"Why do we keep coming back to a place where we're endlessly pranked, and thrown into escape rooms, and forced to have me want us to make us eat crickets?"
I've never seen the illusion of choice set out so cleanly as "so do you want this flavour of cricket, or this one?" Either way they're locked in, and it's hilarious 😂
I work in healthcare, and we were literally taught to use this technique when doing physical exams on toddlers to make sure we did everything we needed to but they got the illusion of choice.
@@KyleRayner12 I think I even use it on myself. I can study for my online course after work OR I can work out for an hour - and I must not remember that there is a secret third option of doing nothing 😅
Right ? Very "oh your opinion is very important and has been received by management, in the meanwhile , your opinion will be throughly ignored and you WILL eat the crickets"
The true rollercoaster of the three different flavors is so good. A perfect three-act disaster. Thank you for clipping this so I can easily rewatch it forever lmao
By complete coincidence I’ve actually recently tried this exact brand of crickets. I had the sour cream and onion ones. They do turn into dust the second you bite into them, the legs do get caught in your teeth, but the flavor was fine. They reminded me of sunflower seeds.
I've seen them online and wanted to try them, but the reviews weren't great. I've had fried Mexican grasshoppers (chapulines) that were chili/lime/salt flavor. They were good!! The body was big enough it had a little crunch to it and the legs weren't an issue. I'd absolutely eat them as a snack on a regular basis.
It would seem Brennan has taken to heart Siobhan's food criticism about him not trying enough new things. Also *_a_* vegetable might've been a more accessible challenge than strangely seasoned crickets.
If you told me the funniest* AP has Zac as a guest, I wouldn't have batted an eye. But I never would've guessed the context. *tied with Mr Peanut himself of course
i can corroborate the tasting like dust, i've had the salt and vinegar ones and i was very disappointed, very jealous that theirs had any taste at all lmao
here’s the thing: fried crickets are delicious when they’re fresh. i’ve been the person who was voluntold to run the cricket frying wok, and i can’t deny that i definitely ate ten or so of while ostensibly selling them. but they probably would turn to dust instantly upon being preserved as a bagged snack
@charlieistryinghisbest As a lifelong ethical vegetarian: All vegetables have bugs in them, it's a waste not to eat an animal that's already been processed, and most people (especially in cultures that aren't the West) rely on eating meat to survive, so that's pretty insensitive. It's just not appetizing for you man that's fine
@@shadowmsc7278 How can you be an "ethical vegetarian",you're still contributing to the suffering that is happening in the dairy and egg industry :/ Every single animal that produces milk or eggs is still sent to the same slaughterhouse for meat. And the dairy and egg industries are incredibly horrible,with the cows being forcibly impregnated and having their babies taken away from them,and the hens being kept in horrible conditions(not to mention all the male chicks being killed on their first day of life in a macerator) Eating any animal is contributing to the demand of an industry that abuses animals. Veganism is the only moral option,i'm sorry to say,vegetarianism doesn't make much of a difference
@@shadowmsc7278 Vegans in America for example,per average,earn less than average americans,and black working class people in the US are 3 times more likely to be vegan,with 1 in 12 black people being vegan already❤️ Also,animal agriculture is the cause of food scarcity in many countries,with the resources being spent on meat that are sent to the US and Europe,instead of letting the locals eat the crops instead(they feed them to the farm animals)❤️
@@shadowmsc7278 Animal agriculture(including dairy and eggs) is the largest cause of deforestation,and contributes to more greenhouses gases than all planes,cars and transport combined.❤️
@@Breezey357 that's why I pointed out the hard tails. It's the part you don't eat. That's what the whole cricket is. You can't remove the shell, you don't eat the shells in shellfish. It is not the same.
@@BouncingTribbleshaving tried freeze dried crickets before (which I assume is the same process the brand Zac and Brennan tried uses) I can confirm it’s nothing like a the end of a shrimp tail. Freeze dried crickets really do simply disappear into the most flavorless, barely perceptible dust. You can coax some flavor and texture back if you eat a big handful and let the resulting paste reconstitute a little in your mouth. And then it just turns into like… mud. Literally they are as earthy as mud if you eat a big handful and let them sit in your mouth. Brennan and Zac did the right thing, eat a couple at a time and move on to the next thing.
@@BouncingTribbles I eat the hard tails on shrimp. Usually I only do it when the shrimp is deep fried and covered in coconut (and thus actually palatable), but I've done it in cases where they're just cooked in soup or whatever.
let me be clear, my dropout subscription expires TONIGHT. sometimes I'm busy and can't watch the longer adventuring academy episodes, or the occasional Dirty Laundry. I am so glad you posted this.
