That was a roller-coaster…

  • nighty@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Sometimes I think about things like this when it comes to cheese and fermented stuff. Like, who was the first guy to work out that you can get rotten food and either get high off it or get tasty stuff out of them?

  • Heisl@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Hear me out, what if the Bible prophecies and the whole concept happened because they tried something new and were just trippin out?

  • treefrog@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    i grow mushrooms outside and do some foraging.

    if a mushroom is covered in bugs it’s probably edible. centipedes, fungus gnats, and slugs are all common on my outdoor beds.

    there are a few edible fungi i don’t see bugs eat, like meatier varieties such as shiitake and saddle backs, but i have never seen bugs go after poisonous fungi

    some bugs will eat psychedelic fungi just like some animals will. but there tends to be less predation with them.

    • Neil@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I read somewhere this is how humans most likely learned what is good and bad to eat. Just need to see something else eating it and it’s most likely good.

    • gonzo0815@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I’m also a forager and I think this is a very dangerous and irresponsible thing to say.

      Please never rely on that advice if you ever go mushroom foraging. There is no short cut here.

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        1 year ago

        i said probably and my point was made in the context of the meme. it wasn’t advice on safe foraging but an observation on how early humans may have made intelligent guesses before we had reliable guide books and the internet.

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    1 year ago

    Actually there’s interesting theory how eating magic mushrooms speeded or even shaped development of consciousness in our ancestors.