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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All right, cool. But how is this statement newsworthy?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

USAians are probably outraged? I’m amused.

[–] [email protected] 196 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Food from the USA is not up to European standards. It's that simple.

Just look at how long it took to ban Red Dye #3. Banned almost completely in Europe in 1994, while in the US it's legal until 2027.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Those evil Europeans like quality. But not American, only real quality.

American animal "farms" are a dirty and unhygienic mess, and the fact that people still eat their products in the US makes people elsewhere cringe in horror. I love to shock Americans with "Mettbrötchen", a crispy roll with raw, minced pork meat. Perfectly safe to eat here. But people who are used to washed.eggs and chlorinated chicken recoil in horror to something like that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

American animal "farms" are a dirty and unhygienic mess, and the fact that people still eat their products in the US makes people elsewhere cringe in horror.

If someone asked me to describe the animals rolling in and meat out of Tönnies Factories I would use the same words to describe it.

Our meat isn't that much better (still better than in the US, but the prepackaged stuff in the supermarket is still low quality), no reason to be smug here and riding the high horse

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Your beef is corn fed and cows cant digest it, get fucked. Grass fed ftw.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Lutnick’s description of American beef as superior is a common perception and has some evidentiary basis.

“EU consumption of beef has been in decline for 20 years. This may be, at least in part, due to inconsistencies in eating quality, meaning that the customers cannot be sure of the quality they are purchasing,” says a 2022 academic article in Animal: The International Journal of Animal Biosciences.

So according to the NY Post, the apparent absence of complaints in the US is an argument why US beef is better?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

It's utterly absurd, there is nothing wrong with the beef in Europe

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

EU consumption of beef has been in decline for 20 years. This may be, at least in part, due to inconsistencies in eating quality

In other words: They have no clue and are just guessing. That (parts of) the EU may be following an entirely different trend is completely unimaginable.

My personal anecdotal evidence: Basically everyone I know who eats less beef does so because of pricing, wanting to adopt a healthier/different diet or because they don't want to shut their eyes as much to what "meat production" means for a cow anymore. Then there's the group who just goes along with that because they either don't prepare meals themselves or so they're not the only one not eating at least vegetarian. Not a single one of them does it because they "cannot be sure of the quality they are purchasing".

Ofc my anecdotal evidence isn't saying anything about the entire EU either. I merely wanted to showcase how easy it would be to frame the entire thing completely differently.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Exactly why i mentioned "pricing" as part of my anecdotal evidence.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My view through the tainted window: fewer farmers, less government assistance, more droughts, higher expenses. Overall, not worth the trouble.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Two sides of the same coin. Bottom line is beef is pricey and importing it from the states wouldn't change that for the better so nobody wants to.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 month ago

Weak unchlorinated meat, unbelievable!

[–] [email protected] 225 points 1 month ago (6 children)

what is this new american trend of infantile statements?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

It's really simple, the bootlickers realize that impressing Trump is the only way to move up in MAGA world, so 100% of their effort is put toward doing that which leads to many different embarrassing acts including him here trying to mimic his fetid babytalk.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Most Americans are fuckbrains, this is just something we have to accept. At least for the time being.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago

It is simple sadly. An infant is running the country. They want to make sure he can understand what they're saying publicly without it having to go through a translator. Note the excessive use of the word beautiful for instance.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's hardly new. The United States have always been like that one popular kid in an elementary school. If you act the way he wants, he can be nice to you and your on his team. Take one step in a different direction and they'll start badmouthing you, preferably behind your back.

They've been doing this to Russia and China for decades. As long as they have the stage, they can create any narrative they want and the audience will most likely adopt the opinion and start saying the same things.

The thing about propaganda is that, if it fits in your frame or reference, you'll be more likely to accept it. If it doesn't fit, like when it is about you, suddenly you'll realize that this is something they have been doing about others all along and that it doesn't break any patterns, apart from the recognition patterns of the receiver.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

It is not about the behaviour, it is about the language. Back then even though they were bullies, they did at least use adult diplomatic language. It is about the brainrot of Trumps sycophants copying his bizarre childish way of talking.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 month ago

Sadly that kind of language apparently resonates with voters more than intelligent speech. It's happening all across Europe as well. As someone from the Netherlands, I had a bit of a laugh when the right wing populists found out that governing is not at all as simple as they make it out to be. It's the embodiment of 'fuck around and find out'.

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