Hufu, the healthy human flesh alternative
May 22nd, 2005 | Oddments
I thought an old college chum had rounded the bend when he told me he was going to start marketing a human-flavored meat substitute. But if there were an award for the most compelling realization of the most repugnant concept, www.eathufu.com would definitely be on the short list.
6 Responses to “Hufu, the healthy human flesh alternative”
May 24th, 2005 at 4:15 am
Wow. How revoltingly fascinating, or fascinatingly revolting. As a kid I was transfixed by tales of the Donner Party, but this experiment is something I would never have dreamed of, and I can’t stop thinking about it. Most disturbing.
May 25th, 2005 at 4:31 am
Um…. and also racist, in its use of Pacific Islander-esque ‘happy cannibal’ imagery. I can’t decide whether I’m more disturbed, annoyed, or pissed off by this.
Seriously, why did he have to go and mess up a perfectly good ‘human flesh alternative’ idea with a stupid set of racist jokes about supposedly cannibalistic culture?
May 25th, 2005 at 9:33 am
This looks a bit suspicious. It reminds me of old Joey Skaggs Doug Meat Soup hoax (See http://www.joeyskaggs.com/html/dog.html). You sure this is serious?
May 31st, 2005 at 2:22 pm
Why is it “racist” to portray a Fijian cannibal as “Fijian?” To my knowledge, there are no accounts of traditional tribal cannibalism among, say, Norwegian hetero men, much as that might suit you. But there is undisputed documentation of such practices in Fiji. If you want to skip a trip to the library, you can read a short version of such practices on the website http://www.eathufu.com, see Fiji: The Cannibal Islands. Jeepers, such literal minded, reflexive reactions to hufu really take the fun out of this undertaking. eh, I guess that’s not entirely true.
June 6th, 2005 at 1:20 pm
Well, it is kind of rediculously funny…
December 21st, 2007 at 5:10 am
I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links: