Octopuses, crabs, and lobsters will be recognized as 'sentient beings' in UK after a review concluded they feel pain and distress

Business Insider ^ | 21 November 2021 | Kelsey Vlamis

[blueplum]

worse - this from the generation we’re relying on to preserve liberty in the next world war

[bagster]

Has a crab ever designed a bridge? Has an octopus ever built a city or composed a symphony?

I dunno 'bout all that, but....do landmark gardens and successful food corporations count?

[Does so]

I suspected as much.

At the close of my workday, I’d head home, open the front door, and ALL my aquarium fish would be wagging their tails in the nearest corner to the front door. It was the prelude to my feeding them, but still...

[digger48]

She-crabs?

[silverleaf]

Says all creatures with backbones recognized as sentient beings…
Except human babies

[Tacrolimus1mg]

But not unborn children, right?

[Fresh Wind]

Are cockroaches sentient beings? They always seem to be able to outsmart us.

[teeman8r]

But they are still found to be tasty.

[Eleutheria5]

I’ll drink to that. Those poor barley grains, first germinated, then when hope is fresh among them, roasted, thrown in water with some hops and slow-cooked, and then when the wort is cooled, infested with yeast and left to rot. The pain!

[Skywise]

Now do children in the womb

[PIF]

more kidney pie, mom!

[Kevmo]

but... of course not... preborn human beings

[Sirius Lee]

Mmmmmm...delicious, delicious Sentient Cakes with Intelligent Chipotle Sauce....

[EvilCapitalist]

Not a symphony, but Squidward did lead a band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVY_XkP0EzY

[cgbg]

An octopus currently occupies the WH and fondles little children.

[dsat4life]

Good question. This is diabolical. The next step is to ban them from human consumption. Not far behind that will be cows, pigs, chickens, even dandelions.

[Noumenon]

They’ll be right at home with the other crustaceans in Parliament.

[far sider]

When decapods and cephalopods start caring about the pain and suffering of all the other decapods and cephalopods they eat, I’ll start caring about their feelings.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***But lobsters? Hell, yeah! They’re buck nekkid except for their shell,***

Buck nekkid? Remember the movement in 1961 to have Caroline Kennedy clothe her horse? There were organized marches in front of the White House of people carrying signs....”Caroline! Please clothe your horse!”