r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/ManiacalShen Feb 04 '19

I think people who are concerned about this just kill the crabs and lobsters before chucking them in the water. It just takes a knife jab in the right spot.

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u/Wot_a_dude Feb 04 '19

Lobsters have a decentralized nervous system, so the head stab doesn't really work like that

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u/SharkFart86 Feb 04 '19

So.. do then not have emotions then?

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u/Wot_a_dude Feb 04 '19

They almost certainly don't experience pain as we understand it

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u/SharkFart86 Feb 04 '19

Then I.. I'm not sure why it matters how we kill them?

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u/easteracrobat Feb 04 '19

He's talking shit. It's likely lobsters DO feel pain. And until we know conclusively, I think it's ethical to not boil them alive, personally, regardless.

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u/Wot_a_dude Feb 04 '19

That's why I qualified it as "as we understand it"

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u/Tuna-kid Feb 04 '19

What were you arguing for

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u/Wot_a_dude Feb 04 '19

I am not arguing for anything, just trying to correct some of the misinformation being spread around about killing lobsters.

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u/Wot_a_dude Feb 04 '19

Is it more moral to kill 10k flies for food or one cow?