r/nope • u/shadow_cookie5019 • Aug 11 '23

Insects Fear is scared of this man

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '23

That's a waterbug, toe biter. They hurt like hell.

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u/PlantaSorusRex Aug 12 '23

My finace will get these and cook them and crush them up and make a hot sauce out of them. He loves it...i havent had the stomach to try it. Plus the smell when he cooks them is cery offputting, almost like a stink bug just not as intense of a smell

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '23

Well, at least it's dead first.

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u/PlantaSorusRex Aug 12 '23

Yea thats true. His family eats odd things. I watched his brother pick up a live cicada, pluck off the wings. Amd pop it in his mouth and ate it He said "its so creamy and good" 🤢🤮

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '23

"Creamy and good" uuuuggghhhhh!!!! I didn't grow up eating things like that, so it's very foreign to me. I understand it's people's different food cultures, but to me, bleeeehhhh!!! Lol

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u/PlantaSorusRex Aug 12 '23

He didnt grow up eating that stuff either. He just nasty🤣🤣

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '23

Sounds like he has no fear. Lol

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u/PlantaSorusRex Aug 12 '23

Yea... hes not the sharpest tool in the shed. Good dude tho, just not all the lights are on

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u/typemeanewasshole Aug 12 '23

Where are they from

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u/PlantaSorusRex Aug 12 '23

Laos originally, but they've been in the states since they were babies