Hi there,I was just chatting with my vegan sister tonight, when she mentioned she's writing a book about cell-based meat! She asked me about my thoughts and input. Instantly, I was reminded of Eco Lifestyle's meat wall! I shared this with her. She enjoyed it. (She doesn't play The Sims). But it makes me wonder... There is apparently a LOT of research and development already put into lab-grown, cultured meat. She asked me, "As a meat eater, would you try it?" And I... didn't know what to say, right away. I need some thought.She shared with me some websites, because she's VERY passionate about veganism and animals' rights —- https://www.cellag.org/- https://www.gfi.org/This post isn't about her... (but she is my vessel to veganism.) This post is about the Meat Wall, and The Sims' message behind it. So, in all my Googling... all I can find is "hOw tO gEt thE MeAt WaLL." But not, "why we introduced a meat wall." So, where is the Sims' story behind the Meat Wall? Why are solar power and recycling so popular, and yet cell-based meat isn't as well known? How does it fit in? I guess the broader questions is: Why did The Sims make "Eco Lifestyle?" But also... Why a meat wall?Would you eat lab-grown meat? Grown outside, on a meat wall? -sketches

Well since your body needs protein of some kind and they didn't include any animals for milk, butter, cheese, eggs, cream they had to fake it. Plus, I think it's a political thing, they're trying to be "inclusive" to vegans.

Lab grown meat is basically cloning, but instead of cloning the whole animal, they just clone the juicy and edible parts. It is still frankenfood if you ask me, just like genetically modified crops.

I don't think that there is a story, the team never explained why they made a meat wall. When I first saw it I thought it was the team making fun of plant based meat, that they have it in the sims4 but it's an actual meat plant. But apparently it's supposed to be lab grown meat. I think plant based meat would have been more fitting, they could have added soy plants and given you the option to make plant based meat of them.I would maybe eat lab grown meat, if it was grown in a lab, not outside. But I would prefer plant based meat which also seems to be more common.

Lol if you do a bit of research, there are definitely answers as to why Eco Lifestyle was made... People don’t wanna hear, the truth is we asked for it: Knitting is the second community voted stuff pack, the first being Laundry day a couple years back. Eco won the first round, but somehow washing machines were included in the next voting round and ended up winning. Obviously the Community got upset, laundry isn’t really related to an eco theme, plus the devs shared their brainstorm list for eco, and people went mad for it, begging for all the features to be added. If you look at this list today, you’ll see the devs have added most of that list in the forthcoming packs, eventually even delivering on the eco theme originally promised. This is contrary to everyone’s favourite tag line: they don’t listen or give us what we want.. so is often ignored. As for the meat wall.. Well it seems kinda obvious to me: animal cruelty aside, the meat industry is the single largest contributing factor to global warming? Eco is the theme? Goes hand in hand..

"ddd994;c-17662932" wrote:As for the meat wall.. Well it seems kinda obvious to me: animal cruelty aside, the meat industry is the single largest contributing factor to global warming? Eco is the theme? Goes hand in hand.. Yes, blame it on the cows and meat industry. But no one is banning beans.

What's the story behind the Sims 4 meat wall?

20 Replies

Chicklet45368
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Well since your body needs protein of some kind and they didn't include any animals for milk, butter, cheese, eggs, cream they had to fake it. Plus, I think it's a political thing, they're trying to be "inclusive" to vegans.
crocobaura
Legend
5 years ago
Lab grown meat is basically cloning, but instead of cloning the whole animal, they just clone the juicy and edible parts. It is still frankenfood if you ask me, just like genetically modified crops.
logionX
Legend
5 years ago
I don't think that there is a story, the team never explained why they made a meat wall. When I first saw it I thought it was the team making fun of plant based meat, that they have it in the sims4 but it's an actual meat plant.

But apparently it's supposed to be lab grown meat. I think plant based meat would have been more fitting, they could have added soy plants and given you the option to make plant based meat of them.

