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I guess Elon will handle this by tweeting something really crazy to shift focus from the real problem, and as usual we will fall for it.

On the other hand, he is running out of crazy things to say. The only remaining thing I can think of is he coming out in support for cannibalism

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Please let's not go into boring celebrity wars. Especially not this boring celebrity war.

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Cannibalism is crazy now? Think of all the advantages:

- Cannibalism is a way to maximize the use of available resources

- If regulated in a certain way, cannibalism could serve as a form of population control

- With a balanced diet and careful preparation, human meat could be a source of protein and other nutrients

- Cannibalism could be seen as a means of waste reduction. Instead of bodies taking up space in graveyards or being cremated, they're consumed

- Cannibalism could be used as a symbol of dominance or power. Consuming another person might be a demonstration of absolute control or superiority.

Of course, this is all fictional, and I just thought it would be fun to try to think positively about a somewhat controversial topic. But still...

I remember meeting a girl studying anthropology. She talked about her taking a course on "man eaters". Primitive tribes who occasionally eat people. (Of course it's entirely unacceptable to say "primitive" or even "tribe" in anthropology!) Instead of condemning the practice as morally abhorrent, as they often do, e.g. for persecution of homosexuality, they just talked about why they (the man eaters) do it, what type of spiritual gains they hope to achieve with it, etc, very non-judgmental. On other matters anthropologists are some of the most judgmental people in academia. The absurdity of the double standard was hard to express. Some kind of inconsistent moral relativism.

But what about the buzzards? If we all begin to purge each other and eat one another, then the poor buzzards will starve. Lol

What "a humility-rich proposal" ;)

Not exactly on brand for him to be modest though, so I don’t imagine it would be suggested except maybe as an April Fool’s Day joke

There is one small hole in the whole thing called “prion diseases”, though…

They did cover that, under the “Population Control” bullet point.

If things get tight in his Martian kingdom they may well have to invent the Donner Pass kebab.

Ah yes, reminds me of one reason I don't mind waiting so much for a table these days. Just list the family name as "Donner" - hearing the maître d' call out "Donner, party of 4, your table's ready" really makes up for the wait! ;)

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