Poll: Poll: Would you resort to cannabalism if you had no choice?

[the spud]

So, you and one other person you know but aren't particularly close to are trapped on a desert island. There is help coming, and you have a healthy supply of fresh water to drink. However, there is a lack of food. Your aquaintance throws in the towl first, as you are fatter. There is no more food left, and you will not make it unless you eat the body. What do you do?

Also, how would it affect your decision if the person in question was someone close?

Edit: Crap, the poll has gone AWAL, how do I get it back?

Edit 2: just out of curiosity's sake, what body part would you eat first?

 

[EternalFacepalm]

I'd eat him/her anyway. Survival!

 

[LobsterFeng]

Even if I wanted to I would be to squeamish. So no.

 

[madster11]

Whip out my handy laptop and check out the images i've saved on which parts of the human body are best eating and how long you should cook said parts for.

For example, upper arm? Cook it slow.


No, i have nothing against cannibalism to survive. If i knew the person but wasn't particularly attached to them, i would give precisely 0 shits and start digging in. If, however, the person was a close friend, sibling, parent or boy/girlfriend / husband/wife, i would have a much harder time and likely try to hold out until I'm literally on the verge of death.

Chances are i would be rescued before i had to resort to eating a loved one - i'm a fatass and coule likely survive a month without food providing i had enough water.

 

[jakefongloo]

I heard that blood can nourish you for a bit. Like a Smoothie.

If not, then I would play the wait game. whoever, died of starvation first gets to eat the other person. I would probably puke it all out though...

Start with the leg and work my way down to the foot then after legs work my way up.

I would have his liver with a side of fava beans and a nice Chianti.

 

[the spud]

Whip out my handy laptop and check out the images i've saved on which parts of the human body are best eating and how long you should cook said parts for.

For example, upper arm? Cook it slow.


No, i have nothing against cannibalism to survive. If i knew the person but wasn't particularly attached to them, i would give precisely 0 shits and start digging in. If, however, the person was a close friend, sibling, parent or boy/girlfriend / husband/wife, i would have a much harder time and likely try to hold out until I'm literally on the verge of death.

Chances are i would be rescued before i had to resort to eating a loved one - i'm a fatass and coule likely survive a month without food providing i had enough water.

How should I cook an ear? I always tried to deep fry them, but maybe that is not the right way...

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

I would likely starve

Just seeing mold on bread can make me puke. Eating a human? I would lose more than I take in. That, and the idea goes against my morals. So, no, I would not eat a human, though mostly because I could not do it even if I wanted to.

 

[Ice Car]

Depends. If it was someone that was somewhat close to me but not too much, I'd likely resort to it, albeit with some hesitation. If it was someone close to me like my best friend, then no. Just no. They may be dead, but I wouldn't eat them even if I had to to survive. I likely just wouldn't be able to bring myself to do it.

 

[Griphphin]

Well, if there is no choice, I'd have to, there'd be no choice
But yeah, I think I would, survival and all that, but that's theoretical really. I wouldn't know for sure unless I was in that situation, and I'm not that curious when it comes to this situation.
On the bright side, if I manage to come out of the situation without being horribly mentally/emotionally scarred, food puns would be fun, as well as the phrase "I could just eat you up!"

EDIT:
Missed the second question, and a weird one at that, though pertinent. I'd go with the arm first, I suppose. Gotta wonder how human tastes. That'll at least be one thing to cross off the old bucket list. You can also creep people out when they're eating if they know of your experience.
"Oh yeah, human kinda tastes like that."

Or if they don't know about it, you can get them to think you're crazy. Win either way, right?

 

[Nackl of Gilmed]

I seem to recall reading an account from someone who was stuck in a desert for quite a few days. He suddenly stumbled upon a goose, and without hesitation just ate it alive, drank the blood and sucked the marrow from the bones.

Basically beneath our conscious minds lurks what some people call the lizard brain. It is older than the dinosaurs, and it didn't survive this long by being squeamish.

 

[ZodiacMaster101]

No, because I honestly would rather shoot myself then resort to cannibalism.

 

[nbamaniac]

When cannibalism is the only way, i may even ask permission from the other guy.

"Hey can I drink some of your blood and eat a finger? I'll give you my toe barter style."

 

[the spud]

When cannibalism is the only way, i may even ask permission from the other guy.

"Hey can I drink some of your blood and eat a finger?"

Dammit, you stole my avatar!

Or did I steal yours?

And yours is better than mine!

Look, he is lauphing at mine!

This is unforgiveable: battle to the death!

The winner gets to eat the others corpse!

 

[Kpt._Rob]

I might try starting up a fire and cooking a bit to see if I could make it look unrecognizable, but if that didn't work I think I'd just be too squeamish about it to eat someone.

 

[iblis666]

to survive i would totally resort to cannibalism, but first i would try everything else i could including finding anything in the waters around the island to eat and even cutting off some of my fat to feed to my friend preferably as long as ive fresh water, a fire, and a knife.

 

[Filiecs]

If the person was alive, no way.
If it was a freshly dead person... I'd probably just try a nibble as a last resort.
I'm a vegetarian so it'd be even more awkward for me though.

 

[tehlordofmyownworld]

I might.

It's hard to say what I would actually do if I was in that situation, as it hasn't happened to me before.If I had to... I would most likely chuck it on the fire(the body) and roast it so I didn't have to cut it up. I think I could eat it, except the thought of cutting it up makes me shiver.

I could imagine my own body being sliced apart, the feeling of my skin splitting and the flesh being rended from my bones.... Ugh.

 

[Erana]

I don't think this will ever be a problem for me; with my being extremely sensitive to temperature, dehydration and hypoglycemia, I'd die first. >.>