Social They gave my son an insect to eat in school

[Ruprecht]

You've been conditioned to accept narrative propaganda from the news, as news. The "news" absolutely guides narrative, and simply advertises. Those "stories" were not that far apart, and there was definitely positive bias. Is is true that eating insects will "save the world?" I'm not sure, bit i firmly believe its likely there could be some positives; but I am sure that particular headline, in conjunction with all the others, is mild narrative propaganda.

I wasn't talking about the news. I was talking about pop science, various scientific papers and local programs on indigenous culture. Over a period of 30 years.
Somehow I don't think that's a "propaganda narrative".
The only thing that would count as propaganda was a cookbook the NSW government produced here when there was a locust plague in 2004, called, "Cooking With Sky Prawns".

 

[Rod1]

Nigeria has a TFR of 5.53!!!

And a life expectancy of 50 something years.

 

[Amerikuracana]

I wasn't talking about the news. I was talking about pop science, various scientific papers and local programs on indigenous culture. Over a period of 30 years.
Somehow I don't think that's a "propaganda narrative".
The only thing that would count as propaganda was a cookbook the NSW government produced here when there was a locust plague in 2004, called, "Cooking With Sky Prawns".

Well your reading tastes are a bit better than average. I know a lot of people in the west are not thrilled about the idea. For some reason I can't open what you posted on the older phone I'm using (real phone fell out of coat pocket) so I'll check them out later. No, most scientific studies are not narrative propaganda, but I wouldn't say "all" of them aren't.

 

[ultramanhyata]

I've seen the "eat bugs" propaganda for a few years now. Was even heavier up until about a year ago; BBC was running stories about how great it is, saw articles on it, so you know it was getting "the push," and it was obvious.

So they gave the kids grasshoppers in school today; 6th grade. I didn't make a deal about it, because my son actually talked about wanting to try it. Well, he did today, and he thought it was terrible.

So anyways the social push for people to start eating insects has reached middle school.

Should I be mad they gave my kid a chile lime grasshopper today? Has everybody noticed this push over the last few years?

For those wondering what "a push" looks like:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-scotland-21278661/what-does-a-mealworm-taste-like

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-39039395

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31589764

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zy7s39q

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24912602

https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/01/09/would-you-toss-roasted-insects-into-your-meal-this-health-app-is-betting-yes/?outputType=amp

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9937633/10-reasons-why-we-should-eat-insects.html



Im not saying the teacher got direct orders from a shadowy government figure (come on) to make these kids eat bugs.. That's not really how it works. It does work through conditioning through "respected" "news" sources like bbc, or washpo.

My class ate chocolate covered ants on a field trip in the fucking 1980's. You are living in the alt right fever swamp.

 

[Amerikuracana]

My class ate chocolate covered ants on a field trip in the fucking 1980's. You are living in the alt right fever swamp.

No.. I've never heard any political talking head, or anything from the right indicating we shouldn't eat bugs. You people really, really, really need to allow your brains to function outside the realm of left/right politics. I simply noticed an article every month encouraging people in the West to start eating insects. News that encourages behavior isn't plain news; that doesn't necessarily make it nefarious, and I suppose it's how you define your terms.

See, what you said to me doesn't even make sense. The second part is peculiar. I saw all these articles (before I looked for them after people accused me here of making it up) over a kind of short period, and I realized the notion was Being heavily encouraged. My noticing this was not coming from a political perspective lol. Weird.

I realize people have been eating bugs the last few million years.

 

[jk7707]

No.. I've never heard any political talking head, or anything from the right indicating we shouldn't eat bugs. You people really, really, really need to allow your brains to function outside the realm of left/right politics. I simply noticed an article every month encouraging people in the West to start eating insects. News that encourages behavior isn't plain news; that doesn't necessarily make it nefarious, and I suppose it's how you define your terms.

See, what you said to me doesn't even make sense. The second part is peculiar. I saw all these articles (before I looked for them after people accused me here of making it up) over a kind of short period, and I realized the notion was Being heavily encouraged. My noticing this was not coming from a political perspective lol. Weird.

I realize people have been eating bugs the last few million years.

So you've noticed an article every month yet half of the links you posted are from 2013 with the most recent being 2017. Funny how with all this push to eat insects you happened to find articles about the topic spaced apart by years.

