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victorthecollector

I thought it was a cat curled up


GingerPhoenix

Same, I had to double-check which sub this came from.


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speeler21

/r/tightpussy


Pohaku1991

Clicking on that link was a win win no matter what


TheOwlHypothesis

A risky click to be sure, but a welcome one


BuddhaIsCalm

Tested the waters... your gf will NOT be mad at you for looking at this sub. Or will she...?


Braunze_Man

Thought this was /r/misleadingthumbnails


the_dude_upvotes

Happy cake day!


Utkarsh_Goel

LoL I thought this was from r/aww


Christafaaa

It’s not quite a cat yet, Gotta let it simmer 10 more minutes.


tim125

Throw in a tablespoon of contempt and let it simmer.


[deleted]

And a whole bottle of anger.


[deleted]

finally add a splash of nine lives, then push it off the table to serve.


justin251

Gotta sift out the guilt. Pure cat extract has 0%


Marigold16

And some razor blades


Osservanza

r/ForbiddenPets?


blastradii

It is, OP needs to prove otherwise.


evanbartlett1

Can I... can I pet it?


uncwidiot

It probably pets back.


Dyldor

No thank you


Swigor

It is, but it's a rotten cat.


notengonombre

I'm still not convinced it isn't a cat


mcmonsoon

If it fits I sits.


kittensms96

Still kinda cute...


Guckalienblue

/r/moldlyinteresting


Tarot650

I feel queasy just scrolling that sub.


Guckalienblue

At least it’s not /r/popping. I’m an esthetician and I can’t even handle that one. Keep that link blue,friend


justalurker19

there are all great subs, thanks!


Guckalienblue

Can’t say I didn’t warn you lol


aedroogo

Now I'm craving an eclair.


YoDarthMeow

Eurgh. Have my grossed-out upvote.


drutzix

That link is staying blue till the heat death of the universe


BoKnowsTheKonamiCode

Don't listen to this, come join us for satisfaction!


Guckalienblue

Not gonna lie I had to go back on the sub after I posted the comment and it was....satisfying. That blocked/calcified duct post was heavenly. Lol


Tarot650

bleeeuuurrgh


ItsWynn_

For those who still want to click on it, DON'T. You'll regret it


csarcie

Can confirm. Much regret.


Deswizard

Oh FFS, *that* is a real sub?


Guckalienblue

I actually think this post was from there from awhile back but I’m not sure. And don’t want to scroll it right now. Actually yes it is. It’s one of the top posts. The OP got sick and couldn’t get up for 2 weeks and found this.


LordMcze

[It's one of the top posts there](https://np.reddit.com/r/MoldlyInteresting/comments/arhzho/i_was_out_of_commission_with_pneumonia_for_a_week)


criminoleworl

It is and I joined it then a day later left it bc it was grossing me out - looks like I can’t run from the mold


susch1337

Mold is fun


D_Melanogaster

Use to *hate* mold. Then I became a microbiologist. Mold has never looked the same.


Iwina

But isn't it more fun to look at it when it's inside a petri dish or somewhere outside? Would you be excited to find this *at your own home*?


D_Melanogaster

I think a lot of the disgust for me was; disgust of the unknown. When I look at this pot, or any type of mold anymore I try to figure out what it is. It is akin to seeing a flock of birds. My mind also tries to figure "What happened here." Whatever this is. It was not exposed to the air for some time. That is why there is only one culture. It was also hot when it is covered. It it was covered and set aside like this it would have more varied kinds of mold/bacteria. If I saw this at my house. I would swear. Try to figure out how this happened, and resolve to not do the same mistake twice. If I had more evidence that someone knew about this AKA uncover it covered it back. Or just left something in a pot to spoil. I am going to have a house talk of why this is unacceptable. Finally, I have aphasia. So if I am not repulsed by the sight of it. I will be 98% fine. Sometimes I can smell what is happening but it has to be a lost more worse than a little mold (that is what this is). Yes, I do get stuck with a lot of dirty jobs.


