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Get ready to eat bugs if you want to live beyond 2050

Chagos said:
None of which gets you out of your ignorance having shown as outlined by me in the post you responded to.

You clearly don't know a thing about Japan.
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Look, no one eats expensive cuts of beef or seafood at every meal. So you're creating your own little victory here based on something I didn't say.

I don't see the Japanese being forced into regressive, primal lifestyles Chagos. What do you know about Japan?
 
Chagos said:
None of which gets you out of your ignorance on Japan having shown as outlined by me in the post you responded to.

You clearly don't know a thing about the country.
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You're a cantankerous snob chagos. You don't seek to enlighten people with your knowledge, you seek to brow beat with it. That's the difference between you and me. You'd make a lousy teacher.
 
truthatallcost said:
I keep seeing these types of stories in my Twitter feed, from various news outlets I follow. We must switch from the protein sources we're accustomed to, to bugs! One of the many joys of globalism- in a world with 10 billion people, we'll get to live like people in third world countries have always lived. That means beef and pork aren't accessible to commoners. Oh well, a steady diet of rice and bugs should do much to curb obesity problems, and lower incidents of diabetes. Maybe we'll grow to love these new protein substitutes.
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Cannibalism could become a primary form of protein for a delicacy and the added benefit would be population control.
 
truthatallcost said:
I keep seeing these types of stories in my Twitter feed, from various news outlets I follow. We must switch from the protein sources we're accustomed to, to bugs! One of the many joys of globalism- in a world with 10 billion people, we'll get to live like people in third world countries have always lived. That means beef and pork aren't accessible to commoners. Oh well, a steady diet of rice and bugs should do much to curb obesity problems, and lower incidents of diabetes. Maybe we'll grow to love these new protein substitutes.
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---I have already eaten scorpions, cicadas, grasshoppers and mealworms.
And I am open to trying an even wider variety.

I realize that shrimp and lobster are not actually insects "according to Hoyle" however they are a type of water bug and I most assuredly eat those, too.

Oh yeah, almost forgot....escargot! Are snails considered to be bugs?
 
truthatallcost said:
Wait...what spud? Wolf pups, koala bears, and bats are 'traditional protein sources'? I guess if you're willing to accept bugs into your diet, you might as well accept those other things as well. Sorry, but I'm not buying into the idea that this is progress.
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If you give me your address (don't worry it needn't be your own) I might be willing to send you a dictionary.

You could look up to what species bat, koalas (they're not bears) and wolves belong.

Cuz éntomon ain't it.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
---I have already eaten scorpions, cicadas, grasshoppers and mealworms.
And I am open to trying an even wider variety.

I realize that shrimp and lobster are not actually insects "according to Hoyle" however they are a type of water bug and I most assuredly eat those, too.

Oh yeah, almost forgot....escargot! Are snails considered to be bugs?
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That's all fine and good. Nothing wrong with experiencing other cultures. But the gist of all of these articles I've read is that Americans need to replace their main sources of animal proteins with bugs. That means that you are only allowed fish, beef, pork, poultry, or lamb on rare occasions, and you're eating bugs on the daily. I'm not about that life man. And try getting people from Oakland or the Bayview to eat bugs.

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:lamo
 
truthatallcost said:
Look, no one eats expensive cuts of beef or seafood at every meal. So you're creating your own little victory here based on something I didn't say.
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what you DID say was
truthatallcost said:
Japan won't.
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while I pointed out that some in Japan already do.

So lessen up with the dishonest spin, eh?
I don't see the Japanese being forced into regressive, primal lifestyles Chagos.
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Which neither I nor anybody else here claimed.

Great going, oh Master of Prevaricating Spin.
What do you know about Japan?
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As opposed to you I've been and even lived there.

Goes for most of the other countries you ignorantly spout forth upon from behind your monitor, without you ever having even visited or ever likely to.
 
truthatallcost said:
You're a cantankerous snob chagos. You don't seek to enlighten people with your knowledge, you seek to brow beat with it. That's the difference between you and me. You'd make a lousy teacher.
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:lamo:lamo:lamo

That my being knowledgeable and how I make use of that might be something to debate with others. But the main difference between you and me is that I know much while, as has already been demonstrated, you don't appear to. Certainly not in this instance (I won't derail the thread with the countless examples of other fields and instances).

Look, if you don't want to eat bugs that's fine. Just quit pretending to be qualified to speak for the whole world.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
---I have already eaten scorpions, cicadas, grasshoppers and mealworms.
And I am open to trying an even wider variety.

I realize that shrimp and lobster are not actually insects "according to Hoyle" however they are a type of water bug and I most assuredly eat those, too.

