MetaFilter posts tagged with cannibalism

It's THE DELICIOUS.

kliuless — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:42:29 -0800

SCIENTISTS have grown meat in the laboratory for the first time. and with a little further extrapolation...

In-Vitro Meat will be fashioned from any creature, not just domestics that were affordable to farm. Yes, ANY ANIMAL, even rare beasts like snow leopard, or Komodo Dragon. We will want to taste them all. Some researchers believe we will also be able to create IVM using the DNA of extinct beasts—obviously, "DinoBurgers" will be served at every six-year-old boy's birthday party. Humans are animals, so every hipster will try Cannibalism. Perhaps we'll just eat people we don't like, as author Iain M. Banks predicted in his short story, "The State of the Art" with diners feasting on "Stewed Idi Amin." But I imagine passionate lovers literally eating each other, growing sausages from their co-mingled tissues overnight in tabletop appliances similar to bread-making machines.

BONUS /. & electric sheep [animal 57] also see:

Slow beef - "So... by 'docile', you really mean 'mentally retarded'"
Meet Your Meat - "The turkey wasn't always so dumb"
On the domestication of human beings - "humans in the last 30, 40, or 50,000 years have been domesticating ourselves"
Benton's smoky ham and bacon - "The very rise and continuing existence of humanity is based on the widespread slaughter and extinction of other large mammals"
Is It Ethical To Engineer Delicious Cows That Feel No Pain?
In The Barn

(previously 1 2 3 4 5)

"A man who, in order to escape death from hunger, kills another for the purpose of eating his flesh, is guilty of murder"

Kattullus — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:07:06 -0800

Some famous cases of cannibalism at sea: 1816 The Medusa. 1821 The Essex. 1878 The Sallie N. Steelman. [pdf] 1884 The Mignonette [pdf] 1889 The Earnmoor. [pdf] 1988 Bolinao 52 incident. [story starts on page 2] 2008 Vessel not named. As a bonus here's the legal decision in the case of The Queen vs. Dudley and Stephens, who were on The Mignonette.

Baaaaaaaaigai!

The Whelk — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:06:55 -0800

Zombie Sushi Bar: A clip from the 1998 Hong Kong Horror-Comedy classic "Bio Zombie" (Sun faa Sau si) shows our intrepid heroine trying to blend in at a Undead Sushi Bar with delightfully disgusting results. NSFS (Not Safe For Squeamish) The trailer can be found here and questionably translated clips here

...the intrinsic vitality of the human organism.

orthogonality — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:08:10 -0800

Human fat was supposed to alleviate rheumatism and arthritis, while a paste made from corpses was believed to help against contusions.... For some Protestants,... , it served as a sort of substitute for the Eucharist, or the tasting of the body of Christ in Holy Communion. Some monks even cooked "a marmalade of sorts" from the blood of the dead.
. . . . The assumption was that all organisms have a predetermined life span. If a body died in an unnatural way, the remainder of that person's life could be harvested, as it were -- hence the preference for the executed.... In 1492, when Pope Innocent VIII was on his deathbed, his doctors bled three boys and had the pope drink their blood. The boys died, and so did the pope.

When we read about Burundians and Tanzanians murdering albinos to make "medicine" of their victims, we should not forget that European Medical Cannabalism was an accepted practice as late as the 18th Century.

And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

Baby_Balrog — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:14:52 -0800

Spider eating a snake Squirrel eating a squirrel.

The Missing Link found at last.

banishedimmortal — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:53:26 -0800

Kevin Ray Underwood found guilty of first degree murder in the April 2006 killing of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Bolin. The jury only needed 20 minutes to decide on his guilt. Previously on Metafilter, because he linked here. How could a seemingly normal, albeit "single, bored and lonely", young man become a cannabalistic child rapist and murderer? Exhibits: The blog he kept for almost four years up until the day after the murder. A collection of misc information about Underwood, including (near the bottom) the text of an online chat he had with a friend after killing Bolin. An extremely disturbing transcript of his confession to the FBI. Video footage of the trial. Deliberations will begin Monday as to whether or not he will be sentenced to death.

