# Can someone please debunk manbeef.com? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 1, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245 "2001-12-01T02:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/1 "2001-12-01T02:49:55Z")
> **[MANBEEF.COM may be available for sale or other proposals](https://manbeef.com/)** > > A unique opportunity to secure MANBEEF.COM for your brand Can someone PLEASE tell me that this is a complete fake so that I might be able to sleep at night? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/2 "2001-12-01T03:04:17Z")
[http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/manbeef.htm](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/manbeef.htm) Nope, it’s not real. I think it’s quite clever though. I like reading their recipes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/3 "2001-12-01T03:11:19Z")
No. It’s true. I had small manbeef cutlet this evening as a special treat (they’re pretty expensive) with wild rice, asparagus some fava beans and nice chianti. It’s really quite a treat and it definitely _doesn’t_ taste like chicken, it’s got kind of a “pork with a difference” thing going on. Nothing can beat that delicious manbeef flavor. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/4 "2001-12-01T03:18:14Z")
I always wanted to eat human. I guess, since that’s a hoax, I’ll have to hunt it down myself. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/5 "2001-12-01T03:34:08Z")
You know, even though I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 10, I’ve always wanted to eat human too. Hey **SenorBeef** - you’re not gonna eat all of that, are you? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/6 "2001-12-01T04:42:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daowajan \* > \*\*You know, even though I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 10, I’ve always wanted to eat human too. > > Hey **SenorBeef** - you’re not gonna eat all of that, are you? \*\* Eventually. I’ve actually really wanted to try some human at some point in my life. It’s supposed to be absolutely delicious… much more fatty than bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/7 "2001-12-01T06:14:43Z")
The site is most definitely a hoax. Cannibalism is illegal, and even if it weren’t this could be prosecuted under some offense similar to ‘disturbing the dead.’ And I can’t imagine human tasting very good at all. Fat, yes, but the quality of the fat will be poor. The diet’s probably mostly nasty fast-food fat and snack-food grease, and I’ll be it isn’t marbled for snot. Plus you have all those preservatives and such accumulatin’. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/8 "2001-12-01T06:26:51Z")
I, too, have always wanted to dine upon human flesh. Do you think if enough of us got together, as it were, we could have some sort of cook-out? I’d bring the BBQ sauce. I don’t do potato salad. ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/9 "2001-12-02T23:29:18Z")
To answer the OP, the proof of the farce can be found on ManBeef’s **Terms of Service** page at [http://www.manbeef.com/policies.html](http://www.manbeef.com/policies.html), which reads in part: > [@](#): > > Because of the sensitive nature of our product we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. We hold our customers in the highest regard, however, there are some select circumstances where we are legally unable to provide services… > > If the purchase of human meat or human meat products is illegal in your country, or state, we will be unable to provide services. If you place an order and are in violation with local laws you will be held solely responsible… The part which is so obvious that they omit it, is that this is illegal **everywhere** , so they will not ship it **anywhere**. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/10 "2001-12-03T00:07:48Z")
Is it just me, or does [manbeef.com](http://manbeef.com) sound like a gay porn site? And you people will smoke turds in hell, all of you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/11 "2001-12-03T00:15:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Trucido \* > \*\*The site is most definitely a hoax. Cannibalism is illegal, and even if it weren’t this could be prosecuted under some offense similar to ‘disturbing the dead.’ > > And I can’t imagine human tasting very good at all. Fat, yes, but the quality of the fat will be poor. The diet’s probably mostly nasty fast-food fat and snack-food grease, and I’ll be it isn’t marbled for snot. Plus you have all those preservatives and such accumulatin’. \*\* Not to mention that adult humans are probably too old. Given that milk-fed veal is such a delicacy, maybe they want to branch out and think about obtaining pre-weaned infants. “Just a modest proposal”, he added Swiftly. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/12 "2001-12-03T02:56:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SenorBeef \* > \*\*I’ve actually really wanted to try some human at some point in my life. It’s supposed to be absolutely delicious… much more fatty than bacon. \*\* You know, this would be rather disturbing even if it _weren’t_ coming from a guy named **SenorBeef** … :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/13 "2001-12-03T03:06:29Z")
**yabob’s** close. > [@](#): > > Not to mention that adult humans are probably too old. Given that milk-fed veal is such a delicacy, maybe they want to branch out and think about obtaining pre-weaned infants. Actually, pre-pubescent female is the best. Esp. vegetarians. Peace, mangeorge (Hoax, my butt) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/14 "2001-12-03T04:47:44Z")
> [@](#): > > **Trucido:** The site is most definitely a hoax. Cannibalism is illegal, and even if it weren’t this could be prosecuted under some offense similar to ‘disturbing the dead.’ No laws against cannibalism. (At least not in Canada.) I’ve met a fella by the name of Rick Gibson who made the news briefly in Vancouver by eating a portion of human testicle on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Legally acquired, through medical-supply channels. No harm, no foul. It would probably be illegal to _sell_ for human consumption for health reasons though. ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-please-debunk-manbeef-com/96245/15 "2001-12-03T04:53:20Z")
Look at it this way, at the rate human cloning is going soon they’ll be able to sell manbeef grown from cloning vats. And for an added bonus you can clone yourself so when you tell people to ‘eat me’ you can invite them for a nice steak dinner.