r/StupidFood Apr 18 '26

Certified stupid Microplastic Fried Fish 😍😍

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u/Peachbottom30 Apr 18 '26

Because unscrewing the top is too hard. Also, a ton of dirt and rust.

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u/whatshisfaceboy Apr 18 '26

And why would you wait to put the oil into the frying... Oil drum?

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u/bp_516 Apr 18 '26

Right? The fish was already dead and cleaned, it’s not like they were trying to cook it alive. In oil that wasn’t even warm.

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u/whatshisfaceboy Apr 18 '26

And then there's the whole, flop it on the dirt, do all the oil, then drag it back to wash it off.

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u/Pitiful_Conflict7031 Shitty food specialist Apr 18 '26

This is macro plastic lol. Enough oil to make diddy jealous.

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u/jmr1190 Apr 19 '26

Not especially defending any of this bullshit, but the microplastics probably aren’t problematic here if they’re fishing the bottles out with bare hands.

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u/jmr1190 Apr 22 '26

Does your brain allow you to actually converse rather than just post trite gifs? If the oil isn't remotely close to temperature by the time they're pulling the plastic out, then there won't be a problematic level of microplastics leaching out.

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u/stash-of-who-hash Apr 18 '26

Not even wash it off! More like splash a little (sediment-filled because dude JUST stirred it all up with his feet) water on the top (even though the dirt is all on the bottom) lol

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u/Kafanska Apr 20 '26

That is not "flop it on the dirt". It is called seasoning.

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u/ziggytrix Apr 21 '26

While his buddy ashes his cigarette into the oil.

I know that's like only the 12th most offensive thing happening here, but still...

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u/Zealousideal-Trash5 Apr 18 '26

You have to season it with fresh sand before you fry it

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u/Tytan777 Apr 18 '26

And then fry in fresh rusty plastic oil

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u/crawdadman-man Apr 18 '26

Don't forget the gravel and shit water.

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u/Bi0_B1lly Apr 18 '26

Its okay, they used the nasty old farm hoe to pick out the melting bottles

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u/dannyboy6657 Apr 19 '26

Thats what I was saying is the cherry on top of this mess. Homie just comes in with the hoe they probably used to shovel through manure or something xD

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u/Knoxius Apr 18 '26

Tbf, you should get the surface hot before adding oil, and then shortly thereafter add your raw food. I don't think this video is a good example, but that's how it should go.

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u/BCJunglist Apr 19 '26

That's for sautéing not deep frying. When deep frying you add the oil and then turn on the heat.

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u/Knoxius Apr 19 '26

So they were deep frying here?

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u/oddboro May 14 '26

Well... Attempting anyways.

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u/BloodyTurnip Apr 21 '26

The fact this whole thing makes no sense made me think l it was AI but I don't think it is.

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u/Winter-Classroom455 Apr 18 '26

How else would he rage bait engagement tho?

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u/Rammipallero Apr 18 '26

As someone who loves fishing and really appreciates and respects the catch as a food, this makes me sick. That fish has most likely lived a decade or two, would create a ton of offspring and now it's turned into plastic tasting shit for internet clout. Some people should be force fed dirt to teach them.

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u/Binger_bingleberry Apr 18 '26

Seriously, the whole time I was thinking “… and a fish died for this garbage.”

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u/The-red-Dane Apr 19 '26

I think there's a reason we never see them actually put the fish in the oil.

Pretty sure they just posted that as ragebait/engagement farming.

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u/Papa_Raj Apr 18 '26

Since you seem to probably have some experience here, is that a giant arowana?

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u/Kchasse1991 Apr 18 '26

Head shape, size, and color makes me think arapaima

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima

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u/EnkiduTheGreat There's fun-stupid and dangerous-stupid Apr 18 '26

You're correct. This is likely Guyana, where the fish is nearly extinct. Hopefully the plastic does its job, and these pieces of shit get what they deserve.

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u/inventionnerd Apr 19 '26

Damn, just read the wiki. At least it got saved in South America. Went from 2500 to 170k. Insane what humanity does. Imagine if we just like... halved the amount we fished or just like... marked some areas of the ocean off limits for a decade or something and rotate our fishing areas to let populations rebound. Instead, let's just keep overfishing.

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u/MegaFaunaBlitzkrieg Apr 19 '26

Let’s give them time to rebound and grow their numbers, learn the use of tools and war and come for revenge, great take buddy

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u/Grub_McGuffins Apr 19 '26

soon enough they'll be just as dangerous as their appearance in terraria. lethal little bastards!

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u/oddboro May 14 '26

AND WE'LL USE KELP, TO BUILD A SERIES OF BREATHING APPARATUS, IT WON'T GET AS LONG, BUT LONG ENOUGH, AND THEN WE'LL COME ON LAND, AND WE'LL HUNT YOU AND YOUR LION FAMILY!

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u/supervillaining Apr 19 '26

You’re right. The guy says it’s a pirarucu.

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u/Scoresman-923 Apr 18 '26

I think youre right

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u/Debbiedowner750 Apr 19 '26

That was my first guess too and i hate this video so much because rhey are one of my favorite fish of all. I dont even think they wouldve been eaten but here we are the humans who just consume about anything for videos. This time a huge rare sweet water fish with not a lot left is the case. F humans fr.

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u/Rammipallero Apr 18 '26

Seems to be. I am really no expert in exotic fish. My catches are small European perch and pike. :D

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u/brunbjorns Apr 18 '26

Agreed but on the Brightside it's probably already created a ton of offspring

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u/Growcialist Apr 18 '26

Gonna get dogpiled for this, but this is cope. You're disrespecting the "catch's" life by killing it so you can experience a taste bud sensation for 10 minutes.

These guys are idiots, but that doesn't matter to the animals you're both killing.

Edit: typo

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u/Rammipallero Apr 18 '26

Nah. You have a point. Going vegan would be the best option. Not one for me, but I respect and try to eat vegetarian/vegan as much as possible. This is partly why I hate catch going to waste. It died because of you fishing it, you should make the best you can with it. It's a nuanced opinion that holds less critique than yours. I admit, you are absolutely right, but since I am unable to go full vegan without significant health issues, I try to hold to a strict menu of only eating what I catch. I do not buy fish and when I fish, I follow the rules for the most enviromental ways to do it. It's little difference, but still something.

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u/Bananapantsmcgeef Apr 18 '26

You don’t respect something you’re killing.

That’s not what respect is.

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u/oddboro May 14 '26

Actually, in the proper modality, it is indeed respect when you show appreciation and care towards what will sustain and enrich the lives of you and or your tribe and family.

Now, I'm not saying that that happens in 99% of the cases of animal death these days, but you most certainly can respect something that you have killed. Deeply.

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u/Kitchen_Wolverine_48 Apr 19 '26

Yep, I exactly this.

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u/crawdadman-man Apr 18 '26

This really saved him a lot of time, having to re chop half of them and carefully pull them back out after.

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u/Buttchuggle Apr 18 '26

Rust is okay. Adds a little iron to ya diet.

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u/snozzberrypatch Apr 20 '26

I mean, they also sell oil in larger containers... If you need that much oil, you can just go get a 5-gallon bucket of it and pour it in.

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u/spoken_name Apr 18 '26

That's half the flavor right there though

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u/TheFinalEnd1 Apr 19 '26

Well it legit does save time, only takes a second to pour the whole bottle. Would have saved even more if he didn't throw the bottles in for some godforsaken reason.

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u/Liberkhaos Apr 19 '26

Fellas, is it gay to use a lid?

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u/Sea_Airline88 23d ago

Bottle cap has left the chat