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Yeah, if I understand your point and link: this is not something that actually happened, it's just a joke, but after enough retellings for some reason people th
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
Yeah, if I understand your point and link: this is not something that actually happened, it's just a joke, but after enough retellings for some reason people think that it is real.
- vmladenov 3y ago> after enough retellings for some reason people think that it is real I do not think anyone thinks it's real; you might be getting caught up by the word "story", just some dark Balkan humor.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoI see the original commenter I replied to said it was just a "tale", but I don't think that's how most readers would interpret that comment. Saying something "happened a few decades ago" is oddly specific if it's just a joke/tale. Also, the whole point of their comment was to emphasize how foraging for mushrooms is dangerous - using an old wives tale as "evidence" for your position would be a very odd choice indeed.
- solarkraft 3y agoI expected it to be real.