New York Times: Thanks To Climate Change, Now Is the Time For… Cannibalism

CONSERVATIVE FIRING LINE | By Joe Newby | July 23, 2022

It’s bad enough that liberal elitists want us to consume bugs.  Now, the New York Times suggests that “now is the time” for, wait for it… Cannibalism.

That’s right — cannibalism.  I know things are tough with Biden’s inflation and food shortages, but DAMN!

Cannibalism has a time and a place. Some recent books, films and shows suggest that the time is now. Can you stomach it?” the Times asked in a tweet with a link to an article.

According to Alex Beggs:

The pilot episode of “Yellowjackets” shows a teenage girl getting trapped, bled out like a deer and served on a platter in a terrifying ritual. Bloodthirsty fans continue to dissect the scene on Reddit, where a subreddit message board dedicated to the series has more than 51,000 members.

The show’s tension is in the knowledge that you know cannibalism is coming, but when? And why?

The creators of “Yellowjackets,” Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, who live in Los Angeles, say they wanted the plot to hint that human consumption wasn’t merely for the characters’ survival.

As to what may be fueling the desire for cannibalism stories today, Ms. Lyle, the “Yellowjackets” co-creator, said, “I think that we’re obviously in a very strange moment.” She listed the pandemic, climate change, school shootings and years of political cacophony as possible factors.

“I feel like the unthinkable has become the thinkable,” Ms. Lyle said, “and cannibalism is very much squarely in that category of the unthinkable.”

Twitchy asked: “Wait … so the co-creator of ‘Yellowjackets’ thinks climate change and school shootings have made cannibalism thinkable?”

Naturally, Twitter had thoughts about this:

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Joe Newby

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