Perhaps I’m a fancy-pants east-coast liberal who prefers lattes to processed meat, but I’m afraid I am not amused by Meatcards.com, a service that will laser etch a design into a slab of beef jerky.

The trouble here is two-fold. First, and most obviously, an edible card means that people won’t be keeping your card on file — they’ll eat it and forget about it. And with it, your contact info. Second, you’re bound to gross out at least some people. I can imagine a potential scuffle with a militant vegetarian, but even some meat-eating folks don’t want to carry around an unwrapped piece of food in their pocket.

via Dickie Adams and Slashfood »

Tagged: 3D, too clever
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