I would maybe eat lab grown meat, if it was grown in a lab, not outside. But I would prefer plant based meat which also seems to be more common.
thatdamian123
5 years ago
Lol if you do a bit of research, there are definitely answers as to why Eco Lifestyle was made... People don’t wanna hear, the truth is we asked for it: Knitting is the second community voted stuff pack, the first being Laundry day a couple years back. Eco won the first round, but somehow washing machines were included in the next voting round and ended up winning. Obviously the Community got upset, laundry isn’t really related to an eco theme, plus the devs shared their brainstorm list for eco, and people went mad for it, begging for all the features to be added. If you look at this list today, you’ll see the devs have added most of that list in the forthcoming packs, eventually even delivering on the eco theme originally promised. This is contrary to everyone’s favourite tag line: they don’t listen or give us what we want.. so is often ignored.

As for the meat wall.. Well it seems kinda obvious to me: animal cruelty aside, the meat industry is the single largest contributing factor to global warming? Eco is the theme? Goes hand in hand..
crocobaura
Legend
5 years ago
"ddd994;c-17662932" wrote:

As for the meat wall.. Well it seems kinda obvious to me: animal cruelty aside, the meat industry is the single largest contributing factor to global warming? Eco is the theme? Goes hand in hand..

Yes, blame it on the cows and meat industry. But no one is banning beans.
thatdamian123
5 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17662936" wrote:
"ddd994;c-17662932" wrote:

As for the meat wall.. Well it seems kinda obvious to me: animal cruelty aside, the meat industry is the single largest contributing factor to global warming? Eco is the theme? Goes hand in hand..

Yes, blame it on the cows and meat industry. But no one is banning beans.

Most soy bean production is for feeding livestock, so it’s actually part of the meat industry.
Onverser
5 years ago
I think it's a bit of a gross item and I've never used it because of that but it is what it is. I guess it's supposed to resemble a kebab and be this "futuristic eco friendly" way of getting food. As a vegetarian I don't like the imagery even if it is supposed to be "fake meat".

From a vegetarian standpoint I've never understood the obsession with perfectly replicating meat anyways. I've seen some vegan burgers that replicate blood and "bleed" and it just grosses me out, why would you want to replicate that? I only like fake meat if you can tell it's not real meat. Lab grown meat is especially weird but I suppose the idea behind it is that it's environmentally friendly and doesn't require people changing their entire diet so it's good for that. Not for me though.
stockingfeet
5 years ago
I'm not keen on the imagery, but I would like to know where in the game you find it?? I dont think I have noticed it before.
crocobaura
Legend
5 years ago
"ddd994;c-17662982" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17662936" wrote:
"ddd994;c-17662932" wrote:

As for the meat wall.. Well it seems kinda obvious to me: animal cruelty aside, the meat industry is the single largest contributing factor to global warming? Eco is the theme? Goes hand in hand..

Yes, blame it on the cows and meat industry. But no one is banning beans.

Most soy bean production is for feeding livestock, so it’s actually part of the meat industry.

I was actually referring to regular beans, not soy beans. But still there's a lot of soy in everything nowadays. Also, people managed food better when it wasn't so easily available and didn't eat meat with almost every meal. Maybe instead of lab grown meat, they should just eat less regular meat, like their grandparents used to do.
Beardedgeek72
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
"crocobaura;c-17663006" wrote:
"ddd994;c-17662982" wrote:
"crocobaura;c-17662936" wrote:
"ddd994;c-17662932" wrote:

As for the meat wall.. Well it seems kinda obvious to me: animal cruelty aside, the meat industry is the single largest contributing factor to global warming? Eco is the theme? Goes hand in hand..

Yes, blame it on the cows and meat industry. But no one is banning beans.

Most soy bean production is for feeding livestock, so it’s actually part of the meat industry.

I was actually referring to regular beans, not soy beans. But still there's a lot of soy in everything nowadays. Also, people managed food better when it wasn't so easily available and didn't eat meat with almost every meal. Maybe instead of lab grown meat, they should just eat less regular meat, like their grandparents used to do.

Eh. My only problem with meat is the environmental aspect. Grown meat is the ideal solution.