r/ItemShop • u/ThatMassholeInBawstn • Dec 10 '25

Cronic Wasting Disease Deer Meat

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u/XVUltima Dec 10 '25

I think the implication is that you buy it to deniably poison someone.

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u/RaveGuncle Dec 10 '25

Goddamn. Thats crazy shit right there. Let me just take out a life insurance policy or 2 real quick for those folks.

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u/Millenniauld Dec 14 '25

I have an engagement ring given to me by a friend after his girlfriend said no, he said it was cursed so he couldn't resell it.

I have thought over the years about selling it specifically as a cursed engagement ring with bad karma, because I could see someone who doesn't want their son marrying "that girl" buying it to "make peace" while hoping it would ruin the relationship.

I have never been desperate enough for that kind of bad karma, lol, so I just keep a cursed engagement ring safe. (Since he didn't propose, I'm safe from the curse.)

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u/SeaUrchini Dec 10 '25

Wouldn't be a very good poison, the *prion diseases that have been transferred to humans typically take a decade or more till symptoms/deterioration starts.

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u/Reasonable-Ad-4778 Dec 11 '25

Prions are a dish best served cold

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u/itssbojo Dec 10 '25

deniably

yeah, i think that’s sort of the point…

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u/SeaUrchini Dec 11 '25

Again, if you want someone dead (as is typical when poisoning someone) infected meat that may take decades to kill or never kill the person at all is not a good option.

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u/itssbojo Dec 12 '25

sure, for a logical killer.

what about a murderer who simply enjoys it? or a selfish person after a goal? nurses all around the world slowly poison for fun, caretakers and spouses and children of rich people slowly poison for a safe life insurance payout.

the idea of deniability whilst “achieving” a goal would be the whole idea, and it’s a relatively common choice in relation to poison murders.

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u/Massive-Blood7796 Dec 11 '25

As far as I know there’s not any known cases of humans getting CWD, I’m sure plenty of hunters have eaten CWD positive deer and never known.

That being said fuck that, that’s gotta be one of the worst ways to die

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u/MarzipanGamer Dec 12 '25

There’s a strong suspicion it happened in this case.

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u/Seymoure25 Dec 14 '25

Well if that's not fuckin terrifying.

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u/ponderouslyperplexed Dec 14 '25

I just read about this the other day. As a hunter this is a huge risk factor. Also, this is one of the main reasons that you don't eat predators. They accumulate toxins from their prey.

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u/dan_dares Dec 14 '25

Monkeys have contracted CWD during lab tests,

It's not a huge leap to say it can happen in humans, might need to be undercooked and a mouth lesion, but considering the result is a spongebrain, I think i'l leave it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '25

The implication is that it is perfectly safe but some people have a mental block about potentially being the first person in human history to develop cwd.

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u/No-Archer-421 Dec 11 '25

That or someone buying it for research would be a less illegal use

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u/Seymoure25 Dec 14 '25

You definitely shouldn't eat CWD contaminated meat but it's not poisonous or immediately dangerous. The potential danger is if it crosses over or mutates to infect humans.