• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 day ago

    They definitely don’t all look the same haha. I’ve picked and eaten thousands of mushrooms without issue. Most people can learn how to do it in an afternoon with proper instruction (not on your own though, there is real danger if you don’t know what you’re doing).

    • Comment105@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      23 hours ago

      Fun fact, most people who died from poisonous mushrooms thought they or the one they trusted knew what they were doing. Thinking you know what you’re doing doesn’t prevent mushroom poisoning, thinking you know what you’re doing is almost a prerequisite.

      • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        15 hours ago

        Well at a certain point you have to take responsibility for your own actions. I’m just saying it’s not hard to learn if you actually have the right instruction, either from someone who does know or from quality guides. The issue is as a beginner, you may not know what that looks like.

        By the way, most poisonings happen when people just eat random things without even attempting to identify them. So it’s not like they died from the deadly false button mushroom or something. They’re just morons.

        • Comment105@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          15 hours ago

          By the way, most poisonings happen when people just eat random things without even attempting to identify them.

          lmao, nice

          • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            edit-2
            5 hours ago

            To be fair, a lot of them are children. But also some adults. It’s more common than you would think.

            Plus we now have a new category of dum-dums: “But the app said it was edible!”

            Again, I don’t want to imply that eating wild mushrooms is inherently safe. Just that it’s not difficult to learn how to do it safely.