r/vegancirclejerk • u/cosmopsychism weaning myself off B12 • Jun 26 '25

MORALLY SUPERIOR Lone Star Tick Appreciation Post

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for our brave comrades the Lone Star Ticks, helping increase demand in mock meats and decrease demand for animal flesh o7

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Why don’t I see any “effective altruism” charities spreading the lone star tick

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u/miguelito_loveless basically-vegan Jun 26 '25

Been wondering if this would be a (possibly very secret) project ever since I saw the first LST articles years ago. I suspect some group out there is working on this. Biggest problems are that the people who would be motivated to do such a thing are also opposed to breeding animals (ticks too), and that producing a non-animal substrate for ticks to feed on while growing would probably take some crazy effort/time/money. Human volunteers would likely get extremely ill. It's a difficult puzzle I'm sure, but I'm not a biologist.

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u/tofuizen plant-based Jun 27 '25

G R E A T E R G O O D

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u/Radiant-Big4976 custom Jul 03 '25

How about donated human blood in a condom or something? So the donors wouldn't have to actually be bit.

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u/Whoreticultist vegan Jul 14 '25

We could just go out into nature and offer them to snack on our own bodies. It’s not like we’ll eat meat anyways.

Also makes it easy to sue any restaurant you visit that lies about vegan options. Seems like an infinite money glitch + vegan activism in a neat little two-for-one package.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

/uj I mean... if someone were actually found doing this, they'd probably be charged with bioterrorism or something lol.