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By and large because once you know what it is, you CANNOT unsee what you're eating, and it almost invariably becomes a bit...off-putting. I mean, once you realize you're eating, say, bugs, no matter what they are, you think of the grossest bug possible, and it just becomes...ew

I think it’s because no matter how they liked it once they relise what their eating it puts them off. Ignorance is bliss.

Because once i realize what it is im putting in my mouth im done.

[quote]Why is it that when people in movies enjoy a food but learn it's something like an animal brain or fried bugs they stop eating it? ...[/quote] because it's in the script? [spoiler]no spoilers [/spoiler]

Taste and appetite have strong (what we call) "emotional overlay". Ever have a meal that you absolutely love to eat, when its an occasional treat? But when you have to eat it everyday, you slowly grow to hate it? The taste of the food hasn't change...but the nature of your emotional PERCEPTION of it has. Which is why the experience of eating it can grow more and more negative as your need for variety in food is not met. In this case, we also receive a very strong cultural programming about what is...and is not..."okay" to eat as food. Some cultures....this programming is weak...and pretty much anything is fair game ("A true Chinese will eat anything with four legs except a table, and anything with wings except an airplane.") In other cultures---that programming is very powerful. Many cultures have strong proscriptions about certain kinds of creatures been "not fit for human consumption". They are essentially food taboos. ...and ironically, you answered your own question. Most cultures (not all) have VERY strong taboos where cannibalism is concerned. ..and the same reason you'd stop eating human flesh if you discovered you had been eating it (and likely would get physically ill)....others who have had one of their food taboos violate will stop eating whatever it is, and turn away in disgust.

OP is lettuce

Bruh I’ll still eat poppers

They could have died of natural causes.

I guess some people just think the concept of eating something like that can be gross, regardless of how it tastes.

My mom bought fertilizer and she read the ingredients. One of the leading ingredients was "dog parts"...... [spoiler]also there's the whole conspiracy that they put human kidney parts from fetuses into certain foods, drinks, and all Nestle products to make them taste better...[/spoiler]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkslSO9ko4 Only very slightly related, but it’s funny