system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Why did our so call 'Western culture' suddenly stop eating insects after relying on them as a major source of nutrients for most of our species' evolutionary history?
gpt
Because keeping a flock of chickens and some wheat is a lot more convenient and tasty than tracking down a bunch of crickets. Europe also has fewer very large insect species than areas like southeast Asia, so it's harder to live off of bugs.