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[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 86 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

About a year ago, my grandpa experienced wondrous symptoms. So he went to the hospital. The doctor wasn't sure what was wrong with him at first, so he had to stay for multiple days. After much discussing about possible causes, it turns out he'd eaten a piece of some random game that another family member brought along, and that he'd let thaw and then had refrozen it. That allowed the doctors to treat him successfully on, I believe, day 3.

After leaving the hospital, he still wasn't sure of the cause though — and you can't just throw away perfectly good meat!; so he ate another piece of the defrosted game and, no surprise, went to hospital again. This time around, the diagnosis was a lot easier though.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 54 points 1 year ago

I read this thinking a piece of game meant like a board game piece for the whole thing and was so baffled 😅 finally got it

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 year ago

You can't eat bad meat all at once, it's lethal.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 5 points 1 year ago

For context: This is Germany, A&E is ~free.

[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In context I now know you mean game as in hunted game, I was wondering why your grandpa was melting and eating Monopoly pieces

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of the bad krabby patty from SpongeBob.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure it was a GBA cartridge.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago

All this because I don't know at all what kind of animal it was.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

wondrous symptoms

?

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you eat the entire apple, an apple tree will grow in your stomach

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago

Right beside the gum tree.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Only if the sun shines there, which we all know it does

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I honestly don’t understand why people don’t eat the core. It’s the same but a little more chunky. Why do so many people let perfectly edible and tasty food go to waste.

[–] wombledomble@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago

Because it's barely edible and not tasty...

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The seeds contain cyanide.

[–] Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Smoke some cigarettes. The smoke will suffocate the bacteria in your stomach.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Cyanide isn't a bacteria

a very small amount. The seeds are not harmful to eat.

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I ate the core at school but the teachers made me stop because "the seeds are poisonous!"

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[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

one time a kid in elementary school ate an apple and its core in front of me and i asked how he did it and all he said was "im russian"

[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well at least others will assume you have a big dick

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly my granddad was only an average depression survivor.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

But on the plus side you get to fuck Helena Bonham Carter.

Well, someone does. It's all the same to her.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

In this thread: cyanide and depression

[–] lath@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Don't eat the apple seeds. Their content can turn into cyanide during digestion.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Kill and Do Harm are not exactly the same. My vote is toss the apple core into a field unless apples are not native or present there.

[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apple seeds dont typically grow in to apple trees with actually tasty fruit

[–] T156@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

We've also spent a lot of time and effort genetically modifying apple trees to get more, tasty, feuit, and less seeds.

Just compare a modern banana to a wild banana.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No thanks. I eat the whole apple daily.

[–] don@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

So do I - apples generally have very few seeds. I don't eat the stem though.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

How else am I supposed to built up a tolerance for cyanide if I don't microdose insignificant amounts daily?

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My grandmother lived through the hunger winter and she remained adamant about not wasting any food. Those things have a big impact.

[–] bigbootyhofan@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I started eating the core for gut health. Won’t lecture you - google it if you like.

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