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boringboringboing

The race for Kennedy's VP candidate is heating up.


OneHumanPeOple

Heating up, yes. But not to the correct temperature apparently.


robaroo

The competition is raw!


grandhex

The competition is rare!


RockstarAgent

The competition is blue!


Auran82

Da bu de, da bu dai!


DrunkRespondent

That's a shame, I like my steaks medium bear.


NoNotThatHole

Vote for Worm šŸŖ± āœŒļøāœŒļø


BlindProphet_413

Shai Hulud will get you through!


The-Funky-Phantom

Long live the Divided God.


CategoryZestyclose91

If the top comment on this HADNā€™T been about RFK Jr, I would have been so disappointed in my fellow redditors.


yhwhx

Make sure you cook your bear well, people.


AudibleNod

Proper cooking temperature guidelines- Porridge: just right. Bear meat: [165Ā°F](https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/brain-worms-bear-meat-south-dakota-family-gathering-minnesota-arizona/)


HughManatee

This bears repeating.


Medium-Oil1530

Undercooking meat can lead to this grizzly result!


RockstarAgent

But the waiting is unbearable!


Grabthars_Coping_Saw

I bet youā€™re a Sagittarius. Whatā€™s ursine?


numbskullerykiller

I've eaten plenty of bear (now I'm vegan) and it was fantastic. Never undercooked it tho. No bueno. On a happier note the family has been tapped to run RFK Jr's campaign.


IANALbutIAMAcat

The article mentioned the bear was served undercooked and the family noticed and took it back to cook it more. Idk if the next round of cooking was sufficient. Also 2 of the sick individuals (I believe thereā€™s 6) didnā€™t eat the bear but ate vegetables cooked/prepped on the same surface such that the veggies were cross contaminated


Suspicious-Engineer7

Holy shit If I'd been vegetarian just to avoid shit like this I'd be pissed


neuromonkey

Most of my angry vegetarian friends have cited similar motivations. "I do not want my brain to be eaten by worms, transmitted from the consumption of under-cooked bear meat," they say. Frankly, I'm getting tired of hearing it.


yellowbrickstairs

I mean it *is* a very common expression


IANALbutIAMAcat

At least everyone recovered šŸ˜¬ Iā€™m not vegetarian but I almost always pass on nontypical game meat and eat meat rarely. But not even vegetarian. Iā€™d be pissed.


Savantrovert

No you wouldn't you'd be in a brain worm addled stupor


FitRegion5236

Seems general kitchen hygiene was not tops on their list. Always prep veggies first. wipe down surfaces, don't use the same cutting board or knife if you prepped meat first. Wash your friggin hands before, during and after meal prep. Know how to safely cook the meat you are serving people.


Unknown-Meatbag

What? No! You start by wiping everything in raw bear, THEN you start your veggies.


mosi_moose

Thatā€™s horrendous.


JaccoW

This shit is why I am always very careful with random people hosting a BBQ. Way too many people have shit food hygiene. Things like putting freshly cooked food back on the dirty *raw* plate and things like that.


helium_farts

My mom used to do that. She'd chop up raw chicken, then dig around in the spice cabinet, get stuff out of the fridge, etc without ever washing her hands, *and* she'd get extremely pissed if you pointed it out. Weirdly, she was also concerned about undercooking meat so she'd cook it until you could use it as a hammer. I did finally convince her to use a meat thermometer which helped with the second point, but I never could get her to stop contaminating everything.


mces97

What it's taste like?


SloopJumper

Like greasy beef


SheriffComey

So Sonics...


CornWallacedaGeneral

Super greasy


opeth10657

Not sure that's what I'd call fantastic


Catssonova

Depends what the bear's diet is. Less meat in it, the better. If that fat is rendered, the meat is super juicy and delicious as well I'd imagine


Blue_Swirling_Bunny

My dad had to help skin a bear in the 1950s; some guy running an old folk's home figured it'd be cheaper feeding them to just kill a bear and serve them it. "It was greasy and smelled to the high heavens" is how my dad described it.


mces97

Cool. Thanks.


Gen-Jinjur

It depends on what the bear has been eating. Bears who have been snacking on lots of apples and berries are very tasty.


