And if they did how did they avoid food poisoning? Is it because, when they discovered fire, they cooked all their meat, and after time their stomach evolved to only be able to intake cooked meat?
marvin !H0G.H/BnJg joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later[^][v]#220,226
I believe things like e coli and salmonella are a much bigger problem today because of factory farming/processing practices but I could be wrong.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 25 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,229
The first caveman to invent fire actually patented it and only handed out the rights to create fire to friendly tribes who paid him tribute. It is estimated that perhaps hundreds of thousands died from eating uncooked meat until the rights were released.
Rogi~ !tiQBrOS.jo joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 28 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,230
@previous (C)
Damn you Thomas Edison, those people could have lived happily :(
Unintentional Jackass !LASXURl1b6 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,234
Pigs used to be eaten raw (see ham etc.) before an enclosure was accidentally set alight, killing all the pigs within. The owners actually thought that the meat was ruined, but rather than waste it, they tasted it to see whether it was still edible, and they were delighted with the result. This was obviously more recent than the cavemen. Trufax!
Homestar !RUNNERV7vk joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 14 minutes later, 49 minutes after the original post[^][v]#220,236
I feel like crackling now.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 33 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#220,240
Yes, and the resulting brain damage from eating raw meat all the time is a big factor in the emergence of world religions.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 22 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#220,242
PROTIP: Raw meat isn't poisonous. Ever had sashimi?
Ks !KansasxqvM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 54 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,253
@previous (H)
PROTIP: Raw beef and fish isn't poisonous.
> ftfy
Poultry and Pork are still dangerous to eat raw, especially pork. I wonder if sashimi is any good... I think I'd probably enjoy a nice medium well steak much more.
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Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,255
@previous (Ks !KansasxqvM)
PROTIP: no raw meat is inherently poisonous. The bacteria are on the outside of the meat, not the inside.
Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,256
@220,253 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
yeah cause they are likely to have parasites, which cooking kills. But people think raw meat is inherently toxic - but it's not. You just have to be careful about e coli too, so make you the meat doesn't get mixed up with the intestines and what not
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 30 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,257
@220,255 (J)
Pretty sure pork carries a few dangerous viruses.
Anonymous J replied with this 15 years ago, 30 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,258
Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,260
@220,257 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
pork often has parasites - these are an external entity living in the pig. It is wise to cook pork because pigs may have these parasites.
Anonymous J replied with this 15 years ago, 55 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,261
@previous (H)
That is simply not true, and I am a professional butcher.
Ks !KansasxqvM replied with this 15 years ago, 10 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,262
@220,256 (H)
Come to think of it, raw fish isn't even all that safe. Mercury poisoning like a mofo. brb vegetarian.
Ks !KansasxqvM double-posted this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,263
@220,260 (H)
Parasites, bacteria, viruses. Pork may be the most dangerous meat of them all!
Nexus !jNexusRe/. joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 26 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,273
I imagine they had some kind of natural defense against it that was lost through time.
I heard it had something to do with the appendix.
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Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,406
Cavemen were stronger than us. Technology, like fire, has made us dependant on them to survive. Back in the day our ancestors ate just like every other omnivorous animal -raw.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,410
According to my Anthropology professor, there is a hypothesis that Homo erectus (the first species to harness fire, not Homo Neandertalensis) first used fire as a means for defrosting frozen raw meat saved during the winter, and eventually it was used to cook fresh raw meat into cooked meat.
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Anonymous M replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,418
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Makes sense, but I prefer to think that there was once a race of pyromaniac primates that discovered fire by throwing flint around and making sparks everywhere, and that the monkey with the most fires gets the best females.
Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 17 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,437
@220,262 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
You are retarded. Cooking fish does not remove the mercury.
Anonymous H double-posted this 15 years ago, 46 seconds later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,438
@220,263 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
But even still Pork is not poisonous - poisonous pork is though lol. see what I mean?
Anonymous H triple-posted this 15 years ago, 55 seconds later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,440
@220,410 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
So Homo Sapiens evolved after the invention of fire? That's the way I understood it.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,442
@previous (H)
Well human beings didn't "invent" fire, but yeah Homo sapiens evolved hundreds of thousands of years after the ability to harness fire.
Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,478
Eating raw pork can result in trichinosis which is found in the meat of the animal. If I remember correctly they are cysts or something.
Anonymous P joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#220,604
@previous (Leo Vegas !gNoGoD5HzQ)
If you eat someone with aids you might get aids. This is not to say hum!an flesh is inherently poisonous