"I will rip the living flesh off your bones!"

brundlefly — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:51:20 -0800

"A group of teenagers, en route to attend a rock concert, lose their way when their car runs out of fuel in the dead of night. They find themselves in an unfamiliar rural backwater where they are confronted by flesh-eating zombies and a psychotic cannibalistic killer dressed in a sheet. It could be the plot to a thousand Hollywood horror films but while these teenagers may dress, talk and smoke dope like young Americans they are in fact young Pakistanis, and the film - Zibahkhana or Hell's Ground - is the first modern horror film to be filmed in Pakistan."

Curiosity gets some of us in the end

baphomet — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:59:27 -0800

Holy fucking shit. I mean, I've heard of people eating people before, but this is pretty gruesome. recipe

Albert Fish: The Real "Hannibal Lecter"

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:22:01 -0800

Albert Fish is one of the most brutal, yet least known serial killers in American history. A true cannibal, Fish may have provided some inspiration for the character Hannibal Lecter. Fish claimed more victims than the Zodiac killer and has inspired a movie or two of his own.

Cannibal Holocaust.

Effigy2000 — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:21:08 -0800

Gang rape. Animal cruelty. Exploitation. Cannibalism. Put these elements together and you have Cannibal Holocaust, arguably one of the most well known exploitation films ever made. [Some of the following links are arguably NSFW]. Released in 1980, Cannibal Holocaust was a film so shockingly violent that it saw director Ruggero Deodato arrested by Italian authorities on the mistaken belief that he had made a snuff film and saw it being banned in almost every western country in the world for the actual deaths of several animals in the film. Although Deodato now regrets the introduction of the animals and although this ban has now been lifted in many of the countries that originally censored it, the horror of this landmark film is still as powerful as it ever was, a point evidenced by the often visceral reviews the film has garnered in its time. Whilst an official sequel has never been made (there have been at least two unofficial sequels), following his cameo appearance in Grindhouse movie Hostel II, Deodato has said an official sequel is in the works with an expected release date of 2009.

Something she said to me last night, something she said to me...

Elmore — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:45:08 -0800

This is NSFW. It's crass, crude, cheap, rude, nasty and vulgar. This is a one link 10 minute YouTube video that shows cannibalism, fire, nudity, nerds, fried sperm, rednecks, and perversion aplenty. It is certainly not to everyone's taste, but that's because it's the Butthole Surfers' BBQ.

Eat Me.

CunningLinguist — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:26:26 -0800

Guess who we're having for dinner? Danish shock artist Marco Evaristti lippoed some of his belly fat, fried meatballs in it and served it, partaking himself. He also canned some of the Polpette al grasso di Marco and sold at least two cans for $23,200 each. Cannibalism? Extreme autophagy? Trenchant comment on plastic surgery, taboos and consumerism? Or just really really gross?

Another use for the cannibalism tag.

anotherpanacea — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:24:30 -0800

Confused by "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers"? Here's a timeline. Perhaps you need a different perspective? How about a real-life analogy?

Steaks on a train

Astro Zombie — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:29:10 -0800

After breakfast we elected a man by the name of Walker, from Detroit, for supper. "Cannibalism in the Cars," by Mark Twain.

"The pygmies are alive and well,"

[expletive deleted] — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:09:14 -0800

Negative Campaign Tactics in Congo: A candidate for president in Congo's first free election in four decades defends himself against accusations of cannibalism. He dismisses as libelous electioneering claims that he ate pygmies during his years as a rebel leader.

