May One Sentence Sharing

[kefkafloyd]

Many people of various cultures eat bugs. Plus, crustaceans are basically bugs of the sea.

[Huitzil]

Many people of various cultures eat bugs. Plus, crustaceans are basically bugs of the sea.

Well, yeah, they eat bugs in other cultures, and they eat horses and monkeys and dogs in other cultures. I assumed that when Aramek asked why "we" don't eat certain animals, he meant "we" to refer to American / generalized Western culture, not all humankind.

Also crustaceans are disgusting and I am convinced that the reason people are okay with eating them is that they are all safely down at the bottom of the ocean where you do not regularly encounter their grossitude. If lobsters were on land they would be things that scurried under the fridge when you turned on the light, and we would properly react with "oh god that is the grossest bug where is the number for those exterminators with handguns" instead of "I bet that is delicious."

[Stuff]

Crustaceans are in the same phylum as insects: Arthropoda!

[Mechanical ApeThank you Sweetio!But your cutie mark is in another castle!]

Where do we draw the line at "Which animals are okay to eat?" How do we decide, and should it be universal?

There is but one yardstick, and it is deliciousness.

[Mr. BigBrush is mightier than pen.]

So remember that PR dude from the Hub saying that they wanted the new Care Bears to have its own bronies?

Whoops!

[Wayoshi]

Uh oh, is Mr. Brony Marketer in trouble?

[DarkMatter]

This summer we will be Belly Goons.

[Lazy]

Also crustaceans are disgusting and I am convinced that the reason people are okay with eating them is that they are all safely down at the bottom of the ocean where you do not regularly encounter their grossitude. If lobsters were on land they would be things that scurried under the fridge when you turned on the light, and we would properly react with "oh god that is the grossest bug where is the number for those exterminators with handguns" instead of "I bet that is delicious."

But you can see lobsters crawling around live in tanks at restaurants. And there are some islands that are regularly covered in hundreds of migrating crabs and people living there still eat 'em.
Lobsters and shrimp and all those things are pretty much delicious no matter how much you see them. Gimme dat seafood.

Also if you have never eaten fried and/or chocolate covered ants you are missing out. For real.

[JupiterDermatologists Hate Her!Local Apple discovers weird old trick]

Crustaceans are in the same phylum as insects: Arthropoda!

My grandpa said that when he was a boy growing up on the east coast lobster was considered a Poor Man's Meal.
Oh how things change!

[Gruekinda magical]

So remember that PR dude from the Hub saying that they wanted the new Care Bears to have its own bronies?

Whoops!

Oh god. This is so damn funny. Is this real life? This is not supposed to happen. Please tell me Cartoon Brew made this up.

[AramekYour MRI results have shown total infection to now be approximately one fifth of the full mass of the tissue."So you're saying..."Your brain is about 20% tumor.]

This summer we will be Belly Goons.

Way ahead of yah.

It's funny because I'm fat.

[Coyote]

Well, yeah, they eat bugs in other cultures, and they eat horses and monkeys and dogs in other cultures. I assumed that when Aramek asked why "we" don't eat certain animals, he meant "we" to refer to American / generalized Western culture, not all humankind.

Also crustaceans are disgusting and I am convinced that the reason people are okay with eating them is that they are all safely down at the bottom of the ocean where you do not regularly encounter their grossitude. If lobsters were on land they would be things that scurried under the fridge when you turned on the light, and we would properly react with "oh god that is the grossest bug where is the number for those exterminators with handguns" instead of "I bet that is delicious."

my dad used to scare my cousin with southern king crabs because he buys the whole things when he wants to prepare them (he worked as navigation captain and its kind of obsessed with everything from the ocean so he tends to frequent fishing bays)

so there she is, my cousing watching tv just chilling and my dad grabs the crab and sneaks putting it near her feet
dad: "hey care with that spider"
cousin: "HOLYSHIT!"

it didn't help that my cousin used to live away from the sea and nowhere near a fishing bay so chances of her knowing what the hell it was were pretty small


this was hard to type because the closest I can think of "caleta pesuqera" is fishing bay and I assume centollas are southern king crabs

[Pink Himalayan Saltsee this watch? i got it by Crying. my car? crying. my beautiful wife? Crying. My perfect teeth? Crying. now get the fuck out of my office]

Hasbro - "Oh god no what are you doing we already brought about bronies, please don't say this."

[DavyinatogaEw, will you please just stop posting already so I can stop having to look at it?]

If Hollow had capitalized the "m" in "miracle," I think I would have gotten the History Of The World Part 1 reference a lot sooner, instead of 45 seconds ago.

[HollowThis place needs a miracle.]

My brain says "Hey, we eat pigs and cows, why are horses magically better? I mean, as long as it is properly regulated and it is done humanely, who am I to judge another culture?"

My heart goes "AAAAAUUUUGGHHHHH! HORSIES! AAABLLBHBLHJBLJLBLHBLBHB HORSIES! DEY SO PRETTY WANNA BRUSH THEM!"

