thread of lobster moral support

consider the lobster

yeah this is what i was thinking -- they have to be ok to be out of water for quite a period considering it isn't like you bring them home from market in a little water baggie like a goldfish!

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Proof 1: bound claws make use of shift key and punctuation difficult

iirc they need to stay damp, if they dry out it's trouble for them

I might just be making that up tho

i heard that ten seconds before they die, they shoot lazers out of their eyes--can't remember where i read that

The question of whether or not lobsters can experience pain is unresolved. Because of the ambiguous nature of suffering, most people who contend that lobsters do have this capacity approach the issue using 'argument by analogy' — that is, they hold that certain similarities between lobsters' and humans' biology or behavior warrant an assumption that lobsters can feel pain.[12]

In February 2005, a review of the literature by the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety tentatively concluded that "it is unlikely that [lobsters] can feel pain," though they note that "there is apparently a paucity of exact knowledge on sentience in crustaceans, and more research is needed." This conclusion is based on the lobster's simple nervous system. The report assumes that the violent reaction of lobsters to boiling water is a reflex to noxious stimuli.[13]

However, review by the Scottish animal rights group Advocate for Animals released in the same year reported that "scientific evidence ... strongly suggests that there is a potential for [lobsters] to experience pain and suffering," primarily because lobsters (and other decapod crustaceans) "have opioid receptors and respond to opioids (analgesics such as morphine) in a similar way to vertebrates," indicating that lobsters' reaction to injury changes when painkillers are applied. The similarities in lobsters' and vertebrates' stress systems and behavioral responses to noxious stimuli were given as additional evidence for their capacity for pain.[12]

A 2007 study at Queen's University, Belfast, suggested that crustaceans do feel pain. Acetic acid was placed on the antennae of 144 prawns; the animals responded by rubbing the affected areas. Professor Robert Elwood, who headed the study, argues that sensing pain is crucial to the survival of all animals, because it encourages them to avoid damaging behaviors. Some scientists responded, saying the rubbing may reflect an attempt to clean the affected area.[14]

lol scientists

"that's not pain, it's a reflex to noxious stimuli"

In February 2005, a review of the literature by the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety tentatively concluded that "it is unlikely that [lobsters] can feel pain," though they note that "there is apparently a paucity of exact knowledge on sentience in crustaceans, and more research is needed. Furthermore, lobsters be fukkin tasty nom nom nom."

the pain i feel through not having lobsters in my belly is sure greater than anything these simple ass animals can experience

^ knife right between the eyes of truth

when u think about it-- what is 'pain'

suggest noxious stimuli

is there an ortolan thread on here anywhere?

sorry for interrupting max

were you about to blow our minds?

I'm still amused by "mobster laurel" support but I can't think of a good direction to run with that.

let's ask the king of pain what pain is

how many of us can esacpe the lobster's fate???? how many of us even want to????

ps i will pinch you with my claws, max and u will see 1st hand

new CB handle?

xp to mobster laurel

laurel: guys i need to eliminate this business associate and im really nervous

ilx: u can do it yr so pretty and capable we luv yr new dresss <3 <3 <3

It's like you know me.

WAIT WAIT

http://www.crustastun.com/

i do not know about the dress i am wearing today, i think my boobs are inappropriate for the office, but thank u anyway bro.

ok i am going to do this thing! this weekend if i can get over to the market to get a lobster.

before boiling, place your lobster on a flatbed scanner, to stun it

A blessing to the (s)chef <------ obvs MEANT FOR YOU

social justice, crustastunner shades on

benefits of the crustastun

* Fast, clean & efficient
* Reduces stress & improves meat quality in terms of texture & flavour
* Can be used by unskilled staff
* Conforms to Standards of Humane killing & acceptable to the general public

http://www.crustastun.com/img/single2.jpg

lol watch me scan my face guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhzzz

this is a joke, right?

what's a joke is the wanton suffering you inflict upon crustaceans

so high and mighty up there at the top of the food chain, aren't you

i did not actually scan my face w/the crustastun!

this is totally worth getting for an office and using on interns.

lol, i keep hearing "watch me scan my face guuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhzz" as sung by soulja boy

putting yr face on the crustastun would result in some noxious stimuli

"CONTINUOUS FLOW CRUSTASTUNNA"!!!!!

hypnotize the lobster into thinking he's a cow and voila surf and turf

it's times like these I wish I were a DJ so I could be DJ crustastun

although you might not want to kill it after that because you may need the milk
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DJ crustastun ft. MC continuous flow

MC mild briny gush

morelike crustachin' amirite?

However, review by the Scottish animal rights group Advocate for Animals released in the same year reported that "scientific evidence ... strongly suggests that there is a potential for (lobsters) to experience pain and suffering," primarily because lobsters (and other decapod crustaceans) "have opioid receptors and respond to opioids (analgesics such as morphine) in a similar way to vertebrates," indicating that lobsters' reaction to injury changes when painkillers are applied.

I think I need to sign up for a similar "test" to see whether I experience "pain".

I just went to youtube to check out some boiled lobster videos for laffs and boy, are there some real assholes out there.

I mean, the lobsters in those videos are kinda going, "I think you're making too big of a deal about this *glub, glub*".

Find any vids of lobster sauna with mud bath and claw peel?

Someone is going to peel its claws, that's for sure.

:(((((

assholes boiling lobsters, let me show them to you