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[Brian Fellows]

The planet can suck it! I have no desire to save it and hope to take it with me when I go.

 

[Plywood]

This article skirts around the real issue.

Eat children.

A high protein meal that also reduces the global population. It's a win win.

Saturn did it!

Spoiler

Hopefully no one is grossed out by a painting.

 

[Dead Man]

What a modest proposal

I see what you did there :lol

 

[zoukka]

Why not?

 

[Salazar]

Google Moreton Bay Bugs.

AUS-GAF knows what I'm talking about. Fuck yeah.

 

[xbhaskarx]

 

[Tabris]

If you're going down this path, you may as well just eat tofu and protein supplements instead.

 

[McNei1y]

I'm going to keep eating my double meat chipotle burrito. Thanks though.

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

YES

WTF is this a larvae of? Mothra?

Oh shit I was looking for pictures of giant bugs and look what I found! The Giant Weta:

 

[Blutonium]

Bugs are crunchy. Bring on the snacks

 

[zoukka]

If you're going down this path, you may as well just eat tofu and protein supplements instead.

You can't find protein supplements from your backyard.

 

[Ignis Fatuus]

Here's a Giant Weta against a dreaded Camel Spider:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RF868pCjrI&feature=player_embedded

 

[Plywood]

I would freely and openly use giant Weta's in warfare.

 

[Kurtofan]

No way I'm eating this.
No fucking way.

 

[hertog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06SBYa5wUsA

 

[HolyCheck]

edit: fucking beaten

 

[hydragonwarrior]

I wouldn't mind trying Grasshoppers and tarantulas. Andrew from Bizarre foods said it taste like a cross between crab and lobster.

I guess for tarantulas that makes sense. I mean, a crab is just a damn huge spider anyway. Same ugliness but larger.

 

[Feep]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06SBYa5wUsA

FUCK YOU

Stealth Edit: FUCK YOU

 

[hydragonwarrior]

The planet can suck it! I have no desire to save it and hope to take it with me when I go.

Mm go take one of the uninhabited planets with you instead. Would suck for my kids and grandkids would have to live in a dying planet.

FUCK YOU

Stealth Edit: FUCK YOU

Mmm eyes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA1Dxf7Uu_c

 

[Lunchbox]

Cows are bugs too, so I'm doing my part

 

[Plywood]

Mmm eyes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA1Dxf7Uu_c

Man's gotta eat.

 

[boredofcanada]

this guy boggles my mind.

 

[Shrike_Priest]

Why not eat insects? That talk really did a number on me. Sure, I'm kinda grossed out by the idea, but in terms of taste and so on, I doubt that it'd actually be a problem. I think it's more to do with cultural bias than anything. Obviously large parts of the world eat insects, and it's not just because they need it for nutrition, they're goddamn candies in half of Asia.

I haven't actually been able to get my hand on any, but when I start commuting to Gothenburg next week I think I'll buy a bag of chili maggots.


I mean, I love eating these guys:

And when they're uncooked, they don't look that far off from tour average grasshopper or whatever.

If some bug-protein producing company has the PR skills to actually pull it off as a meat-substitute (think Quorn), in processed form, they'd have one hell of a hit on their hands. Also, don't forget that the efficiency in terms of feed/meat is TEN times higher than traditional meat. TEN. From an ethical and environmental standpoint it's really fricking hard to argue against it.

 

[Insane Metal]

NO THANK YOU

 

[Brannon]

Yes, just process them into cookies or cereal so I wont be able to tell the difference. Preferably grasshoppers and butterflies

The cookies can be called Grasshoppers!

 

[I <3 Memes]

We should force all of the PETA people to do this. That ought to shut em up.

 

[jakncoke]

We should force all of the PETA people to do this. That ought to shut em up.

Oh look i looked outside and seen a pig flying.. oh wait no i didn't. I don't think there is anything that will get them to stop whining

 

[curls]

I am slowly losing interest in consuming the flesh of dead animals anyway.

 

[BertramCooper]

Scientists are actually making great progress in the development of methane digesters, which will someday allow farmers to use the methane produced by their livestock to power their own farms. There are a few farms that already have them, and the hope is that someday it will be commonplace on livestock operations.

It's really cool stuff.

 

[akachan ningen]

fuck the planet, I want meat.

 

[Sharp]

Um, if it's just the cold-bloodedness that matters why do we need to eat insects? Can't we just eat, say, lobsters? Or crabs? I would be down with eating nothing but shellfish.

 

[jakncoke]

Um, if it's just the cold-bloodedness that matters why do we need to eat insects? Can't we just eat, say, lobsters? Or crabs? I would be down with eating nothing but shellfish.

Haven't we fucked the shellfish population up enough and it's not even our main food

 

[Like the hat?]

i know it's probably hypocritical that I would eat a burger but not a bugwich, but I don't care. If it came to this, I would just go vegetarian.

 

[Zeppu]

Also, silly americans, those aren't all bugs. Bugs must have piercing mouth parts.

 

[BloodySinner]

No.

 

[Bit-Bit]

I'd eat it. Looks good to me.

 

[WickedAngel]

I'd eat people before I ate roaches or spiders.

 

[darkwing]

tastes like lobster i suppose

 

[X26]

I'll probably be around for a little over 50 more years, max, I'm not going to spend my short life eating bugs

where mah steak at!?

 

[LakeEarth]

If you can find a bug that can taste as good as a steak, I'm all for it. Humans have spent thousands of years eating animals and figuring out which ones are both great tasting and easy to breed/care for. Why mess with that now?

 

[ianp622]

Eh, I think I'll wait for synthetic meat.

 

[Huevos de Oro]

If it tastes good, then bring it on.

I'd be down for it, actually. There are a number of regions here in Mexico where bugs are part of traditional cuisine, such as escamoles (ant larvae) or jumiles (stink bugs).

 

[zoukka]

If you can find a bug that can taste as good as a steak, I'm all for it. Humans have spent thousands of years eating animals and figuring out which ones are both great tasting and easy to breed/care for. Why mess with that now?

Because it's fucked up, destroying nature and human health? Jeez...

 

[industrian]

i've eaten insects before not that bad tbh. In Montreal Insectarium, the week I went, they had chilli worms and deep fried locusts. It was surprisingly good.

It'd take quite a few bags of milk to wash that taste out of a person's mouth.