Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
RIP Günter Brus
This video is a little gross, but hardly much by contemporary horror cinema standards.From his Wikipedia entry:
Brus was a co-founder in 1964 of Viennese Actionism (German: Wiener Aktionismus) with Otto Muehl, Hermann Nitsch, and Rudolf Schwarzkogler. His aggressively presented actionism intentionally disregarded conventions and taboos, with the intent of shocking the viewer. At the Kunst und Revolution event at the University of Vienna in 1968, Brus urinated into a glass then proceeded to cover his body in his own excrement, and during the performance Brus also sang the Austrian National Anthem while masturbating. Brus ended the piece by drinking his own urine and inducing vomiting, and was subsequently arrested. Through this piece and his other performance works, Brus hoped to reveal the still fascist essence of the nation. This performance created a public outrage at the time and the participants were dubbed by the media as uniferkel or "University Piggies." Sentenced to 6 months in prison after the event and subsequent public reactions, he fled to Berlin with his family and returned to Austria in 1976.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 14, 2024 -
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Category: Misbehavior, Rebellion, Acting-out and General Naughtiness, Performance Art, Outrageous Excess, Europe, Twentieth Century, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Angier’s Petroleum Emulsion
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 15, 2022 -
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Category: Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
The Comparative Grossness of Snot-Eating
In her 2007 article "Eating Snot - Socially Unacceptable but Common: Why?", Spanish researcher Maria Jesus Portalatin posed the question of why french kissing is considered less gross than eating one's own snot:She seems to imply that french kissing is actually grosser than snot-eating.
Later, in the same article, she explains the appeal of snot-eating:
Her article can be found in the book Consuming the Inedible: Neglected Dimensions of Food Choice, which you can read on loan from archive.org.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 28, 2022 -
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Category: Body Fluids, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Oyster-Flavored Vodka
The company's homepage.Article in THE BOSTON GLOBE (possible paywall).
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 20, 2022 -
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Alcohol, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Gastro Obscura
A new book from the ATLAS OBSCURA folks about weird foods. A perfect Xmas present for any WU-vie!I understand Jeppson's Malört is discussed therein.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 14, 2021 -
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Category: Food, Regionalism, World, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Fishy Pringles
Get your maritime-flavored Pringles here.The whole site is full of oddball Japanese stuff.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 06, 2021 -
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Junk Food, Asia, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Follies of the Madmen #511
Entice customers by showing something disgusting.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 03, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Twentieth Century, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Mrs. Rorer’s Vegetable Cookery and Meat Substitutes
Beyond Meat? Impossible Burger? You'll turn your nose up at these after you've tasted some of Mrs. Rorer's vegetarian recipes!Read the whole book here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 21, 2021 -
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Category: Food, Vegetarians and Vegans, 1900s, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Recipes for Cooking Muskrat Meat
Check it out here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 15, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Food, Government, 1940s, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Dr. Organic’s Snail Gel
The home page.
Harvested from free-roaming snails under controlled conditions, this moisturising, soothing ingredient combines the unique properties of Helix Aspersa Muller with organic Aloe vera and a blend of bioactive plant ingredients. This secretion is produced from snails that are farmed humanely and are free to roam. On their travels, they move over glass panels which are used to safely collect the mucus secretion, which is then filtered and concentrated by vacuum evaporation to reduce its water content, before a mild preservative is added to maintain its shelf life.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 23, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Cosmetics, Patent Medicines, Nostrums and Snake Oil, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
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