Posted on 05/04/2021 7:46:52 AM PDT by mylife
Whatever happened to good ol’ weed? The Devil’s Lettuce? That sweet Mary Jane? Everyone seems to have forgotten about the glories of grass, as evidenced by some netizens who are eating rotten meat to get high. I wish I didn’t have to say this, but please do not try that at home.
IFL Science reports that some folks are consuming meat that’s been decomposing for months or even years. I’m talking visible bacteria colonies, funky colors, slimy texture. Decidedly putrid meat. Practitioners call it “high meat” because eating it apparently, well, gets you high. Like this gentleman, for example. (Watch at your own risk—I only made it through a few seconds of the video before I got grossed out and had to turn it off.)
While cooking meat has obvious merits—namely, flavor and food safety—fans of “high meat” report a feeling of euphoria that comes after eating the rotten meat. As IFL Science explains, no one knows if this is due to a placebo effect, dehydration and delirium after an explosive gastric response, or something else. Some practitioners even claim to prefer the taste, which is often described as cheesy. I don’t eat all that much meat, but I know it shouldn’t TASTE LIKE CHEESE. Others report health benefits, including a “Viagra effect.” The New Yorker cites two such individuals:
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Wow!
No, I’ll stick to toad licking, thank you very much................
While I lke good (environmentally controlled) aged steak... gonna take a hard pass on this.
I do not like green eggs and ham...
OK mom!
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
This reminds me of an old sf story by Frederik Pohl, in which people would go to bars and deliberately infect themselves with diseases, so that the symptoms would get them high. When they’d had enough, they’d take another pill and be cured immediately.
I doubt whether the curative pill exists for these rotten-meat idiots. Someone will die, if it hasn’t already happened.
sorry about the typo in “improper”.
I wonder if you can mix Tide pods and rotten meat? I’m hoping we can reach peak idiocracy soon.
If you eat enough termites you can get drunk, but it’s from wood alcohol that ferments in their gut, so it’s not without its downside.
wood alcohol will kill you!...............
I’m reminded of Jonathan Swift’s quote: Brave was the man who first ate an oyster.
Yeah, that’s the downside. I’m guessing rotting meat also has its risks.
I had food poisoning three times traveling overseas. Once in Turkey and twice in India (”Delhi Belly”). You not only feel like you’re going to die you wish it would happen and get things over with as quickly as possible. Bath salts as a “trend” and now this?
Botulism, for one.....................
These people are eating unhygienically aged meat.
oh well, guess i’m going have to pass up that aged, tenderized, lime rock encrusted armadillo that’s on the road in front of my place...
I’m going to guess the resulting bad breath will render the ‘viagra effect’ pretty useless.
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