Well, IIRC there were stages to trying new things, kinda like:
Test 1: rub plant on forearm, see if it has a reaction. Test 2: eat small piece of plant/thing to see reaction Test 3: eat progressively larger pieces and rinse and repeat
This is probably only in survival situations
They’d also dilute them in water and drink progressively less dilute solutions. Also, as other people mentioned, notice what other bugs and animals are eating.
Smart smart, it’s crazy how much you can figure out when you know what to look for
It's also more realistic to think that humans gained this knowledge from their ancestors. It's more likely humans learned these things from other humanoid species
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.
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.
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.
your shiitake is not being eaten cuz it's very far from native species in your area. I'm sure where it originally grows bugs feast on them non stop
that's my thought too.
but saddle back are native here and edible and i rarely see predation
Uhm, flies go after fly agaric.
And fly agaric isnt very poisonous, as long as it’s dehydrated
i have a friend that ate a lot of the stuff. i know it can be toxic at high doses but i would call it psychoactive more than poisonous.
also see my comment regarding some bugs like psychedelics (I've heard of slugs and racoons going after outdoor psilocybin beds)
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?
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Hear me out, what if the Bible prophecies and the whole concept happened because they tried something new and were just trippin out?
Crazy enough, the Bible wasnt written all at once. The Bible was written over a span of approximately 1,300 years (depending on your historical, linguistic, and theological beliefs of course).
- The Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew Bible, was written between approximately the 12th century BC and the 2nd century BC.
- The New Testament was written in the first century AD, from approximately AD 50 to AD 100.
So probably a bit of the old testament could have been written while under the influence of mushrooms as that's when we were experimenting with wild mushrooms.
But what do I know, the picture says I died from mushrooms.
Lmao I literally did a double take with your name and the post
Oh great, u r still alive! Mow the timeline is fuck up, thanks KEVIN
that's pretty clearly how the book of revelations was written
Literally ever time I'm tripping I always think the whole religion thing is just so people have some inspiration to drawn from if it starts going bad.. like call in an angel or some shit to save your ass
At some point if you're starving enough it's eat this and maybe die or don't eat this and definitely die
I like your pragmatism
Think about how much shit you have to do to make cheese. Or bread.
How did people figure that shit out? At some point I have to think that people were just mixing everything together and seeing what happened. Sometimes they made tasty food. Sometimes they made something useful. Sometimes they made poisonous gas. 🤷🏻♂️
Why did my mind automatically imagine the guy trying to find how to make farts edible
The what?
Can you imagine how hungry you would have to get to try to eat (or drink?) some fermenting porridge? Hmm what about this glob I slopped on the rock in the fire?
There are old mushroom hunters and bold mushroom hunters. But no old, bold mushroom hunters.
These people laid the ground work for me to trip balls
Taking one fo posterity
Don't the poisonous ones specifically taste bitter
IDK. I never ate one. You wanna try it and report back?
The supposed logic here is that the human genes that liked the taste of some toxic plants died out.
It can help in a survival pinch to weed out your options but I wouldn’t rely on it as a guaranteed truth.
I don't think so but they take 48 to 72h to kill you though
The psylocibin containing ones also only make you "see god" for about 6-8h, too. Not a very scientific meme, but funny.
There are extremely poisonous and delicious mushrooms. You can buy them in a grocery store here in Finland. They need to be boiled multiple times, discarding the water, to be safe to eat.
Actually there's interesting theory how eating magic mushrooms speeded or even shaped development of consciousness in our ancestors.
Stoned Ape Theory, but it's most likely just speculation.
You mean it is speculation, and is most likely false
RIP Kevin. Never forget.
There'd a scene in the show Norsemen that is exactly this https://youtu.be/SVWix8DjM4M
Love me some home grown shrooms, undried is the best trip.... Great for a migraine too..
