Cannibalism after collapse?

[Anonymous]

Assuming society collapsed fast enough to prevent supplies from reaching large cities, how long do you think it would be before major population centers resort to mass cannibalism?

[Jersey2]

Well, 3 days of food in stores but that will be looted quickly, figure 4 weeks of food in the pantry (people will make it stretch and will eat everything), another 2 weeks starving or starvation rations which are subsidized by eating house pets, then 2 weeks of catching feral animals, birds, snakes, worms and rats, and then another 2 weeks coming to terms with eating people as they are starting to die in large numbers and you can still het a fresh one.

So 10.5 weeks by my calculations.

[Anonymous]

Well I think it would take a few months to go through thier food stores. I think people would try to ration. So I'd give it a few months at least. Then they'd probably resort to local wildlife, pets, shrubbery. The Donner aparty and the people of Jamestown ate thier shoes and wood respectively before resorting to cannibalism.

[RebelinSteel]

Once people start to run out of cats n dogs and rats.

Do you eat mrs smith from number 32 or have another rat on a stick

[NaultD]

That would be a death sentence. You get a disease called Kuru. It's like mad cow but for people.

There is even folklore about cannibalism turning people into monster like the wendigo.

[exitseven]

Its gonna be like Biden's uncle.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/goYa4ohxvDY

[JacobJordan]

A while. People would have to reach genuine survival instincts.

[Anonymous]

I'd say once looters start falling so probably inside a week

[OtterMan68]

two weeks

[ThaiGirl]

Yes it would happen