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would you?
Hiv can fuck you up or require you to take drugs the rest of your life. Mold tastes a bit like dirt and might make you feel sick. The stakes are lower I think.
HIV isn't a death sentence anymore. in-fact, I would say it's probably an apt analogy to pit HIV against eating moldy bread.
HIV doesn't kill you, it's the compromised immune system that attacks the body that turns into AIDS.
kind of the same thing with mold. the mold doesn't kill you. it's the toxins the mold contains that shuts down your kidneys, liver, and pancreas. you can survive for a short time without any of those, but it's going to be a long painful death.
some people are fungus chasers and just want to rawdog bread to feel alive. who am I to judge that? you do you. just remember, when it feels like someone is twisting you inside out as you slowly lose consciousness, you chose this because you wanted that bread more than you wanted to live.
I once left pasta out on the bench all day and night then the next day I ate it and moved the rest to the fridge. I then spend a 16 hours in the feral position in so much pain I thought i was gonna die. Then the next day I was really hungry and the pasta tasted pretty good so I ate it again and spent another day curled up in immense pain. My stupidity knows no bounds.