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In the discussion thread: Beef processor files for bankruptcy over 'pink slime' uproar [View all]

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 12:58 PM

33. ha ha.

Hilarious, but comparing the famous water hoax to people being upset over ammonia-treated beef waste is a false equivalency.

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55 replies	Author	Time	Post
Beef processor files for bankruptcy over 'pink slime' uproar [View all]	Ian David	Apr 2012	OP
miller quality?	izquierdista	Apr 2012	#1
Moran's? Their motto: "Only morans eat pink slime beef"	wordpix	Apr 2012	#2
I believe this is the tip of the iceberg.	rhett o rick	Apr 2012	#3
850 more jobs sacrificed to scientific illiteracy and delicate sensibilities.	Robb	Apr 2012	#4
Agree with you in principle that emotions obviously trump reality in this case.	randome	Apr 2012	#10
the reality is that people do not want to eat pink slime.	iemitsu	Apr 2012	#23
I know they don't.	randome	Apr 2012	#52
Upton Sinclair wrote of those "delicate sensibilities" so often trivialized.	LanternWaste	Apr 2012	#13
To even make the comparison speaks to the scientific illiteracy part.	Robb	Apr 2012	#17
what scientific illiteracy are u talking about ?	leftyohiolib	Apr 2012	#20
You're demonstrating my point.	Robb	Apr 2012	#24
salt is not chlorine. putting ammonia in beef is more like dipping french fries in bleach	leftyohiolib	Apr 2012	#29
Sounds like a hormonal imbalance. nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#45
Ammonium hydroxide is actually a misleading term -- it's basically ammonia dissolved in water.	eppur_se_muova	Apr 2012	#40
you may know chemistry, but I know I don't want to eat ammonium hydroxide	wordpix	Apr 2012	#49
+1	harmonicon	Apr 2012	#25
People have the right to choose.	katsy	Apr 2012	#26
It's time to ban	Travelman	Apr 2012	#27
ha ha.	bitchkitty	Apr 2012	#33
Not wanting AMMONIA-TREATED MYSTERY MEAT is "delicate sensibilities"???	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#39
I'll see if you know:	Robb	Apr 2012	#44
enough so it tastes like cardboard?	wordpix	Apr 2012	#50
850 jobs sacrificed to a bad business model.	eppur_se_muova	Apr 2012	#41
the latest scientific evidence shows that no amount of red meat is "safe"	Mosby	Apr 2012	#43
If you're referring to lot-fattened, corn-fed, antibiotic-injected red meat, I hear you.	Psephos	Apr 2012	#54
Agree	.99center	Apr 2012	#48
Nonsense..	sendero	Apr 2012	#53
"...it plans to sell some or all of its assets"	KansDem	Apr 2012	#5
"Calling Mitt Romney!" Priceless	wordpix	Apr 2012	#51
Change their business model--add carrots, green beans and vitamins, and call it dog food.	MADem	Apr 2012	#6
Not my problem. I gave up (meat based) hamburgers a generation ago. nt	onehandle	Apr 2012	#7
why not make real meat instead of closing?	robinlynne	Apr 2012	#8
Bad business model to start with....	Evasporque	Apr 2012	#9
especially if you use "fresh" air.	ChairmanAgnostic	Apr 2012	#11
I am sure the workers can be retrained. nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#12
What about the ones that have associate degrees in Slime Management? n/t	Ian David	Apr 2012	#14
Food irradiation is the alternative so there is sure to be work in those plants. nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#18
why bankruptch	nadeltanz	Apr 2012	#15
You do realize that no ammonia is actually put in the final product? nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#16
well unless youre the one doing the finalizing you cant say that. but we surely can believe the corp	leftyohiolib	Apr 2012	#21
Just don't eat any hotdogs...ever nt	Snake Alchemist	Apr 2012	#22
Actually, it basically does disappear without a trace	Travelman	Apr 2012	#28
yes i do. i have alot of stuff in my body none of which i want on my food.(maybe the salt and sugar)	leftyohiolib	Apr 2012	#30
And there is NOTHING remotely like drinking a bottle of ammonia cleaner here	Travelman	Apr 2012	#34
'Moran's'? LOL. Lawsuit? They should be charged criminally for adulterating food.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#19
I have always found frozen hamburgers and ground meat in a roll disgusting. Now I know why.	appleannie1	Apr 2012	#31
I've seen Moran's at the local Lucky but hadn't Googled it yet	Amerigo Vespucci	Apr 2012	#32
Looks like the "hand of the marketplace" has spoken.	mistertrickster	Apr 2012	#35
The easy solution--veggie diet	mistertrickster	Apr 2012	#36
CORRECTION: Beef processor files for bankruptcy over shitty product.	eppur_se_muova	Apr 2012	#37
I'm familiar with this problem...	Ian David	Apr 2012	#38
Seems to me they "went bankrupt" pretty darn fast.	dixiegrrrrl	Apr 2012	#42
I did notice that as well	quakerboy	Apr 2012	#46
Get a brain-eating bacterial infection, morans	Blue Owl	Apr 2012	#47
Follow the money on this one people	benld74	Apr 2012	#55

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