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[carlospaul]

Pretty much what the title says. Maybe you want to force a LOT OF BEER down someone's throat so that they get mega drunk. Also be able to eat anything that fits into your mouth (it annoys me that you can't eat anything you want, only lick inedible things)

[Shonai_Dweller]

Pretty much what the title says. Maybe you want to force a LOT OF BEER down someone's throat so that they get mega drunk. Also be able to eat anything that fits into your mouth (it annoys me that you can't eat anything you want, only lick inedible things)

That's the way it works right now. Hand someone a mug of something and, if they've a free hand, they'll drink it immediately, regardless of its contents. Repeat until dead.

This is not necessarily a good thing.

[PlumpHelmetMan]

I've officially decided that my next adventure mode megaproject will be to get the entire population of a settlement lethally shit-faced. I have you to thank for the idea, Shonai.

[Shonai_Dweller]

I've officially decided that my next adventure mode megaproject will be to get the entire population of a settlement lethally shit-faced. I have you to thank for the idea, Shonai.

Now work out how to get all sorts of weird stuff into a mug. Mud, snow, stones, knives...
The true masters have figured out how to get someone to drink themselves.

[Azerty]

It could be useful to force someone to drink poison.

[GoblinCookie]

Pretty much what the title says. Maybe you want to force a LOT OF BEER down someone's throat so that they get mega drunk. Also be able to eat anything that fits into your mouth (it annoys me that you can't eat anything you want, only lick inedible things)

There needs to be bad consequences for eating inedible things if we allow ourselves to eat anything.

[Bumber]

You drink the lye.
You feel really full.
You drink the lye.
It's too much, you might not be able to keep it down!
You vomit.
You drink the lye.

[SixOfSpades]

Would a dwarven parent forcing a baby to eat trigger a combat report?

[Strik3r]

Pretty much what the title says. Maybe you want to force a LOT OF BEER down someone's throat so that they get mega drunk.

Being able to forcefeed anything to anyone would have potenial for doing things that are both awesome and terrifying.

Feeding someone their own guts, anyone?

Also be able to eat anything that fits into your mouth (it annoys me that you can't eat anything you want, only lick inedible things)

I suspect not being able to eat inedible things is a consequence of the whole food and drink system being a placeholder and the game produces that message because it isn't programmed to handle eating inedible things (yet(hopefully)).

Of course i can't probe the game's code itself but here is what i suspect happens:

Spoiler: Programming Stuff (click to show/hide)

There's probably a function for creatures eating things that takes an inventory item as one of the parameters.
When you attempt to eat something in AdvMode, either the function itself checks if the item is edible or there's a AdvMode/Player exclusive wrapper function that does the check.
This check is absent for NPC's. this is why they can drink anything out of a mug.
If the item is edible, the item is removed from the inventory and the hunger value is decreased by a fixed amount.
Else the "You lick the <x>" text is produced.

The simplest fix to this would be to allow non-edible things to be eaten, but not decrease hunger
This would cause eating to act effectively as a way to dispose of items and you'd have no way to get them back.

Sorry if this is completely wrong, i haven't touched any code in several years. Also i have no idea how DF works :/

Short version: Eating a thing causes it to simply be removed from the world.
To properly handle eating inedible things, the game would need to keep track of what was eaten.
I feel like my Innate containers and glands thread is highly relevant here.

There needs to be bad consequences for eating inedible things if we allow ourselves to eat anything.

Not really. Aside from swallowing sharp or poisonous things, most stuff isn't really going to do significant harm if you can swallow it. Unless whatever you swallow can't pass your stomach or throat, it's gonna be coming out the other end sooner or later.

[GoblinCookie]

Not really. Aside from swallowing sharp or poisonous things, most stuff isn't really going to do significant harm if you can swallow it. Unless whatever you swallow can't pass your stomach or throat, it's gonna be coming out the other end sooner or later.

Plenty of things you can swallow are doing to mess up your digestive system, gravel for instance.  Sharp is also a funny concept as well, some things become sharp after you eat them because they get ground down and dissolved by digestive acids. 

If you eat indigestible things in moderation they might just pass through.  Eaten in large quantities is fare more deadly, the game needs to understand the long-term consequences of force feedings NPCs large quantities of such things. 

[Strik3r]

Plenty of things you can swallow are doing to mess up your digestive system, gravel for instance.  Sharp is also a funny concept as well, some things become sharp after you eat them because they get ground down and dissolved by digestive acids. 

If you eat indigestible things in moderation they might just pass through.  Eaten in large quantities is fare more deadly, the game needs to understand the long-term consequences of force feedings NPCs large quantities of such things. 

Not every infinitely small detail needs to be simulated. Paint in broad strokes first, if it looks good, add some detail.
Also, too much of anything will kill you.