Will people finally believe this

[lame54]

When there is no more bacon?

[RainCaster]

1. A world without bacon may not be worth living in

I can do without beer, but BACON?

[handmade34]

2. oh, the benefits

of vegetarianism

[underpants]

3. The pigs are alright

30,000 a day at the Tar Heel NC plant

[a la izquierda]

4. Thank whatever gods I'm vegan.

The fewer piggies that die the better

[brewens]

6. The produce is next. Want to bet the farming operations that use immigrant labor

get the same treatment? I would predict we will see people accused of basically running forced labor camps.

[Newest Reality]

5. Heheheh.

Eatin' piggie will be the least of people's concerns in the coming months.

[lame54]

9. You underestimate the power of bacon my friend

[orwell]

7. I worked in a bacon plant as a summer job in high school...

...I never ate bacon again...or hot dogs for that matter.

If people knew how unsafe the factory meat they ate was they would all contract with small farms for their meat.

And this was over 40 years ago when plants were "safer"...

[Bayard]

8. Details please?

Since I still eat very occasional bacon.

[orwell]

12. The pork bellies...

...routinely had cancerous tumors cut off them as did the pork butts used for ham.

The butcher would put the tumors and other questionable trimmings into a large rolling metal cart.

When the cart was filled will meat trimmings I would roll it into another part of the plant where they used it to make hotdogs.

All the diseased meat was put into the hot dog processing.

The sodium nitrate/nitrate cure used on the bacon and hams was so strong it would dissolve the soles of normal work boots in less than 2 weeks. We had to wear special kinds of shoes.

The FDA inspector walked out on the floor only 1 or 2 times a day for 10 minutes or so. There was only one inspector in the whole plant.

We all worked in very close quarters in very wet conditions. The moisture on the floor and work surfaces was blood, curing solution, and water.

I'm sure it is far worse now.

[Bayard]

13. Holy Crap!

We only eat turkey hot dogs these days. Any comments on pork chops or Italian sausage?

[orwell]

14. My only experience...

...was in a pork processing plant.

I eat Smart Dogs (Veggie) when I want a hot dog.

The only animal flesh I eat is wild caught fish.

Working in that plant basically turned me into a pescatarian.

To be clear...I was "Mr. Meat" before I worked there. I hated anything but meat and potatoes.

As I said, this was in the '70's. I'm sure it is much worse now.

[Generic Brad]

10. Trump could have trouble getting a cheeseburger

He is personally affected. That officially makes this a crisis.

[lame54]

11. Even in Soylent Green...

The rich still get the different black market foods they wanted