diet of rule

Eat worms, peasants. We have to power more AI server farms so that number go up.
- yup. the real solution has nothing to do with whatever the fuck individuals are eating when we have useless corporations using insane amount of resources that arent even needed. but we'll shame the individual plastic use, food choices, etc etc. dont let them do their propaganda, we can discuss individual choices once the corps arent doing 99.99% of the damage
  
  Ok but we do need to stop subsidizing beef
- Yeah, a plant-based diet is easier, yummier, more nutritious, and more effective.
  
  the cognitive dissonance you just caused, you cant just bring that up fully neutral like that

Earthworms and crickets (and possibly other critters) are a great alternative to traditional meat because they thrive in small, compact spaces favored by capitalism. I would really appreciate it if they caught on so that they'd be commonly available and cheap, and then we could maybe outlaw torture of animals without everyone whining about how meat would become too expensive and they'd all starve to death.
I know someone is going to say we should just all be vegan, but I think this hypothetical person needs to be realistic about achievable goals, harm reduction, and the Overton window.
- How is "everyone is going to start eating worms" more realistic than everyone going vegan.
  
  Because they're meat, and lots of people are very insistent about eating meat. You've honestly got to downplay the ecological and ethical aspects a bit when marketing because some people really get their backs up about green shit. There's already a product where ground beef has been cut with ground vegetation, and I've had no trouble getting people with strong anti-vegan feelings to buy it because it's still meat, it's delicious, and it saves them money.
  Also, not everyone has to do these things to make a positive impact. A relatively small percentage of adopters will cause market changes. It's great if more people become vegan, and it's also great if we slightly reduce demand for mammal meats. It's like that story about the guy trying to save starfish when the tide's gone out. (I'm pretty sure they can just walk into the sea on their own, but it's the spirit of the story that matters.)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Worms Learned about it yesterday lol
- It took me a good ways into that article to remember what diet can mean. "Yes, yes, they assembled, but what were they eating??"
- So, uh... that's not the diet of worms this article is referring to.
  
  But it is the Diet of Worms that the meme refers to... D:

Omnivores will literally eat worms before going vegan, smh my head...
- Unironically yes, I'll gladly eat Gagh like a true warrior before I eat raw onion like a false pacifist.
  
  Preferably live too. It's the honorable thing
- I'm vegetarian and I'll gladly eat insects. It's just that they're insanely expensive to get (suitable for humans)
- if i have to reinvent the food passed down to me from my grandma i will do whatever tastes best
  
  There are vegan meat substitutes that are more than good enough for recreating meat dishes.
  I bet Beyond meat is probably a more accurate replacement than worms for your grandmother's cooking. At least I hope so, for your family's sake.
- Shake your head your head? Missing some key nutrients for cognition there?
  
  it's very likely an intentional exaggeration
  
  I ain't no cog in your nition, man!

Billionaires are worms.

See?! Eat the rich!
- I may be vegan, but I can make an exception for billionaires
  
  Cannibalism is vegan because it doesn't involve the exploitation of non-human animals. :>

I've been making my own tempeh recently, it's so much cheaper than meat or buying tempeh, and it tastes better.
- that's fascinating. i was unfamiliar with tempeh and just read a bunch of wikipedia about it. i've been making my own tofu (usually out of black beans) for a while, but never tried tempeh.