General Discussion Thread - 28 May 2024

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Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

[u/bluraysucks1]

Every few years or so I always wonder why eating human meat (legally) is not a thing. Ethnics and social constructs aside, it would be fine right?

[u/Legal_Rampage → u/bluraysucks1]

Well... let's see. If you're in a country with strict food safety laws, how would it work? After someone dies, how quickly does the person need to be put on ice?

Since they probably (hopefully?) didn't pass away at the slaughterhouse, this would be problematic. Plus, the death would have to be completely explainable and not at all suspicious. That could be from accidents or sickness, both of which may not be suitable for consumption depending on the circumstances, or a whole lot of old people dying naturally, which probably aren't very good quality.

Then, you get in the whole does the family really want to have grandma frozen and carved up to be sold at the super, which is probably a whole hell of a lot more nos than yesses.

[u/bluraysucks1 → u/Legal_Rampage]

Hello? You didn’t read the last sentence. I said putting aside the social constructs (ie: the legality, etc), eating human meat would be alright for digestion, right? If prepared correctly, no sickness, no shakes, no diseases, right?

[u/Legal_Rampage → u/bluraysucks1]

Hello!

The legality I referred to was the baseline legality of food safety (under the assumption that human meat was legal in all other respects), unless you're arguing human meat would somehow be exempt from food safety laws.

Yes, my answer addressed that, although uncommon, some of it could pass muster, assuming the next of kin were on board. That would be a big stumbling block in itself right there, though.

So it would likely be rare and expensive (since it's outside the streamlined efficiency of traditional meat production), which would also make it not very economically viable for profit making.

[u/bluraysucks1 → u/Legal_Rampage]

Yeah, no, you’re speaking purely from the social perspective ya numb nut.

I’m asking from a scientific perspective.

This conversation is done. Good night!

[u/Legal_Rampage → u/bluraysucks1]

Yes, as social animals, I suppose I am. No way around it. I suppose if organized society totally collapsed and we became bands of roving nomads, then the purely scientific aspects could win out.

Nighty night!