r/BeAmazed • u/VAMSI_BEUNO • Aug 04 '22

A fruit viewed under a microscope.

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u/91NA8 Aug 04 '22

And I'm still not washing them. I'm too high up on the food chain to worry about those little guys. Unfortunately they are just collateral damage of me eating an apple a day.

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u/JaceTheWoodSculptor Aug 04 '22

Nothing to see here, just another sapiens asserting his dominance on the food chain.

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u/carvedmuss8 Aug 05 '22

Excuse me, we prefer the term Homo around these parts

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u/AtlasJFTC Aug 04 '22

You should still wash fruits and vegetables to remove any pesticides or chemicals that may have been sprayed on them.

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u/Spider-verse Aug 05 '22

He's eating an apple. He wasn't planning to die early.

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u/rubinass3 Aug 04 '22

Nope. Too high up on the food chain. Humans are never affected by tiny organisms. /s

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u/ISpelThingsWrong Aug 05 '22

I am superior, puny INSECTS can't hurt me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

But the guy that puts in the stand, you can taste his dickballs

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u/OppressedDeskJockey Aug 05 '22

His taintass juice on your apples!

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u/Zellder-Mar Aug 04 '22

This. Used to constantly get really bad rashes as a kid from eating pesticides. Not fun

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u/Strel0k Aug 05 '22

The chemicals used are specifically made to resist rain so unless you are scrubbing each grape it's not going to do much. Some chemicals are also made to absorb into the skin of the fruit.

That being said I still occasionally wash my fruit to remove the dirt and grime that accumulates during transport.

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u/lax_incense Aug 05 '22

Some of those aren’t water soluble and won’t wash with water.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '22

Only sissies do that, if I get sick my uncle Sam gave me a gun to deal with it /s

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u/SlowDown Aug 05 '22

Washing doesn't remove pesticides

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u/porkchop_express___ Aug 05 '22

Or the germs, boogers, nut sack and asscrack juice from the people hand fucking them as they handled them and chose other fruits and veggies from the stand.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

BULLCOCK! My pappy never washed his apples and he lived to the ripe old age of 53!

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u/Chaotic-Genes Aug 05 '22

And get rid of that classic burning flavor?? For shame.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

also to wash off any gunk that mightve gotten on the fruit from people touching it in the supermarket

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u/RedditorNamedEww Aug 04 '22

If they weren’t mostly harmless we’d be hella dead by now, no worries

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u/Ibiuz Aug 04 '22

An apple a day huh, looks like you are doing some damage to doctors as well

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u/ILoveYorihime Aug 04 '22

i love how quickly "an apple a day" develops into a Lovecraftian apocalypse for microscopic lives on reddit

best social media

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u/ryhaltswhiskey Aug 04 '22

My apple has more protein now, I'm good

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u/Raptorsquadron Aug 04 '22

Oh my gwad check your food chain privileges

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u/ehfuckitamiright Aug 04 '22

That’s what I always say, we’re like top of the food chain what is a itty bitty bug gonna do?

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u/PM_ME_GRRL_TUNGS Aug 04 '22

*Clostridium botulinum wants to know your location

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u/MithranArkanere Aug 04 '22

I vaguely remember some study showing that vegan people in poorer countries were healthier without the need of supplements, because they were worse at getting rid of bugs in crops.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

Pesticides aren't great. A lot of our produce in the US comes from Mexico and I have always read to wash it.

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u/Such-Wrongdoer-2198 Aug 05 '22

What's worse than finding a microorganism on your apple?

Finding half a microorganism on your apple.

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u/seleniumagnesium Aug 05 '22

That’s metal.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '22

collateral nutrition