Lagmonster wrote:Not at all ironically, an obese human would probably be more palatable to a predator than an average, fit human.
but how many of these people are going to go out swimming or whatever enabling a shark to take a bite?
Have you *been* to the beach? Fat floats.
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Seriously, on some documentary of some sort(I think it was about prion diseases), they were talking to tribe in New Guinea that formerly practised funerary cannibalism, and "delicious" is the word that came up while talking about how after being buried for a short period of time improved the flavor.
An old lady mimicked her butchering technique on one the guys in the film crew, while everyone looked on, laughing nervously.
Dennis Toy wrote:i always thought humans tasted like chicken
Nope. Chickens taste like human. Common misconception, though. I could see how you would make that mistake.
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That cannibal guy's comments I think should be taken with a grain of salt (no pun intended). After all, as disgusting as eating dead bodies would be, it's well known that when you're starving ANYTHING "food" tastes good.
Kurgan wrote:That cannibal guy's comments I think should be taken with a grain of salt (no pun intended). After all, as disgusting as eating dead bodies would be, it's well known that when you're starving ANYTHING "food" tastes good.
Reminds me of my dad's comment he always made when we were eating and mentioned how good the food was. Quote "You'd eat shit on a stick if you you guys were hungry enough..."
Hey all, Im new to the board and thought that this would be a great time to jump in Im somewhat obsessed by serial killers and strange deaths. Its a hobby. Anyway, I have never heard of a cannibal saying that humans weren't tasty. In fact there were several that ate people due to a catastrophe (one of the Donner party survivors comes to mind) who continued to prefer it after they had less repulsive alternatives. In fact, there was this one barber in Victorian England who used to drop his rich clients down a long shaft via a tilting barbers chair. He would then go down and remove any money and valuables. Since he had to get rid of the evidence, and there was a bakery that sold meat pie around the corner, well, they struck a deal. For months there were literally people lined up around the block to buy these pies because they were so godamn tasty. However, they were caught and the patrons of the bakery were a little peeved, so they mobbed and burned the store.
So in light of the fact that humans apparently tast so good, I have a question. If someone, Hormel or whoever, developed a completely soy-based human tasting meat product, verified by people who ate the real thing and said it was authentic tasting, would you try it? And dont say Spam tastes like people because that myth has been debunked by actual cannibals. I read it on straightdope.com.
Ravengrim wrote:In fact, there was this one barber in Victorian England who used to drop his rich clients down a long shaft via a tilting barbers chair. He would then go down and remove any money and valuables. Since he had to get rid of the evidence, and there was a bakery that sold meat pie around the corner, well, they struck a deal. For months there were literally people lined up around the block to buy these pies because they were so godamn tasty. However, they were caught and the patrons of the bakery were a little peeved, so they mobbed and burned the store.
Sweeney Todd! The story was made into an endearing Broadway musical. I always thought the musical was just fiction, but it's apparently based off of some truth. But, everybody loves musicals about Cannibals! Especially Cannibal, the Musical.
P.S. I was one of the perverts what was going to say something about oral sex and humans tasting salty.
Ravengrim wrote:So in light of the fact that humans apparently tast so good, I have a question. If someone, Hormel or whoever, developed a completely soy-based human tasting meat product, verified by people who ate the real thing and said it was authentic tasting, would you try it? And dont say Spam tastes like people because that myth has been debunked by actual cannibals. I read it on straightdope.com.
We had a poll about two years ago asking people if they'd dine on their fellow man, actually. If memory serves, I think quite a few said they would, as long as the meat animal wasn't a murder victim.
No mamby-pamby soy-based copouts for this board.
I think the thread title was "Forbidden Fruit" or something similar, if you want to search the archive board for it.
Mayabird wrote:We eat meat. Carvivores and omnivores tend not to taste as good. I'm not entirely sure why (I heard a reason before but I don't remember it now), but it would lead me to the decision that if I'm starving somewhere and there's nothing to eat but some other humans stuck in the same predicament, the vegetarian is dinner first.
Pigs are omnivores. Baked ham, barbecued ribs... assertion debunked.
Mayabird wrote:We eat meat. Carvivores and omnivores tend not to taste as good. I'm not entirely sure why (I heard a reason before but I don't remember it now), but it would lead me to the decision that if I'm starving somewhere and there's nothing to eat but some other humans stuck in the same predicament, the vegetarian is dinner first.
I'm not, but could that Carnivores (and to some extent omnivores) hgave capability to inflict too much damage to what get from then in terms of energy (low fat content).
It's probably that natural selection has weeded out many warm-blooded animals that eat other warm-blooded predators on a regular basis. This would be an obvious way for parasites to infest them. That's most likely why wolves will kill coyotes and tear them apart, but won't eat them.
We humans aren't attacked by our oldest predators -the big cats- very often because there are now only a tiny number of them compared with how many there were through most of human history. They didn't have much trouble with our flavor. In fact, cats (big and small) have this quirk: They often decide on one prey species and hunt that exclusively unless desperate. So not only do tigers, leopards and lions not have any problem with eating people, a number of them consider us a delicacy.
Another reason is that for about 2000 years, big cats have been hunted by humans. This kind of natural selection would cull those who prey on humans, while those who don't learn that contact with humans =death.
Avalon616 wrote:P.S. I was one of the perverts what was going to say something about oral sex and humans tasting salty.
Hmm. I heard pineapple juice works to fix that. I've got a gallon of it in the fridge if you wanna swing by and test out the theory.
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Lagmonster wrote:Not at all ironically, an obese human would probably be more palatable to a predator than an average, fit human.
Not to mention that a fit human would have the best chance of escape and survival.
I think lots of larger sized predators would see humans as food and act accordingly. I once read that salt water Crocs see humans as food sources (unlike alligators) and will attack and eat people.
Salt water crocs in the north end of Australia can be man killers if you are stupid enough to let them get close enough.
On a side note; expect open season for crocs for really rich fucks who pay enough sometime soon. We need to keep croc numbers down somehow
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Mayabird wrote:We eat meat. Carvivores and omnivores tend not to taste as good. I'm not entirely sure why (I heard a reason before but I don't remember it now), but it would lead me to the decision that if I'm starving somewhere and there's nothing to eat but some other humans stuck in the same predicament, the vegetarian is dinner first.
Pigs are omnivores. Baked ham, barbecued ribs... assertion debunked.
Yes, my ignorance about pigs was rectified a good deal earlier, but thanks for being a late jackass. If you wanted to be helpful, you could throw in an additional "no shit" comment that'd already been made like, "Well, we're omnivores. Pigs are omnivores. No wonder we taste like pork!"
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This is an interesting thread. I'm glad I ran into it so close to suppertime....
David Lowry wrote that his Japanese kenjitsu teacher thought of Americans as 'butter stinkers' in his book "Autumn Lightning", but diets have changed since the 1960s.
Personally, I hope that no omniverous wild predator develops a fancy for Doritos....
Mayabird wrote:We eat meat. Carvivores and omnivores tend not to taste as good. I'm not entirely sure why (I heard a reason before but I don't remember it now), but it would lead me to the decision that if I'm starving somewhere and there's nothing to eat but some other humans stuck in the same predicament, the vegetarian is dinner first.
Pigs are omnivores. Baked ham, barbecued ribs... assertion debunked.
Yes, my ignorance about pigs was rectified a good deal earlier, but thanks for being a late jackass. If you wanted to be helpful, you could throw in an additional "no shit" comment that'd already been made like, "Well, we're omnivores. Pigs are omnivores. No wonder we taste like pork!"
...er...where's this coming from?
