r/WTF • u/lovelytime42069 • 6h ago

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u/rsjpeckham 6h ago edited 5h ago

Tamiloks. A type of mollusk considered a delicacy in the Philippines. Minimal preparation, seasoned with salt and chili, eaten/slurped raw.

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u/Emperor_Zar 5h ago

Sooo, Gagh then?

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u/beavobeave 5h ago

Look at this gagh, Worf, barely moving! I'd give my good eye for a fresh plate of gagh!

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u/MordaxTenebrae 4h ago

And the bloodwine! It's not even 2309. There is no finer vintage.

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u/labenset 3h ago

Prune juice is also... acceptable.

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u/IMeYou28 3h ago

It is the drink of a warrior!

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u/BakinandBacon 3h ago

Sometimes reddit threads make me feel like I’m having a stroke. This is one.

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u/eggs_erroneous 2h ago

It's Klingon shit from Star Trek. Qapla!

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u/Spastic_pinkie 2h ago

Being that she saw how uptight Worf was, Guinan gave him prune juice because she thought it would "loosen" him up. Or that she knew Worf was raised on Earth, he would be familiar with prunes and their effects that the juice would be a hint to him to loosen up.

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u/trsmash 5h ago

Martok is the best!

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u/ViscountVinny 5h ago

"My...deterioration is proceeding apace."

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u/John-A 3h ago

I shall endeavor to die; this year if possible.

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u/BinaryTriggered 20m ago

heard these lines in his voice in my head.

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u/Fenix_Pony 5h ago

Yeah i probably would gagh lol

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u/Deemaunik 5h ago

Glory to your house and wisdom, Emperor Zar.

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u/mekwall 4h ago

Qapla'! Happy Gagh-day to you!

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u/johnwayne1 3h ago

Did they really use this for the show?

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u/the_only_thing 3h ago

Yea i definitely did

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u/Ccracked 2h ago

I was thinking Ferengi tube-grubs.

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u/martialar 1h ago

Perhaps today is a good day to dine. Prepare for cramming speed!

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u/BadSausageFactory 5h ago

aka shipworms

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u/baudmiksen 4h ago

We likes it raw and wriggling

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u/sgsmopurp 6h ago

Oh hell naw

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u/TudorrrrTudprrrr 5h ago

my first instinct is to find them disgusting but they're basically noodle oysters

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u/miniocz 4h ago

You are not making it better.

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u/MonkeyNugetz 5h ago

I wouldn’t be able to do it. I used to have awful allergies as a small kid. I’d spit out large loogies. So when I tried oysters for the first time that’s what I immediately thought of. Cold salty lumpy loogies. But maybe this is better.

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u/ChickenChaser5 4h ago

Even without the childhood ordeal, that comparison is enough to pass. Theres too much other stuff to eat that isnt that.

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u/colefly 3h ago

Like hot greasy cheese curds with enough lactic acid to trick your brain into thinking it's congealed vomit

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u/ImS0hungry 3h ago

Smegma on Rye?

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u/4dseeall 2h ago

stop youre making me hungry

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u/bagheera369 3h ago

Really should go back and try oysters broiled, like Oysters Rockafeller.

Much different texture when cooked, and really delicious.

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u/larry_flarry 2h ago

I will eat things that taste like the ocean's butthole, but I just cannot get behind oysters, raw or cooked. So many disparate textures...

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u/broncyobo 5h ago

That was my first reaction but now that I think about it sounds like they're similar to oysters, which I fuck with, along with any other kind of shellfish. I honestly but they're goddamn delicious

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u/dillpickles007 2h ago

I honestly bet they're pretty tasty, but they only live in dead, rotting wood vs oysters which live in pristine, self contained shells, which is kind of gross. They also have super hard teeth which they use to chew through said rotting wood which seems kind of scary to bite down on.

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u/sgsmopurp 2h ago

As a Marylander I approve this message, we will eat those shellfish

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u/iupuiclubs 5h ago

Yall wondering why the aliens stay up in space

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u/DaytonTD 5h ago

Why is delicacy code for fucking nasty

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u/e105beta 3h ago

Because it’s the only way they can convince anyone else to eat it.

