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[-] Smorty 3 points 6 days ago

she looks comfortably hungry. i lik that.

[-] Docker@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Are these food ?? Really ?????

[-] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago

Yes, to both.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Klingons and Ferengi eat a mostly insect based diet. We hu mans could learn a thing or two

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

This is true though, I see no issue.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 168 points 1 week ago

I think they meant arthropod. Anthropod means "human leg."

[-] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago

Yea and they're delicious when they come from the sea

[-] Localhorst86@feddit.org 19 points 1 week ago

You're right, but finding human legs in the sea is quite rare.

[-] Transtronaut 35 points 1 week ago

Can't find your sea legs, eh? Classic landlubber.

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[-] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago

"I just don't like sea bugs." Is legitimately one of my defenses when people rib me about not liking lobster etc.

[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago

Lobster is so overrated in my opinion.

Now crab...

[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 38 points 1 week ago

Lobster is just a butter delivery system.

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[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 63 points 1 week ago

I mean, humans do eat the land ones tho, they're just not so popular with the cultures most represented here.

[-] grumpusbumpus@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago
[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago

Shrimps is bugs?

Nooo. After further research, bugs is shrimps.

[-] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago
[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 week ago

CRAB PEOPLE

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 36 points 1 week ago

This isn't universal "human" but very culturally different

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[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago

I enjoy how the left side is labeled as "humans" twice, just in case you weren't quite sure what specimen that is.

[-] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 27 points 1 week ago

Just need to get them land bugs into a gym so they can get some decent chunk of meat in them.

[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago

I would like to not live on the planet with all-natural swole radscorpions please

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[-] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

man if scorps was even just on par, hell even close, with the taste of ol' lobby boys we'd have mass factory farms gen-breeding them sting bugs as large as like Merican farm turkeys vs wild turkeys

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[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Automatic downvote for atrocious spelling.

This shit made the front page of r/all; can we demonstrate that Lemmy has higher standards?

[-] Lux 18 points 1 week ago

If you can tell what they meant, it's good enough. Spelling is made up anyway

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

It literally means something else. Yes symbols are made up, but the concepts they exist to convey are very much real and we have certain expectations when using them. Have higher standards, holy fuck.

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[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Well the ones from the sea come pre-seasoned

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sea bugs come pre-seasoned

[-] Draconic_NEO@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Grasshoppers and locusts have a nice earthy taste, similar to shrimp but also not exactly the same. They lack the slightly fishy taste that shrimp has.

Yeah, Humans. Stop being such hypocrites. Arthropods from the sea and ones from land are both delicious when prepared right, and a great source of protein, you should give them a try. I know there are some people who aren't hypocritical and do enjoy both but many are.

[-] bampop@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

The logic of eating bugs is undeniable, but so is the revulsion. I need it in a form where I can tell myself it's just anonymous protein. If we can turn a blind eye to what goes on in factory farms and slaughterhouses, we should be able to not look at where our bugburgers come from as well.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

based and "protein flour" pilled

but also here's the thing: there's no fucking need to have that protein flour come from insects, legumes exist! We already have about as good of an alternative protein source as we're ever going to get, Textured Vegetable Protein is an amazing substance.

[-] bss03@infosec.pub 11 points 1 week ago

Lobster used to be considered barely edible cockroaches of the sea: https://enviroliteracy.org/did-lobster-used-to-be-poor-people-food/

Eating bugs does give me a bit of an "ick", but I'm sure I could get over that with enough processing or experience.

[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Or starvation. That's a great motivator

[-] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago

I stick to plants. But, both sea plants and land plants!

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

you forgot fungi! how could you?!

[-] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

It's true, I repent! I love a tasty fungi and am addicted to nooch.

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 11 points 1 week ago
[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

You'd have to give it the ol' Jamie Oliver treatment. De-everything it, until it's just meat, then blend it up, coat it with breadcrumbs, and serve it as chicken* nuggets.

Probably the only way I'd ever eat bugs.

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 3 points 6 days ago

It's a texture thing for me. Prawns and crab etc have a texture that makes me want to puke. I have tried many times in the past to learn to be okay with different types of shellfish and I have failed everytime. Even ordered scallops on a fancy restaurant once and they tasted really nice, but the texture made my skin crawl.

I'm sure landbugs would be the same for me. Nice tastes, repulsive texture.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago

i actually find shrimp to be quite tolerable, but it's just something about the slight.. ocean-y flavour and knowing it's a crustacean that wins out after a few bites and i have to stop before i start retching..

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