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lemjukes@sopuli.xyz 1 month agobut also, “only minimal anti-nociceptive effect of THC exposure was confirmed.”
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“it turns out getting lobsters high doesnt really make them that much more chill about being boiled alive…”
I have experimented on myself quite a bit with THC. It isn’t a pain reliever in my experience. I have had a headache or body pain, used some, and then I was just like “fuck, that’s all I can think about now.”
It’s great to distract from general malaise or boredom, but won’t help if anything painful is actually happening.
Conversely, I’m a medical user exclusively for pain. I take 50mg twice a day and have very little effect on the mind but it stops my pain nearly completely.
that’s awesome! I’m glad it is helping you ease your pain. It helps a lot with my anxiety and sleeping, but I’m a weirdo and I’m in my head a lot, so even if I’m super deep it doesn’t shut off that part of my brain.
I do imagine if I was being boiled alive it would still hurt a lot, but I’d prefer to be on some strong edibles if that “had” to happen.
why are we boiling them alive anyways? a knife through the brain first is standard now
Yeah that bit has always confused me. I get that they shouldn’t be killed too long before cooking to prevent spoilage…but with basically any other animal, we kill it first, not cook it alive. So wtf? Why not just kill it quickly and then throw it in the pot?
shitty cooks?
kautau@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah especially because countries like Switzerland and New Zealand have banned the practice.
…cnn.com/…/switzerland-lobster-boiling-banned
Restaurants can use en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrustaStun for the most humane option
blarghly@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Why? Aren’t they basically sea bugs?
kautau@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Whether or not they feel pain is a huge ongoing debate
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_in_crustaceans
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yes, they are, but why not minimize any possible pain? They’re not going to taste any different.
The way to go is oysters. They have no pain receptors or even a cluster of nerves that could be considered a rudimentary brain. You can eat them still alive (raw on the half shell) and they’re none the wiser.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
i thought that was sea squirts. they eat their own brain after they pick a spot to grow