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by igetspam 1862 days ago
> If someone ordered "extra meat" for their sandwich, and the restaurant threw in some apple slices

I guess that depends, is it an apple sandwich or a chicken sandwich? Context clues come into play. If I ordered a Beyond Beef sandwich and asked for extra meat, do you think I'd be asking for pork?

> is currently a trendy novelty product.

Your bias is showing. Nobody looking at the actual market would agree. Major players in factory farming are getting into the act. They not only don't see it as a novelty but also they see how good the margins are.

> when it becomes cheaper than real beef, I guarantee you that there will be concerted attempts to trick people into buying it.

Why would there need to be an effort to trick people and why would it be the non animal products doing the tricking? When it becomes cheaper then animal based meats, wouldn't it be the ranching industry that would benefit from market manipulation?

> I know not to buy it because it's cost-reduced crap

Cool. Biased and loudly subjective. Double points.

I get it. You've put some part of your personal identity politics on making sure people know what you eat. Your arguments are broken though. This is the type of rhetoric that stems from a fragile ego. I'm not saying your ego is fragile but it's whipped so full of air that it can't be called confident any more. (See what I did there?)