Society already has relative skeeves set up for pieces of meat, and human meat? REALLY high on the skeeve meter, if you've noticed.
Sure, meat from a
dead
human. But no humans died to make this meat. This is human-friendly meat.
And, since generally its the mother eating it herself, is it really canibalism? I mean, nail biting is nasty, but its not canibalism.
I really think I might have recoiled from a meat teddy bear as well.
Okay, people can stop saying meat too.
I can't say a tofu teddy bear would be any more appealing to me.
Why is a placenta nastier than any other piece of meat?
It's not meat, for one. It's mostly blood vessels and connective tissue - the stuff you'd carve off of any halfway decent steak and maybe give to your dog if you didn't want to throw it out.
[Seriously, giving birth is exhausting. After it's over, you crave comfort food. Not variety meat.]
How about moist meat? I bet placentas are
really
moist.
Eating parts of oneself, I think is it for me.
I have no probs with organ meat, but I won't eat brain, tongue or balls either. Tried 'em, don't like 'em.
I wouldn't eat an animal placenta, either, so eating human placenta is out. It doesn't look like it would taste good, aside from the ZOMG IT OOZED OUT OF MY VAG squick.
Sure, meat from a dead human.
You make that distinction. I don't think all humans do. Not Jesse, for sure. And not me. If I cut your leg off and don't kill you, is it seriously less nasty than taking it off your dead body?
And why wouldn't eating yourself be cannibalism? You're redefining the word. Eating yourself is merely self-cannibalism, a refinement.
Even with the AC blasting, housecleaning is HOT HOT GROSS today.
How about moist meat? I bet placentas are really moist.
Oooooh, you're mean.
I really don't want to have to explain to my co-workers why I'm laughing so hard. Quick, someone give me a double-rainbow video to blame this on.
To totally change the topic: has anyone else been watching "Huge"? I'm finding I like it a lot more than I expected to.