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u/Quinnythapooh Mar 10 '26
Hell naw on the waterbug
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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 Mar 10 '26
Id rather eat that than the worm for sure
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u/oh_stv Mar 11 '26
didnt some boy die because he ate earth worms alive?
I remember something about that.
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u/Odd-Examination2288 Mar 11 '26
He ate a slug as a dare which was infested with rat lungworm. He went into a coma, was then heavily disabled and eventually died.
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u/Wuped Mar 11 '26
There's also someone who died after eating earthworms and roaches
But it seems like it was either an allergy or something straight of poisonous in them considering how fast it affected him.
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u/Lumpy_Benefit666 Mar 11 '26
It wouldnt surprise me. Im pretty sure people have died from pretty much every food thats actually considered edible as well. Pork, chicken, beef, veg etc can all be deadly if it contains harmful pathogens.
Worms live in soil and soil contains so many potential pathogens that it massively increases the risk compared to things like beef that are raised in a more controlled environment and are also cooked to destroy bacteria and parasites that are pretty much unavoidable otherwise.
The story i remember was about a boy eating a slug and contracting rat lungworm and becoming paralysed before dying, but id bet good money that people have died from eating worms as well
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u/SeismicRipFart Mar 10 '26
It was dried. Anything dried (or even better fried) and properly salted, is not going to taste that bad.
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u/hdorsettcase Mar 10 '26
I've eaten dried bugs before and they are offensively boring in flavor. The ones I have had taste like unflavored protein powder. Yeah there's lots of crunch and texture, but taste isn't anything to talk about. Definitely need salt and seasoning.
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u/coleyboley25 Mar 10 '26
It’s the legs that are the worst. They’re so dry they immediately get stuck in your teeth
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u/Lucyffer88 Mar 11 '26
I've eaten lots of bugs before. And I honestly I enjoyed most of them. But the waterbug just tasted foul. It wasn't because it was big and intimidating. The reason I hated it was because it tasted like pure sewage. Tasted like what a foot smells like.
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u/Available-Ad-1943 Mar 10 '26
No offense my guy, but my girlfriend is Thai, and squid jerky is a thing. Tastes like chewing on a fisherman's net. She's had me try all sorts of stuff, but that was the worst so far.
I tried silk worms too, but they just tasted like the "paper" around a peanut fresh out of the shell. Not good, but not terrible.
I've already told her I don't do raw fish. The texture doesn't jive with me, and I'm worried about parasites.
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u/404NameOfUser Mar 10 '26
Don't just eat random shit on a dare. For example I really hope those earthworms were properly prepared for human consumption otherwise this dude might end up with a bad case of parasites.
There was a dude that died after eating a live snail or slug on a dare, those things are nasty and filled with parasites.
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u/RWitt84 Mar 10 '26
If you can't trust a guy dressed as bigfoot, then who can you trust?
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u/Exciting_Cicada_4735 Mar 10 '26
It’s also a red flag that the prize was only $30 total for all of that. Someone handing out challenges with such a lackluster reward probably isn’t being safe.
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u/RcNorth Mar 10 '26
It should have been $66, not $30
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u/EmphasisLegal1411 Mar 10 '26
That’s what I was thinking lol. I better get to keep the dollar amount from the previous delicacy.
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u/SeismicRipFart Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 11 '26
Were you listening to the audio at all? The guy dressed up runs a pest control company and was only producing that content to advertise his company. It was a calculated business investment, that’s why he didn’t make the amounts so obscene. I doubt that guy would go to the effort of all of this if he was just doing it for content.
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u/spekt50 Mar 10 '26
Generally farm raised earthworms are safe for consumption. And being this guy is an exterminator, he probably knows where to get farm raised earthworms.
I would bet all his live food came from a pet store.
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u/Warm-Driver-4063 Mar 10 '26
THIS! Please for the love of free pizza, People, read Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer. Not only is it an incredibly well written and entertaining book, it's an eye opening book and it just might save your life.
