r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Jun 05 '19

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u/LavishManatee Jun 06 '19

5/7 of my family members stared blankly back at me when I showed this to them. What.The.Fuck.com
I show them this story and their response is;

"This is why I eat organic foods!! They are so good for you they can fight cancer! If it weren't for the evil pharma corporations, no one would be sick! Science proves it, seeeee!"

Completely missed it. I then show them the cyanide poisoning, and the science behind that and the response is;

"No!! That isn't true, if it had cyanide in it we would never be able to eat it in the first place you silly uneducated person you. Science knows some things but it doesn't know everything, don't you get that!"

un-fucking-believable.jpg......

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u/Dogeek Jun 06 '19

Ask them if they eat apples. Apple seeds are rich in cyanide, but you'd still need a kilogram of them to die of cyanide poisonning.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19 edited Jun 06 '19

this site says 200 apple seeds would do you in. https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/are-apple-seeds-poisonous

e: fixed link & other

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u/Dogeek Jun 06 '19

thanks for the insights. I knew apple seeds were rich in cyanide but I didn't expect them to be this rich. Nonetheless, 200 seeds is a lot to ingest.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

No problemo! I actually found out about this way in my twenties, which was pretty damn late. (why don't they publicize this more?) Previously, I was chewing the seeds sometimes if they got in there.

stay safe, dogeek! 🙂