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Responses like this are so shitty, and you should feel bad for making it. A lot of people do risky or silly things when they're teenagers - very few of them pay

Responses like this are so shitty, and you should feel bad for making it. A lot of people do risky or silly things when they're teenagers - very few of them pay the price with their lives. I don't eat slugs either, but "dying a horribly painful death due to a worm in my brain" wouldn't be high up on the things I would have been concerned about (until I read about that story, that is). But congrats on showing the world what a superiorly smart guy you are.

Ancapistani 3y ago
When I was six or so, I ate a leaf of poison ivy on a dare. Made $5! I should add that I was already quite sure that I wasn’t allergic to poison ivy, at least via skin contact. I didn’t notice any ill effects.
- jimmydddd 3y ago
  When I was six or so, my neighbors would burn a pile of leaves during autumn leaf raking season (this was apparently common back in the '70's). That year they included poinson ivy in the pile and the resulting smoke left the whole family with external (skin) and internal (lungs) poison ivy rashes.
drt5b7j 3y ago
> A lot of people do risky or silly things when they're teenagers - very few of them pay the price with their lives. This is precisely the nature of risk. We don't live in a deterministic world where everyone who eats slugs dies. If we did, that kid wouldn't have eaten a slug. No, we live in a world with uncertainty. If you eat a slug, almost for sure nothing bad will happen.
blub 3y ago
The person in question was an adult around 19 years old. At this age one must surely know that eating bad foods would cause stomach problems, vomiting, etc. Guy must have been intoxicated or had other problems to do such an abnormal thing. There’s a lesson here, but it’s fair to point out that lesson isn’t “don’t eat slugs” as most people already understand this.
- Doxin 3y ago
  At 19 most people are still firmly under the influence of peer pressure. Just because you're legally adult doesn't mean you're quite a fully formed person yet. > At this age one must surely know that eating bad foods would cause stomach problems, vomiting, etc. Probably worth it for the cool points in his risk assessment. Had death been part of the calculation he'd probably not have done it.

Ancapistani 3y ago

When I was six or so, I ate a leaf of poison ivy on a dare. Made $5! I should add that I was already quite sure that I wasn’t allergic to poison ivy, at least via skin contact. I didn’t notice any ill effects.

jimmydddd 3y ago
When I was six or so, my neighbors would burn a pile of leaves during autumn leaf raking season (this was apparently common back in the '70's). That year they included poinson ivy in the pile and the resulting smoke left the whole family with external (skin) and internal (lungs) poison ivy rashes.

drt5b7j 3y ago

> A lot of people do risky or silly things when they're teenagers - very few of them pay the price with their lives. This is precisely the nature of risk. We don't live in a deterministic world where everyone who eats slugs dies. If we did, that kid wouldn't have eaten a slug. No, we live in a world with uncertainty. If you eat a slug, almost for sure nothing bad will happen.

blub 3y ago

The person in question was an adult around 19 years old. At this age one must surely know that eating bad foods would cause stomach problems, vomiting, etc. Guy must have been intoxicated or had other problems to do such an abnormal thing. There’s a lesson here, but it’s fair to point out that lesson isn’t “don’t eat slugs” as most people already understand this.

Doxin 3y ago
At 19 most people are still firmly under the influence of peer pressure. Just because you're legally adult doesn't mean you're quite a fully formed person yet. > At this age one must surely know that eating bad foods would cause stomach problems, vomiting, etc. Probably worth it for the cool points in his risk assessment. Had death been part of the calculation he'd probably not have done it.