I have really been wondering lately if it's even worth having gigantic barbs on EVERY single lure I own... Jigs, cranks, poppers, EWG hooks..... everything. I have had several close calls with hooks and fish (lipping smallies and having a treble hook almost barb deep in my thumb, supporting the weight of a flopping fish etc.) When the time comes, I want to be able to remove a hook easily If I stick myself. Sure you MIGHT lose a few fish, but it's called fishing for a reason. Keep pressure on the fish and you'll do fine... Who crushes their barbs, on what types of lures do you crush them, and have you had any experiences with landing fish without barbs, and do you have any stories about hooking yourself?

I hooked myself catching a lipless crank bait on a misses hook set it was just a reaction to catch it but I tried debarbing hooks and didn't like it

I used to fish in Manitoba a lot where barbless hooks are the law. Crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs, I still have and use a lot of lures with the barbs pinched down. Today, I still pinch down the barbs on my wide gap Senko hooks. I don't think Iost anymore fish than I did with barbs. In Canada, even if you lost a fish it was no big deal because you'd have another on the line in a few minutes. One advantage with the barbs pinched is that you get better hook sets because they penetrate so much more easily. With senkos, bass can inhale them and removing even deeply hooked bass is no problem with little to no damage to the fish. 

lol i hook myself once in a blue moon i either pull it out or poke it through and cut the end off....be a man! haha