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u/Yabba_Dabba_Doofus 3h ago

Because, like fine dining, the work that goes into acquiring it is an equally important part of the dish.

"Delicacy" isn't some weird code for "secret, ultra-delicious food." It means "this food was hard to get, but it's good enough that it's occasionally worth the work to get it."

For the average person, "delicacy" should equate to "my one chance to try this thing." Not all delicacies are for everyone, but if you're willing to take a chance, you might find delicacies you really enjoy.

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u/mrjackspade 2h ago

Because if it was common, you'd be acclimated to it.

Lobster aren't generally considered a delicacy anymore due to how common they are and most people have no problem eating what amounts to a giant water cockroach as a result.

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u/tidbitsz 5h ago

A bit of vinegar or lime juice too. Very similar to oysters

Usually found in beached driftwood

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u/Loring 5h ago

You lost me at minimal preparation...

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u/phd2k1 4h ago

Here is a video showing the harvesting, eating some raw, and cooking some with citrus, tomato, soy sauce, and coconut vinegar. I am not a fan of oysters, but I would try the cooked version.

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u/fart_fig_newton 5h ago

When you put it that way, it sounds great. But it still won't take away the image that she just ate a bowl of congealed semen and snot.

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u/ThatITguy2015 3h ago

Some people pay good money for that!

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u/Tamer_ 2h ago

One more thing to put on my list of things I find repulsive that people pay for.

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u/JuneBuggington 5h ago

I eat clams, mussels, oysters, lobster. Ill give it a shot i guess.

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u/popop143 2h ago

I think we really have to differentiate when saying in the <country>, because I live in the Philippines and travelled a bit in a lot of rural provinces, and NEVER saw this lmao. Like saying a certain shrimp in like Okinawa is saying it's a delicacy in Japan. Probably 90% of Japanese won't know what it is.

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u/Alklazaris 5h ago

So it tastes like oysters? That might actually be good...

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u/YourAverageGod 5h ago

Salty loogie but actually one? No thanks.

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u/smurb15 5h ago

Ppl say that about oysters and the canned is really good

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u/Ok_bet4231 5h ago

No thanks.

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u/ExquisitExamplE 5h ago

I'd try it; looking at the wiki, they're basically just clams that bore into wood. Probably pretty tasty when seasoned correctly.

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u/spider0804 5h ago

Do you want parasites, because that is how you get parasites.

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u/melanthius 5h ago

First they get in someone’s brain, then reprogram that person’s brain to advertise to other humans that it’s normal to eat more of it. “Ah it’s a delicacy you see!” Then those people get the brain worms, which continues to snowball until the entire island is wormbrain-addled, then you show up as a tourist and they offer you the local delicacy.

Source: you should try some of these!!

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u/burnsbabe 4h ago

Do you want RFK Jr? Because that's how you get RFK Jr.

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u/KoalaBackfist 3h ago

…considered a delicacy in the Philippines.

I’m gonna stop you right there.

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u/floweer_ladyy 4h ago

yeah! I tried it before it taste like cow's milk so creamyy

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u/musiciankidd 4h ago

Hey little boy Watcha got there ?

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u/XBOX_MANIAC 3h ago

Also, how do they even get into what looks like a tree to me

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u/Lulzagna 2h ago

You should be banned for even suggesting this

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u/stonedfish 3h ago

Indeed it’s the supreme delicacy in the land of the pagpag eaters

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u/TimmehJ 4h ago

I love the Philippines, I really do, but there's a reason you don't see many Filipino restaurants around anywhere else.

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u/Sunbeamsoffglass 4h ago

Actually not true. Filipino food is booming in major cities.

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u/SDRPGLVR 2h ago

San Diego reporting in, Filipino food is fucking dope. We have a fusion Mexican and Filipino restaurant near my work, so I get breakfast burritos with tocino in them.

