, or tofu. I suggest this is because that ultra processed stuff is expensive, beans are dirt cheap, and tofu is cheap(and delicious). The vegan athletes I know supplement their diet with vegan protein powder, but nearly all people who are serious about being athleats use protein powder.

There's other protein sources too, if you make overnight oats with soy milk and hemp seeds (or flax seeds or nut butters) you can easily get 20+ grams of protein.

Most of the vegans I know will also eat eggs from responsibly farmed chickens, which is pretty easy to check where I live.

I think it's totally natural for humans to eat meat. But also definitely more moral to abstain from eating it.

Wow, I didn't even think of that. It's really dumb and doesn't hold up to even mild scrutiny but that hasn't stopped them in the past.

If I'm remembering the original sysntesis for insulin used dogs, and it was harvest from them after being killed. It's unjust that insulin is so expensive, but also modern production methods are not the problem here. It's greed.

Why go back? I'm sure we can make an even more delicious banana. Actually I'm pretty sure we have, like the gold finger banana

Why is everyone acting surprised, this has been Gabe's thing for a long time? He's super into boats and submarines and owns a submarine company or something like that. i think I'm burned out from the news cycle, getting outraged by this just feels like a waste of my emotional energy that I could spend somewhere it will matter.

He's trying to get us mad and become violent so he can declare martial law. He wants his opposition to look more like bad guys to his fan base.