• ox0r@jlai.lu
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    2 years ago

    They’re pretty much all meat? Bugs aren’t empty. Chill out man

    I’m not trying to convince anyone, I do think the double standards are pretty stupid. I never ate a tarantula but I’m sure its pretty meaty.

    Also everyone uses gas lighting in different contexts so I think the word should be banned. I don’t have a clue anymore what it is supposed to mean.

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      2 years ago

      When I was in Cambodia, I saw street vendors frying up tarantulas, with lots of locals gathering around for snacks.

      I’m not sure I’m ready to eat that, but they seemed to like it.

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            2 years ago

            Ah, so you’re treating your intuition like it’s universal fact and then claiming to be the victim of gaslighting when someone disagrees. Have a great life!

              • Jax@sh.itjust.worksBanned from community
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                2 years ago

                “Meat is muscle, and insects must have muscles to move - its just that their muscles are inside their external skeleton rather than outside their internal skeleton. In fact i have seen insect muscle, when i watched a preying mantis eat a large blow-fly.”

                https://www.interestinganswers.com/are-insects-considered-meat/

                No longer must you suffer looking like a fucking idiot, making claims unsubstantiated simply because you “feel” they’re correct.

                Behold! Google!

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                  2 years ago

                  Well I don’t care for propaganda sites. I know “eat the bugs” is currently pretty high up.

                  But again, using the term “meaty” to describe a tarantula where the most you will eat is the exoskeleton is just bad faith

                  • Jax@sh.itjust.worksBanned from community
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                    2 years ago

                    You do understand that the stuff inside the exoskeleton doesn’t just evaporate, right?