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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 173 points 9 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 9 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 9 months ago (1 children)

And 0.00001% makes me see and feel funny things

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 18 points 9 months ago

More of them do that, but only once.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the antibiotics also taste good with butter.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What doesn't taste good with butter?

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Kale, raw fresh fruit, sushi.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 38 points 9 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 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 41 points 9 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 9 months ago

1/5, some are hallucinogens

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 26 points 9 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 9 months ago (1 children)

Or when growing in cheese.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago

Cheese also tastes good with butter.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 102 points 9 months ago (3 children)

No one:

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

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 29 points 9 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 9 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 9 months ago

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

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 8 points 9 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 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 20 points 9 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 9 months ago (2 children)

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

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 47 points 9 months ago

Blue cheese would like a word.

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 47 points 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 9 months ago

"Mycelium schlong"

Linguistic creativity at its best.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Cheese and yoghurt enter the chat.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 points 9 months ago

laughs in alcohol

[–] sunbather@beehaw.org 17 points 9 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 9 months ago (1 children)

Kombucha and sourdough bread have now entered the chat.

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[–] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

basically the same thing with men

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Not a big fan of male genitalia tbh

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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 9 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 9 months ago

Ya it’s called affording a maid

[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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 9 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 9 months ago (2 children)

I prefer calling it flowers than genitallia

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 9 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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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

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