# Cannabalism

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 10, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010 "2016-06-10T10:44:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/41 "2016-06-14T00:58:23Z")

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from mbh:

originally posted by Berke Breathed:  
Quote:  
Are humans white meat or dark meat?

… are we supposed to be talking about this?

[/Elaine Benis voice]

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/42 "2016-06-14T01:33:41Z")

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> [@Find\_Friends](#):
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> from mbh:
> 
> originally posted by Berke Breathed:  
> Quote:  
> Are humans white meat or dark meat?
> 
> … are we supposed to be talking about this?
> 
> [/Elaine Benis voice]

Like bears, the flavour of humans depends on what they eat. Rice or berries = sweet and mild. Fish or beaf = strong and gamey.

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**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/43 "2016-06-14T01:57:02Z")

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How about auto-cannibalism?

> [@](#):
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> In the desert  
> I saw a creature, naked, bestial,  
> Who, squatting upon the ground,  
> Held his heart in his hands,  
> And ate of it.
> 
> I said, “Is it good, friend?”  
> “It is bitter - bitter,” he answered;  
> “But I like it  
> Because it is bitter,  
> And because it is my heart.”

-Stephen Crane

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/44 "2016-06-14T03:44:23Z")

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On that note, see this by Stephen King: [Survivor Type - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Type)

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/45 "2016-06-14T06:30:30Z")

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I don’t want to get[Mad Human Disease](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)).

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**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabalism/757010/46 "2016-06-14T13:20:34Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> Like bears, the flavour of humans depends on what they eat. Rice or berries = sweet and mild. Fish or beaf = strong and gamey.

Elaine Benis once stated very firmly that she was a “vegetarian”, although she immediately added that she ate fish “sometimes”.

I think she would mostly be affected by the rice and berries you mentioned.

But I’m sure even Jerry would find the speculation to be in bad taste.

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