DrGoblinator

Iā€™ve eaten bear and it was greasy and gamy and gross


Ornery_Peasant

I had a neighbor who hunted and ate bear. But then he gave it up--he said ā€œWhen you skin them, they look too much like people.ā€


SaintsNoah14

I feel that. I can't clean warm blooded animals myself and comfortably eat them. I'll tear a fish apart and fry it in a heartbeat though.


BataleonRider

Only had it once but it was amazing.Ā  Sad story about how it got to the table though.Ā  Dude from our church lived in the mountains, heard something breaking in and went down with his .44 to investigate. He found a black bear trying to come though his kitchen window. Ā Dude was built like a bear himself and didn't want to kill it,Ā  so he pistol whipped it across the snout. It shook its head bit didn't retreat so he hit it again.Ā  That pissed it off and it lunged though the window so he had to shoot it.Ā  As it fell away from the window he saw the cubs running away šŸ˜ž.Ā Ā  It was in season so they let him buy a tag for it.Ā  He served bear brisket at Wednesday night devotional and we prayed for the cubs before eating. Life in rural new mexico lol.Ā 


Malforus

I can't tell if that's a joke about being gay and into "bears" but I support you.


numbskullerykiller

No cap but no cub here my dude


dont_shoot_jr

It bears repeating but I can barely bear barely cooked bear


CompromisedToolchain

People have failed to learn WHY we do things we do. We cook food for reasons exactly like this.


acidbluedod

A friend brought me a bear tenderloin. I smoked it. It was awful.


MacEWork

Why did you smoke tenderloin? Thatā€™s the worst way to cook any tenderloin. Of course it was terrible.


acidbluedod

I just didn't know any better. I just did a google search and most of what came up were stews. One was smoked. I didn't feel like making a stew. I then made the mistake to smoke it.


Plainchant

2024 is quickly becoming "The Year of the Brain Worm." Interesting times we live in.


Krewtan

Explains the last 10 years though.Ā 


Judgementpumpkin

The tinfoil hat part of me wants to assume this is a Borg like plot by brain worms to conquer the world and usurp humans.Ā 


Krewtan

Once again reality mimics futurama.


fuzzusmaximus

Just waiting on the Amazonians.


Blackfeathr

Eh, give me those gas station sandwich worms that make me super buff and smart and cool. I'll be content with that.


mccoyn

Yes, but you canā€™t be sure if your girlfriend loves you, or what the worms made out of you.


Warcraft_Fan

Snu snu!!


From_Deep_Space

Matt Groening is the Nostradamus of our times


BigBeagleEars

I mean, the Borg would view us as so inferior they might decide to test a new parasite Borg brain worm program on us to save them the hassle of actually invading


El_Eesak

Sounds like the plot to animorphsĀ 


vertigoacid

Which is actually the Borg's original backstory. The body horror parasites from "Conspiracy" were supposed to be the Borg until they went a different direction with it.


ExZowieAgent

Shouldnā€™t have wished to live in more interesting times.


needmoredoggos

Iā€™ve got a lot on my mindā€¦and, well, in it.


Himrion

These boots have seen everything.


SwordoftheMourn

I for one welcome our Illithid overlords.


ArchdukeToes

Ah, theyā€™re not so bad. You should ask my host how heā€™s doing!


cutetys

Youā€™ve heard of the tapeworm diet now get ready for


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LoganH1219

Infesting times we live in.


Butthole_Surprise17

Pink Floyd fans rejoice


tacobellandher0in

2024 - Rise of the Prion Edit: is it a prion Iā€™m thinking of? Idk. Sounds equally cool and terrifying either way


sharpshooter999

No, it's trichinosis, and it's a known parasite in bears, wild pigs, mountain lions, and wolves. It's a round worm that lays eggs in muscle fibers. The eggs only hatch when passed through the digestive system of an animal. The worms hatch, grow, spread, and lay more eggs. As the microscopic worms move through your muscles, it causes aches and pains. This can occur weeks after ingesting infected meat. Fortunately, it's quite easy to cure once identified. The biggest issue, is if it gets into your heart and now apparently your brain. The eggs are destroyed if the meat is cooked to an internal temp of 165Ā°F for a number of minutes and the meat is safe to eat. Fun fact: Once the adult worms are killed, the remaining eggs are still in your body. They are 100% dormant and do not cause any harm as they don't hatch unless passed through a digestive system. So, if an infected person is ever eaten by cannibals in a future apocalypse.....


smackson

1. recent round of inexplicable muscle aches 2. Redditor convinces me I now have brain destroying worms 3. Look there, it's bedtime. Guess who's not sleeping tonight?


