Me. Welcome to the You Are Not So Smart Podcast. Episode 40. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

And, do you. So can we talk about lobster for a second?

It is a crustation. It's kind of insect-like, and as a food it's often served whole, and it arrives at your table bright red with a side of butter, some cracking tools, maybe a little fork.

And of all things, people often put on nice shoes and bibs

before ripping the body of the animal to pieces

so they can get at its succulent meats.

And when you do think about lobster, whether or not you actually eat it or eat any meat at all,

I'm sure like most people, you can see it clearly inside your mind resting on one side of that vast spectrum of food

fanciness. It's not the most expensive food around but it is a bit pricey.

And to most people, in most places,

lobsters certainly isn't something you eat every week.

It's special in some way, upscale.

On a scale that runs from fine dining to junk food. Lobster it seems

more at home with caviar and steak, Kobe beef and fine wine and and age liquor, and champagne.

Not on the other end of that gradient,

but things like macaroni and cheese and hot dogs.

lobster to most Americans is a fancy food. Definitely something that you would be proud to serve to guests or even at special events.

If you were in charge of choosing a meal for the President of the United States and you had to choose between lobster and

sliced ham, he would probably pick the lobster. But if you had been born before the 20th century,

you would, without a doubt, go with the ham.

Or pretty much anything else. In fact, if you had been born just a few generations back,

you would be astonished to learn that in the future lobster would cost more than

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