Blogs Dec 30, 2010 at 11:11 am

The Fuckiest Things of 2010: "Gahh! Fucky Crab!"

Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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AHHHH CLOVERFIELD
Baconcat on December 30, 2010 at 11:19 AM Report this
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Pure evil!
very bad homo on December 30, 2010 at 11:20 AM Report this
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I don't get it. That was cool. Not at all fucky.
rhymeswithlibrarian on December 30, 2010 at 11:22 AM Report this
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It must feel really good to finally get out of the too-small shell.
jonesey on December 30, 2010 at 11:26 AM Report this
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Didn't click it in June and I'm not gonna click it now.
heywhatsit!? on December 30, 2010 at 11:27 AM Report this
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Is it bad that I didn't think "Eewww!" but rather, thought "I wonder if anyone has ever thought to harvest the crab when it sloughs off the old shell... no new shell means no messy cracking and peeling when I eat it."
Phelix on December 30, 2010 at 11:30 AM Report this
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That was super cool. Thanks for sharing. And @6 I thought the same: YUM!
hillpagan on December 30, 2010 at 11:34 AM Report this
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I wish I could drop the fat off my body like that!
kristinbell on December 30, 2010 at 11:43 AM Report this
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I just realized that all of those "dead crabs" I see on the beach are just cast-off molted crab exoskeletons.

Also, re: @6, the State of Washington's rules on crabbing include that anglers must throw back any crabs which are recently molted; the ones with soft shells. I have no idea why this should be- because in a few days or weeks they'll be hard shelled again. I trust it's for a good reason, I just don't know what it is.
razorclammer on December 30, 2010 at 11:54 AM Report this
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@6, you should get yourself to Baltimore immediately. Or New Orleans. Or anywhere soft-shell crab is on the menu. That's exactly what it is.
Fnarf on December 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM Report this
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Add me to the list of commenters who doesn't understand what was gross about that. I was expecting something to pop out that looked like animated guts or something, and it just looked like a crab. A relieved crab.
piminnowcheez on December 30, 2010 at 11:58 AM Report this
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Not sexy, but not horrific either. It was cool to watch...thanks.
Roma on December 30, 2010 at 11:59 AM Report this
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I wonder if they ever get tangled up and are all like "fucking hell, I can't get my foot out, oh and now it's got a knot in it, that's just GREAT. Hey sweetie, can you come over here and help me with this?"
Fnarf on December 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM Report this
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@9 That is an odd rule. I wonder what the rationale is too... any experts know?

@10, Fnarf, you just changed my paradigm. I don't know why, but for some reason I thought soft-shell crabs were their own special species that just had a softer shell.

Now I was a seafood gumbo. Mmmmm.
Phelix on December 30, 2010 at 12:16 PM Report this
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*** Now I WANT a seafood gumbo.***

Hunger has melted my brains. :(
Phelix on December 30, 2010 at 12:18 PM Report this
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A molting crab? You do know what an exoskeleton is, right? Cool, but not horrifying.
Guerillacropolis on December 30, 2010 at 12:20 PM Report this
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Immediately thought of Dr Zoidberg

"It was getting a little cramped in there, so I molted; why not?"
Jenny from the Block on December 30, 2010 at 12:36 PM Report this
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Let's all thank our stars that we aren't a race of arthropods. What to do with our cast-off chitin would be a huge problem. Or having to molt at inconvenient times, like at a job interview or meeting your girlfriend's parents.
on December 30, 2010 at 12:39 PM Report this
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Wrong, this is the scariest thing I've seen all year. The video doesn't do it justice though. You should see these pictures my brother took this month in Japan: http://www.theresarosemary.com/extra/IMA…
http://www.theresarosemary.com/extra/IMA…
kootja on December 30, 2010 at 12:59 PM Report this
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Sorry, got cut off

image 1

image 2
kootja on December 30, 2010 at 1:03 PM Report this
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I guess Alien and Half-Life have made crabs scary?
Guerillacropolis on December 30, 2010 at 1:05 PM Report this
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NOpe. no way this is the fuckiest. THIS is the fuckiest video in the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfu16P5dQ…
Womyn2me on December 30, 2010 at 1:12 PM Report this
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@21 Having sex with frat boys made crabs scary.
UNPAID COMMENTER on December 30, 2010 at 1:19 PM Report this
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That's an amazing video. Not nightmarish or creepy at all.
Gabriel on December 30, 2010 at 1:45 PM Report this
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@17 - "And that's the story of how I got my new shell. It looks just like the one I threw out yesterday, and I found it in the same dumpster. But this one had a live raccoon inside!"

Also, a tarantula molting is way scarier.
Dee on December 30, 2010 at 1:49 PM Report this
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You think that's disgusting? They didn't even show the crab consuming it's just molted shell to replenish lost calcium. That's fucky, watching a crab eat it's own shell....
stuck in boston on December 30, 2010 at 1:59 PM Report this
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agreed, that was super awesome and not at all fucky. i have always wondered what that process would look like, and now i know! thank you!
mr. herriman on December 30, 2010 at 2:06 PM Report this
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Geeze, that wasn't so bad.

Now, the time that Mr. Krabs molted on SpongeBob . . . now THAT was crrreepy! :-)
Sachi on December 30, 2010 at 2:16 PM Report this
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It molted, great, what exactly is fucky about that?
samktg on December 30, 2010 at 2:43 PM Report this
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omg I didn't know they could take it off!! Not scary tho...
subwlf on December 30, 2010 at 2:58 PM Report this
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Mmmm, spider roll. As someone close to Maryland that just looks delicious. That looks like a king crab too, doubly delicious.
Jersey on December 30, 2010 at 3:32 PM Report this
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Definitely not fucky. I'm wondering just how sheltered Wm.™ Steven Humphrey is.
Hawke on December 30, 2010 at 3:43 PM Report this
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i wonder if that crab felt allllll itchy and needed a good scratch against some barnacles.
freesandbags on December 30, 2010 at 8:54 PM Report this
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@17: "I took the liberty of fertilizing your caviar."
Gospodean on December 31, 2010 at 1:51 AM Report this

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