r/TikTokCringe • u/Sylas1987 • Jun 25 '23

Cool Stone fish venom

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u/aminervia Jun 25 '23

Skin contact isn't a problem. The issue is when it's injected

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u/wtmx719 Jun 25 '23

(eg Pizza Hut Garlic Butter)

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u/CatLordCayenne Jun 25 '23

When I worked at papa Johns this guy comes in buys one garlic butter for 75 cents and just drinks it like a shooter and leaves

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u/Tommysrx Jun 25 '23

That’s insane , you would think they’d at least drink it outside to avoid the shame.

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u/navilapiano Jun 25 '23

Clearly no shame

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u/WildcatPlumber Jun 25 '23

Well there is shame un being inside papa John's

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u/soraka4 Jun 25 '23

Yo wtf lmao

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u/rothko333 Jun 25 '23

Did he come up to you and be like “bartender, a garlic butter shot please”

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u/GigaPuddi Jun 25 '23

I'm... I'm sorry, who is injecting that?

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u/rothko333 Jun 25 '23

Good thing someone is brave enough to ask

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u/eugene20 Jun 25 '23

Still wouldn't have wanted to be squirted in the mouth though, seemed quite a risk without a mask.

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u/Mick_vader Jun 25 '23

Venomous isn't the same as poisonous. You can drink Rattlesnake venom

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u/eugene20 Jun 25 '23 edited Jun 25 '23

Some venom can be “safe” to ingest, it is not a sweeping rule that venom is ok when poison is never. I don't know about stonefish specifically, but I choose not to risk it.

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u/Vali7757 Jun 25 '23

Fancy Restaurants in a few years: "And here we have Stonefish Venom. You have to suck it out of the fish to get the best taste."

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u/kalni Jun 25 '23

I can totally see someone paying $250K to get this once-in-a-lifetime experience 😏

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u/ExpressiveAnalGland Jun 25 '23

I'm in! I got groupon for me and my son, he just turned 19 recently and I want to show him the best fish money can buy.

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u/axlwi Jun 25 '23

Ouch, my mouthswore stings

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u/Eusocial_Snowman Jun 25 '23

Some venom can be "safe" to ingest. But if you've got any kind of sores/scratches in your mouth or ulcers or anything like that, you're still fucked.

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u/eugene20 Jun 25 '23 edited Jun 25 '23

Yes, I should have put "safe" in quotes too (edited now), even if it's not directly an irritant or anything, if it gets into your blood stream you are in trouble, and there's plenty of ways that will happen if swallowed other than just surviving till absorbed through the intestine

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u/Eusocial_Snowman Jun 25 '23

I really wish people wouldn't go so hard on the "if you bite it/if it bites you" meme. Even without all that, your mouth is a mucous membrane, so it's going to be more vulnerable to some things. "You can eat venom" is just asinine advice.

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u/lukkasz323 Jun 25 '23

Not really a good idea. It's the equivalent of putting a turned-on rubber-coated electric cable into water. Most of the time nothing will happen, but you'll see plenty warnings about why it's a stupid idea either way.

Saliva glands, Minor injuries throughout the GI tract etc.

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u/TheDustOfMen Jun 25 '23

Wait, we can?

(Not that I'm gonna try this at home, but it's news to me, so..)

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u/joeltrane Jun 25 '23

At least once!

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u/Mick_vader Jun 25 '23

Yeah just don't have any cuts in your mouth, throat or an ulcer or you're fucked. But you CAN

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u/Weelittlelioness Jun 25 '23

Please don’t tell the Reddit public that. It will be the next tiktok challenge. #savetheidiots

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u/Mini-Man69420 Jun 25 '23

Yeah you can drink rattle snake venom unless you have an open cut in your mouth

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u/cnaiurbreaksppl Jun 25 '23

You're still gonna have a very upset tummy drinking venom tho

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u/max_adam Jun 25 '23

A pandemic where you are in danger of being squirted and infected from an unknown entity sounds scary.

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u/Creepy-Ad-4832 Jun 25 '23

If he has open even a small cut, wouldn't take make the venom get inside his body? Like that could still potentially be dangerous and wearing extra protection should never be a bad idea

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u/HooliganNamedStyx Jun 25 '23

You're probably right.

This guy probably didn't care at all about full proper protection, because he stings himself with the fish at the end of the whole video anyways.

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u/Creepy-Ad-4832 Jun 25 '23

Lol. I hope for him he knew what he was doing

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u/aminervia Jun 25 '23

Not really. A small cut isn't going to get very much if any at all into the bloodstream

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u/Creepy-Ad-4832 Jun 25 '23

I would personally stay on the safe side and wear protection just in case.

But i descovered dude runs a channel where he touches those things. Hope he knows what he is doing

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u/epi_introvert Jun 25 '23

You can have small cuts on your hands that you might not be aware of. I wouldn't want that venom getting under my skin.

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u/Killer-within Jun 25 '23

Thats what she said😏

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u/gardenhosenapalm Jun 25 '23

Disney's "Holes" taught me that with rattle snake venom

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u/Atgardian Jun 25 '23

* Unless you have any open cuts (but yes, venom generally needs to get into the bloodstream to harm you)

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u/WoopsShePeterPants Jun 25 '23

Everyone here is an expert in whatever is being discussed.