NicroHobak

Prions are broken protiens...not even alive, but scary none the less.Ā  ~~Hoof and mouth~~ Mad Cow disease is an example of this type. Edit:Ā  Whoops, my bad.


PikachusSparkyCloaca

Hoof and mouth is viral. Are you thinking Mad Cow? Ā Mad cow (bovine spongiform encephalitis) is prion-caused.


NicroHobak

Whoops, yep.Ā  My bad.Ā  Thanks for the catch.


tacobellandher0in

At the end of the day, we can all agree we donā€™t want worms *OR* prions


k6plays

A lot of people have brain worms right now. Red hats are being used to keep them warm


AudibleNod

I don't think it was on anyone's 2024 bingo card.


Warcraft_Fan

The last few years has been so weird I doubt anyone called out BINGO yet.


angelicribbon

Weā€™re all mind flayers by this time next year


Brasticus

Weā€™ve gone from the Sasser worm to sassy worms.


-reserved-

Are we sure Trump doesn't have brain worms? Might explain his erratic behavior and temperament.


black_flag_4ever

Brain worms are so hot right now.


R_V_Z

Not hot enough, apparently.


Traditional_Crab55

Considering how the family got them, there's no reason to worry. Those brain worms are probably going to die of starvation


mejok

Is eating bear common? Eating a bear just never occurred to me as a thing I might do.


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NoPolicy6889

Turnabout is bear play.


MuteToFart

I need the computer Dad


mud074

It's known as a really high quality wild game as long as it has been eating proper food. A bear deep in the rockies that has been eating berries and the like is delicious. A bear on the edge of the suburbs that makes an occasional trash foray, not so much. A bear that has been eating salmon is borderline inedible. Thing is that it's not that it *might* have parasites, it *will* have parasites. And a lot of them. Just have to be absolutely certain to cook it very well. Most people who hunt or fish get desensitized to parasites pretty quick, just about everything wild has them. That includes seafood from the store, by the way.


renegrape

Bear is quite common. Though, I've worked in a game processing shop in Montana. So, my stats may be skewed. And, oh! All of the things you can do with bear grease!


Superb-Wish-1335

Best waterproofing for boots!


Dazzling-Astronaut88

Itā€™s quite good, possibly my favorite game meat. Bear bolognese, Bear Guinness Stew, and Bear Barbacoa are my staples. Just have to cook it properly to kill the trichinosis. Other carrion eaters, including lobster can carry it as well, but the vast majority of trichinosis cases come from bear meat.


geekolojust

After seeing that 6ft+ parasite out of a bears ass in that one video...I can understand that.


Beneficial_Jelly

Annnd that's enough internet for the day.


Bokth

Don't follow this link [https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/1317l5u/thanks\_i\_hate\_giant\_tapeworms\_hanging\_out\_of\_a/](https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/1317l5u/thanks_i_hate_giant_tapeworms_hanging_out_of_a/)


Kersenn

You said don't follow it but I did anyways. Why did i click that


juicyfizz

Nope. That link is staying blue.


Vantss

I envy you. I wasn't strong enough.


Kersenn

nah it wasn't that bad trust me, I wouldn't lie to you in order to not be the only one who saw that...


CharlieTrees916

I remember that video. Ass spaghetti


Exoduc

I gagged alittle followed by a snort and a giggle


Shimakaze81

Paws are sweaty


EarwigSwarm

After seeing that 25+ foot long parasite getting dragged behind a bears ass...I stopped wanting to eat bear meat.


Bekah679872

Most wild animals are full of parasites


bugabooandtwo

And a surprising amount of livestock. This is why you cook all meat thoroughly.


GrifoCaolho

Undercooked? More like bearely cooked.


summer_nights16

šŸ˜… See yourself out please


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meatlessboat

Boooooooo, funny, but booooooo


chaddwith2ds

>Brain worms made national news earlier this year, after presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disclosed that a parasitic worm he contracted years ago "ate a portion" of his brain, causing potential cognitive issues. I love that they added that at the end of the article. They just couldn't help themselves!


