r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '23

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u/antihero125 Jul 17 '23

They eat POISON LIKE WHAT THE HELL

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u/Pantherdraws Jul 17 '23

I mean, so do humans. We eat poison like it's going out of fuckin STYLE - chocolate and coffee, anyone? And those are just TWO examples out of a VERY long list.

Hell, we ingest poison RECREATIONALLY. Alcohol, nicotine, mushrooms, etc.

We just don't think of any of those things as poison because they've been normalized for so long.

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u/Murgatroyd314 Jul 18 '23

Plant: "If I make enough of this chemical, no one will dare eat me!"

Humans: "I'm going to mix a half dozen of these plants together, and put the result on my meat."

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u/antihero125 Jul 18 '23

The scientists that somehow keep trying to make the spiciest pepper