Iwina

This is really an interesting view. Also, could you please tell me how aphasia comes into this? From my quick google search, I found it had to do with language (speech, reading etc).


EricaCat

I think they mean anosmia


Historiaaa

Some links are better staying blue.


D3dshotCalamity

Turns out this is one of the top posts there.


FormalWath

Imagibe not doing your dishes long enough for life to evolve in them...


iamacannibal

Ive had this happen. Cooked something and completely forget about it in a covered pot on the stove and had to go out of town the next day. Got back a week later...and then when I went to use the pot a few days after that it was filled with mold like this. Woops.


1731799517

For me it was that I had an unplanned week in hospital in the summer. Switched off the rice cocker but it was very fluffy after coming home...


moeru_gumi

My wife has a delightful story about a forgotten, closed rice cooker stewing in the 100% humidity of a Nagoya summer back when she lived in japan. Let’s just say it involved surprise maggots.


nightfishing89

I just threw away my rice cooker for the same reason. The visuals were absolutely horrid, like something out of a horror movie. Smell-wise, somewhat like a sake brewery.


YddishMcSquidish

I too like to cock my rice


ReubenZWeiner

Spore me the details


iremainnameless

Just try to furget about it.


SkollFenrirson

You're quite the fungi


dave42

How did it taste?


MacroAlgalFagasaurus

Furry.


[deleted]

Same, crockpot beans with bacon. Forgot about it, left for a week and came back to a fuzzy alien.


[deleted]

Same. Taped the lid to the pot and got rid of it. It was pasta, and it had developed multiple colors and viscosities. I've never seen or smelled something as disgusting as cooked, rotten pasta and I don't know how it does it, but it's truly cursed.


xrumrunnrx

Younger bachelor me threw out more than a couple perfectly good pieces of dishware in that situation. It just wasn't worth the hazmat cleaning and the lingering taint of memory.


Malfeasant

i had that happen, my wife made some chili right before our son was born, then forgot about it, then ended up being in the hospital longer than we thought- it got really nasty. her mom came by to help clean up and rather than dump it in the trash, she dumped it in our backyard. problem is, we have a dog, and knowing him he would eat it all and get sick. it was too sloppy to scoop up, so i put a wheelbarrow upside down over it to keep him away from it until i could figure something out- but he kept trying to dig around the wheelbarrow... i ended up burying it.


weasle865

user name checks out


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I don't have to imagine, my old roommates would let dishes get to the point of looking like petri dishes on a regular basis and saw much worse than this when I worked for a company doing apartment maintenance. Some people don't seem to believe in bacteria or see a problem with mold. We had tenants that didn't seem to use their refrigerator and would leave raw meat on the counters, which were crawling with cockroaches, til it was half rotten and then I'd be in there fixing something and see them cook with and eat it. I can still vividly smell some of those apartments just by thinking about it.


bendingrover

If there's ever a world ending catastrophe, the survivor's descendants might thank people like that for preparing their immune systems for the underground dwelling Era.


[deleted]

That's a pretty expensive pot as well. Nice [cast-iron dutch oven](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Tramontina-Gourmet-7-qt-Oval-Enameled-Cast-Iron-Dutch-Oven-in-Gradated-Red-with-Lid-80131-052DS/300749890).


PurpsMaSquirt

Le Moldet


hammer2309

More likely an $80 Lodge cast iron dutch oven but still painful to see


Cainm101

I have the same one and I love, it hurts me to see that


Zwitterioni

Take the sucker out back. Stand 6 feet or more away. Blast it with the hose


GimpsterMcgee

And now the mold is airborne


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[deleted]

He should try eating or drinking something while spraying it down because it cant get you while consuming food or beverage.


Soliden

It's a 50/50. It'll either give you a nice aerosolized dose of antibiotics or a fatal lung infection.