The difference is size. Shrimp, crab, and lobster is more like eating meat. There are no balls of creepy spindly legs to unravel and get caught in your teeth. 😅
i really wish i could animate bc this has the energy of some sort of bizarre snack-based Saw situation that brennan has trapped zac in but is also just doing the saw traps because he likes it
I think what would upset me about crickets and such are the chitin shells. I love seafood like shrimp but getting a bit of shell in your mouth is SO annoying and unpleasant.
Cricket texture is actually not bad. Dry, crunchy, a little flaky. If you don't mind those kinds of foods, you'll be fine. They have almost no flavour once they're dried. The main reason people respond this way is because of the prejudice society learns from viewing bugs as gross.
Can't believe you cut out the line about one bag having 6 crickets and 100,000 legs and them doing the Neverafter talking cricket voice at least twice and this video is still 10 minutes long
"Why do we keep coming back to a place where we're endlessly pranked, and thrown into escape rooms, and forced to have me want us to make us eat crickets?"
following the agency of the phrase "forced to have me want us to make us eat crickets" is genuinely a brain teaser
Really flexing that writer’s grasp on the language.
@@gamingtime9716 the successor to “has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?”
Of course the crickets are dry and dusty, they don't drink water.
I immediately changed the voice in my head xD
The rare Zac Oyama full volume comedy snipe
“-you want me to make Anjali Bhimani eat a sour cream and onion-“
*”YES”*
wennan wee wulligan took over in this episode
Day 100 of waiting for Brennan to stop eating animals:
@@charlieistryinghisbest us vegans can only hope😔
@@Luca-lp2vk We should all be advocating for the animals more,instead of just hoping ❤️
I've never seen the illusion of choice set out so cleanly as "so do you want this flavour of cricket, or this one?" Either way they're locked in, and it's hilarious 😂
"oh, we'll only have to eat one flavour?"
"ohhh, no, no, no; what I meant to say: do uou want this flavour of cricket *first*, or this one?"
"What do you want to pair this with?" 😈
I work in healthcare, and we were literally taught to use this technique when doing physical exams on toddlers to make sure we did everything we needed to but they got the illusion of choice.
@@KyleRayner12 I think I even use it on myself. I can study for my online course after work OR I can work out for an hour - and I must not remember that there is a secret third option of doing nothing 😅
the way Brennan can be menacing while saying it in such a nice way is literally unmatched, like Oscar worthy
My uncultured ass thought you were talking about Oscar from A Court of Fae and Flowers
ruehob lives 🙌
The utter horror of the sentence "A big ball of legs just unraveled" is truly skin-crawling
Guaranteed to come up as a scene descriptor in a future D20 episode that Zac's involved with.
the way that sent a true shiver through me
alternately: a gross way to describe the flag of the Isle of Man 🇮🇲
Zac ‘I don’t want to do the cricket man’ Brennan ‘I hear you but..’ 😂😂
Right ? Very "oh your opinion is very important and has been received by management, in the meanwhile , your opinion will be throughly ignored and you WILL eat the crickets"
'...but not really'
"Brennan Lee Mulligan Soft-Domming Zac Oyama into eating crickets for 10 minutes" feels like a Game Changer prompt
this entire segment had such Ragh and Gorgug energy
god, i love this analogy
God I hope someone animates them with this audio
It's reminding me of Telemaine feeding Gorgug a flower
Brennan with Rekha " why don't we just not eat this lemon flavored things, nbd."
Brennan with Zac " we have to eat everyone of these crickets "
"Such a sweet way to be SO threatening" is something that is 100% going to stay with me.
This is the most toxic Brennan has ever been and it's pressuring his friend to eat snacks lmao
Eating animals is the toxic part :/
It has become very clear why Zac wasn't on the Game Changer Survivor episodes
This was truly a Nat 1 Constitution Save segment. Lmao
I love Brennan's delayed response to the salt and vinegar one.
"I hear you. Unfortunately-" spoken with the prose of a corporate CEO, does not care about Zac's struggles
The true rollercoaster of the three different flavors is so good. A perfect three-act disaster. Thank you for clipping this so I can easily rewatch it forever lmao
heard, acknowledged, and understood. so here's the thing...
also like, bugs are mostly outsides if you dehydrate them. it's almost like the skeleton is on the outside, some kinda... exoskeleton
@@ARTFLDDGR so theyre sort of just eating the crickets bones
@@bnashee essentially. if you've ever seen a cicada shedding it's basically that but with bbq favor
and zac, after you eat the crickets, dont you feel better?
"That's just popcorn!"
"That's a dead cricket."
"It's several!"
By complete coincidence I’ve actually recently tried this exact brand of crickets. I had the sour cream and onion ones. They do turn into dust the second you bite into them, the legs do get caught in your teeth, but the flavor was fine. They reminded me of sunflower seeds.