No, they aren't magically better. I would gladly eat horse. Their meat is very lean. But the problem is, horse meat isn't regulated, and their killing is not humanely done.

The horse is pushed into an area. It's not held in place or such like cows are. They fire a bolt into its skull. Sometimes the bolt misses, and the horse remains alive but stunned. They start to process it anyway. And again, all this is sold to other countries, hence there being no regulation. It's seriously some Area 51 shit around horse meat facilities.

[Mechanical ApeThank you Sweetio!But your cutie mark is in another castle!]

Okay, that's admittedly very horrible, but horses live fairly awful lives in general, like, I know this one horse who became a famous fashion model and didn't enjoy it very much.

[HollowThis place needs a miracle.]

If Hollow had capitalized the "m" in "miracle," I think I would have gotten the History Of The World Part 1 reference a lot sooner, instead of 45 seconds ago.

But then random posters who don't get the reference wouldn't get snippy!

[Tallgeese]

Has that even happened?

[Pony Factory Factorysugoi]

Now I need to know.

What was the sketch?

John & Vriska prototyping a pop-o-matic hammer with her dice, the idea of which (which is fairly obvious) was used in-comic with the Pop-a-matic Vrillyhoo Hammer.

[DarkMatter]

I, personally, would not feel right about eating horse. Growing up in the US I see horses from a "pet" stand point and as very intelligent creatures. Same with things like dogs, cats, and other such animals.

I also try to avoid eating pig because it doesn't sit right with me knowing how intelligent they are. But sometimes the call of bacon is strong.

(but this is getting off topic so...)

I like ponies.

[Huitzil]

I, personally, would not feel right about eating horse. Growing up in the US I see horses from a "pet" stand point and as very intelligent creatures. Same with things like dogs, cats, and other such animals.

Man, dogs are a lot of things, but smart isn't one of them.

[Pink Himalayan Saltsee this watch? i got it by Crying. my car? crying. my beautiful wife? Crying. My perfect teeth? Crying. now get the fuck out of my office]

I'd like to argue with you on that, but then again my dog.

[MordjaLYRA is the cool pony who likes to hang out. You can find most of the cool ponies with her. LYRA can just chill and do whatever and totally relax. "Take it easy" is the LYRA motto, for example, that's how laid back she is.]

So Headless Horse's analysis of MA Larson seems spot on.

TrenWolfman: Actually, is @M_A_Larson a man? I mean, the Twitter picture on the account shows a bearded fellow, but could be someone else...

M_A_Larson: Kinda funny how I ended up MA. My agent was worried and embarrassed about me using my real name when I got hired on MLP.
he thought I would be part of a cultural phenomenon. He just thought it would be Sym-Bionic Titan not skittles-colored ponies.

chip_uni: Huh. I had thought that, since MLP focused on girl-power, they didn't want a man's name as the writer.

M_A_Larson: but then you got Chris Savino and Dave polski. My agent advised me to be gender neutral. And now I kinda like it.

MarioMaster1337: There's nothing embarrassing about the name Mitch.

M_A_Larson: no, not that. He was worried about MLP diluting my boy/action credits.
he feared I'd go up for a Marvel show and they'd see MLP and shred my resume. He couldn't have seen #bronies coming.
yeah but you guys gotta remember the context. This was pre-premiere. MLP was still tacky 80s treacle at that point.
Can't remember how many times I said to my wife "I can't believe I'm working on My Little Pony."
It's really all a testament to Faust, Renzetti, Theissen, Wootton, Ingram, et al.
I ddn't start til ep10 & thought it would all be phoned in. Then heard #WinterWrapUp & saw pilot. There would be no phoning in on this show.

lolPfhor: write for strawberry shortcake if you wanna phone it in

M_A_Larson: you said it, not me.

[numsOic]

That is fantastic. Larson's Twitter really is a fountain of gold.

[Crow.Why, of course!I'm clearly insane! .]

I've had Smile as my phone's alarm clock music since the episode aired. Haven't grown tired of it at all, and even sometimes end up singing parts of it quietly to myself after getting up. It's unbelievably catchy and a really great piece of music.

My alarm is a roaring thunder crash cranked to 11. Smile would just make me want to get out of bed even less.


Also, horse meat is basically tough beef. It doesn't taste as good as beef, but it's not horrible. I've eaten tons of animals including snake, ostrich, iguanas, sword fish and buffalo. With the exception of buffalo, I ate most of these things outside of the US. I couldn't eat a dog or a cat, though.

[DarkMatter]

MA Larson is pretty awesome.

Man, dogs are a lot of things, but smart isn't one of them.

I'd have to disagree with you there.

[Tallgeese]

MA Larson is pretty awesome.

I'd have to disagree with you there.

Aw, don't mind Huitzil. He is just jealous that a dog could easily make more interesting posts than him.

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[AramekYour MRI results have shown total infection to now be approximately one fifth of the full mass of the tissue."So you're saying..."Your brain is about 20% tumor.]

