cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7156263

With all the hormones and whatnot inside. Dopamine, adrenaline, melatonin, whatever. Also, there’s this Hunter S. Thompson bit on the… pineal gland?

If it had an effect on you, wouldn’t it be a really messed up high, all over the place? With uppers, downers etc mixed? (Not including the emotional implications of eating raw human brains.)

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    You will get Kuru or other prion disease, which are all fatal.

    Incubation period is long, anywhere from 13 years up to 50 years.

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      You can only get kuru from eating brains that have kuru themselves.