I've seen them online and wanted to try them, but the reviews weren't great. I've had fried Mexican grasshoppers (chapulines) that were chili/lime/salt flavor. They were good!! The body was big enough it had a little crunch to it and the legs weren't an issue. I'd absolutely eat them as a snack on a regular basis.
I've had the salt and vinegar ones, and while they did have too much salt, I thought the crickets weren't too bad
"Let's rank them."
"Ok, all last."
2:12 that crunch made it sound like the tasties thing on planet earth.
This is just the chef’s tools gambling scene from starstuck in real life. Same risks, same powerful stride, same regret
I just imagine Sam offscreen beaming like a proud dad.
“At last… I’ve influenced him!”
I have never seen Brennan so unhappy to snack
4:23 when your DM invents a fantasy liquor and describes the effects on the PCs
Sandkheg's Hide.
The way he doesnt expand on "I'm used to crickets" is maddening what do you MEAN
6:45 "do you want to one the whole bag" "...no???" perfect, no notes
It would seem Brennan has taken to heart Siobhan's food criticism about him not trying enough new things.
Also *_a_* vegetable might've been a more accessible challenge than strangely seasoned crickets.
Brennan was so politely villainous this episode 😭
If you told me the funniest* AP has Zac as a guest, I wouldn't have batted an eye. But I never would've guessed the context.
*tied with Mr Peanut himself of course
Going from eating the same burger every day to chowing down crickets is a real character change
Notice he’s not doing this for lunch.
Us autistics have layers.
I mean,kind of the same. Still eating animals
@@Direwolf1771 is Brennan confirmed to be autistic? i kinda suspected but is that like a confirmed thing?
@@hotelmario510 I am unaware of any official verdicts, but I’m happy to grant him citizenship in our happy band on an honorary basis if need be.
i can corroborate the tasting like dust, i've had the salt and vinegar ones and i was very disappointed, very jealous that theirs had any taste at all lmao
"Oh, they weren't in the basket!"
Seeing at least two more boxes of crickets in the basket....
“Bring it home , sour cream and onion 🦗🦗🦗”
"we can both just run away" zac has the best lines
Brennan heard "You will eat bugs, you will live in a pod, you will own nothing and be happy" and thought "Hell yeah, let's do it"
This bird thing of his has gone TOO FAR
here’s the thing: fried crickets are delicious when they’re fresh. i’ve been the person who was voluntold to run the cricket frying wok, and i can’t deny that i definitely ate ten or so of while ostensibly selling them. but they probably would turn to dust instantly upon being preserved as a bagged snack
9:12 I've never seen a more pained expression on any other human being before in my life. Those cricket legs really do get stuck in your teeth.
Eating animals is disgusting :/
@charlieistryinghisbest As a lifelong ethical vegetarian: All vegetables have bugs in them, it's a waste not to eat an animal that's already been processed, and most people (especially in cultures that aren't the West) rely on eating meat to survive, so that's pretty insensitive. It's just not appetizing for you man that's fine
@@shadowmsc7278 How can you be an "ethical vegetarian",you're still contributing to the suffering that is happening in the dairy and egg industry :/
Every single animal that produces milk or eggs is still sent to the same slaughterhouse for meat.
And the dairy and egg industries are incredibly horrible,with the cows being forcibly impregnated and having their babies taken away from them,and the hens being kept in horrible conditions(not to mention all the male chicks being killed on their first day of life in a macerator)
Eating any animal is contributing to the demand of an industry that abuses animals.
Veganism is the only moral option,i'm sorry to say,vegetarianism doesn't make much of a difference
@@shadowmsc7278 Vegans in America for example,per average,earn less than average americans,and black working class people in the US are 3 times more likely to be vegan,with 1 in 12 black people being vegan already❤️
Also,animal agriculture is the cause of food scarcity in many countries,with the resources being spent on meat that are sent to the US and Europe,instead of letting the locals eat the crops instead(they feed them to the farm animals)❤️
@@shadowmsc7278 Animal agriculture(including dairy and eggs) is the largest cause of deforestation,and contributes to more greenhouses gases than all planes,cars and transport combined.❤️
This is technically a meal :)
I'd like to see Brennan TRY to make Anjali Bhimani do anything. The lady is quite formidable.
ngl "brennan forces zac to eat crickets" could haven been the ep title X'D
DONT DRINK WATER
Funniest thing ive seen all day
“God, we’re eating so many crickets.” So absurd, beautiful.
8:00 Oh, c’mon Zac. All protein won’t be crickets. There will be a variety of insects farmed.
