# I Will Not Eat the Bugs "I Will Not Eat the Bugs" is a defiant catchphrase tied to the Great Reset conspiracy theory, which claims global elites want to replace meat with insects for environmental reasons. Twitter user @TywysogM assembled the full "I will not live in a pod and I will not eat the bugs" line in September 2019, and by December 2021 it had grown into a Crusader Pepe copypasta on r/PoliticalCompassMemes. ## Origin The phrase has roots in a 2017 Mother Jones tweet promoting an article that already used the "We Will Not Eat the Bugs" framing[4]. CNN revived the idea on May 2, 2019 with a now-deleted video titled "To feed the world, why not eat bugs?" arguing that climate change made insect protein worth considering[3]. On June 28, 2019, Food Insider posted "Would you eat insects to help save the planet?" with a short video that gathered 8.3 million views over three years, giving the backlash its catalyst[1]. Twitter user @TywysogM authored the full "I will not live in a pod and I will not eat the bugs" statement on September 25, 2019, as a reply to a clip of British MP Geoffrey Cox ranting in parliament[5]. - **Platform:** Twitter (phrase assembly) / Reddit (viral copypasta) - **Creator:** @TywysogM - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview Posts in the format stack anti-globalist refusals into a chant, pairing the bug line with siblings such as "I will not live in the pod" and "I will not own nothing and be happy"[6]. Image macros often cast the speaker as a medieval knight or Crusader Pepe staring down a World Economic Forum figure[8]. The tone sits between sincere political alarm and ironic schizoposting. Refusal powers the joke. A typical post lists what the narrator rejects (bugs, pods, electric cars, lab meat) while a smug antagonist, often a Greta Thunberg edit, tries to force compliance[6]. Variations swap the enemy for a Davos elite or Klaus Schwab stand-in and lengthen the chant with new grievances each cycle, which lets the format absorb each fresh climate or food-policy news story. ## How to Use Common practice is to assemble a stack of refusals in a single declarative block, often opening with "I will not eat the bugs" and chaining lines about pods, ownership, lab meat, and electric cars. Posts attach a Crusader Pepe, medieval knight, or confrontation with a WEF-coded villain and expand the list whenever new climate or food-policy news breaks[8]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I Will Not Eat the Bugs? A defiant catchphrase tied to the Great Reset conspiracy theory that global elites plan to replace meat with insect protein[2]. It usually pairs with "I will not live in the pod" and other anti-WEF refusals[6]. ### Where did I Will Not Eat the Bugs come from? Twitter user @TywysogM first posted the full "I will not live in a pod and I will not eat the bugs" line on September 25, 2019 as a reply to a Geoffrey Cox parliament clip[5]. The idea built on a June 2019 Food Insider tweet asking if people would eat insects to save the planet[1]. ### What does I Will Not Eat the Bugs mean? It expresses refusal of a perceived elite push toward insect consumption in place of meat for climate reasons[3]. Users adopt the line as a rallying cry against the World Economic Forum and the Great Reset narrative[2]. ### How do you use I Will Not Eat the Bugs? Chain the line with other refusals (owning nothing, living in a pod) into a copypasta or image macro[8]. Posts often add a Crusader Pepe, medieval knight, or confrontation with a WEF-coded villain[6]. ### Is I Will Not Eat the Bugs still popular? The catchphrase picked up broader attention around 2021 Great Reset discourse covered by the Daily Beast[2], and surfaces again whenever bug-protein stories appear in food-policy news[6]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/foodinsider/status/1144704523752972288]() 2. [https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-truthers-new-freakout-is-over-supposedly-being-forced-to-eat-bugs]() 3. [https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2019/05/02/bugs-as-food-jk-orig.cnn]() 4. [https://twitter.com/MotherJones/status/898951282702118912]() 5. [https://twitter.com/TywysogM/status/1176860502288478208]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-will-not-eat-the-bugs]() 7. [https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1177420642351812608]() 8. [https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalCompassMemes/comments/rje056/you_really_showed_them/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/i-will-not-eat-the-bugs Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library