aren't prion diseases usually just a thing for the brain? though I haven't considered the medication aspect... I want to eat a human heart some day, any other things I'd need to consider? I guess I'll just take the risk with the medications.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Misfolded proteins can occur everywhere it's just more fatal if it happens in the brain.

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago

While this is true, the main prion diseases that occur in humans do come specifically from neural matter.

[–] riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

the free meds are just a bonus ;3

[–] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

the funny thing is I'm being entirely serious. I need a heart transplant and if I survive I want to turn my old heart into burgers and share them with my girlfriend and boyfriend.

[–] OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Would you be able to get your old heart tho? I don't imagine hospitals give back organs to people

[–] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

the doctor said I can get it back. though it'd be in formaldehyde and after they did sciencey stuff on it, not sure if its still edible at that point. if eating it isn't an option I'll make pendants out of it. cut a part off and put it in a little glass vial.

[–] OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 hours ago

Well I hope everything works out for you and you get to achieve that goal

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is there enough substance to turn it into burgers, plural? An average human heart is, what, fist-sized I think? Seems to me like you'd get one, maybe one and a half patties out of that, no? And you probably can't even use all of it, I'd assume.

[–] superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A pure heart burger probably wouldn’t be good anyways. You could mix it with another meat

[–] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

I have dilated cardiomyopathy so my heart is humongous. and yea I plan to mix it with other meat

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

This is the future the left wants!!!

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[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did we just solve healthcare?

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

That's why I eat lots of chicken from the worst methods of rearing when having an infection: cheap antibiotics.

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

aren't prion diseases usually just a thing for the brain?

Don't you want to eat the crispy thinking bacon? Your loss. Next thing you're telling me you don't want to eat the testicles ...