The birth of social media has enlightened so many people to so many things. We’ve learned everything from creative organization hacks to heartfelt inspirational stories. We’ve also been exposed to an almost incomprehensible amount of “weird” and boy oh boy, did TikTok outdo itself with this tale.
A young woman on TikTok recently shared that when she was in high school, she was diagnosed with a “rare blood syndrome.” To help reduce symptoms, doctors removed part of her rib. After surgery, the teen asked if she could take the rib home with her, a request hospitals often honor. When she got it home, she saw the rib still had muscle meat attached to it.
To preserve her rib, she removed the “meat” from it and decided to cook and eat it.
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Spoiler alert: She said human flesh does not taste good. Naturally, the internet practically exploded over the revelation.
One person wrote: “Does anyone remember secrets? I miss those. We should bring back secrets.”
“Free will is such a bizarre thing,” noted another commenter.
But not everyone was grossed out by the story.
A much less judgmental person posted: “Let’s be so honest. if you had the opportunity to taste your own meat ethically and safely, why not do it.”
The TikTok poster responded to the outpouring of backlash and defended her choice. She also insisted that it is a true story.
While she didn’t confirm the rare blood disease she had, she could have been referring to thoracic outlet syndrome.
“The thoracic outlet is the ring formed by the top ribs, just below the collarbone,” per Hopkins Medicine. “Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) occurs when nerves or blood vessels are compressed by the rib, collarbone or neck muscles at the top of the outlet.”
One solution to it is removing the rib that is pressing on the blood vessels or nerves, which sounds like exactly what happened to the young woman on TikTok.
That’s enough internet for us today.
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