As cannibalism is defined as 'someone who eats human flesh' does eating a scab count too?
2006-08-21 00:29:55 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Not sure.
What other bits can you eat? I used to eat the skin that peeled off after sunburn. Tasty AND crispy!
2006-08-21 00:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by Taxedman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your definition of cannibalism is correct, although the point to it is that cannibals eat human flesh as a meal or feast or something like that. Biting excess skin like tips of the fingernails or scabs don't count.
2006-08-21 07:34:56 · answer #2 · answered by boyhukas 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Flesh: The soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate, covering the bones and consisting mainly of skeletal muscle and fat.
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Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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although one definition also says:"The surface or skin of the human body" i think that one would actually have to knowingly eat the flesh of another human being for the primary purpose of sustenance and nutrition etc.
A bad habit like biting ones fingers i dont believe should carry any merit in answering your question.
2006-08-21 07:39:01 · answer #3 · answered by bigscott55 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it does make you a cannibal.
But the question I ask you, is why eat your own fingers when you can eat the fingers of somebody else? When eating your own fingers you have to take your health into consideration. How can you expect to type on a keyboard if you snacked down on your right index finger the night before. Have you ever tried to type with a stump? Its hard. So... Keep a supply of victims in your freezer, take a couple of fresh fingers to work as a snack each day to preserve your precious digits. I do.
And scabs? Try marmite instead. Healthier, and thick enough to seal leaking arteries of a fresh kill. Goes down a treat with a nice Chianti.....F-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f.
2006-08-21 07:52:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not eating flesh, are you? Anyway, I thought it's the eating of flesh that makes a person a cannibal?
2006-08-21 07:37:02 · answer #5 · answered by carebears0408 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cannibal is 'someone who eats the flesh of others of the same race' so no.
2006-08-21 07:33:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Awh bless, you sound genuinely worried about this! If it was proved that you were a cannibal for eating whatever parts of yourself that you like to eat, then Im sure that you wont suddenly turn round and start eating other people. So I wouldn't worry....
2006-08-21 07:36:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is minging but you have a very good point.I think most people must be cannibals then including my 3 year old as she does that all the time.Hey whats that,Oh my god she's eating me Argghh!!!!! help!
2006-08-21 09:10:12 · answer #8 · answered by Poptartash 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry mate, if u wanna be a cannibal your gonna have to eat someone else !
try your mates scabs, that should qualify !
good luck and happy eating.
2006-08-21 07:38:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems like you have a mild form of OCD not cannibalism...most people give up doing things like that as children.
2006-08-21 07:35:53 · answer #10 · answered by nert 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