Just reading about correlation between space exploration and bein' a big old vegan. Logistics, shelf-life, weight, safety, stability and efficiency. Closed loop systems etc. Interesting, eh? The future evolution of humanity may require moving away from animal-based diets. Just imagine, in 500 years, children being taught that their ancestors came from a planet they killed through exploitation where they ate the rotting carcasses of other living beings. They'll think we're barbarians. And they won't be wrong.
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That’s me with the burghal,
That’s me with the nut meat,
Trying to be a vegan
Trying to make a tasty stew,
And I don’t know if I can do it,
Oh no I cooked too much,
The seitan’s turned out tough.
Fuckn seitan. Trish bought a massive bag and wants me to make some. It's such a pain.
@TheBreadmonkey we'll still have little pot-bellied pigs floating around as space pets though, right?
@TheBreadmonkey In 1000 years: "We come from a long line of animal gorging, planet destroyers. Third planet is the charm, maybe we won't screw this one up!"
@TheBreadmonkey
Given that we can't fix climate change here, and that we don't have any long term closed loop habitats *on earth* where there's breathable air and local resources and infrastructure, living in space long term seems a bit of a pipe dream.
I grew up on scifi but I've become influenced by https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2025/10/biosphere-theatrics/
I see you beat me to it
@wendinoakland @TheBreadmonkey @essjax oh, I thought you we doing the lyrics of Cole Porter's Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love. You know:
🎶Birds do it, bees do it,
Even educated fleas do it,
Let's do it, let's fall in love🎶
Didn't realise that you were mentioning specific animals that eat meat, in that case screwworm. Screwworms are marvelous, they don't just eat flesh, they lay their eggs into the living flesh
@TheBreadmonkey
I think about the inherent barbarism, not to mention the sheer unfairness, of modern life often, and how we could and should do so much better, and be it with regard to how we treat animals, the natural world or each other.
It's unhealthy to excessively dwell upon such things, or so I've been told.