Oh, I'm saying that no one should have to go into the office

You can socialize and collaborate outside work, you know. It actually gets a lot easier when you're not wasting all your time going into a job.

They can still communicate. I've trained and mentored remote employees quite effectively.

Hell no. I've been remote since before the pandemic, and I'll never take a full time in-person job again. This is pure propaganda.

>So we do have replicator technology. It’d just take years to produce a single tea, earl grey, hot right now, rather than seconds.

That's ok. Picard is as patient as he is level-headed and erudite.

You're right! Love the optimistic framing

Finally, we're taking a tiny baby step towards a Star Trek future.

Care to elaborate?

What makes you say that?

Taking away parking requirements frees up space for other infrastructure improvements and allows for denser, more walkable new construction.

Car dependency is trash for people with disabilities.

> have a car and parking, for which I am grateful, because I also have kids who have sports activities, trips to the zoo or the science museums, or just to the Fells for a day hike.

If you had better infrastructure, you wouldn't need a car for those activities.

Let's not block out the stars with literal space junk.

Yeah, that's about where I thought this was heading

>People like you think we should be putting insects on our sandwiches or making insect lasagna or some shit like that.

Dude, I never said anything like that--just that insects are nutritious, and should be a food source. I don't know where you're getting sammies and lasagna from.

>Your head is full of delusional insect propaganda.

This is a genuinely hilarious line. No notes 😂

>You think Asians are all living in bamboo huts in the middle of the jungle eating insects?

No

>These people eat a wide variety of dishes, stir fried meats, meats and noodles and rice, barbecue fish, pork, chicken, duck.

Yes, and also a variety of insects. There's nothing wrong with that.

>Yes there are Asian countries that eat insects but they do not make up the bulk of their diet

I never said they did. Humans are omnivores.

>No one is serving a big pile of insects on the dinner table as a main meal.

Great job defeating that strawman?

>Nowhere in that article does it say who is eating insects currently and what amount of insects make up their current diet.

>Nowadays, 2 billion people and 3000 ethnic groups still eat the 2,100 edible insects of the globe, yet in the Western world it remains a taboo topic 

>If insects are so enjoyable to eat why are certain groups making such a massive effort to convince everyone they are great?

Because insects are nutritious and sustainable, even though they're currently taboo in the west.

>No one is paying celebrities millions to convince people that steak is good.

You sure?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/470422/sausages-and-other-prepared-meats-products-industry-ad-spend-usa/

Most, historically, and a sizable minority currently:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/eating-insects-0016491

Eh, nobody needs meat in the first place, so I wouldn't be too concerned, although I doubt hormone-based social engineering is much of a threat, especially compared with the environmental devastation of animal agriculture. Cheers.

So, given the choice of two identical products, you'd prefer the one that caused suffering to a sentient being? I get loving meat to munch to go vegetarian, but wouldn't you want 100% cruelty free meat if you could get it?

Edit: I meant "much," not "munch," but I'm enjoying the pun too much to change it

What social consequences could arise from lab grown meat?

Lots of people already do eat bugs. It's a pretty time and place specific taboo.