🐱 The far-right thinks Burger King’s Impossible Whoppers will literally turn men into women

The far-right thinks Burger King’s Impossible Whoppers will literally turn men into women

They think eating a plant-based burger will cause men to grow boobs, decrease the size of their genitals, and cause sexual confusion and homosexuality...

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Fans of far right-wing media are spreading the untrue (and somewhat transphobic) rumor that Burger King’s plant-based Impossible Whopper contains enough of the female hormone estrogen to make cisgender men grow breasts.
The rumor started because of an article written by James Stangle, a South Dakota veterinarian, and printed in Tri-State Livestock News, a publication that generally opposes plant-based meat substitutes as harmful to livestock farmers’ businesses. Stangle wrote, “An Impossible Whopper has 18 million times as much estrogen as a regular Whopper.”


The Impossible Burger is made partly of soy, a protein-rich product of soybeans which contains high concentrations of isoflavones. Isoflavones “belong to a class of compounds generally known as phytoestrogens… [which are] similar in function to human estrogen but with much weaker effects,”according to The Washington Post.
New York University nutrition professor Marion Nestle told the publication that Asian men and boys have been eating large amounts of soy for centuries and, “No, they don’t grow breasts.” Any guy who might grow breasts in response to eating large amounts of soy could just have an extremely rare sensitivity to phytoestrogens, she adds.
But that hasn’t stopped right-wing publications and commenters from repeating Stangle’s lie. Conservative news outlets like the National File and MichaelSavage.com have republished articles repeating it as fact, and far-right Twitter users are amplifying the lie with some occasional transphobic comments.

This isn’t the first time that soy has been a bogeyman for “feminizing” men. In 2006, James Rutz, founder of Megashift Ministries and religion columnist for worldnetdaily.com, wrote that soy “commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion, and homosexuality.” However, no studies have ever actually linked the ingestion of phytoestrogens to becoming gay.

 

[Super Color Up]

Yeah, getting tits from REAL fast food is whats actually manly. Thanks, Far-Right!

 

[Meth Kennedy]

According to the mission statement of the manufacturer, the target isn't people who are vegans, vegetarians, or even people who want to pretend to be them. It's the status quo who do not want to give up their burger experience.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

According to the mission statement of the manufacturer, the target isn't people who are vegans, vegetarians, or even people who want to pretend to be them. It's the status quo who do not want to give up their burger experience.

They should make an actual good burger then.

 

[Freddy Freaker]

According to the mission statement of the manufacturer, the target isn't people who are vegans, vegetarians, or even people who want to pretend to be them. It's the status quo who do not want to give up their burger experience.

Soy vey!

 

[Meth Kennedy]

They should make an actual good burger then.

It's an attempt, though. A free market attempt, rather than chastising you about cow flatulance:

Such a no-brainer, in fact, that at first Brown assumed all he had to do was a little education. “I started doing the typical misguided academic approach to the problem,” he told me. He organized an A-list 2010 National Research Council workshop in Washington called “The Role of Animal Agriculture in a Sustainable 21st Century Global Food System,” which caused not a ripple. Not long after, he determined that the only real way to impact meat production would be to beat it in the free market. “All you have to do is make a product that the current consumers of meat and dairy prefer to what they’re getting now,” he said. “It’s easier to change people’s behavior than to change their minds.”

Here's the full article and interview.

As I've said, it does the job of beating a regular Whopper at the cost of taking longer to prepare. At the end of the day it's still a fast food experience which means the accomplishment is small and the additional wait is an inconvenience one doesn't have to spend on a conventional burger. Apparently the goal is to attempt a steak replacement and that is much higher bar to negotiate since a good steak can be ruined by something as simple as spending ten seconds too long on the grill. Ignoring the fickle nature of steak preparation, it's about the American sense of taste and being able to notice that ten seconds in the first bite so their vegetarian option had better be amazing.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

It's an attempt, though. A free market attempt, rather than chastising you about cow flatulance:

An absolutely shit attempt. I've regretted every Burger King purchase I've made in the past 10 years, and I'm a retard for my repeated patronage though in my defense they were all different stores.