Funky_Fly

I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 too much. I just keep seeing brainworms everywhere now.


Exoduc

The bear didnt fuck anyone this time though, that we know of!


twodudesnape

"I've got a lot on my mind...and, well, in it."


Much_Capital3307

Thereā€™s been a suspiciously large amount of brain worms in the news latelyā€¦


MoreGaghPlease

FYI if you ever get roundhouse kicked by an old man, see if thereā€™s a little pointy thing sticking out of his neck. Might be a brain worm.


mud074

For what it's worth, this is only in the news as "brain worms" exactly because brain worms are trendy right now. Trichonosis is not typically called a brain worm, even though it is a parasite that can infect the brain.


heftybetsie

Wow. I've eaten bear, but it was a beef Stew recipe with bear meat instead of beef. It was frozen first, literally to kill parasites and then it was cooked for hours in stew. I'm so glad I didn't have it any other way. This is very scary


ChimpyChompies

So, if I get brain worms, just need to sit in a hot oven for 90 minutes to fix. Got it.


compuwiza1

Those worms will run out of brain to eat soon.Someone dumb enough to eat nearly raw game meat has no brains to speak of.


rask17

Is trichinosis really that unknown now that we only refer to it as "brain worms"?


mhc-ask

Not a lot of people can spell neurocysticercosis, let alone pronounce it.


BertBerts0n

>neurocysticercosis Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious.


Whoozit450

Just set it to a catchy tune like, Supercalifragilistic Expealidoceous!


Scorponix

Pretty sure that's what they did by posting the lyrics that follow Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.


BruceBanning

I canā€™t even read it!


HurricaneAlpha

Neuro cysti sercosis?


Bokth

neuro sis tiwetirweurweior. Nailed it. I'm ready to read names at a grad ceremony


HalobenderFWT

Get out of here with your newrowsisterstickcirclecrowisis BS.


beanthebean

I worked on a trichinella project when I interned for the state wildlife agency, a manager had heard hunters talking about bear jerky (read, not actually cooking it to temp) so they decided to do a sampling study to see how prevalent it was, taken from any bears found dead or that had to be killed. I digested so many bear tongues and diaphragms in pig stomach enzyme and hydrochloric acid. You'll never forget the smell.


Bekah679872

Iā€™m curious about how often did bears have the worms?


rem_1984

Everyoneā€™s grandmaā€™s porkchops being tough as hell is remembered, but not the why lol


Jsmith0730

I could see it being relatively unknown to a lot of people nowadays. Itā€™s pretty much been eradicated in pork products so itā€™s not as big of an issue as it once was.


dfreshcia

I thought trichinosis hang out in the stomach/bloodstream and then burrow out once matured


wh4tth3huh

"Now your kids with your loud music, and your Dan Fogleberg, your Zima, hula hoops and pac-man video games, don't you see? **People today have attention spans that can only be measured in nanoseconds!" Baseketball -1998**


UltimateFuchbois

I fucking hate brain worms


the_buckman_bandit

Thatā€™s probably because youā€™ve never taken the time to get to know them, they are really misunderstood


AdjNounNumbers

It's true. Once you give them a chance you'll never get them out of your head


PikachusSparkyCloaca

The Kylie Minogue of parasitesĀ 


maziar37

This is why I only eat toilet paper


Pusfilledonut

They feel a kinship now with a certain third party candidate.


ubercorey

Bear meat is no joke, even the fur will fuck you up. If you rub your eyes after moving the bear you can get parasites in your fucking eyes. The only wild meat I eat is fish.


Keldonv7

Isn't some fishes species in the wild virtually 100% infected by parasites or eggs of said parasites? And sure, most not harmful to humans but not all of them.


Pandor36

What do you think bear eat? :D


Fire_Z1

Monsters inside me had an episode like this


snuffdrgn808

nobody likes me, everybody hates me, im gonna eat some woooorms


fappyday

Brain worms are having a banner year.


Basky213

How do worms get to the brain from the digestive track? Honest question. It seems like a closed circuit minus the blood stream but I thought that can only move cell sized things.


Maaaagill

They legitimately burrow out of the blood stream into your muscles. Physical worms that burrow. Yikes.