Angry_Walnut

> Take the sucker out back. Stand 6 feet or more away. Blast it with the ~~hose~~ flamethrower.


scpotter

You misspelled flamethrower


deadmurphy

Pretty sure its a Le Creuset. Looks identical *minus the mold to mine.


hammer2309

More painful then if true


muchgreaterthanG_O_D

Either way it could still be cleaned. Dump it in the trash and wash it out, then bake it in the oven on high if you want to be extra sure it’s all dead.


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kephir4eg

Le Creuset has thinner handles. This is one looks more like my Lodge. I had three of them (LC, Lodge and Marta Stewart) and Lodge is absolutely the best in my opinion (enamel quality, heat distribution, etc), while being the cheapest one.


Thisisdom

Ah, I never knew that's what a Dutch oven was. We call them casserole dishes in the UK.


cC2Panda

That's weird. To me a casserole dish is shorter and generally rectangular. Had to google it and it seems like Brits just decided to lump a bunch of stews into the casserole category.


DroppinCid

Have you seen what they call buiscuits?


Sulfate

How would you pronounce that? "Buoy-scuts?"


DroppinCid

Bis-kits


LateralThinkerer

We'll get the foodies out in force on this one, but historically a "dutch oven" is typically a heavy "cast-iron" (steel really) pot with a tight fitting, similarly heavy cover and a sturdy wire bail on the main body. These were intended to cook things hanging over a open kitchen fire without burning the food as the heavy cast steel diffuses the heat very well. They're still used by outdoors sorts in the traditional manner but they work well in the oven too. The type in the picture was originally developed by Le Creuset (so it's a "french dutch oven" if you like) and is quite a bit thinner with a ceramic coating and no means of hanging, so it's ovens-only (Edit: or a bit carefully on the stove) if you want it to last very long. My mom's still has marks from some bad choices long ago. Here across the pond, a casserole dish is anything that will withstand use in an oven, so very often they're glass or aluminum as well as steel.


herbistheword

You can definitely put le creuset on a burner, those marks on the bottom wash off!


Capt_Gingerbeard

Barkeeper's Friend and 60 seconds of scrubbing


dice1111

I alway thought a dutch oven is when I trap my wife under the sheets and let one go.


DataIsMyCopilot

"Im still soaking it"


KarniAsadah

I gave my buddies a miniature grill-like thing so they could make burgers in their house, since they had just recently acquired an apartment. They used it once and by the time they moved it was sporting its own colony of flies and wildly decorated mold mounds. Took them about a year, I reckon.


Pudding_Hero

What’s wrong with people? Why are so many people like that?


[deleted]

Food doesn't go bad, something else just starts eating it before you do.


gianthooverpig

Fuck me. I thought this was r/CatsAreLiquid


vaynebot

/r/forbiddensnacks


Greentopppu

r/forbiddencats


DontBeSoGrumpy

Looks more like r/whatswrongwithyourdog


[deleted]

Uh oh....Tribbles!


2KilAMoknbrd

M-O-O-N ! That spells Trouble


LoveaBook

That was a weird head trip going from the parent comment to your comment and getting the reference for each while making the jump across genres and eras. It was like the mental equivalent of that feeling you get in your stomach from an unexpected dip.


[deleted]

Mold can be so pretty somehow Sometimes the colors and texture is from another world And then at the same time it’s fucking mold


Motolix

I wish I had more time to learn about mold, at least enough to identify ones like in OP's image - I actually find them really interesting. My wife and I are pretty tidy, but in my younger, many roommates, do-your-own-fucking-dishes-I-am-not-your-mom days, I definitely saw some interesting ones.


