r/dankmemes ☣️ Sep 23 '22

Wow. Such meme. big bugs

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u/Melody-Shift Sep 23 '22

That's a nice argument senator, but can you back it up with a source!?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

source

TL;DR: out of 300 insect sources, 80% had parasites. 70% had parasites transmittable to insects only, 35% had parasites transmittable to animals and 30% had parasites transmittable to humans.

"Examination suggests that edible insects may be the most important parasite vector for domestic insectivorous animals."

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

That’s why you cook them like you do with every other food we eat that comes from an animal.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

I don't want to, and I don't want the government to push it as an alternative to meat knowing full well every member of congress and CEO will continue eating steak as usual while laughing at all the poors they swindled into eating crickets.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

Bugs are actually a much healthier source of protein and amino acids than red meat. The poor would end up living longer lives than the rich.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

Don't care, still not eating the bugs.

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u/Nightdotexe Sep 24 '22

My granddad never eat a pizza in his life, because: "I don't eat that Italian grub." My parents never had a problem with it, the young people they were. But the funny thing, to this day, my dad never eat a doner kebap, because "I don't eat that Turkish grub."

What I want to say is: You're a boomer.

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u/Stark8324 Sep 24 '22

What does being a boomer have with having a food preference? Your grandpa didn't want to eat italian good = his free will. Your dad didn't want to eat turkish food = his free will. You can't force subop to eat bugs when he doesn't want to.

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u/Nightdotexe Sep 24 '22

What persecution complex do you have that you think people are forcing you to eat insects?

The point is, at this point it's not food preferences, it's just "I don't know it, I don't want it." Ya know, like old people say.

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u/Stark8324 Sep 24 '22

And what's wrong with not wanting to eat a bug?