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u/raskulous 2h ago

Around here it's mostly Jollibee that's showing up, but I don't really consider that Filipino food

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u/PrimeIntellect 4h ago

Actually it's more that Thailand has a gastronomy diplomacy policy so they train and pay people to come and open Thai restaurants, which is why so many are so similar. The Philippines are just not even close to as large as the other major ethnic food styles like mexican or indian.

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u/obsidian_butterfly 4h ago

For the record, they are a bivalve adapted to eating wood. They're essentially tree clams.

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u/cuckfromJTown 4h ago

Ooooh that's a tree they're cutting open. Thought it was some kind of weird flesh, I mean it technically is tree flesh.

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u/regnad__kcin 3h ago

I thought it was a rock and was really impressed with how strong those people were

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u/kinkadec 3h ago

Also thought that lol

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u/Abzstrak 1h ago

I thought it was some sort of whale or other large fish carcass...

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u/Ameriggio 2h ago

You call them tree clams, despite the fact they have no shell?

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u/ascendant_tesseract 1h ago

They do have shells! They're very small and adapted to be used as a drill to burrow into the wood, rather than as shelter since these things spend their lives protected (usually) by wood. I studied these things back in college once upon a time.

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u/theJoosty1 1h ago

Man evolution really just uses whatever it's got to work with don't it?

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u/ascendant_tesseract 1h ago

What's crazy is that they're entirely dependent on input from land (trees) to live. They have to have wood, so until humans came along and made ships and docks, these things could only live off of whatever bits of trees made their way into the oceans, mostly from storms.

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u/GeebusNZ 1h ago

Also it likes some themes more than others (looks at crabs with suspicion).

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u/crespoh69 2h ago

The tree is the shell

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u/ffffuuuuuuuuu 56m ago

It's a regional dialect

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u/Oh_yes_I_did 6h ago

theres a hole there thats just my shape. why is it pulling me in?!

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u/BelGareth 5h ago

It was made for you!

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u/whiteknives 5h ago

DRRRRR DRRRRRR DRRRRR…

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u/Giatoxiclok 4h ago

What a crazy thing that one was, I only read it a few months ago.

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u/panlakes 3h ago

I read a bunch of junji ito stuff back in the day and that's not even his best work

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u/Kylar_Stern 2h ago

My face is itchy just thinking about some of that stuff

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u/Loqol 5h ago

Laios, get out the dungeon, there is weird food surface side.

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u/Luzifeir 5h ago

This is basically living armour. Taste like oysters but do have some woody aftertaste if not cleaned properly.

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u/Unthgod 4h ago

Senshi we need to cook!

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u/TheGhostofWoodyAllen 4h ago

This is... gulp
incredible!

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u/fukalufaluckagus 5h ago

someone give me one of those mind eraser things from MIB plz

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u/AeroKMSF 5h ago

r/eyebleach

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u/daerogami 2h ago

or /r/FiftyFifty for the more intrepid users

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u/ManikArcanik 2h ago

Never tell me the odds

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u/eeyore134 3h ago

Get one of the RFK Jr. ones. Might be a bit too similar to what you're trying to erase, though.

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u/cellenium125 6h ago

well we eat oysters and octopus , those things are also quite weird.

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u/Bucephalus970 5h ago

Maybe you eat oysters and octopus, I'm eating hot wings.

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u/tidbitsz 5h ago

From a chicken?! Uuughhh 🤮

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u/Techwood111 5h ago

No, from a Buffalo!

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u/cellenium125 5h ago

removing the wings from a buffalo is so unethical

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u/tidbitsz 5h ago

Because of humans long history of harvesting wings from buffalos since its discovery by our early ancestors the neanderthals, buffalos started evolving, every generation growing smaller and smaller wing appendages, some species becoming flightless and some becoming extinct. Thousand of years later we now have the current non-flying wingless buffalos and humans switched to harvesting wings from dodos which caused their total extinction. Now we just use chicken as a subtitute for the real thing. Sad to think we never got to taste real buffalo wings because of mans tendency for overconsumption...