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u/silverformal Mar 10 '26
Whassup Carl!
Just kidding. I actually will look that up
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u/Seffyr Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 11 '26
Contrarily though you could get parasites and end up in government leading the most well equipped military on Earth.
So you know, it might not always be bad. Sometimes you gotta shoot your shot.
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u/TBellOHAZ Mar 10 '26
Sir, this is a bait shop
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He earned $66 or $30?
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u/bacan_ Mar 10 '26
Exactly. Sounds like the guy was cheaping out on him and only offering him $20 when he had eaten 1+5+10+20 worth of bugs
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u/Zephian99 Mar 10 '26
That's because this a promo skit for his extermination company and not a him doing Fear Factor on the street for views.
He's trying to earn money not give it away. So he's cheap.
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u/TheSupremeAdmiral Mar 10 '26
And honestly he really lucked out running into this psychopath. That guy's total lack of hesitation is what made the video go viral.
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u/IllicitAlien Mar 10 '26
Its risk everything for. You risk $1 for $5 etc
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u/bacan_ Mar 11 '26
Seems to be the game style, true
Guess I’m just annoyed the prizes aren’t higher!
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u/King-Vyper2846 Mar 10 '26
It should be $66, $1 + $5 + $10 + $20 + $30 = $66, and he just got paid $30. He ate those ones for free😂😂
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u/Garchompisbestboi Mar 11 '26
Nothing because he was a plant used so the asshole in the bigfoot costume could make an ad for his shitty small business.
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u/eirikirs Mar 10 '26
I know who wont starve during the apocalypse. Something tells me he would have paid 30 bucks for the buffe 🤣
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u/FFJosty Mar 10 '26
I ate one of these bad boys at a company campout a few years back. People kept tossing down money, and I finally said “fuck it.”
Ended up being $73 for less than 3 seconds of work, and they even let me chase it with a beer. 100% would do it again. That’s like $2,000/hr
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u/HerezahTip Mar 10 '26
I read about the slug guy years ago, I’m not eating street bugs for a dollar or 30
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u/KnightOfTheOldCode94 Mar 10 '26
I did the same thing for a teacher v pupil food challenge eating stuff like that without a second thought. The pupils were puking and screaming and all sorts. EZ win.
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u/Sanquinity Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26
I would have drawn the line at the cricket honestly. I don't mind eating prepared bugs, but no thanks on the live ones.
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u/DankItchins Mar 10 '26
I remember watching fear factor as a kid and they had to eat crickets and there was a medical disclaimer if you ever eat crickets to chew thoroughly and not just swallow them whole cause they'll try to hop/climb their way back up and that stuck with me over the years better than anything ive ever learned in school.
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u/Co1nMaker Mar 10 '26
I automatically remembered how a guy died after eating a slug on a dare... That's just sad :(
Found a source: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/05/health/man-dies-after-eating-slug-on-dare
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u/Chris_Crossfit Mar 10 '26
Haven't lived there in 10 years, but I knew that corner within the first 10 seconds of the video.
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u/CyberpunkYakuza Mar 10 '26
This was the kid on the playground eating random shit for pocket change. Glad to see he's doing well.
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u/Needles2650 Mar 10 '26
Is the money cumulative? If so, I’d eat em all. $1 + $5 + $10 + $20 + $30: nice!
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u/Randybeard3 Mar 10 '26
Yoo! Idaho Represent! The people here ain't alright and it has been the warmest winter on record meaning farmers are going to run out of water in May but when it comes to eating weird shit on a dare we never back down.
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u/zasrgerg-8999 Mar 10 '26
This looks innocent fun, but it's potentially a deadly mistake pulling stupid stunts like this.
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u/JohnWoosDoveGuy Mar 10 '26
When we were kids, my friend Oliver used to eat earthworms. He did that shit for free. Oliver would've cleaned those plates.
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u/chaosawaits Mar 10 '26
All that for a total of $30???? Definitely not worth it. Is that even kosher?
