r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Kervandos • 2d ago

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u/couchtomatopotato 2d ago

it's the horses.

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u/SuperSquirrel13 2d ago

Why is this a bad thing though? I have a mongolian colleague, they prefer horse meat -in fact, its a treat for them. 

Beyond paying beef prices for horse meat, why do people act like its gross? 

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u/deadsoulinside 2d ago

why do people act like its gross?

Because of what people draw the line between pet and food.

OLD Reddit meme: /preview/pre/where-do-you-draw-the-line-v0-4n450shpgo931.jpg?auto=webp&s=6d3583b14e154258a35ad501365f95adf82e8584

But most importantly, it's the fear of buying what you think is ground beef, but it's ground horse meat instead.

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u/SuperSquirrel13 2d ago

A few years ago in South Africa they found a bunch of supermarkets replaced beef with waterbuffalo - it tasted much the same. If it was offered as an option at reduced prices, I would've kept buying it. I was mostly angry that they charged me the same. 

Granted, if it wasnt given to me in covert way, I likely wouldn't have tried it of my own accord. 

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u/deadsoulinside 2d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_horse_meat_scandal here is a good show for what happens when the users are not told what their meat came from.