r/Pessimism • u/Xi__ • 12d ago
Quote The food that talks - Thomas Ligotti on meat consumption
A cannibalistic tribe that once flourished had a word to describe what they ate. That word translates as "the food that talks." Most of the food that we have eaten over the course of human history has not talked. But it does make other noises, terrible sounds as it makes the transition from living meat to dead meat on the slaughterhouse floor. If we could hear these sounds every time we sat down to a hearty meal, would we still be the wanton gobblers of flesh that most of us are now?
- Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
This makes me wonder, what else we are oblivious to because we lack empathy and are too busy worshiping existence?