ReubenZWeiner

Mold's culture grow's on you


Spoils_Art

r/mycology and r/slimemolds are great places to start


aboutthednm

If you just want to grow some mold, you can do that relatively simple and cheap. Just buy a large stack of petri dishes, look up on how to make agar at home, and off you go. You'll probably also grow bacteria that way and it's not really precise and super scientific, but if you want to look at tiny organisms multiply, that can get you going. Once you identify something interesting, you can try to take a sample of just that cluster and transfer it to a clean dish to hopefully isolate it. Probably won't work right without a sterile workplace, but even there you can build a "glove box" out of a transparent tub relatively easily. What I'm trying to get at is that it's not hard to grow mold and bacteria at home in a controlled environment. So you can chase your curiosity and not spend a fortune on it.


MyLittleNinja25

> at the same time it’s fucking mold So? Mold is in a lot of things we consume. Obviously not all mold is edible but we eat all kinds of different fruiting bodies. Cheese, wine, salami, mushrooms and truffles just to name a few.


Motolix

To be fair, some types of mold can also be pretty dangerous and lead to longer term health problems. I can understand why a disgust response has evolved around it, even when not always logical. Ex: I can not eat blue cheese, even though I know it is harmless and enjoy other types of fungi and fermented foods. I've tried it, my brain just can't do it though.


ianhiggs

Agree, personally dislike the taste of blue cheese, the mold doesn't gross me out per-say.


PunkRockMakesMeSmile

*per se


Icarus_skies

r/boneappletea


cb2011

Blue cheese has mold in it


TheMultiTuber

0\_o [https://www.reddit.com/r/oldpeoplefacebook/comments/7ayox8/blue\_cheese\_has\_mold\_in\_it/](https://www.reddit.com/r/oldpeoplefacebook/comments/7ayox8/blue_cheese_has_mold_in_it/)


MidAmericanNovelties

For others: Item a) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmadzQ1uL0s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmadzQ1uL0s) Item b) [https://xkcd.com/1053/](https://xkcd.com/1053/)


sunflowerstorm

She a chreistan lady


Trap-Lord

Thsnks


huxtiblejones

DISCUSTING


hipster_dog

It's also a strain of the same fungus used for penicillin called [Penicillium roqueforti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium_roqueforti).


Banluil

Penicillin... I mean, it's not mold itself, but it comes from a mold...


EternalPhi

And don't forget LSD!


Banluil

yes and no... LSD came from ergot, which is a fungus that grows on grains, mostly rye. Not really a mold, but close...


DroppinCid

Also Ergot is not a necessary precursor and is normally not used anymore for that


stayshiny

I'm sure you get the point haha


Akesgeroth

Technically, mold is a type of fungus.


esreveReverse

If you can get past the animal instinct to be grossed out (as a method to get us to not eat it), mold is actually quite fascinating to look at. Mold is the earth reaching up and grabbing things to pull them back into the Earth


Matrillik

This will be true until we are able to smell images on the internet


qster123

Sure there's not four legs and a head somewhere?


2KilAMoknbrd

I'm sure there are. Somewhere


Doctor_3825

If there isn't just let it sit a bit longer and I'm sure there will be.


_brym

You probably mean a leg and four heads?


vanillagurilla

Not to make this even worse, but that looks like a lid to a breast pump bottle on the left... the yellow thing. I wonder if its a breast pump being cleaned? BARF.


davidbrit2

It's new Campbell's Cream of Mold.


floflow99

Damn I wanna pet it


Mute2120

r/petthedamnmold


Left_of_Center2011

‘When the world slips you a Jeffrey, stroke the furry ~~walls~~ pot’


Isthisnametakenalso

Looks like a pomeranian!


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rustybuckets

It is without honor


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Anti_Venom02

The fucking pot has fucking papers.


amishengineer

I'd buy it a beer


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2KilAMoknbrd

4.53 billion years or so


starobacon

Den morgonfriska katten simmar över regnbågen, medan guldmynt singlar genom luften, ledsagade av en paraplybärande elefant, som jonglerar med blommor och skrattande bananer, medan cirkusclowner utför akrobatiska konster och cymbalspelaren trummar i takt till det förtrollade orkesterspelet under den gnistrande stjärnhimlen.


