My first reaction was:Amnestic said:
"Eeeww, you eat dead animals?"
..then I realized I'm retarded.
Question of the Day, August 16, 2010
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"Eeeww, you eat dead animals?"
..then I realized I'm retarded.
So, I'd be saving the world by letting those big beefy cows that are destroying the world live? Sounds awfully suspect. SHOULD I LET ALL THAT DELICIOUS MEAT ROT!??! NO WAY!
Anyone who argues for this because it "saves the world" would probably support Soylent Green.
Anyone who argues for this because it "saves the world" would probably support Soylent Green.
Sure eating bugs provides protein, and so does drinking seemen, but it's not like we don't have any other options.
Fish doesn't take up any farm-land or anything, and is still a healthy source of protein, and it's not as big a step to take for people to eat more fish, as it is to eat bugs.
Now while we're at crazy solutions, we coudl also just start eating each other. theres much protein in the human body, and for every human we eat, we reduce CO2 output AND help fight over-population + there'll be fewer mouths to feed.
Fish doesn't take up any farm-land or anything, and is still a healthy source of protein, and it's not as big a step to take for people to eat more fish, as it is to eat bugs.
Now while we're at crazy solutions, we coudl also just start eating each other. theres much protein in the human body, and for every human we eat, we reduce CO2 output AND help fight over-population + there'll be fewer mouths to feed.
I swear to you, right here, right now, that if bugs became commercially available where I live, I would use them to almost completely supplant conventional meat in my diet.
It's easier than it sounds, folks! If you fry certain species, they're actually really appetizing.
Insects, on the other hand, breed like rabbits on Viagra while under the collective effects of every fertility drug on the market. Pound for pound, they consume far less less water, use far less less fuel, and emit far less less CO2 than any other source of protein.
It's easier than it sounds, folks! If you fry certain species, they're actually really appetizing.
Two things. First, spell semen correctly. Secondly, that's a false dilemma. Try again.teisjm said:
Fish are insanely easy to over-harvest and take decades to repopulate.
Insects, on the other hand, breed like rabbits on Viagra while under the collective effects of every fertility drug on the market. Pound for pound, they consume far less less water, use far less less fuel, and emit far less less CO2 than any other source of protein.
oh people can "proove" any bullcrap point by writing it in a report like that with a picture of a sad woman next to it! there is more to a vegetarians diet than tofu and "substitutes" you know, that report prooves nothingJory said:
Yes I know, but if anything can be proved and nothing can be trusted, you claiming the moral high ground is hypocritical.interspark said:
Also, did you even read the article? It clearly says that there is no definitive "best" choice, and the woman's picture isn't even anything to do with the article. I'm not saying vegetarianism is bad, I just found your holier than thou attitude slightly frustrating
I would never go for absolutes. And while I've heard that things like roasted grasshopper is quite tasty, I wouldn't go for it in terms of absolutes. Most things regarding absolutes are...shall I say...impractical in real implementation. There may be thousands upon thousands upon thousands of bugs to eat, if humans switched to eating them, isn't there a slight chance that it would have some effect that is...detrimental? Has this been considered?
yeah i know, i was only kidding, a persons diet probably was a rather minute effect on the environment compared to everything else, like driving and leaving light onJory said:
true, bugs are probably among the most important creatures on the planet, they practically nurse and grow the plants, by pollunating them and fertilising the earth. without them the planet would die within days, if we all started eating them we'd have the same "the clock is ticking" problem we have with global warmingMikailCaboose said:
If people are going to do that,
Why would you might as well just not eat meat...
That even better for the environment but as far as I can tell everyone on the escapist is normally to silly to have a serious conversation about it and just hate on the veggies.
Why would you might as well just not eat meat...
That even better for the environment but as far as I can tell everyone on the escapist is normally to silly to have a serious conversation about it and just hate on the veggies.
How would my eating bugs for a year help save the planet? Yeah, rather than eating sustainably farmed crops, i'll just munch my way through an entire ecosystem and see where that gets us.
Hmm...what kind of bugs? Them jelly sweets that ooze out strawberry juice when you bite through them or just run-of-the-mill disgustabugs?