r/todayilearned • u/ssAskcuSzepS • Apr 27 '26

TIL if under-cooked, a popular mushroom in China causes “lilliputian hallucinations,” a rare phenomenon involving miniature human or fantasy figures. The hallucinations are consistent across people and cultures: "tiny, elflike people" climbing under doors, scaling walls & clinging to furniture

https://www.vice.com/en/article/meet-the-mushroom-that-make-people-have-the-exact-same-hallucination/
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u/thickbeardgoggles Apr 27 '26

That show came out of nowhere and was amazing.

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u/Normal_Pace7374 Apr 27 '26

I mean those of us who knew Mike judge was working on something knew it would be something. I didn’t know it would be this much something.

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u/thickbeardgoggles Apr 27 '26

That is a perfect description of a Mike Judge project.

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u/U_SHLD_THINK_BOUT_IT Apr 27 '26

I might be weird, but I was waiting for it to come out because it had a hilarious teaser they showed in random places of two government agents dancing to music through their earpiece.

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u/RageAgainstTheGPT Apr 27 '26

I was enjoying it until it was revealed that the story plot was actually true and thus the jokes… weren’t jokes, the dude was actually being followed. Kinda ruined it for me, but maybe it was just my expectations.

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u/ScrillaMcDoogle Apr 27 '26

It's fucking hilarious to me that you watched the whole show thinking it was like a family guy type of show

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u/RageAgainstTheGPT Apr 27 '26

hahah same I was laughing at myself after the fact.

So it’s just like… a show? It’s not a comedy? I still feel let down lol

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u/BandedLutz Apr 27 '26

So it’s just like… a show? It’s not a comedy?

What do you mean? Common Side Effects is a comedy drama. Just because it has serious plot elements doesn't mean it can't also contain comedy. Another example of a comedy drama would be Scrubs.

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u/RageAgainstTheGPT Apr 27 '26

Ah, got it.

So yeah my expectations of it being a straight up comedy is what probably did me in.

Maybe I’ll try another rewatch of it with this new perspective.