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[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 11 points 1 day ago (1 child)

it’s between a burger and another burger that maybe tastes slightly different.

Granted it's been a decade since i had an animal flesh burger, but those plant based burgers taste better than the animal flesh burgers. Just my 2c

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[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 7 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

I went vegan around the time Beyond and Impossible burgers took off and after just about six months I’d ordered a Beyond burger but was given a regular one, and it was already pretty fucking gross to be eating dead animals even early on at that point.

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[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 8 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Absolutely. All i can think of when i go to the plant based section (which is inevitably in the animal flesh section.... for some reason...) is all the dead animals. They had lives. They wanted to live. They probably had friends and families. Ugh. Why can't we be a plant based world already :(

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[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 8 points 1 day ago

Because I guess it just tastes so fucking incredible that none of that matters at all. /s

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Once the novelty of beyond burgers worse off, I couldn't really stand the taste. They are nauseatingly sweet, and have a very distinct flavour. Same with their sausages, stakes, they all taste the same.

I've since found better more neutral local brands that I like much more.

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[–] NightFantom@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

The gateway drug to even more sustainable local vegan food

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