'The pizza is CRAWLING with ants': Blind guy accidentally eats leftover pizza with a few extra toppings

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Sep 5, 2023 7:00 AM EDT

In a lot of cultures it's super normal to eat bugs, however, in most Western societies, just the thought of having creepy crawlies on your plate gives people the heebie-jeebies. But if you didn't know you were eating bugs, would that make it better? Would the husky crunch of bug legs in your mouth be delicious or revolting? For a blind person, this is apparently a very real possibility. 

u/mintoast has lived most of his life as a legally blind person. Technically he can see shapes and colors, but that's about it. Feeling feisty one day, he ordered a pizza for himself to enjoy on his day off, but the day took a blind turn when his brother came over later that evening. After letting the pizza stay out to cool on the counter for hours, OP happily snagged himself a slice of round-two, blasting it in the air fryer for a few minutes to reheat it. OP scarfed down the Zah with no regard…. Until his brother came over, informing him that the pizza was crawling with ants. 

After this, check out this silly tale of floral guerilla warfare, instigated by a Karen-type neighbor with a deep hatred of weeds and ugly yards.

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    Font - r/tifu Posted by u/mintoast 8 hours ago TIFU by eating leftover pizza M
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    Font - So earlier today I ordered pizza, ate, and then left the box on the counter since it was still hot. A few hours later I got snackish again and went back for round two. So I
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    Font - started to reheat a slice while admiring my culinary excellence for using the air-fryer instead of the microwave and waiting for the blaring beeps to
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  • 04
    Font - announce to the world that the pizza was ready for my voluptuous derrière. I ate my pizza happily and then while I was
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    Font - cleaning up and washing the dishes, my brother stopped by and walked into the kitchen. Being the amazing host I am, I told him there was pizza
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    Font - and asked if he wanted me to warm up a slice for him. Only to hear him hesitate to respond. Well you 'see'... the thing is... I'm Blind (multiple retinal detachments). I
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    Font - can still somewhat perceive objects as blurry color differences. Like if there's a bright green shoe box on a white carpet floor, I can see that something is on the
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    Font - ground but I won't know it's a shoe box until i touch it though. Or I can tell if a person is walking around since I see a human shaped object
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    Font - moving, but if a person were sitting quietly in a chair, I won't even be able to tell there was a person there. My brother proceeds to
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    Font - exclaim to me that the pizza is CRAWLING with ANTS. The master chef in me puts two and two together and realizes why the pizza was extra crunchy and flaky; it
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    Font - wasn't due to my air- frying prowess after all. Turns out I ate ant- topping pizza. I'd like to think I'm a fairly adventurous eater but
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    Font - that comes with the stipulation that I KNOW what I am eating at least. I'd be down to try insects when traveling abroad and stuff but ants were
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  • 13
    Font - NOT a part of my elementary school cafeteria food pyramid posters. Usually not a mid-day floss and brush kinda guy, but I definitely was today. The whole
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  • 14
    Font - experience unsettling was fairly to say the least. Not sure if it's a silver lining or not, but the ants were cooked and I couldn't 'see' them. I'm just going to sugarcoat this new memory and say I hit my protein intake for the day.
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    Font - MalfunctiOn 6 hr. ago Can't wait for my Be my eyes app to pop up - "John needs help: Are there ants on this pizza?"
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    Font - mintoast OP 6 hr. ago "What an oddly specific question" I'll stick to asking "whats on my pizza?" instead so I seem a tad bit less crazy haha
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    Plant - Vroomped 3 hr. ago Good bet, that'll cover your bases and then you can make fully informed creepy crawly craving consent.
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    Font - LetsTryAnal_ogy +2. 2 hr. ago Right? Because otherwise if I answer no, you might end up eating roach covered pizza. Ooooh, I just made myself a little sick.
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    Font - Ghost17088 +3. 2 hr. ago Mmm, those almonds give it a little crunch!
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    Font - mintoast OP 47 min. ago I can't tell if I'm impressed or scared by all of this creativity. Either way, I'm leaving that TIFU event for another lucky soul, I've had enough mystery food for a good while haha.
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    Font - jimbomescolles · 6 hr. ago Just immagine if you had it without reheating, trying to determine what the heck is moving in your mouth...
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    Font - mintoast OP. 6 hr. ago No thanks Mr. Stephen King, I very much do not want to imagine that nightmare fuel haha. Didn't even think about that scenario, you made me feel REALLY glad I reheated it now.
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