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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 173 points 11 months ago (3 children)

99% of mold gives humans something between mild discomfort and death. The remaining 1% tastes good with butter.

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 78 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Not quiet

98.99% of mold gives humans something between mild discomfort and death, 1% tastes good with butter. The the remaining 0.01% is estimated to have saved over half a billion lives.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 51 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And 0.00001% makes me see and feel funny things

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 18 points 11 months ago

More of them do that, but only once.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the antibiotics also taste good with butter.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What doesn't taste good with butter?

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Kale, raw fresh fruit, sushi.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ah, so there are 3 options- discomfort, death, and nutrition. Therefore, every time you eat a fungus, you have a 1/3 chance of dying. Thanks for the info!

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

True; some mold is actually medicine. Therefore you only have 1/4 chance of dying.

[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

1/5, some are hallucinogens

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah? Then successfully explain how statistics work, smart guy. But I warn you, there’s a 50% chance you’ll fail.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or when growing in cheese.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

Cheese also tastes good with butter.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 102 points 11 months ago (3 children)

No one:

Everyone: adds a pointless “No one:” above perfectly valid memes

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And on top of that, a pointless Twitter comment.

I swear, every meme nowadays is three levels of reaction deep.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

But how will i drive engagement to my shitter page if i don't slap my username on every meme I find?

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

POV: Someone added a useless "no one" to their meme

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This one grinds my gears too because it doesn't even make sense.

"No one said nothing" is a double negative. Shouldn't it be

Everyone:

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[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 89 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Most molds are about as closely related to mushrooms as flatworms are to humans

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not to be confused with ringworms which are, in fact, a mold.

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[–] herrwoland@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago (2 children)

"why is that we eat the fruit and not the tree?"

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 47 points 11 months ago

Blue cheese would like a word.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 47 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Whoa there... We eat mold too if they're the right type and on the right things.

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[–] MTK@lemmy.world 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Both are pictures of genitalia, one of them is just really really small, microscopic even, so you are being very insensitive towards the microscopic genitalia.

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

This bacterium gives me the sniffles. This other bacterium liquefies and eats my muscles. But if I don't have enough of this other bacterium in me, I get violent explosive shits??

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Some moulds are totally fine, see blue cheese. Some mycelium schlongs are dangerous, see death caps.

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago

"Mycelium schlong"

Linguistic creativity at its best.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cheese and yoghurt enter the chat.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 points 11 months ago

laughs in alcohol

[–] sunbather@beehaw.org 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the difference between eating mushrooms and eating mold is the difference between oral sex and vore

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[–] mrmule@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kombucha and sourdough bread have now entered the chat.

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[–] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

basically the same thing with men

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Not a big fan of male genitalia tbh

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Srsly? It's pretty simple - some forms of mold are delicious and others aren't.

Here's another mystery to ponder: Why do people generally love having sex but hate doing housework that involves the same amount of effort? Have fun.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's housework that involves lying down while someone else puts in all the effort?

[–] Kellenved@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Ya it’s called affording a maid

[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

.....is bread mold harmful to eat?

EDIT: Still have not gotten a wholly confirmed answer lol

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you keep eating it, you'll have to change your name to ShartEatingBreakfast

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[–] wittycomputer@feddit.org 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I prefer calling it flowers than genitallia

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 11 months ago

Some women also call it their flowers and yeah I go down on flowers. :finger-guns:

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[–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Has entered the chat" has entered the chat. Itt

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