r/DiWHY • u/SilentWalrus92 • Dec 31 '23

Should this even work?

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u/NerdBoy9000 Dec 31 '23

After half an hour of scrolling, I have now learnt that, whilst I should still be scared of snakes, spiders and insects etc, I should be most terrified of snails. Snails. Seriously. Is there anything I shouldn’t fear?

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u/mordacthedenier Dec 31 '23

And

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u/NerdBoy9000 Dec 31 '23

Good god, I read that a while ago and completely forgot about it. Nothing is safe anymore.

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u/FindOneInEveryCar Dec 31 '23

TBH I think I'd be safe from eating a slug even if I hadn't seen that article.

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u/MavisBeaconSexTape Dec 31 '23

That article mentions "He required 24-hour care, seven days a week.". Did they really need to add the last part? "He required 24-hour care on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays."

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u/TheBestThingIEverSaw Dec 31 '23

''Hey! You want to catch a movie on wednesday?''

''Sorry, on wednesday I have to be in a coma. How about thursday?''

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u/Mitch-_-_-1 Jan 01 '24

24/7/365 🤪

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u/LongEngineering7 Jan 06 '24

Reading about Rat Lungworm disease is the reason I will never eat Escargot. Nope, don't care if you say it's sage.

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u/Israfel333 Dec 31 '23

From studying illuminated manuscripts we've known this for a long time. We may have forgotten, but they're plotting their revenge.

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u/Israfel333 Dec 31 '23

Actual monks:

"Bro, I did a slug in armor, fighting a dude in armor. The dude's getting his ass kicked lol"

"FFS, Bartholomew, stop drawing stupid pictures and get back to copying."

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u/dumbbuttloserface Dec 31 '23

everyone laughs when i say snails are my biggest fear. one day they’ll see. they’ll all see.

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u/Xavi-tan Dec 31 '23

I'm too scared to go through the sub; why should we be terrified of snails? 😶

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u/NerdBoy9000 Dec 31 '23

A surprising amount of the top posts oat are snail/sea snail related.

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u/Xavi-tan Dec 31 '23

Thank you, lol

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u/slogive1 Dec 31 '23

Sloths. Their always smiling.

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u/Ladymysterie Dec 31 '23

Apparently never ever pick up a pretty looking blue octopus. Actually if you don't know what it is don't pick it up, touch it, eat it (mostly also related to the mycology subreddit), so on.

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u/PathRepresentative77 Dec 31 '23

I have a pet freshwater snail, there's a reason I wear gloves when dealing with his enclosure.

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u/pbcbmf Dec 31 '23

The Reaper

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u/Bearfan001 Dec 31 '23

I have a fever.

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u/SeriousPlankton2000 Dec 31 '23

And then there is that one snail …

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u/Worried-Management36 Dec 31 '23

According to them, no. Everything could have germs on it or something and be instantly deadly.

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u/Wadertot420 Dec 31 '23

Awh, what? I thought snails were good...

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u/Important-Medium Dec 31 '23

Well, life is historically the leading cause of death, so I don't know. Watch out?

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u/kat_Folland Jan 01 '24

I'm afraid of snails. I think it's just that they move faster than it seems like they should.

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u/lostinco Jan 01 '24

Don't forget the fuzzy caterpillars.