bat$#!+… and incredibly creative
In 1786, there were dead bodies laid to rest in an area that was needed for a housing plot. So they were all exhumed and the skeletons were moved to a network of Catacombs. A good portion of the bodies in the excavation had still been decomposing at the time. Their, well.. a good portion of their fleshy parts had reduced into masses of fat. So what did people do? (I should say the people that weren’t heeb’d out and were knowledgeable of such things.) These people collected all this fat and made candles and soap to sell in the city. Yeah. That’s right. You know what movie I am thinking about right now. And this practice had been around WAY LONGER than the 16th century. Granted, using humans was not the primary way to do it. But when has that stopped us? Do you think some of these private soap businesses with contacts inside of plastic surgery clinics, Tyler Durden’d their way into riches?
Anyway…
Do you know the kinda creepy crap people do today that is public? Ever hear of human cheese? Yeah. It’s a thing! Milk made from nursing breast milk. People buy this titty cheddar.
Scientists have even developed a system of processing that converts poop and pee into editable food. Seriously! Poop. And. Pee! It’s happening now and it is only a matter of decades before they institute the practice into mainstream society. There is even a common practice in food preparation with using pee to boil eggs in China. Come to think of it, pee kinda turns up a lot when dealing with old timey medicine. We even developed a way to make bricks from pee.
Let’s just point out the fact that human skin has been a common product for use in many different cultures all over the world throughout history. Book bindings, pen sleeves, satchel bags, and lamp shades to name a few. But that’s old news. And yes. There are some businesses in America that actually perform mummification for families. Canopic jars and the whole nine yards.
Some large companies have gotten to the point of using the skin of executed convicts in prison to help make cosmetic products. Not that it was or is in anyway legal.
But does it end there? Nope. People can legally buy perfume made from dead people. We can even be made into diamonds after we die.
Look. I get it. Being a primitive species and doing some of these things to survive in conditions that are harsh where resources are scarce, is understandable. Granted, I could never resort to cannibalism. Even though it is everywhere in nature. I would rather starve to death. That being said. We for the most part are NOT primitive. Unless you are trying to survive in a vast jungle, or on a desert island, and Steve is the only jerk faced @ss hat in the party that everybody wishes were a football they could kick during the annual Purge BBQ... You don’t need to eat people in society. Let alone eat cheese made from Barbara’s mommy boobs. Does anyone else find this sort of crap disturbing? I love my relatives with all my heart. But I am in no way gonna wear Aunt Betty diamonds as a fashion statement.
Then there is the whole subculture of blood art. That’s where the crazy train goes off the rails into heavy taboo crap. Yeah, the Metallica album cover was gross and also cool. But there are limits in our culture. Right? … NOPE! If you venture far enough, this type of art morphs and eventually reaches into the dark net where things get apocalyptic in moral ambiguity.
I will say this and be done with it. Think twice about getting that lip balm in a small village out in the middle of nowhere’s-ville. The bat guano coffee most likely is real. But still. How did they get the fat for that “home made” Chuck-stick?
