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The Wagyu Hypothetical

Submitted by tokiokobayas on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 23:13

    Earlier today there was a video posted by this Youtuber I follow named Domics, called “Hypotheticals: The Wagyu Problem”.  The video basically describes how Dom (Domics’ nickname) went out to try A5 Wagyu for the first time, and how the cattle lived a luxurious life of 3 years before it was slaughtered for its meat.
    So then this hypothetical question popped up. “What if you were able to live a grandeur life for x amount of time, knowing that by the end of that time you would be killed humanely for your meat to be served for other people (assuming cannibalism is legal and a regular occurrence in this hypothetical)”.
    Some questions obviously popped up, like how many years can you live in this wealthy lifestyle, what’s the spending limit (if there is any?), could you spread the wealth, and how could they keep you from running away once the time limit is up?
    One question I personally had was would they be able to pick anybody for that kind of lifestyle program, or would it have to be a select group of people who get the option to live like that? If it is a select group of people, then how do they determine who goes and who doesn’t? I think there are lots of moral complications and issues with the hypothetical, but I think it’s an interesting question nonetheless.
    The video was basically just Dom and two of his friends talking about the hypothetical, and it was really interesting to hear the other perspectives. One of them said they would most likely subject to that lifestyle if their friends did it, while the other two (including Dom) said they would still abstain from it.     Personally I pondered about the hypothetical, and I have to admit I think I would not want to live that kind of lifestyle. In my opinion, I think you would need to feel very strongly about finding fulfilment from materialistic value, and I personally don’t have that. Even if all of my friends were to do such a thing, I still think I would abstain from that kind of lifestyle since the people I believe I would end up becoming friends with, would all abstain from that lifestyle as well.

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