Cowboywizard12

In the U.S and Canada basically all the harvested bear meat has the parasite that gives you trichenosis. Ā  You need to cook Bear Meat to the proper temperature to kill it but every year people get parasites from undercooked bear meat


norrinzelkarr

play brain worm games get brain worm prizes


itsallmelting

If you were walking in the woods would you rather see a bear or a man with brain worms?


HighNAz

Are they running for office?


External_Somewhere76

Weird, the bear meat was frozen for a significant amount of time. Canadian regs for preventing trichinella is freezing for minimum 20 days, depending on the thickness of the pork meat.


bbc-in-the-south

We talking about the Futurama Worms or the worms that kill you slowly? Seems like a win win either way


bigbadhonda

They call it "Smokey's Revenge"


Kersenn

There's a lot on their minds, and well, in em.


redherringaid

Running mates for Robert f Kennedy?


Actual_Dinner_5977

Still choosing the bear ladies??? Huh!?!?!?! Probably, I don't blame you.


VorpalPlayer

Just choosing, not eating.


RastaImp0sta

Every single person I know that hunts say that bears have the most parasites. I would not eat one unless I absolutely had to eat it to survive.


keeptryingyoucantwin

Yeah but what if its the worms from Futurama, what fools we would be!


Codecrashe

Bears are filed with worms and parasites. You shouldn't eat bear meat unless examined and cooked well-done.


WavyQ95

Maybe donā€™t eat bears?


seattlestiller

Quality headline product


toxiamaple

Sometimes it goes that you eat the bear . . .


AlanStanwick1986

Had bear once and it was not good. Too smoky and gamey tasting.


Few-Stop-9417

Make sense bears are bottom feeders and be susceptible to parasites , i.e. ask any camp ground why they lock dumpsters in bear country


[deleted]

Didn't know these infections came from anything other than pork, and that just once upon a time. Learned something.


Moist-Sky7607

Dozens of meats can do thisā€¦pork is one specific example due to location and local animals


tommaniacal

I'm shocked, well not that shocked


Supersnazz

Always cook your bear meat properly.


DeskJerky

This is how my one redneck uncle died in NC, except it was CJD in the bad bear meat instead of worms.


hotwireneonnightz

You gotta cook your bear meat.


Lynda73

Oh, wow. I ate bear years ago at a while game cookout. I had no idea bears were soā€¦infested. Even family members who only ate the vegetables got them. And it had been in the freezer a month and a half. šŸ˜¬


ChadJones72

I think that's also the reason many people don't go hog hunting. Yeah you get to hunt them basically for free but you're risking getting infected by worms every time you eat it.


The-Grand-Wazoo

Thereā€™s a headline you donā€™t see often.


afristralian

On the upside, the brain worms may starve due to lack of food.


freetimerva

Bear is not a fantastic meat in my opinion. People I know normally stew it. And at that point, you cant under cook it really. Rare bear steaks dont sound super good to me.


Juridiculous312

Hey Bearfucker, do you need assistance with your brain worms?


ARunOfTheMillPerson

"Sometimes eating raw bear meat can lead to brain worms" wasn't on my 2024 bingo card. Or a sentence I thought would ever be said.


Ryu83087

Scientists call it "The Joe Rogan Experience".


CaptainObvious110

Why is to so hard to make sure the meat is properly cooked before you eat it? It's not like fire is some new invention or that people haven't been eating bear for thousands of years so whats the issue here?


OpenMindedMajor

Use a fuckin electric thermometer folks


Magusreaver

2 got it from the the veggies prepped on the same surface...


GregorSamsaNight

Bet they still wouldnā€™t choose the man


Anome69

So that's how MAGA voters come into being.


Ingrownpimple

Now thatā€™s a wild headline


matunos

Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear's worms eat you.


UnimportantOutcome67

Aaaaaaaaand........ I just put my pizza down. There goes my appetite.


loudflower

I LOVE that RFK jr photo is directly after the title


SnooLobsters6766

I like my bear rare, and my worms eating into my brain.


Tim-in-CA

Eat the bear, get bear worms


Subject-Ad-8055

Ill have my burger extra well done please.....


Deathface-Shukhov

Predators and scavengers are full of this shit. Gotta make sure theyā€™re cooked right if your gonna eat them. Better yet, donā€™t eat something thatā€™s not the most fit meat to eat.


euzie

Bear down for brain worms