 

[Meth Kennedy]

An absolutely shit attempt. I've regretted every Burger King purchase I've made in the past 10 years, and I'm an exceptional individual for my repeated patronage though in my defense they were all different stores.

Fast food often doesn't agree with me, but I didn't have any trouble with the vegetarian whopper when compared to what KFC does. The only place I've never had any issues is Taco Bell and I usually get the 12-pack and just eat them cold in the morning for a few days. I don't do that often, but sometimes I will. Same thing with pizza, I'll get it only to put it in the fridge and then I'll chew on it in the morning when I'm still struggling to wake up.

They obviously want me to stop eating the meat and they're trying to coax me with, supposedly, a better product. If there's an all-vegetarian pizza option that still tastes like it should at 4:30 AM fresh out of the refrigerator and doesn't leave an odd after-taste while I drink my coffee then it's down to price. I think that might even be more difficult than getting steak right.

 

[Jarolleon]

Its got nothing to do with anything. Regardless of whether its true or not, its an obvious joke. The problem is the left is losing the culture war ridiculously badly to jokes so it treats all memes as 'serious business', which makes them look even more fucking idiotic.

More dangerous is that you can be allergic to soy and it simply is not worth it health wise. The impossible burger is 620 calories. A normal whopper is 660. You're getting a nothing reduction. There's literally no reason to eat one and vegan faggots aren't going to eat fast food. Also eat from better and local burger joints.

The thing is that people mocking the burger basically are mocking the left and they're already getting destroyed by the 'soy' meme. Also corporate worship. The 'Impossible Burger' has been a massive fiasco for Burger King and they're terrified. There's honestly no reason anyone should care about this other than if you invest in burger king.

Another reason is that if you're too dense to realize it's a joke (or rely on your audience to be the same), you'd believe that you can "own the rightists" by painting them as insane conspiracy theorists who rant about "chemicals in the food turning the frickin' West gay" based on shit made up by other kooks. It also fits with the narrative put forth by Sacha Baron Cohen & his ilk; that sanity in the West is crumbling due to the proliferation of fake news and "post-truth", the only way to preserve it of course is to rally around the "authoritative sources" and shut up anyone who doesn't.

 

[Emperor Julian]

Fast food often doesn't agree with me, but I didn't have any trouble with the vegetarian whopper when compared to what KFC does. The only place I've never had any issues is Taco Bell and I usually get the 12-pack and just eat them cold in the morning for a few days. I don't do that often, but sometimes I will. Same thing with pizza, I'll get it only to put it in the fridge and then I'll chew on it in the morning when I'm still struggling to wake up.

Personally I avoid KFC because the chips taste like shit and the drinks are either broken, diet or Pepsi I mean they serve diet 7up but not regular-the fuck? Burger king does a better burger than mcdonalds but the chips are worse. If you twist my arm I'll grab either a subway or Five guys but I'm usually inclined to go to a local fish and chippy or kebab house if I really want fast food.

 

[Meth Kennedy]

Personally I avoid KFC because the chips taste like shit and the drinks are either broken, diet or Pepsi I mean they serve diet 7up but not regular-the fuck? Burger king does a better burger than mcdonalds but the chips are worse. If you twist my arm I'll grab either a subway or Five guys but I'm usually inclined to go to a local fish and chippy or kebab house if I really want fast food.

As far as chicken places are concerned, KFC is at the bottom of the barrel. I'm not perpetually angry at Christians for existing, so I'm more than happy to go to the best one out there if it's not too out of my way. That said, yes, I also find myself eating at a local establishment more often than not when I do decide to do that. There are a few I like, at one I'll harass the guy at the grill (who is also the owner) and we'll go back and forth a bit, I enjoy my meal and pay with a decent tip since the waitress is a nice lady too. A much better experience than anything fast food can offer.

