Comment on UNDER THE THC 🎶

• jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A restaurateur proposed that exposing lobster to cannabis smoke reduces anxiety and pain during the cooking process.

  I love science

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  • lemjukes@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    but also, “only minimal anti-nociceptive effect of THC exposure was confirmed.”

    aka

    “it turns out getting lobsters high doesnt really make them that much more chill about being boiled alive…”

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    • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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      • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Why? Aren’t they basically sea bugs?

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    • normalexit@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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      • ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        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.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      why are we boiling them alive anyways? a knife through the brain first is standard now

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      • dingus@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        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?

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