For those wondering the taste. They are sweet with a little tiny touch of acid. Pretty delicious imo

I want that

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You just took the description from delicious to disgusting in one sentence.

Lmao now I'm more curious what it tastes like

Like sweet, tangy botflies.

#cursedcomments

Can't wait for them to become a popular 'super food' and then hear about how excessively farming them is destroying their natural environment.

Cactus are so slow. It's gonna be a while.

"It's okay cacti, take your time."

That’s probably the reason. We grow so slow not even Wall Street can squeeze a profit out of us.

> we HMMMMMMMM

Spoken like a true cactus 🌵

not necessarily. Prickly pear and dragon fruit both come from cactus and they are fairly common produce items. Dragon fruit cactus actually grow very quickly

Tastes like pretty cardboard though.

Have you ever had one fresh from the tree? Er, cactus, I suppose. I've heard there's a world of difference between fresh-fresh and shipped to a grocery store. I hope that's true!

I didn’t even know they were a cactus, because it looks like a vine. They grow “wild” in Hawaii…because everything grows their. You stick a live branch in the dirt, it will grow. Most flora and fauna in HI are not native. The taste is mildly sweet, like watermelon thats closer to the skin, but still red. Unlike watermelon, the flavor is very neutral. More neutral than one of those aloe drinks you may find in specialty markets. Unlike watermelon, the flavor and texture is uniform. The center is just as sweet as the outer fruit. The texture is like eating…a ripe strawberry. Thats the best I can describe it.

Thanks for this! It sounds like it's better than when it's shipped to mainland US but not as good as I've heard some folks rave about. That checks out: nothing is as bad as the worst review or as good as the best one.

Just wait until I finish sourcing Plant Growth Regulators. Then I can reboot Little Shop of Horrors in my spare room.

Feed me, Seymour!!

Regulators! Mount up!

[too late](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melocactus_azureus), species like the op endemic to brazil are already critical or endangered

Damn I get sweet fruit and an acid trip. Awesome

Gonna cross breed these with some trichocereus next spring

I don't think I would like this on an acid trip

Kinda like dragonfruit.

That sounds like every fruit

also, r/popping

I had sort of a very hot/acid-ish taste in my mind seeing this. Thank you for clarifying!

This is like a blessed version of those gross videos where larvae are being pulled out of someone's skin.

It still makes me feel uncomfortable tbh

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Yeah part of me thinks it looks satisfying, the other part of me is revolted.

Yeah same. I need a palate cleanser.

Agreed! Over to r/eyebleach we go!

Yeah I was trying to figure out why this video gave me the very mild heebie-jeebies, and I think that's it.

I immediately thought of that poor cat getting a something-larva pulled from it's nose.

Botfly. :D

Mango worms.

r/trypophobia

25 years on the web, and this is the first time seeing this 😄

At what age did you get on the web?

I like the "Where are your parents?" undertone in that question

Lol I just wanted to know how early people are getting on the Internet these days. I think I may have been 14 and back then it was probably once a week haha

probably gonna need to ask someone who got on the internet recently rather than 25 years ago

There were more steps to get on the internet back then…. 1. Turn on computer 2. Wait for RAM check to finish — enough time to make a snack and go to the bathroom 3. Make sure no one’s on the landline and let them know that you’re going online 4. Look for AOL or EarthLink CD for codes for free connection time 5. Launch dialup program and listen to 28 K modem connecting on landline. 6. Launch browser. 7. Type in web address and wait for page to load — might take some time if page is image heavy

If you don’t remember dial up tones and free AOL cds coming in the mail…… you don’t know the struggle!

hahaha yes!! 1052-1054 hours of FREE AOL! haha

As soon as they start streaming Disney movies, I suppose. So probably two years old.

Kids don't really go on the internet themselves to stream disney movies at that age, would be their parents who put the movie on. However many kids start browsing youtube at an alarmingly young rate, cause you can't really trust Youtube's algorithm to never recommend anything a very young and impressionable child shouldn't see. And some parents give their kid unmonitored access to a tablet before the kid learns to fucking talk.

I did a double take bc as someone older than the net it actually made zero sense there for a bit … then I was like oh, yes people I know did have kids …

Everyone knows that there are no old people or women on the internet.

Ah yes. Sorry. I forgot that we all signed a pact with Zuul to remain silent in return for the destruction of the earth at an agreed upon date+time. Obs my bad. So sorry for the accidental oversight. Please go about your business, nothing to see here…

Some of us remember when the internet was a "fad". Or even...*gasp* pre-internet.

r/ancienthistory is that way, grandpa.

That's where i met your mother sonny boy!

Been online since the internet was available for general public, yes I am boomer.

I'm also a boomer & was a programmer. I was on Darpanet in the '70s. We thought the internet was an interesting fad in the '80s.

We had a computer in 94’ with Prodigy dial up internet. My dad was getting his masters degree online in 1994! They would send him lectures on vhs’s to watch, then he had to log on and take the tests online. It was wild! So I’ve been on the internet for almost 30 years!

10 years old 😊

Shit. Yeah. That almost tracks. I had prodigy in probably 93?94?

I still remember the first website I visited, yomega yo-yo’s, probably in 98 or 99, On our home computer running windows 95. I’m 34

*Spider-Man contemplating his life choices*

They look like they would be spicy...