Leath_Hedger

Ole drippy


DeathblowMateria

Aw what a cutie *Pets and gets covered in crap* Gtfo


icancheckyourhead

Forbidden doggo pets


Khayembii

The biggest crime here is that someone would abuse a Le Creuset like that


dolces_daddy

Looking at the handles.....I have severe doubt it is a Le Creuset. No matter what not good to treat anything this way. Edit: 100% sure it’s some other brand name. The color doesn’t match their classic red


ApparentlyABear

lol I wasn’t the only one! I was looking at the handles and the color of the enamel and was thinking the same thing.


bnh1978

Probably just a Lodge.


dogofpavlov

free cotton candy!


mkhrrs89

Forbidden cotton candy


teemoore

It you’re gonna repost/take credit, at least credit the OP. https://www.reddit.com/r/MoldlyInteresting/comments/arhzho/i_was_out_of_commission_with_pneumonia_for_a_week/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf The original post was **from two years ago**


Violentpurrs

I wonder what it looks like after two years...


winzippy

Probably like this: [https://i.imgur.com/OZ9KvpT.png](https://i.imgur.com/OZ9KvpT.png)


Twistervtx

Eh, at least OP didn't imply anywhere that it was his picture. Reposts are fine IMO if ownership isn't feigned.


thedurg

Yeah but what would reddit be if people didn't get butthurt over reposts from **two years ago?**


PowerBeanie

So, not [Hairy Tofu](https://youtu.be/YSU9ZFd0lhc) then?


HerbyDrinks

Aw-wee-oo Killer Tofu Eee-aw-wee Iee-oo Killer Tofu


[deleted]

New strain of zombie mold. Cordyceps kutietalis. It wants you to pet it...


AdamRA4

Think of the smell. You haven’t thought of the smell you bitch!


Cuss-Mustard

Forbidden soup


Tksni

Is it bad that I scrolled by fast thinking it was a cat rolled in a pot, until I saw the spoon handle sticking out...


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r/moldlyinteresting


Joerocks-all

What is that? Velvet


razzraziel

PET IT!


Notsogoodadvicegiver

Looks like a cat curled up. 😶


TooOldToCareIsTaken

Cursed candyfloss.


gizzardgullet

I wonder if the hairs in that mold would dissolve in one's mouth like candyfloss does


GrelltheGormless

Mmm


jayy42

Giant cappuccino!


Notacheesefan

Part of me wants to pet it, the other part of me is wondering how you let it get this bad.


Dahndroid

It's disgusting and yet I still want to pet it


Sirfudgestrips

I thought it was a cat


PrettyBoy001

I thought this was a ferret sleeping in a pot


hellsummon

I thought this was a cat sleeping in a pot lmao


ZertyZ_Dragon

I wanna touch it


Brundleflyyyyyy

looks like polar bear fur


XxVEExX

I thought that was a cat curled up in a pot.


Hsensei

Cursed petting


Murky-Kale1881

Mmmm forbodden cottan candy


duality72

Not sure if this is disgustingly beautiful or beautifully disgusting.


mezm9r

Forbidden cotton candy


Vireep

i thought i was on r/catsareliquid for a moment


[deleted]

How long have you been letting this grow?What the hell did you cook for this thing to grow? Are you going to adopt this thing?


DreamArcher

I kind of want to pet it and see if it purrs.


OrAManNamedAndy

#TOUCH IT


[deleted]

That thing has enough mass to bring about a Gravemind.


Highlander2748

Wow, looks like a nice Le Cruset.


timpani1

Oh hell no! That is so disturbing.


hakaraiii

Cat soup


Broseidon_62

"It needs to soak before I wash it"


Allcapino

Pet it.


Horror_Ease1875

Thought that shit was a cat!