r/dankmemes • u/ZifuunTikx ☣️ • Sep 23 '22

Wow. Such meme. big bugs

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u/MarketingOk5745 Sep 23 '22

If you eat insects you have 30% of chance eating one that has a human parasite in it. Studies showed that all insect farms have some sort of parasites there and around 30% have parasytes that can live in humans.

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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/Chernoblin Sep 24 '22

Maybe we all should be peasants too because working on a field for a lord is healthy?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

Or maybe you should stop acting like eating bugs makes you poor just because it’s affordable.

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u/Chernoblin Sep 24 '22

Or maybe you should stop acting like bug vegan and try to convince people to eat something with eyes made up of thousand hexagons.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

You realize that crustaceans have similar eye structures right

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u/Chernoblin Sep 24 '22

You realise that people don't eat the whole thing?

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

So you’re going to tell me that you’re fine with eating the tongue of an animal that sucks up bacteria for breakfast completely raw, but eating a few crickets is too far

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u/Chernoblin Sep 24 '22

I don't eat lobster's head and flagellums? You literally eat only their meat. Also, bacteria is everywhere. My gut is filled with it.

eating a few crickets is too far

People don't like to eat crawly, small, skittish, fast and alien looking creatures, with their exoskeleton no less. Such a bizzare concept.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '22

Shrimp

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