I kept thinking this is maybe the first time they actually make a constitution save and then they fail it
Those fried egg chips are fucking amazing btw
idk if you've seen the full episode but Brennan and Zac *heartily* disagreed lol
@@_snowylil I got a bag of those in a big international variety box, and I was obsessed! I'm glad I live far away from their country of origin.
4:37 brennan's scream is killing me! 😂
Brennan being every MLM presenter ever
See, now I want a Game Changer where they gotta eat stuff.
This makes me think of eating the hard tails off of shrimp. You'll never catch me eating bugs by choice. That's disgusting.
Shrimps is just sea bugs
@@Breezey357tasty tasty sea bugs
@@Breezey357 that's why I pointed out the hard tails. It's the part you don't eat. That's what the whole cricket is. You can't remove the shell, you don't eat the shells in shellfish. It is not the same.
@@BouncingTribbleshaving tried freeze dried crickets before (which I assume is the same process the brand Zac and Brennan tried uses) I can confirm it’s nothing like a the end of a shrimp tail. Freeze dried crickets really do simply disappear into the most flavorless, barely perceptible dust. You can coax some flavor and texture back if you eat a big handful and let the resulting paste reconstitute a little in your mouth. And then it just turns into like… mud. Literally they are as earthy as mud if you eat a big handful and let them sit in your mouth. Brennan and Zac did the right thing, eat a couple at a time and move on to the next thing.
@@BouncingTribbles I eat the hard tails on shrimp. Usually I only do it when the shrimp is deep fried and covered in coconut (and thus actually palatable), but I've done it in cases where they're just cooked in soup or whatever.
let me be clear, my dropout subscription expires TONIGHT. sometimes I'm busy and can't watch the longer adventuring academy episodes, or the occasional Dirty Laundry. I am so glad you posted this.
Brenan staring at the camera when zac asks why we're doing this
I argue that if you eat shrimp or crab or lobster, then you really don't have a leg to stand on for not eating insects
The difference is size. Shrimp, crab, and lobster is more like eating meat. There are no balls of creepy spindly legs to unravel and get caught in your teeth. 😅
@@mayam7752Eh. Splitting hairs. Tiny, tiny little hairs.
Shrimps is bugs.
You peel those things!
I for one am looking forward to the cricket based protein future and I forsee absolutely zero environmental consequences
Brennan is a Cricket Sommelier.
i really wish i could animate bc this has the energy of some sort of bizarre snack-based Saw situation that brennan has trapped zac in but is also just doing the saw traps because he likes it
You cant wash crickets down with waterrrr… because you… DONT drink WATER!
i had the sour cream and onion ones in middle school at a theme park!! it is indeed just dust and legs with an eventual funky flavor
4:44 Zach sounds like they’re connecting to dial-up
I've had them before. Just crunchy.
This made me feel manic lmao, just cry laughin on the couch at 530 am
I think what would upset me about crickets and such are the chitin shells. I love seafood like shrimp but getting a bit of shell in your mouth is SO annoying and unpleasant.
5:16 that's me during midterms
They literally taste like sunflower seeds lmao, even with the flavoring
Babe wake up new D&D snacks just dropped
I didn't need to be crying laughing at 4am but here we are.
for anyone wondering, the bacon cheese flavor is very mild. you have to worry more about the sharp edges of the exoskeleton than anything else.
they're gonna have cricket leg backwash for days
dude... yes.
Cricket texture is actually not bad. Dry, crunchy, a little flaky. If you don't mind those kinds of foods, you'll be fine. They have almost no flavour once they're dried.
The main reason people respond this way is because of the prejudice society learns from viewing bugs as gross.
Concur
Eating any animals is gross though. Eating meat is eating the corpse of an animal that had a life :/
"envisioning the future where all protein is crickets" either he's seen Snowpiercer or he absolutely has to right now
“Oh I have bacon and cheese!” 😀
I feel like sour cream and onion wouldn't be bad. Im surprised they didn't have a bbq flavor.
This happened with my friends in middle school.
Amazing thumbnail
9:00. Zac is *done.*
Bad. Bad, not good. At all. I’m so sorry. Stop!
It is 100% correct that they are better rehydrated. But sadly, as we've learned, crickets don't drink water.
This must be what it looks like when Giants eat people.
I mean, we are giants to the animals we eat a lot of the time already no? To pigs we probably look like monsters.
Can't believe you cut out the line about one bag having 6 crickets and 100,000 legs and them doing the Neverafter talking cricket voice at least twice and this video is still 10 minutes long
The bacon and cheese ones are the best. Don't ask me how I know. I am correct though.
...
The sour cream and onion ones are also good
The crickets are a bad Dnd snack because they're so expensive for such a small amount of snack.
4:38
thank me later
Not with that attitude!
oh this is so good. and so gross.
oh man I hate this. Why did I watch the whole thing?