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4chanbetter t1_je8nm2p wrote

Considering the only thing that eggs have in common with meat at this stage is protein, by this logic then I'm sure OP would think beans are meat, and peanut butter is meat, but in reality the embryo hasnt developed enough to become meat.

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jazzdrums1979 t1_jeawitg wrote

Actually, eggs and meat share quite as similar nutrition profile. Both are a good source of fat and protein they have an equal ratio of both, along with iron, B6, potassium, and other essential nutrients.

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pzzia02 t1_je8pyd8 wrote

I myself was thinking that like isnt the "egg" technically just the embryos food source for the next month

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Nixbling t1_je9z3uj wrote

Except for the fact that beans don’t grow into meat, and neither do peanuts. Even if it’s an unfertilized egg, it’s still animal matter and not plant matter

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krautastic t1_je8p8p1 wrote

It's not meat, but what's crazy is that a collection of cells that aren't meat can become meat. Kind of like how it's crazy that a cells incapable of respiration individually, when combined, can form the lungs, which do respirate.

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Just_enough76 t1_je9bk6j wrote

Meat is muscle. Eggs are not.

Eggs are not liquid meat. Eggs are eggs.

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Pikkornator t1_jeabx7y wrote

I think you need to go back to school and learn more about eggs. The eggs part is just food for the embryo

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APatheticPoetic t1_jeb3ghv wrote

Eggs aren't liquid meat, it's liquid food for future meat, which is the tiny whitish mass of cells you can sometimes see in the egg.

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colostitute t1_je8l9nb wrote

I feel like this revelation should be something I've seen before.

I haven't. Kudos!

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DaemonRai t1_je8mbkc wrote

You haven't because it's not true. Eggs aren't meat.

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ZachTheCommie OP t1_je8mhdd wrote

What do you consider them to be?

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tato9607 t1_je8my43 wrote

What do you consider blood and semen to be, meat? How about a toe nail?

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DaemonRai t1_je8n00d wrote

What I consider it to be is irrelevant. It's has a definition, the flesh of an animal. Eggs are generally single cells and clearly don't fall into the 'flesh of an animal' category.

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DaemonRai t1_je8s6mv wrote

Definitely more than one. To be the x of something, there has to be something else. Otherwise it's just the thing in it's entirety. But that is just the first obvious idiocy of the statement. Tons of stuff come from animals that no one would call meat. So a better question would be, whywould it be considered meat?

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[deleted] t1_je9k7of wrote

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Pokoirl t1_je9t9hx wrote

If you consider semen as meat, then sure, eggs are also meat. And so is skin, testicles, eyeballs, intestines, etc

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DaemonRai t1_jea6tas wrote

It has the genetic material to grow parts, not the parts themselves. Is the cell also blood? And eyes? And beak? It's got the genetic material to grow those as well.

This is why we have actual checklists for what qualifies as what with food. So twits don't look at corn and seeds, shrug their shoulders, and declare "well, when a chicken eats its it'll become more chicken, so I guess it's chicken."

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eilishfaerie t1_jead6p8 wrote

flesh is tissue and sometimes fat, which are definitely made up of more than 2 cells

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