Why You Should Eat A Bowl of Crickets If Offered $40,000

By Katherine Felter and Tyler S. Bass, G.E.D.

It seems pretty obvious that, regardless of one’s social standing, it is reasonable to attempt to eat a bowl of live crickets if offered 40,000 USD. Crickets are nutritious; the social value of attempting to eat them for the first time is awe-inspiring in light of the cruel industrial complex that would usually end your prey’s life mechanically. In a way, eating an animal and feeling it die inside of your mouth is a startling, enlightening experience that can only be understood if experienced firsthand. Upon assessing the cost of value of time for even the most wealthy of the type-A set on the planet Earth, it is undeniable conclusion. The hedonists can piss it away; the most compassionate have every good reason to write their upcoming checks to UNICEF.

The many opportunities that present themselves with the money one would receive with eating live crickets outweigh the initial disgust with eating bugs in general. We would have to question eating worms, for the texture and sliminess, but since crickets would be crunchier, it would be easier to swallow them down. I guess if I really got mentally desperate I would think about the people who do not have much to eat and be thankful that I am getting paid to eat. Since this is a hypothetical situation, we’re not even going to entertain this further, but if someone would present this offer, we would go for it!