A comparison

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GMO Pig


non-GMO Pig


seriously, which one would you rather shove in your gullet (for those of the meativore persuasion)

[Irock]

The GMO pig is to cute to eat.

They should put an ugly mask on him first, but then he'd just be ADORABLE. Like that poor little goat that scared all his goaty friends.

The non-GMO pig is too ugly to live, eat him!

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The GMO pig is to cute to eat.

They should put an ugly mask on him first, but then he'd just be ADORABLE. Like that poor little goat that scared all his goaty friends.

The non-GMO pig is too ugly to live, eat him!

You wouldn't be able to get close enough to the GMO pig to put a mask on them. In their alteration to create "the other white meat" (yup, science did that, not nature), the pigs have become totally non-resistant to disease, violent and seriously high-strung. Piggy Xanax is the norm for many commercial pig farms, and they still are all jacked up.

[monet2u]

I'm behind on my pig...what's GMO? and why is the non GMO pig so ugly? and is the ugly pig still tasty? if so, I'd eat that pig for sure, cuz it's all just a slab a meat when it gets to me. mmmmm bbq ribs.

[aquaphase]

I'm behind on my pig...what's GMO? and why is the non GMO pig so ugly? and is the ugly pig still tasty? if so, I'd eat that pig for sure, cuz it's all just a slab a meat when it gets to me. mmmmm bbq ribs.

GMO = Genetically modified organism.

The "ugly" pig (I think he's much cuter) is definitely more tasty. Boar chops are seriously yummy, and most "standard" pork these days doesn't have a lot of flavor.

[katie]

gmo.

i used to beg my mom to let me have a pet pig when i was younger. she told me i could have one when i lived on a farm. sadly, that day never transpired.

that being said, when i was a carnivore, i used to LOVE ham. but pork and bacon just freak me out too much. i think i might actually be the only person on the planet who doesn't like bacon.

[Irock]

The GMO pig is to cute to eat.

They should put an ugly mask on him first, but then he'd just be ADORABLE. Like that poor little goat that scared all his goaty friends.

The non-GMO pig is too ugly to live, eat him!

You wouldn't be able to get close enough to the GMO pig to put a mask on them. In their alteration to create "the other white meat" (yup, science did that, not nature), the pigs have become totally non-resistant to disease, violent and seriously high-strung. Piggy Xanax is the norm for many commercial pig farms, and they still are all jacked up.

Have you been watching This American Life on Showtime?

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Have you been watching This American Life on Showtime?

Did a few months ago. squeezle actually stopped eating pork after that episode

i just stumbled across the picture of the fuzzy pig today and it reminded me of how they used to look

[roach]

the ugly one reminds me of dead javelinas in west texas. i'd eat that junk.

[monet2u]

I guess I probably mostly only eat cute pig. too bad.

[ifihadahifi]

GMO is a bit of a loose term.
There's a difference between genetically engineered and selective breeding.

Most farm animals are selectively bred. So are pets. There's def downsides to it. And a few upsides.

[Irock]

GMO is a bit of a loose term.
There's a difference between genetically engineered and selective breeding.

Yeah but I think the difference becomes fuzzy when you start buying sperm that are actually listed in catalogs by their model name and number. And when their immune systems are so weak that they could never survive even in their super-sterile environment if they weren't given massive amounts of antibiotics from the day they're born to the day they die jsut to keep them alive.

[aquaphase]

GMO is a bit of a loose term.
There's a difference between genetically engineered and selective breeding.

Yeah but I think the difference becomes fuzzy when you start buying sperm that are actually listed in catalogs by their model name and number. And when their immune systems are so weak that they could never survive even in their super-sterile environment if they weren't given massive amounts of antibiotics from the day they're born to the day they die jsut to keep them alive.

I agree. Sure, I love me some meat, but I'd rather my meat have fun while it was alive. I want to eat pigs that have been wallowing in mud and muck, not over a steel grate floor suspended over a lake of shit while "farmers" (i.e. "lab technicians") squirt them full of the best superbug building antibiotics that money can buy.

[Dogatron]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k16i4q_58ew[/youtube]

finish your pork off with a nice big drink of happy water

[sam]

GMO is a bit of a loose term.
There's a difference between genetically engineered and selective breeding.

Yeah but I think the difference becomes fuzzy when you start buying sperm that are actually listed in catalogs by their model name and number. And when their immune systems are so weak that they could never survive even in their super-sterile environment if they weren't given massive amounts of antibiotics from the day they're born to the day they die jsut to keep them alive.

I agree. Sure, I love me some meat, but I'd rather my meat have fun while it was alive. I want to eat pigs that have been wallowing in mud and muck, not over a steel grate floor suspended over a lake of shit while "farmers" (i.e. "lab technicians") squirt them full of the best superbug building antibiotics that money can buy.

The pigs themselves aren't genetically modified in the way that most people protest. Does anyone consider breeding dogs to a standard to be genetic modification?

The scariest problem that has to do with industrial swine production is the transgenic viruses that could emerge out of the "lagoons" where all their crap, including those massive amounts of antibiotics, settles into sludge.