[always_good]

I saw this posted on Reddit and Facebook a while back and I can't really stand this whole "NOPE NOPE NOPE" culture we have where everything is judged by how icky it is.

And the top comments fight over who has the least tolerance for it.

I think it's a symptom of the broader topic of anti-intellectualism in our culture where reactions are more important than intrigue and exploration.

A video of a crab eating a bird might seem like a weird tipping point to have this moment but it's a video that I happened to see in four different places where the top comments were all the same mix of "well I'm never going near crabs again lol" and "nuke it from orbit lol" and "wish I hadn't seen this lol" and "I'll be sure to do my part to eat more crabs lol."

[gdilla]

those are pretty much tongue and cheek. how often is anyone near a crab that's not in captivity or that you're about to eat?

[dragonwriter]

> those are pretty much tongue and cheek.

I believe the expression you are looking for is “tongue-in-cheek”.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek