I had a disgusting thought today about the future. Anyone want to hear?

[Bonobo]

I have to share it because it's so disturbing.

I was thinking about how all the tuna in the ocean is poisoned with mercury and well, even if it weren't, we won't have any left soon... No more tuna sushi, maguro donburi, etc. Anyway, then I started thinking about how they were able to grow a rat's heart, grow meat in test tubes, genetic recombinations, human-animal hybrids.... etc. I was thinking about how the FDA unilaterally determined that eating/drinking clone meat/milk is fine, etc.

Then I started thinking about all the people in the world -maybe the only thing in abundance at some point, like Soylent Green.

What if they started using humans, you know poor people, as growth media for food. Hear me out: You could take fatty tuna cells (toro) and grow them on a big fat person's stomach and then remove it later. It wouldn't be canibalism because they would be TUNA cells...

Did I just have a terrible waking nightmare or is this our future?

OR should I just write a weird short story and purge my mind of this sick thought?

[geardaddy]

1. That is weird.

I think it would make a great short story!

[dionysus]

2. write a book about it, that's scary.

[iconoclastic cat]

3. Write a script and shop it! So many good jokes in there...nt

[Bonobo]

4. Like what?

[iconoclastic cat]

12. Well, you are what you eat...is it canniballism if you eat yourself...

and I could go on. But I have a love of dark, grotesque humor.

[FreepFryer]

5. They'd be unlikely to do this willingly... is this 'Coma' meets 'Fast Food Nation'? (n/t)

[RaleighNCDUer]

16. There's high concept for you. nt

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. please write your story

and then remove the thought from your head. I have no doubt if the rich could do it, they would follow the idea, just as many would have agreed with Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal".

[Bonobo]

8. I think it would hurt to write. That's what I've never understood about writers, actors...

Are they MASOCHISTS?

Look at Heath Ledger. Another example. Why is it it that writers, actors, comedians kill themselves in larger proportion?

Self-expression, self-examination...the human mind...it's a scary place to go without some wise guidance. Wander in their all alone and you're likely to get yourself killed!

Doncha think?

That's what we're missing in modern society. Wisdom, guidance, shamans, teachers, elders, whatever you want to call them. We need them.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. they are here

you just need to know where to look. :) Check out the Astrology/Alternative Healing forum some time.

[iconoclastic cat]

13. Correlation is not causation. That's a logical fallacy. nt

[thereismore]

7. You could grow your own sushi on your sack. nt

[Bonobo]

9. Kintama maki?

[emsimon33]

10. A better solution is that humans start eating a plant-based diet

or become vegans. Eating a plant-based diet (no meat, including seafood; no diary, including milk, milk-products, cheese, etc.; and no eggs) is healthier for us anyway. I didn't think that I could ever give up all these things, especially since I must travel a lot for my job; however, not only has it been easy (even on a 14-day European cruise that repositioned the ship in Florida and so was at sea for eight days) but I feel so much better. I started eating a low-fat, plant-based diet September 30, 2006, and have not looked back (however, I still do find a charcoal-broiled rib steak tempting).

If you wonder where I get sufficient protein and calcium, read "The China Study" or check out http://www.drmcdougall.com/.

We would all be healthier and the planet would be better off if we all embraced a plant-based diet.

[Stinky The Clown]

14. Take two aspirins and go to bed

Hopefully, the feeling will pass.

:hi:

[bpeale]

15. wow! that would make a great science fiction book!

you should consider writing one! i'd buy it!

[hwmnbn]

17. EWWW!! but great starting point....

for a story.

[Robbien]

18. Well, star trek like replicators come to my mind

when hearing about GM foods and cloning and other such issues.

But replicators powered by fat people's fat is a step farther than I would like to think about.