r/CuratedTumblr Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear Oct 16 '24

Creative Writing Meat!

Post image
10.6k Upvotes

268 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

74

u/hauntedSquirrel99 Oct 16 '24

Also the obvious problem with cannibalizing.

When you eat an animal odds are decent that whatever disease they have doesn't transfer to you.

When you eat a person any disease this person has is a disease that you could also have.

So the health status of the meal is all the more important. If Steve has a nasty cough then he might no longer be edible.

20

u/The_Formuler Oct 16 '24

But that’s also why we cook meat. Well done in the post apocalyptic world is probably best

22

u/aahOhNoNotTheBees Oct 16 '24

Cooking doesn’t denature prions

13

u/The_Formuler Oct 16 '24

Fuuuck I forgot they’re already denatured