Oh yeah, almost forgot....escargot! Are snails considered to be bugs?
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Nope, more of the gastropoda family related to squid.

But who cares? They're tasty.

Even more so when washed down with Kopi Levu:mrgreen:
 
truthatallcost said:
'Insects are the food of the future'. Lmao. Globalization was supposed to make us wealthier, better off... And instead we're being told we need to eat bugs. Wealthy people don't eat bugs Chagos.
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rubbish.
 
truthatallcost said:
That's all fine and good. Nothing wrong with experiencing other cultures. But the gist of all of these articles I've read is that Americans need to replace their main sources of animal proteins with bugs. That means that you are only allowed fish, beef, pork, poultry, or lamb on rare occasions, and you're eating bugs on the daily. I'm not about that life man. And try getting people from Oakland or the Bayview to eat bugs.

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:lamo
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THE WORD "ALLOWED" is not found ANYWHERE in the article.

Yeah well, it's understandable that you would infer that from reading the article, seeing as how you live in abject fear of the government.
Wait, correction...abject fear of anything government unless it's Trump.

The starts right out saying specifically:

"We simply don't have the capability, the land or the production resources to ensure that many people can eat a cheeseburger whenever the mood strikes."

That doesn't mean that the USDA Beef Infraction Patrol Office will visit your home and demand inspection of your fridge and pantry.
It means that the cost of some foods is going to become quite high, because the demand for it will likely skyrocket beyond what is sustainable.
Meanwhile, companies like "Beyond Meat" have been quietly introducing plant based alternatives for a few years now, with their recent "Impossible Whopper" hitting it out of the park according to critics.

Eat all the beef you want, but by the year 2050, some experts believe it may become very expensive.
I leave you to your paranoid fantasies.

And be sure to "spread this around Facebook before they ban it!!!"
I'm sure you probably also send a lot of posts that include "before the government bans it!!!!!!"
 
truthatallcost said:
Wait...what spud? Wolf pups, koala bears, and bats are 'traditional protein sources'? I guess if you're willing to accept bugs into your diet, you might as well accept those other things as well. Sorry, but I'm not buying into the idea that this is progress.
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Coronavirus originated in a fish market. But yes, koala bears certainly are tradional protein sources, for one of the oldest continuous cultures in fact.

You may not be able to look past cultural conditioning, but even you must admit farming large mammals in incredibly inefficient and environmentally destructive. While beetle larvae will never replace a good steak, they're a viable replacement for much of the protein in a person's diet that's currently only available from excess meat intake.
 
truthatallcost said:
I keep seeing these types of stories in my Twitter feed, from various news outlets I follow. We must switch from the protein sources we're accustomed to, to bugs! One of the many joys of globalism- in a world with 10 billion people, we'll get to live like people in third world countries have always lived. That means beef and pork aren't accessible to commoners. Oh well, a steady diet of rice and bugs should do much to curb obesity problems, and lower incidents of diabetes. Maybe we'll grow to love these new protein substitutes.
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There are lot of bugs...why not eat them?
 
truthatallcost said:
I keep seeing these types of stories in my Twitter feed, from various news outlets I follow. We must switch from the protein sources we're accustomed to, to bugs! One of the many joys of globalism- in a world with 10 billion people, we'll get to live like people in third world countries have always lived. That means beef and pork aren't accessible to commoners. Oh well, a steady diet of rice and bugs should do much to curb obesity problems, and lower incidents of diabetes. Maybe we'll grow to love these new protein substitutes.
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Don't worry about it. Non-meat impossible stuff is the new wave of the future, crickets things are already sold at whole foods.
 
spud_meister said:
Coronavirus originated in a fish market. But yes, koala bears certainly are tradional protein sources, for one of the oldest continuous cultures in fact.

You may not be able to look past cultural conditioning, but even you must admit farming large mammals in incredibly inefficient and environmentally destructive. While beetle larvae will never replace a good steak, they're a viable replacement for much of the protein in a person's diet that's currently only available from excess meat intake.
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I agree with you that Western cultures consume excessive amounts of meat, but so does every other that can afford it. China purchased our largest pork supplier several years back, because they can. They bought it right out from under us, and use it to supply pork to China. They're no different from us in this respect; once they have the ability to eat higher quality forms of protein, they will do so without the giving the environment a second thought. I think our tendency to look down at Western cultures while viewing exotic cultures through rose colored glasses is doing some of us a disservice.

My own personal opinion, is that we're being primed to share our supplies of high quality protein with the highest bidder, and that will leave us without sufficient amounts of beef, pork, etc. The plan for the future is global competition for resources, economies without borders. Eat bugs spud, so that high quality Australian beef can be sold to Asian markets, where its more valued.
 