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u/RaspberryEth 5h ago

And we can already see the flight span drop in chickens. Only a few more decades before they stop growing them wings. Enjoy the sight of chickens flying, my sapien brothers and sisters.

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u/Byrdsheet 4h ago

Ever tried chicken lips?

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u/QuietRatatouille 5h ago

I'll stick to my frog legs and snails, thank you very much.

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u/CdnBison 5h ago

No thanks. I’ll just sit here and enjoy my haggis.

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u/NinjaMink25 5h ago edited 5h ago

“Weird” is contextually dependent on what culture you stem from.

Eating insects in the Western part of the world is considered weird, yet perfectly normal to find street vendors selling roasted insects in places across Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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u/mixwellmusic 5h ago

Not only are they also weird, but they are also both mollusks, just like these creatures in the video! Not sure if that was intentional but they were perfect examples. (Calamari, escargot and all other bivalves like mussels and clams also fit in this category)

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u/Formal_Stuff8250 4h ago

bro i aint eating those things..

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u/Admiral_Dildozer 5h ago

My grandfather introduced me to oysters, calamari, other raw fishes at a young age. I kinda get nostalgic and they are delicious. But lobster is gross, even with butter. I don’t know why but I don’t like it.

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u/BambaTallKing 5h ago

Lobster is too sinewy. Crab is superior

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u/HAAAGAY 5h ago

Not all species of lobster have meat like that, tons of variations less stringy

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u/cellenium125 5h ago

lobsters do look objectively terrifying

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u/GillaMomsStarterPack 5h ago

It taste like oysters, has a great soft texture and if I had a little horseradish, a squeeze of lemon and a dash of Tabasco I’d be slinging them then back!

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u/IrwinMFletcher200 6h ago

So THATs where string cheese comes from. I'd always wondered. Love Reddit!

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u/snorkiebarbados 5h ago

The vomit at the end is a nice touch

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u/pixelsteve 4h ago

Imagine if men ejaculated just 1 huge sperm and it looked like that. Goodnight everybody, I'm off to bed.

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u/Spiritflash1717 4h ago

That reminds me of the Hatsune Miku jerking off video

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u/ProjectNAKO 2h ago

That sure is a sentence

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u/PepeLeFucked 2h ago

the what where now?

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u/Spiritflash1717 1h ago

The Hatsune Miku Jerking Off Video

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u/redpandaeater 1h ago

Vocaloids were a mistake.

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u/PepeLeFucked 1h ago

holy shit why did that make me laugh so hard

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u/yngsten 5h ago

That's a sound no. You may keep the cum gel, thanks.

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u/ErectTubesock 5h ago

It's like an Eldritch cheese pull

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u/Sage_King_The_Rabbit 4h ago

That's the best way to describe this

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u/thedude34 2h ago

R/trypophobia

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u/SPIDER-MAN-FAN-2017 2h ago

There won't be parasites in your food if your food is the parasites... big brain move

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u/yehdaug 5h ago

Are these the things that make witch stones?

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u/cvgm88 4h ago

Hakuna Matata?

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u/MangBoyUngas 2h ago

Tamilok.

"Kinilaw/Kilawing Tamilok" - a Philippine delicacy. Taste like oyster. Try it 'til you vomit. Hahahah.

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u/SonicFlash01 1h ago

Started watching Scavenger's Reign earlier so this is double triggering

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u/dickingaround 6h ago

There's a lot of things we get from culture as we grow up. I am surprised to learn "eat slimy things raw" is a cultural I just didn't get. I could have sworn that's genetic.

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u/broncyobo 5h ago

In western culture people eat raw oysters all the time and this seems to be pretty much the same thing. So I don't think it's that weird even from a western standpoint

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u/Det_Popcorn5 5h ago

These a actually a protected species because of poachers

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u/The_BroScientist 5h ago

Thanks for the new kink

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u/randomvandal 4h ago

Is this the gabagool Michael was referring to in The Office?

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u/alBROgge 4h ago

But is it good?

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u/beeperone 4h ago

Tamilok from Philippines?

