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"You don't skin people!" - But I want to!

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cheesealmighty:
Few scientific examples:
 - (This one is a bit old for science standards): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/evan.1360010307
 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534703002155
 - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10816-016-9306-y

Basically, human teeth marks, knife scrapings off the bone.

The disease protein gene paper is a bit disputed one. I could probably comment on that if I go on a reading journey, but... Maybe later.

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I'm aware of the dull "memefication" of the human leather thing. Rimworld forums are filled with that. And I respect the decision of not including for that reason, to an extend.

Brygun:
First a reminder the original post was also calling for modding help on how to include a food source. A questionable food source to be sure but still a food source.

<party pooper hat off>

Maybe if you set its nutritional values to that of the closest relative pig?

Or have it generate pig cuts named human cuts? Remember to deduct weight for the skeleton, skin and unusable  material.

Likewise you could have the human skin produced as a fairly weak skinned animal. We certainly don't have a bear's toughness. Id suggest using the weakest animal leather or close to it. Weasel maybe? Being physically puny we are not the best building material.

<party pooper hat on>

I remain in the cannabalism is overhyped, like Beyr Gryll's survival shows.

The links provided above refer to the Stone Age 10,000+ years ago not a shamanistic iron using culture like Finland.

There is alot of time for genetic and cultural relevance to develop against cannibalism. After all the people who eat themselves have less people than those who learned to hunt animals and keep their population breeding.

Here on the Great Turtle (north america) the Niiji/First Nations refer to someone who goes cannibal as "Wendigo" and they become shunned, sick and isolated. Hardly qualities assigned to "widespread cannabilsm."


As well as the toxin accumulation issues there is the risk of cysts, holding baby parasites, enjoying the free ride into the new host. In the historic Meditterean several cultures abhored pig meat, some to even the modern day. Pigs are very close to us in meat so if pig to human transfer is a concern imagine it being so much worse if it was human-human.

Saiko Kila:

--- Quote from: Brygun on January 10, 2019, 07:14:04 PM ---As well as the toxin accumulation issues there is the risk of cysts, holding baby parasites, enjoying the free ride into the new host. In the historic Meditterean several cultures abhored pig meat, some to even the modern day. Pigs are very close to us in meat so if pig to human transfer is a concern imagine it being so much worse if it was human-human.

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The reason some cultures did not eat pigs was specifically one parasite - causing trichinosis - which these cultures (or their ancestors) did not have resistance against (at all, even rudimentary, so this was huge problem). But nowadays they do have resistance, at least as much as others, and this is purely a religious or cultural thing, with no scientific basis at all.

The reason people shouldn't eat people (but not pigs) are both prions and viruses.

Anyway, the OP wanted to skin, not to eat. And skinning (flaying) was very popular in middle ages, as a punishment (both before and after death), but I suppose this could be different in iron age Finland, before Christianity. It was certainly more popular in middle East and Mediterranean area, as well as in Americas, than in Europe proper.

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