NeverTrump said:
Don't worry about it. Non-meat impossible stuff is the new wave of the future, crickets things are already sold at whole foods.
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Some of it is very high in ingredients that promote estrogen production. I'm not going to eat that stuff.
 
Airyaman said:
There are lot of bugs...why not eat them?
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The American dream went from a house, a happy family, and a chicken in every pot, to a room, internet, and cricket sandwich.

We're still not speaking German. Suck it fascists!!1!
 
Chagos said:
Thing being that Europeans have always been hung up about eating bugs and exported that antipathy when settling in N. America.

Many (if not most) countries in Asia and Africa (even S.America) never shared into that hang-up and had insects on the menu practically forever.

And not always for reasons of other food being scarce but because of considering insects to be a delicacy.

I've partaken of the insect cuisine in various Asian and African countries and always found it to be delicious.
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I saw a documentary exclaiming that Mexico has over 300 different bug dishes. I'm not overly adventurous myself but have tried escargot, gator tail, squid, frog legs and a few other exotic recipes.


truthatallcost said:
Japan ranks #3 every year in GDP, in spite of only having 1/4 the population of the US, and 1/12 the population of China. Japan doesn't have a drug problem, incarceration problem, or crime problem. Their life expectancy is much higher than ours. They must be doing something right.
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Their culture was one of timidity, honor and work ethic, which may explain the success. As small and limited as their resources were, they and little Germany almost conquered the world during WWII.
 
spud_meister said:
Coronavirus originated in a fish market. But yes, koala bears certainly are tradional protein sources, for one of the oldest continuous cultures in fact.

You may not be able to look past cultural conditioning, but even you must admit farming large mammals in incredibly inefficient and environmentally destructive. While beetle larvae will never replace a good steak, they're a viable replacement for much of the protein in a person's diet that's currently only available from excess meat intake.
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Not to take anything from the rest of your post (totally agree with all), it should find mention that Corona was transmitted in a wet market. IOW what you see offered there still lived and gets slaughtered at the customers' request right there and then and right among every other animal.

China forbade those markets as a consequence of the last SARS scare but showed to be totally incompetent in enforcing the prohibition.

Just saying.
 
truthatallcost said:
The American dream went from a house, a happy family, and a chicken in every pot, to a room, internet, and cricket sandwich.

We're still not speaking German. Suck it fascists!!1!
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Good of you to point out that command of the German language is not a particularly important prerequisite in qualifying for to the category (bolded).

And I feel for you over having to live in a room only (if indeed that's what you meant to say), but if they took the internetz away from you, what would you be left with?

IOW cricket sandwiches might well be the least of your problems.:mrgreen:
 
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Chagos said:
Nope, more of the gastropoda family related to squid.

But who cares? They're tasty.

Even more so when washed down with Kopi Levu:mrgreen:
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Found "this lil feller" crawling outside a friend's house in Venice but I'm "purt near sure he ain't the eatin' kind."
But I had to snap the pic anyway, he looked so determined.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
THE WORD "ALLOWED" is not found ANYWHERE in the article.

Yeah well, it's understandable that you would infer that from reading the article, seeing as how you live in abject fear of the government.
Wait, correction...abject fear of anything government unless it's Trump.

The starts right out saying specifically:

"We simply don't have the capability, the land or the production resources to ensure that many people can eat a cheeseburger whenever the mood strikes."

That doesn't mean that the USDA Beef Infraction Patrol Office will visit your home and demand inspection of your fridge and pantry.
It means that the cost of some foods is going to become quite high, because the demand for it will likely skyrocket beyond what is sustainable.
Meanwhile, companies like "Beyond Meat" have been quietly introducing plant based alternatives for a few years now, with their recent "Impossible Whopper" hitting it out of the park according to critics.

Eat all the beef you want, but by the year 2050, some experts believe it may become very expensive.
I leave you to your paranoid fantasies.

And be sure to "spread this around Facebook before they ban it!!!"
I'm sure you probably also send a lot of posts that include "before the government bans it!!!!!!"
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Every story I've seen about this subject says that bugs will replace beef and pork. Without the production of beef, you're not allowed to eat it, are you?

Americans have become these sad sacks that will settle for a lesser quality of life, as long as its sold to them as being hip, or part of some exotic foreign culture. The funniest example is those tiny houses you see cropping up, that are our version of the pods found throughout Asia. Have you seen those? The average American of the future will be some 78 IQ hybrid person, living in a tiny house, munching on bugs. My god its a hilarious optic. If you'd told the WW2 generation that they're great grandchildren would be this stupid, they'd have taken up arms for Germany.
 
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