Eating the Unthinkable

Rhomboid — Sat, 13 May 2006 19:00:22 -0800

Chef Kazuki Yamamoto will cook just about anything. Casting aside all concern for the law, he prepares exotic dishes for celebrities and the ultra-rich. No species is off limits; his dishes have included penguin, walrus, whale, seal, dolphin, hippo, rhino, sea lion, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, brown bear, gazelle, giraffe, zebra, mountain lion, sea turtle, gila monster, ferruginous pygmy owl, bighorn sheep, Bichon Frise, and (it is claimed) human.

He was always a wonderful boy.

thirteenkiller — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:48:16 -0800

This fellow links to Metafilter on his blog. Now we can return the favor.

'from a wealthy Texan background'

arakasi — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 18:03:57 -0800

If you hunger for more posts like yesterday's about Michael Rockefeller, here's another morsel: a student's interview with American expat and cannibal Kapal Nath. Of course sometimes you get the impression that Nath will say anything in an interview. I suppose you could always find some neighbors to help you separate the hufu from the chaff. 'Course you could just stick to the documentaries.

Main Course or Colonel Kurtz?

John of Michigan — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:14:49 -0800

Main Course or Colonel Kurtz? Michael was a Harvard graduate, but otherwise refused to follow in his father's footsteps. After graduating cum laude and serving a hitch in the army, he went to New Guinea as a member of the Harvard Peabody Museum expedition. As he explained it, "I have the desire to do something romantic and adventurous at a time when frontiers in the real sense of the word are disappearing." In 1961, Michael Rockefeller, fortunate son of the first order, disappeared while studying the Asmat people of New Guinea. Questions remain, however. Was he, indeed, eaten by the Asmat, who had a rumored history of cannibalism, or did he decide to go native? At least one documentary has explored this.

All the fine young cannibals

Ogre Lawless — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:14:00 -0800

"I sat down to it with my bottle of wine, a bowl of rice, salt and pepper at hand. I had thought about this and planned it for a long time, and now I was going to do it. I was going to do it, furthermore -- I had promised and told myself -- with a completely casual, open, and objective mind. But I was soon to discover that I had bluffed and deceived myself a little in pretending so detached an attitude." The problems of researching what you and I actually taste like. [Previous threads]. [Via]

Hippo Cannibals Ruin It For the

mcgraw — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:42:51 -0800

Cannibalism May Have Spread Anthrax in Hippos

Yeah But Was He Hungry Again in an Hour

fenriq — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:25:34 -0800

Mexican Man Kills, Cooks and Eats His Lover
Cannibalism (Wiki) is chic. With the consensual cannibalism of Armin Meiwes and a psychosexual facet as well as arguments about the religious aspects as well as how religion stopped cannibalism along with some tips, "The natives told Father Zumbohm that the fingers and toes were the choicest morsels." And now even a Donner Party Cookbook (no, no recipes on how to serve man). Can cannibalism be considered as taboo as it once was?

Of course, there are bound to be humo rous sites, movies and even a musical. And heck, why not even a Letterman Top Ten?

I eat cannibals, it's incredible, you bring out the animal in me, I eat cannibals

homunculus — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:06:11 -0800

Cannibalism was widespread and routine. Citing archaeological evidence and recent findings in molecular biology, archaeologist Timothy Taylor, author of The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death, says that cannibalism has been the norm in the past, and the more interesting question is why particular societies gave it up. (Previous discussions of cannibalism here and here.)

So Sorry We Ate Your Great-Grandpa

LeLiLo — Wed, 15 Oct 2003 03:08:11 -0800

Never Too Late? Descendants of the only European ever eaten in Fiji will get an apology next month from natives. (Another account, and a nice commentary.) We did cannibalism last April, but this is more about saying you're sorry. Is it worth apologizing, after 136 years?

meanwhile in the congo

specialk420 — Mon, 26 May 2003 15:07:52 -0800

"We can only watch the slaughter, say UN troops" in the Congo - where machetes are turned into weapons of mass destruction - the hobbled UN presses for action, and the US and Major US Media outlets take no notice.