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Can you really see that happening though? The negative associations attached to insect eating are too great. I think it would take more than marketing to change
by kasbah 13y ago
Can you really see that happening though? The negative associations attached to insect eating are too great. I think it would take more than marketing to change such social norms.
- warfangle 13y agoYou obviously haven't watched Mad Men. Just toast them! ;)
- graeme 13y agoA committed sub-group could also change things. I'm part of the paleo community. I'd love to try eating bugs, and I think most of the people I know in the community would agree. It could then spread out from that and similar groups. This has already happened with such things as eating offal, which is experiencing a resurgence among paleo groups (and probably foodies, but i'm not one).
- rthomas6 13y agoDon't be so sure. How many untraveled Americans would consider raw fish a delicacy 50 years ago? Marketing has already created and changed more social norms than we'd like to admit.
- bluedino 13y agoOn the same note, not many Americans at raw (rare, rather) beef 50 years ago.
- tellarin 13y agoMost of the world population is in Asia, where many don't have that negativity. Other huge chunks of people in Africa. I can definitely see, with time, other places "adapting".
- booop 13y agoUpto the mid-19th century eating lobster was a mark of poverty : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobster#History . So it definately is possible.
- Coincoin 13y agoYes it's possible. Lobsters were once considered the cockroaches of the see and only poor people would ever eat those disgusting creatures. Now it's a delicacy.