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grimark · 2 years

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i can just never take any complaints about media like hannibal or whatever “normalising/romanticising cannibalism” too seriously. like yeah sure this practice that has an EXTREMELY strong taboo against it in many cultures throughout most of human history is gonna be brought into vogue by uh. gay horror enjoyers on tumblr. sure. big risk we should all be worried about.

#i just do not think this is a serious concern!#survival cannibalism incidents are pretty rare these days. funerary and ritual cannibalism are incredibly uncommon practices.#it's something that's widely considered immoral and viscerally repulsive #and the sort of social pressure needed to reverse that attitude would be pretty immense!#many of us on here enjoy a good romantic cannibalism metaphor #or appreciate it as a horror element or a plot device #and it’s not that uncommon as a fetish! especially if you consider vore under the same umbrella #but the people who are at all seriously interested in doing it irl as opposed to just having it as a fantasy #make up a such a small proportion of that group #with such a limited opportunity to ever actually follow through on it #that i really don't think this is something that the people pearl-clutching over cannibalism movies need to worry about

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