Poll: If you were legally allowed to sample human flesh, just once - would you?

[Alssadar]

No, I'm no big fan eating what once could've been able to create a machine that could save lives. I also don't want to harm another man without some home intrusion, or something like that.
Despite all the times I've been allowed to in Fallout, I've never--I've yet to even take the cannibalism perks. I've not a big fan of eating the flesh of another, stopping the White Glove society from their cannibalism tactics.
On an unrelated note, I never ate dog meat as well.

 

[370999]

No, not at all. It's like telling me I could legally have sex with an eight year old girl, I really don't want too, i.e the thought is abhorrent and grossly repugnant. So I would think, "what a beastly thing to do" and then head off, head held high.

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

Sure. I'd eat any other animal. Might as well give myself a taste. I bet I'm delicious.

 

[Dandark]

No, I have enough trouble making myself eat normal foods never mind a human body.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

I am VERY curious, so I would eat it.

And if I liked it, I would want to have it again!

I have no issues with eating my own species. Meat is meat.

 

[Spambot 3000]

There's human flavored tofu, if you're really that curious.

Are you serious?
Where can I buy this? At the Chinese Blackmarkets?

 

[Micromyni]

Hell, I'll try anything once.

 

[Macgyvercas]

Maybe the liver? I honestly don't know, my mind would be in WTF mode.

 

[RookwoodX]

I highly doubt human flesh from a dead person would be any good. There's no telling what this guy had been eating, smoking, medicines he was on. Plus his diet could've been terrible. Carnivores always make for disgusting food, so the more meat this guy ate the worse he'd be. Also, the meat on anything that's been alive for more than 20 years is going to be chewy and disgusting.

If you really wanna try human flesh just eat a chimpanzee. I'm sure we taste exactly the same and I imagine both are disgusting.

 

[Viral_Lola]

No. The idea of me eating another person would cause me to throw up. Also, kuru.

 

[soren7550]

No, never!

Humans are one of the things I'll never eat, which includes horse, cat, dog, octopus (just... no. Also, it freaks me out that sometimes they're served live), and lobster (don't like the smell, and it bothers me that they're cooked alive. The fact that it's sometimes served intact with a face that'll stare into my soul doesn't help) to name a few.

 

[DanielBrown]

Nope. It feels way too... wrong.
I couldn't bring myself to trying any type of primate flesh.

 

[Versuvius]

Yeah sure why not.

 

[Goofguy]

I like trying new things but I draw the line at cannibalism. Even with the dead guy's consent, it's just so unnatural to me. Plus, that movie Ravenous was too damn messed up for me.

 

[Eddie the head]

I heard in my biology class that it has bad long term side effects. I don't know if that is true but I sill would say no.

 

[NathLines]

Nah. Not because of morals or anything like that. I just don't have that "you should try everything at least once to know if you like it"-mentality. I have bacon. And peanuts.

And cottage cheese.

 

[wintercoat]

Yes, I've always been curious what human tastes like.

 

[chadachada123]

No, not at all. It's like telling me I could legally have sex with an eight year old girl, I really don't want too, i.e the thought is abhorrent and grossly repugnant. So I would think, "what a beastly thing to do" and then head off, head held high.

That's a bit of a false analogy, though, because the sex with the eight year old would have moral repercussions if she has any memory of it, and even worse ethical problems if her memory of it is wiped. With the human meat, the dude is already dead.

Even considering your analogy, I personally would be up for trying pretty much anything if I'll only get one chance and I can literally stomach it, if there were no legal bounds or ethical problems. Human meat doesn't really come off as abhorrent to me (personally).

 

[Epicspoon]

There's human flavored tofu, if you're really that curious.

Still, I wouldn't bother. I mean, I'd take a good piece of seafood or a nice cut of red meat over white meat, any day.

And then what happens if you do particularly enjoy it?

Same reason I don't eat beef jerky. I fucking love squid jerky and eat it whenever I get my hands on it, so I don't want to try the kind of jerky that's readily available, for fear of having to ever desire it.
Not to mention, I'd rather not feel like a freak in my own head; I'm already odd enough to other people as it is.

actually human flesh is considered red meat. that was an unintentionally racist comment. oh well.

 

[Reaper195]

I see no reason why not. Granted, it would depend on a fair few conditions (How the flesh was acquired, how it was cooked, whether the person it came from had any diseases, etc), but aside from that, I'd try some just out of curiosity.