Snowpiercer (film) spoilers, animal hunting 

So, my brother told me that at the end of the movie Snowpiercer, the protagonists find they can leave the train safely without freezing instantly, and the first thing they see is a living polar bear.

My brother's gripe? "Great, you're out, but what are you going to eat?"

There's... a fucking live polar bear. There could be more nearby. Where is the polar bear getting _its_ food.

See the fucking forest for the trees, man. :blobfacepalm:

Snowpiercer (film) spoilers, animal hunting 

Him: "Great, you're out, what are you going to eat?"

Me: "...there's a polar bear."

Him: "So you're just going to kill the first polar bear you see?"

Me: "No! There might be more nearby?"

Him: "And what? You're going to start breeding polar bears?"

Me: "I mean, not at first? I'm just saying that little controlled hunting would keep them going for a bit!"

re: Snowpiercer (film) spoilers, animal hunting 

@Jo iirc eating polar bears is a bad idea because they have parasites or sth

re: Snowpiercer (film) spoilers, animal hunting 

@noiob Even after a good cooking? :blobtilt:

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re: Snowpiercer (film) spoilers, animal hunting 

@Jo idk I just heard that some polar expedition failed because of that

re: Snowpiercer (film) spoilers, animal hunting 

@noiob I looked at Wikipedia:

"...the meat is edible, despite some risk of trichinosis;"

And apparently that spreads through undercooked meat, so as long as it's well-cooked, the risk is probably minimised.

Plus it's either that or starvation. :blobshrug:

re: Snowpiercer (film) spoilers, animal hunting 

@Jo @noiob be sure to avoid the liver though

fatal amounts of vitamin A in that

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@Jo I mean they're gonna have some stuff left on the train, and also the movie's a metaphor

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@noiob @Jo also the polar bear is totes gonna eat them first

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@troubleMoney @Jo they have guns and ammo, don't they?

re: Snowpiercer (film) spoilers, animal hunting 

@noiob @troubleMoney The bear's still probably going to maul the shit out of them by the time it succumbs to its wounds, I bet.

re: Snowpiercer (film) spoilers, animal hunting 

@noiob @Jo I think it's implied that the two kids are the only survivors, and one of them is definitely too young to use firearms effectively against a charging polar bear

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