I like Cats and Dogs. They're both smart and wuvable.

[Tallgeese]

I like Cats and Dogs. They're both smart and wuvable.

You should hear of the fun behavioral experiments you can do with pets you can domesticate.

[Pink Himalayan Saltsee this watch? i got it by Crying. my car? crying. my beautiful wife? Crying. My perfect teeth? Crying. now get the fuck out of my office]

Dogs Are Manipulable, Cats Are Manipulative, and Both Act Like Babies

[kefkafloyd]

Aw, don't mind Huitzil. He is just jealous that a dog could easily make more interesting posts than him.

Don't do shit like this. Personal attacks against other forum members is not cool.

[LiamA]

No, they aren't magically better. I would gladly eat horse. Their meat is very lean. But the problem is, horse meat isn't regulated, and their killing is not humanely done.

The horse is pushed into an area. It's not held in place or such like cows are. They fire a bolt into its skull. Sometimes the bolt misses, and the horse remains alive but stunned. They start to process it anyway. And again, all this is sold to other countries, hence there being no regulation. It's seriously some Area 51 shit around horse meat facilities.

As far as I know, after getting hit with the bolt, their neck is opened up and the blood is allowed to drain. So if they didn't die, they'll be that way pretty quickly. That's how it was done when I saw videos of horse slaughter*. I guess if they don't have to do the kosher thing by law, then they might get sloppy with it.

And Huitzil, need I remind you of crayfish? People see them all the time. Crustaceans are the tastiest, most delicious goddamn meat things given to us by Madre Natura. I would gladly agree to forever give up all land-based meats and live the rest of my life in bliss eating sea bugs and fish. Oh my God, I fucking love sea food.

* We watched a lot of videos from butcher shops in my various Ag classes in high school. Just to make it clear I don't entertain myself nowadays by watching that.

EDIT: Horses that get injured at rodeos? Yeah, that's no good at all. Injured in rather ridiculous sport and then dragged off to be put down somewhere.

[NLTMONE....TWO....BOOKS.]

Nums, I was just about to ask you where the hell your avatar was from, and then I refresh the page and it's changed!

Hey, where was your (old) av from?

[JupiterDermatologists Hate Her!Local Apple discovers weird old trick]

I figured that's why Larson went by M.A.
Though I still wish he'd confirmed it was him when I emailed him in September on his website.

[Frosthawkwhat is this. what is this SHIT]

I like Cats and Dogs. They're both smart and wuvable.

I agree with this. I had dogs for a long time and I loved them. Now I have a bunch of cats and I love them too!

[Killing Vector]

So Headless Horse's analysis of MA Larson seems spot on.

Couple other tidbits gleaned from his twitter in the past couple of days:

Even Larson expected that Pip would be a new recurring character and not a one-off. More generally, Luna Eclipsed got more network notes than any other one he wrote.

He wrote a season 3 episode with "a bit bigger role for Zecora" (does this count as a spoiler?)

Also, apparently his first exposure to the fandom was Lauren sending him the video with Russian bronies singing WWU.

[MordjaLYRA is the cool pony who likes to hang out. You can find most of the cool ponies with her. LYRA can just chill and do whatever and totally relax. "Take it easy" is the LYRA motto, for example, that's how laid back she is.]

Also, apparently his first exposure to the fandom was Lauren sending him the video with Russian bronies singing WWU.

There are worse introductions...

[Chronos30Just fyi, you're out of Pixy Stix]

Also the original name of the Gabby Gums column was the Horse's Mouth.
I guess there was a legal reason they had to change it? Shame.

[Wayoshi]

Bit of a re: Headless's Cute article:

Absolutely, it all comes back to character to compliment and enhance all other aspects on the show.

[Pocketis she just gonna go booty booty]

Apparently twice a day isn't enough to keep up with this thread anymore.

The more a horse loses races, the worse tracks he/she gets sent to, until they hit the bottom of the barrel. When they do, they're sold off, usually to kill buyers who get a nice profit. They of course do this behind closed doors, sometimes even selling them directly from the stables at the track.

That's pretty shocking. If for no other reason than I would have figured retired racehorses would be in more demand as pets than food.

Many people of various cultures eat bugs. Plus, crustaceans are basically bugs of the sea.

I would totally eat bugs if they were big enough to peel the shells off and eat just the meat. It's the whole "shell, weird parts and all" thing that squicks me out.

Oh god. This is so damn funny. Is this real life? This is not supposed to happen. Please tell me Cartoon Brew made this up.

Well, again, it is Amid Amidi, so I wouldn't put it past him.

M_A_Larson: but then you got Chris Savino and Dave polski. My agent advised me to be gender neutral. And now I kinda like it.

I had no idea who Chris Savino was when I first started watching, so for all I knew that could have been a woman's name too.

Also the original name of the Gabby Gums column was the Horse's Mouth.
I guess there was a legal reason they had to change it? Shame.

My guess is that they wanted a name that could be a pseudonym rather than just a column title.