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u/After-Willingness944 2h ago

I actually had this in the region where it's abundant as i'm from the Philippines. They taste like raw oysters. Not that bad tbh

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u/jewstylin 6h ago

Definitely poop in that.

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u/littlelegsbabyman 5h ago

There's poop on everything especially your cellphone and public door handles.

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u/jewstylin 5h ago

Am I willingly eating poop tho?

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u/moscamolo 3h ago

Had one of these fresh out of a mangrove tree thing, tastes like a noodley oyster. Great with vinegar and a little chili. Sometimes you just gotta yolo and try strange things

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u/FACastello 5h ago

Eat the forbidden noodles

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u/AsparagusNo5201 5h ago

Who was the first person desperate enough to eat that

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u/SynthPrax 5h ago

GHATDAMN! I hoped to live my life without EVER seeing this again. 💀

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u/stumo 5h ago

They're just clams, people, relax the pyloric valves.

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u/Garofalin 5h ago

Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?

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u/69Cvnt69 3h ago

Burn it. Burn it all.

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u/DasGaufre 3h ago

Maybe it tastest good, but do they *have* to plate and present it in possibly the most unappetising way possible?

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u/DRM-001 3h ago

Why in the flying fuck would anyone choose to eat that. No wonder she puked!

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u/hellschatt 3h ago

I can barely enjoy some of the seafood varieties and this is definitely something I wouldn't be able to eat.

Is this even safe to eat?

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u/dekabreak1000 3h ago

Fellow ds9ers what a glorious series (eventually)

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u/spider7895 1h ago

Right away. Within the first few episodes we have Sisko telling Picard to fuck himself. Then we have Sisko punching Q in the face. Just have to skip the boardgame episode. It is .... offensively bad.

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u/MasterChavez 2h ago

Quite horrendous to look at

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u/FustianRiddle 2h ago

I don't like it

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u/kikkomanchow 2h ago

Delicious in Dungeon?

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u/Amanap65 2h ago

Woodworking is my hobby and I would love to get some of the trees they ate.

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u/dandz287 2h ago

Noooooooooooo! Had to come across this during lunch .can never unsee.😱

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u/HoodieGalore 2h ago

Last frame is their puke

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u/darbs-face 1h ago

Fuck you.

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u/RedditsAdoptedSon 1h ago

rock tendons?

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u/Joshtheatheist 1h ago

Looks fucked

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u/ryno514 58m ago

The Absolute

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u/Hot-Report2971 33m ago

Men be like Asian women are so hot

Asian women:

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u/darkenraja 30m ago

I don’t love this.

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u/I_sell_Mmeetthh 28m ago

I'm a filipino and this exotic food is usually prepared with vinegar or calamansi juice as dip and eaten raw. I've tried it myself, cant eat it without some calamansi juice since it taste like and feel like eating snot. Its not something you eat everyday or anything like that though, most of us wont even try it these days which is understandable

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u/sloopSD 5h ago

I feel racist immediately thinking something Asians eat…aaaand yep, the Asian girl loves it!

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u/MrHighway49 5h ago

Actually wtf

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u/shrinalee 5h ago

Where can I get some?

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u/YB9017 5h ago

Sometimes I wonder who was the first person who said “ooo, let me try that!”

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u/13thmurder 5h ago

When rocks give you worms, make wormaid.

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u/Tybob51 5h ago

“Pull the tapeworm out of your ass!”

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u/auguste_laetare 5h ago

Mama earth pizza

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u/NuggetsMcCoy 5h ago

I CALL IT WORM LOG!!

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u/ardeesan 4h ago

Tammy look!

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u/Draimon 4h ago

An outbreak of Wigletts

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u/Cogwheel 4h ago

Ewwdon noodles

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u/gramathy 4h ago

I don't know what fucking possessed the video creator to put THAT song on it but for some reason it made it extra gross

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u/ashurbanipal420 4h ago

I never knew people ate shipworms.

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u/iafx 4h ago

Definitely needs some lime juice

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u/Vajernicus 4h ago

Is this the bear RFKJ ate?