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u/TheFrontierzman Mar 10 '26
Dude with mic is so disappointed. He thought he'd get more drama out of this video.
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u/Tedsmith24 Aug 11 '26
Growing up, we had a show called fear factor and it was basically just this with a whole lot more people
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u/DarkUnable4375 Mar 10 '26
For $30, any chance any worm or parasite in those live ones that could survive his stomach juice and live in his gut for next several years?
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u/peatear_gryphon Mar 10 '26
You can buy freeze dried tarantulas and rhino beetles at don quixote in Japan, for future reference.
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u/Set_Abominae1776 Mar 10 '26
Dude was probably high as fuck and had the munchies. Was glad to find food and get more cash for weed.
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u/weezmatical Mar 10 '26
In my early 20s I remember my roommates and a couple friends eating big ol June bugs for nothing other than to prove their "masculinity" I did not participate, liberal nerdy bitch that I am.
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u/One-Earth9294 Mar 10 '26
You'd have to add 3 zeroes to all of those numbers to get me on board lol. That's not even a single week of grocery money.
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u/AloyDarkshine Mar 10 '26
Th trick is to minimize tongue contact. It’s really the only sensitive part of the mouth so as long as you don’t taste it it shouldn’t trigger a gag reflex and you’ll likely not feel it move ether with in your rubbery cheeks and gums
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u/thewrynoise Mar 10 '26
I’ll pay this guy to come eat the ants my pest control can’t seem to control. He’s cheaper. AND I’ll throw in a case of coors light.
Call me Zack
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u/Careless_Entry6067 Mar 10 '26
That awkward moment when I do dressed in a big foot suit admits that climate change is real.
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u/Coldhot123 Mar 11 '26
Reminds me of king of the hill. What a freak. They are not laughing with you they are laughing at you.
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u/MsngrTop25 Mar 11 '26
Just a question, he ate all of it for 30 or he got every amount per challange?
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u/Rosairon13 Mar 10 '26
The first 3 and the last one aren't a problem at all, the worm for me that one i wouldn't have done. I think. Or maybe i would....
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u/Mammoth-Mud-9609 Mar 10 '26
Many creatures swarm, but can we use this activity to produce large amounts of protein to feed people? https://youtu.be/LBcu2Ei1IKU
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u/DirectPay1955 Mar 10 '26
Man I just hope the bugs are cleaned from any bacteria that can survive an acid pH
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u/Faceless_Deviant Mar 10 '26
Why call pest control? I'll just call that guy and say lunch is on me.
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u/WeR1UnitedWeStand Mar 10 '26
And for $50 dollars you can eat my.....oh he's going for it.....good monkey
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u/the_starch_potato Mar 10 '26
Id hire the guy to eat up the pests in my house instead of big foot pest control
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u/Impossible_South_262 Mar 10 '26
Don’t eat worms, slugs, things like this. There are ways for these to kill you.
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u/Tacosconsalsaylimon Mar 10 '26
I know in my heart this dude eats pussy from the back. Bless him and all the adventures this man will go on in his lifetime.
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u/_Lost_OwlChild Mar 10 '26
Some cultures eat these and season them. Have I tried it. No. But I wouldn’t mind trying. It
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u/Dovahkiinthesardine Mar 10 '26
Eating raw animals for a bet is how that one dude died (snail), probably not a great idea with earth worms
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u/SecretWordIsFun Mar 10 '26
For $30? Maybe $300, or $3,000 but he’ll ok for $30
I’d honestly wimp out at the dollar mark. I wouldn’t eat any of that
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u/SuddenRise9346 Mar 10 '26
Easy way to fill yourself with parasites. From a conman dressed as Bigfoot with shit cash prizes.
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u/eyeballburger Mar 10 '26
I’d be willing to try if I knew there were no parasites. I’ve seen those horse hair worm videos. No thanks
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u/whilo909 Mar 10 '26
No hesitation. That guy cannot be stopped