 

[ultramanhyata]

No.. I've never heard any political talking head, or anything from the right indicating we shouldn't eat bugs. You people really, really, really need to allow your brains to function outside the realm of left/right politics. I simply noticed an article every month encouraging people in the West to start eating insects. News that encourages behavior isn't plain news; that doesn't necessarily make it nefarious, and I suppose it's how you define your terms.

See, what you said to me doesn't even make sense. The second part is peculiar. I saw all these articles (before I looked for them after people accused me here of making it up) over a kind of short period, and I realized the notion was Being heavily encouraged. My noticing this was not coming from a political perspective lol. Weird.

I realize people have been eating bugs the last few million years.

I don't even know what all this is supposed to mean...

We all know about the "meat production is destroying the environment" position from the left - see the GND - and how radically reactive the right is to that claim, much less the suggestion that society should do something about it.

So, if there really is some sudden, strange, orchestrated push in the (liberal) media towards protein-rich insect consumption (as your OP alleges) this would be, by definition, part of a partisan, political agenda.

 

[Teppodama]

TS, you know what else eats insects...frogs. And guess what...frogs are turning gay. You know what's also on the rise...child gender transition and usage of "drag"...

 

[Amerikuracana]

TS, you know what else eats insects...frogs. And guess what...frogs are turning gay. You know what's also on the rise...child gender transition and usage of "drag"...

Mystery solved

 

[Amerikuracana]

I don't even know what all this is supposed to mean...

We all know about the "meat production is destroying the environment" position from the left - see the GND - and how radically reactive the right is to that claim, much less the suggestion that society should do something about it.

So, if there really is some sudden, strange, orchestrated push in the (liberal) media towards protein-rich insect consumption (as your OP alleges) this would be, by definition, part of a partisan, political agenda.

You're right. I should have posted this in Mayberry.

 

[Damien Karras]

No.. I've never heard any political talking head, or anything from the right indicating we shouldn't eat bugs. You people really, really, really need to allow your brains to function outside the realm of left/right politics. I simply noticed an article every month encouraging people in the West to start eating insects. News that encourages behavior isn't plain news; that doesn't necessarily make it nefarious, and I suppose it's how you define your terms.

See, what you said to me doesn't even make sense. The second part is peculiar. I saw all these articles (before I looked for them after people accused me here of making it up) over a kind of short period, and I realized the notion was Being heavily encouraged. My noticing this was not coming from a political perspective lol. Weird.

I realize people have been eating bugs the last few million years.

The articles I read never told me I should eat insects, but they do highlight their protein content levels, and much less they are of a burden on the environment they are. With climate change and population increase being hot topics at the moment, it’s normal for newspapers to write about a possibly growing trend.

I doubt people will ever be eating fistful amounts of grubs and grasshoppers. But it’s more likely that they’ll be added as ingredients to processed foods. One day there might be a bug burger where the patty is “made of insects but tastes like meat” for example.

Nobody is imposing anything so I don’t get the CT angle

 

[Jorge Luis Borges]

Ok. How were they?

They tasted fine, grilled up with a bit of onion. Sort of like corn nuts.

 

[Amerikuracana]

The articles I read never told me I should eat insects, but they do highlight their protein content levels, and much less they are of a burden on the environment they are. With climate change and population increase being hot topics at the moment, it’s normal for newspapers to write about a possibly growing trend.

I doubt people will ever be eating fistful amounts of grubs and grasshoppers. But it’s more likely that they’ll be added as ingredients to processed foods. One day there might be a bug burger where the patty is “made of insects but tastes like meat” for example.

Nobody is imposing anything so I don’t get the CT angle

Post the headlines of the articles.

There is no CT.

 

[djacobox372]

I have no problem with the social push to expand the experience and knowledge of children... that's called school.

 

[Protagoras]

If it was your family starving today, you would not be against any moral imperative to help them now.

One can argue that agriculture and mechanized farming has all increased food supply, causing an increase in population consequently resulting in more people starving. Yet I am not seeing anyone advocating for doing away with farming and mechanized farming.

So no answer with some kind of weak appeal to emotion.



Pretty lazy, pathetic, and stupid.

You probably wouldn’t qualify in a technical sense but I assure you that you don’t have a much greater reasoning ability than a mentally retarded person.

 

[Slick_36]

I ate a bunch of grasshoppers when I was in Africa. I paid more for the ones with the legs removed.

You missed out, the legs are the best part. Like comparing a ribeye steak to tongue and intestines.