Say it.
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 09 Feb 18:51
https://mander.xyz/post/24754948

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troyunrau@lemmy.ca on 09 Feb 19:03 next collapse

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xkcd.com/1268/

CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social on 09 Feb 19:47 next collapse

I hate to break it to people, but this universe is the one where people occasionally eat spiders.

Consider: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_spider

adarza@lemmy.ca on 09 Feb 19:55 next collapse

nope. nope. a bazillion times nope.

these spiders, though…

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recipe

neatobuilds@lemmy.today on 10 Feb 19:39 collapse

Awesome, how do you find enough spider eggs to fill it though

__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works on 09 Feb 20:51 collapse

fried alongside the garlic until “the legs are almost completely stiff, by which time the contents of the abdomen are not so runny.”

not so runny.

neatobuilds@lemmy.today on 10 Feb 19:40 collapse

Like how people eat eggs or drink cow milk, things are weird but people do it anyway

Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world on 10 Feb 15:26 collapse

The relevant xkcd strikes once more!

yesman@lemmy.world on 09 Feb 19:10 next collapse

I’m making tempura bugs for dinner. On a night when everyone else gets nachos and pizza. Don’t you feel sorry for me?

neatobuilds@lemmy.today on 10 Feb 19:43 collapse

Add some rolly polly chowder on the side

kitnaht@lemmy.world on 09 Feb 19:35 next collapse

I’d be fine with eating bugs too if they grew large enough for me to not have to eat the exoskeleton as well.

PaintedSnail@lemmy.world on 09 Feb 20:14 collapse

And can be properly gutted and de-veined.

azi@mander.xyz on 10 Feb 10:13 collapse

I don’t really see the point of deveining. It doesn’t change the flavour and the digestive tract is entirely safe to eat

ineffable@sh.itjust.works on 09 Feb 19:55 next collapse

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Sea_pop@lemmy.world on 10 Feb 00:02 collapse

Man, three body problem is such a good show! I cannot wait for the second season and I just got the books

ekZepp@lemmy.world on 09 Feb 20:37 next collapse

Call me Mr. Frog then, because I fkng love those wet bugs. Especially fried 🍤🍤🍤🍋

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stupidcasey@lemmy.world on 09 Feb 21:10 next collapse

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CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world on 09 Feb 23:03 next collapse

shrimps is bugs

psud@aussie.zone on 10 Feb 01:37 next collapse

Australia calls one of our salt water crays “Balmain bugs”

They’re especially popular as a Christmas food

azi@mander.xyz on 10 Feb 10:17 collapse

I’m a firm bug centrist—non-hemipterans can be bugs but they have to be from a terrestrial lineage.

flora_explora@beehaw.org on 10 Feb 11:31 collapse

Haha, my favorite crochet youtuber Complicated Knots made a series of videos on “Bugsmas” (for Christmas) last year. She included in her bugs such things as bees or beetles, but also a snail and a velvet worm. No hemipterans were included though. But following your definition, all those above could be bugs because they are terrestrial.

azi@mander.xyz on 10 Feb 14:27 collapse

I thought it didn’t need to be said that a bug must be an arthropod. smh, goddamn bug radicals