Source: BroBible
Summary
A LongHorn Steakhouse customer was mocked for ordering a steak so rare it appeared barely cooked. The incident sparked a viral TikTok comment comparing the diner to a “vampire” or “zombie.” The post discussed the historical origins of vampire and zombie myths, linking them to diseases like porphyria and societal fears. Some users joked about the steak being a sign of the apocalypse, while others noted the connection between raw meat consumption and health conditions. The original poster later admitted the steak was hers, and no serious consequences followed.
Our Reading
The habit gets a new name.
Steak so rare, it’s a myth.
Vampires and zombies in the dining room.
Porphyria gets a side of drama.
Zombie metaphors for modern life.
The steak was hers. No apocalypse.
Author: Evan Null
Exactly Who Is In The Dining Room?
Over a caption that says, “Um, so yeah, whose [sic] in the lobby?”
“Your proof vampires and functional zombies walk upon us,” @shaunndadon added.
She’s obviously joking. Vampires and zombies are fictional creatures. Both myths are likely born of humans trying to make sense of the world. People just trying to understand disease, death, and trauma.
Arguably, vampirism is the more desirable of the two conditions. Castle living is far more glamorous than hungry wandering.
There’s a theory that the vampire myth partially originated because of a disease called “porphyria.”
Vampires Vs. Zombies
Zombies are also a response to societal conditions. The word “zombie” has been traced to West Africa.
From there, it was transported to Haiti via the trans-Atlantic slave trade. In popular media, a zombie is represented as a mindless shambling (sometimes running) consumer of living flesh.
There’s another take, though: writer Amy Wilentz says the concept of a zombie is the “logical offspring of New World slavery.”
On Haiti’s brutal sugarcane plantations, escape meant death and paradise. To get to paradise, the person had to be transported there by a deity known as Baron Samedi, the lord of the cemetery.
If an individual somehow offended the Baron, they’d be trapped between life and death as a zombie. And a zombie could be made to work in the fields forever.
Cooked Food + Larger Brains = Evolution
Admittedly, it is a big leap from super rare steak to societal dread and ancient epic poetry.
But it is a theme that is threading through the comments.
“The reason we were able to evolve with such large brains is due to early ancestors discovering the magic of cooking food!” said @atisocutemad.
That’s a nice argument for leaving the meat on the grill just a little bit longer.
Meanwhile, @lexieluna666 tacitly circles back to the blood diseases explanation.
Legion And The Diner Attack
Then there’s the plethora of users who can’t help but reference the 2011 apocalyptic movie “Legion”—specifically the diner attack scene.
In it, an angel posing as an old woman (Gladys Foster) is served a bloody steak, just before telling her server, “Your f— baby’s gonna burn.”
In the end, it’s highly unlikely that this rare steak is one of the signs of an apocalypse—especially since further in the caption, @shaunndadon reveals a major plot twist: She admits it’s her steak.
“Ok, ok… it was MY steak,” she writes.
Chances are, she ate it without any repercussions more serious than gas.
The Post And The Response
BroBible reached out to @shaunndadon via TikTok direct message and with a comment on the post.
We reached out to LongHorn Steakhouse via their listed media contact.
We will update this article if either reply.
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