>>98647223the whole point is that it's an activity, you eat crab/lobster at a restaurant with a big group of family or friends at special events like college graduations or birthdays or whatever so you have something to do
you share around the metal leg cracker things, open pieces of leg for others, try out different sauces, have easier to eat side dishes, drinks; thats the whole idea
if you just wanted to eat crab meat there are a lot of other ways to do it