mrsemi@lemmy.worldtoBrand New Sentence@lemmy.today•One of our quirks as a species is that we think our food is bland if it doesn't have enough poison in it.English
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9 days agoImagining a fantasy setting where elves, dwarves, orcs and whatnot are just continually baffled by humans eating the most vile toxic things.
Salsa? You mean a mix of a hemolytic poison (onions), a cardiotoxin (tomatoes), and a nerve agent (chili peppers)? Eaten with corn chips dusted with a lethal amount of salt, and washed down with a cup full of neurotoxin (iced tea)?
Stay the fuck away from me because clearly you are the vile spawn of some incomprehensible eldritch god
What’s wild to me is that people didn’t used to distinguish blue from green