• whyalone@lemm.ee
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    6 hours ago

    Same situation as what happened to the horses when cars were invented and then they became obsolete.

    • Shizrak
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      5 hours ago

      So drastic population decline, then?

      I just worry that if humanity no longer has a use for cattle, they would likely be seen as a nuisance and driven to extinction.

      • whyalone@lemm.ee
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        5 hours ago

        I am pretty sure cattle will still be exploited indefinitely if not for their meat, then for their milk, so much cheese culture is built around it that I cannot see it stopped in the near future. Let’s see how that lab meat will turn out to be

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      5 hours ago

      The cows are headed to the horse and orphan grinder, I guess. Sad times.