I wonder if these things could ever enter that realm, the small diner that we're told is dying, (quite the slow death, I've heard about it for twenty years) and I wouldn't be against that at all. I suppose if they really wanted to get some of the most stubborn to at least try it they would reach out to these out of the way diners to at least try to serve it.

 

[FukuMuku]

I know this is a meme but I actually saw people that believe in this unironically.

 

[A Grey Cat]

They should make an actual good burger then.

Welcome to good burger home of the good burger can I take your order...ha! XD

 

[737 MAX Stan Account]

These people realize that fake make is more chemical-based than it is plant based, right? Also, rape seed oil is not what I would consider to be healthy.

 

[ColtWalker1847]

These people realize that fake make is more chemical-based than it is plant based, right? Also, rape seed oil is not what I would consider to be healthy.

I live my life on raw cornmeal and lard. Fuck food science, amiright?

 

[Ivan Shatov]

As far as chicken places are concerned, KFC is at the bottom of the barrel.

Popeyes and Churches are the best fast-food fried chicken places. KFC is just a larger brand.

That said - had one Impossible Whopper. The "meat" was not meat. Maybe I'm a little more sensitive, but it was like a boiled sponge with Mayo. I didn't even eat the thing, had to throw most of it away.

Will never get used to those things. If this is an attempt to replace the US beef supply, they are doing a shitty job. Beyond Meat is not a place I want to go.

 

[Livecorpse]

I spotted this thread and it reminded me of something I saw a few days ago.

Spoiler: NSFW; I had to see this, now you do too

 

[Meth Kennedy]

Popeyes and Churches are the best fast-food fried chicken places. KFC is just a larger brand.

That said - had one Impossible Whopper. The "meat" was not meat. Maybe I'm a little more sensitive, but it was like a boiled sponge with Mayo. I didn't even eat the thing, had to throw most of it away.

Will never get used to those things. If this is an attempt to replace the US beef supply, they are doing a shitty job. Beyond Meat is not a place I want to go.

I stand behind choosing Chick-fil-A as the best fast food establishment that serves chicken, I don't think anything compares to that. KFC is the only one that has consistently, even since childhood, made me sick to my stomach.

Regardless, I agree that this probably won't replace the beef supply, but they could come out with something that might be interesting. As it is I don't see myself going to Burger King because, damn it, I need that soy burger. That's just not going to happen. I'm sure some Californian will find that to be problematic and backward, but it is no different than any other aspect of my life anyway. Socially we're at a point now where anything that smacks of that agenda is going to be rejected out-right. This very thread is proof of that. So aside from taste I do think the company does have a massive hurdle to overcome in that they're caught up in a wider culture war and stuck on a side that seems destined to hemorrhage money wherever there's a battle to be fought.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

I spotted this thread and it reminded me of something I saw a few days ago.

Spoiler: NSFW; I had to see this, now you do too

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Shadbase can be a bit too specific in his drawings.
But this was amusing.

 

[Lemmingwise]

This very thread is proof of that. So aside from taste I do think the company does have a massive hurdle to overcome in that they're caught up in a wider culture war and stuck on a side that seems destined to hemorrhage money wherever there's a battle to be fought.

In general I think it's bad business to choose a side in a culture war, but I think it can actually be kind of good for chick-fil-A, because it is rare for businesses to advertise being on that side and because it's rare, but people's opinion toward their side isn't rare, it's a unique selling point and they're guaranteed constant name recognition PR from the woke police.

 

[Meth Kennedy]

In general I think it's bad business to choose a side in a culture war, but I think it can actually be kind of good for chick-fil-A, because it is rare for businesses to advertise being on that side and because it's rare, but people's opinion toward their side isn't rare, it's a unique selling point and they're guaranteed constant name recognition PR from the woke police.

I wasn't referring to Chick-fil-A, but Impossible Foods hasn't necessarily picked any side either. Instead, because it's vegan and therefore woke because the climate or some such silly goddamn nonsense, the decision has been made for them in the court of public opinion.