XKCD 1268 by Randall Munroe (CC BY-NC 2.5).
Transcription:
Imagine you were transported to an alternate universe just like your own, except people occasionally ate spiders. You can’t convince anyone this is weird. [[Two figures stand. A woman is holding a big spider. The other figure looks shocked. There is another spider on the floor.]] Woman: Mmm… Figure: No! What are you doing!? This is how I feel about lobster.
{{Title text: As best as I can tell, I was transported here from Earth Prime sometime in the late 1990s. Your universe is identical in every way, except for the lobster thing and the thing where some of you occasionally change your clocks for some reason.}}
I don’t get what you’re trying to tell me.
well obviously wet bugs are cleaner since they’re surrounded by water all the time
I do sincerely worry about insects being added as filler materials as time goes on. I have a shellfish allergy, and the same allergens that exist in the shells of shellfish also exist in most insects.
I kind of miss when Hot Topic used to sell crickets and snacks, they were pretty good no cap
Wet bugs are very distantly related to earth bugs.
Won’t you eat chicken just because pidgeons are disgusting? (yet also eaten sometimes)
Pigeons are delicious though
yeah look up the passenger pigeon. Used to be delicious
No problem with pigeon if it’s been raised for food, or had a life in nature. I’m just not eating the ones in urban centres that have been eating trash all their lives.
Crustaceans are the closest relatives of insects.
Pigeons literally exist in the us because they were imported for food iirc
Shrimps is bugs
I wonder if that guy knew his post would explode into a meme
vegetarians
Aka [Eating bugs without knowing you’re eating bugs]
Fuck yes, people freak out about eating crickets or shit but then proceed to eat a huge spiderlike creature that’s mushy inside (crabs)
I actually wanna try those crickets I heard they sell at a baseball stadium somewhere in the Eastern side the states. Apparently, they are the most popular concession there and they come in a variety of flavors like sour cream & onion.
People eat bugs all over the planet.
2 billion insects eaters over 7 billion humans worldwide to be exact
Fun fact… lobster and crayfish were so disdained once that it was literally only used to feed prisoners.
*Preserved crawfish and lobster, which tastes like shit because it’s been transported in a barrel for many days.
Most of what we eat today is either fresh or frozen, not mushy decomposing meat.
wontfix
Sea bugs are delicious and have more meat than land bugs, I’ve eat crickets before and it’s 80% bones/ definitely not meat and 20% actual meat
You’ve eaten interesting crickets. Those that I know have no bones.
You’re thinking of in bones. Crickets have out bones.
Exoskeleton is still a form of bone, I use bone because it’s shorter
It’s not though. Bone is a fundamentally different material.
We knew what you meant, mind.
Cladistically, insects are a type of crustacean.
Also, none of the animals portrayed are bugs in the strict sense, which are a specific suborder of insects.Stop don’t do this to me
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I’m pretty sure I gobbled up a spider and/or a small stink bug while eating berries the other day
Oh well
A good source of protein along with the carbs.
