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  I know a lot of people who won't eat certain things I consider delicious, like for example goose or Wild boar. It's not about appeareance (because they at least partially look like animals we eat) but simply the thought of eating those animals specifically. This is a irrational mindset, yes, but it does exist. It basically goes that certain things aren't supposed to be eaten, no matter how delicious they are. Bugs are usually considered in that category. So it's not (only) about taste or even texture, but truly psychology.
  Now you did mentioned crustaceans, like lobster, however those didn't had the aforementioned issue, at least not as much. And in the case of lobster specifically, which might have jumpstarted the whole campaign, there's a funny story about it.
  Lobsters were abundant in america, so abundant that it was given to poorer families and considered  Meal for the poor, or something along the lines. Until lobsters became close to eradicated in north america, where they were seen a luxurious food then due to their new rarity. At that point the poor wanted to eat it because they started to like it, and the rich wanted to eat it because it was expensive. This even almost started a war, the 'Lobster War'. I don't really see this being an exemplary case for bugs, and even then, such a situation happening again in our modern world is doubtful.
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  I agree with the "can" part of your argument. The "will" part is a whole other story. 
  If something tastes good and is safe to eat, people can most definitely get used to eating it. But good taste alone is not enough for society to get used to eating something. You could argue that almost anything edible can be made to taste good with enough salt, fat, and or sugar. The hurdle for bugs is that there is the cultural factor and psychological disgust factor that most people have on eating bugs.
  If there was some immense catastrophe that made bugs our only food option, bugs would quickly become part of every culture's food. 
  There just isn't enough of a widespread reason for people to eat bugs as opposed to what they're used to eating. Since there's no reason for it, people wont eat it, and thus won't get used to eating them. >
  
  OP is a commie >
  
  Bugs are not new, people have been eating them throughout history. 
  Thing is, as an area becomes wealthy, they stop eating them. Nobody's swapping back from a western diet to insects.
  Lobster isn't the same. Lobster may have raised its status, but it was always eaten, and scarcity lent it some status/price increases. Bugs are not generally going to be a scarce supply in the way that seafood can be, and thus cannot ever become a Veblen good in that fashion. >
  
  
  Nobody's swapping back from a western diet to insects
  
  I had a professor from Africa. He would light up every time he told us about growing up and eating locusts. >
  
  I have a coworker who talks fondly of the time his ~~day~~dad hit him because “He knew I’d gotta away with something, just didn’t know what”. 
  Just because someone has a found memory of something doesn’t mean it’s healthy. >
  
  When you don't have enough to eat, that which contains calories is likely to be healthy. I assure you that Americans are pretty much the last people to listen to regarding nutrition, considering our history. >
  
  Yes I'd agree...the local organic store by me has fried crickets and they're low cal/high protein and I love them. A bit too pricey, but still enjoyable every now and then. If Rogan had some dude on that said bugs are great for gains or some bs about Test levels, people would line up to eat bugs. 
  I don't think people should be forced to eat anything, but there's no way that the American diet is not partly due to influence and control by meat/diary industry. I love eating meat and different types of animals. It's weird online thing to be like they're going to force you to eat bugs. Like yeah I'd take bugs over whatever weird process foods exist in most stores. >
  
  The Dairy Council and the Meat lobby are amateurs compared to Big Sugar. Our entire medical system is still using the food pyramid dreamed up by cereal salesmen in the 1890's. >
  
  Taste alone won't do it.  You'll need to make sure they also have a pleasing texture.  Not too dry and crispy with no "meat".  Not too slimy or gelatinous.  Tasting bad, of course, is a non-starter.  But tasting good is just one of several aspects that needs to be accomplished to result in frequent and happy consumption. >
  
  I did meant texture along with taste, but sure !delta >
  
  It’s refreshing to see a delta instead of arguing semantics and “that’s not what I meant” like we see too often here. >
  
  I don’t think it would have been semantics assuming his point was that if the sensory characteristics of bugs can be improved, humans will like eating them, like the idea of eating a bug doesn’t have to be gross.