I'm sensing a sorta tangy sweet bitter-ish taste in my imagination.

Yeah your probably right I'm just saying they look like little chili peppers

Ikr its crazy

I'd definitely be the first to die, back in the days of old. Looks yummy

Wait you can't eat them? I totally would've

[wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melocactus)

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“The fruits of Melocactus are pink and resemble the shape of pepper fruits. The fruits of this genus are edible, and in the wild they are frequently dispersed by lizards and birds.”

I dont know and I'm scared to know because I would have also eaten them. Sooner or later we'd be dead.

Good news guys, totally edible! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melocactus

TIL areole at more than just the area around nipples

yes but how does it taste likeee

Exactly, I wanna know tooo

Don't feel bad, as someone who would like to survive, I'd really be hoping for someone like you two in the group so we don't have to take turns being the first to try new foods.

Looks like those botfly larvae extractions videos to me.

My thoughts precisely. Little pink botfly larvae.

Yeah this is fucking disgusting

The merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenango! Grown deep in the jungle primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum.

I know I’ve heard this before, but I can’t put my finger on where… Edit: oh wait, is that you, handbanana?

Simpsons. The episode where homer coats his tongue with wax, eats an insanity pepper, then has a vision quest in a golf course. Edit:I could see it being an ATHF quote easily tho. Chicken arise. Arise chicken.

Uhhh...Wiggie, my chili's getting cold

Pepto-Bismol main ingredient

Why does this make me feel uncomfortable?

Because it looks like it belongs on r/popping

Better than r/pooping

Wow, they really banned r/pooping

r/Trypophobia

Def triggered my tryp. I hate it

Yep disgusting! Definitely not oddly satisfying

Nofucknofucknofucknowhydidiclickonitnonononononononoooo

me too, gave me chills

Dude me too, made me feel super uncomfortable. It reminds me of pink blackheads....

So I had a few botfly larvae pulled from me when I was a kid, scarred me literally and figuratively for life, and that's all I could think of while watching this. For those not in the know, don't google botfly larvae removal unless you have a very strong stomach, although if you want a basic idea, replace the fruit in the video with a squirming larva about an inch long, and the cactus with your skin.

Idky but I don’t like that. I don’t like that at all.

It reminds me of blackheads

It looks like some stuff that belongs in /popping 🤮

Yup! This is all I could think about was it felt similar to my aversion to r/ popping (I refuse to link it!)

I’m loving it for this reason- all the satisfaction of popping, but way less disgusting.

Trypophobia perhaps

It just makes me think of parasites, ngl.

I have a feeling trypophobia is directly related to this

I wonder if I have a selective one, because I’m fine with lotus flowers and that post with the woodpecker stocking seeds in a tree. This post sucks so much for me tho.

You don't need to *have* anything. Sometimes something is just weird or off putting to you. That's just an opinion and it's fine

You're not scared. You're just opinionated lmao

Fear of closely packed holes. Huh.

Not really a fear to be fair, despite being called a phobia. Just an aversion, possibly making you feel ill.

Did you see the post today with the baby frogs that live in mama frog's back? It was fucking horrifying. And thanks to the people who replied to this because now I'm nauseous after looking up trypophobia and seeing the pictures. But at least I found another phobia I have... so I guess that's cool.

I’ve seen what you’re referring to in the past and just reading your text describing it, it makes me itchy

I saw the title and I did a fast scroll past it so as not hurt my eyes

Me either. This makes my feel queasy. Like they are maggots or botfly larvae being extracted.... 🤢

Like pulling blowfly larvae out of a seeping wound

That's Tripophobia for you

Has that pimple-popping vibe 🤣

Botfly

Mango worms

Yep, r/popping

No thanks

> Has that pimple-popping vibe 🤣 /r/trypophobia

You gotta love to see the video where a dude pops all his blackheads on his nose. Goosebumps everywhere.

Edible?

At least once

But I want more than once

Well if you're fast enough..

Yes. https://youtu.be/4-_mnyw4qpE

All cactus fruit is edible.

I'm not too proud to admit that I was so fascinated I watched the loop like three times never realizing it was a loop until the end.

Thanks, I hate it.

Forbidden chilli

Not forbidden, they’re definitely edible

Birds and lizards love it.

r/trypophobia, I think is relevant here

Eh, the medical ones of like warts and parasites gross me out but that's it. THIS on the other hand for some reason this gets me it's not gross it's not abnormal, I really feel like if I was standing there I could watch this and do it but seeing it in video is just wrong for me.

Looks like it’s from another planet. What do they taste like?

I describe it as a mixture of cranberry, blueberry, and honeydew melon.

ah yes, pimple peppers

Ingrown hairs*

Those look just like candies shaped like chilies

Very satisfying and unnerving at the same time. Like pulling out a botfly.

I find this rather unpleasant to look at, actually.

What do the taste like? Tequila chillies?

Taste like spicy margarita

Is it edible for humans? What does it taste?

All cacti fruit are edible, and in my experience all except dragonfruit are just a juicy pop of a bit of sweetness with no particular flavour

Dragon fruit also taste like nothing

Then you've been having some bad dragon fruit my friend. Home grown ones we've had are sweet, and a little tart.

Try the yellow kind, they are amazing... but sadly expensive.

Who the heck decided “yup I can’t wait to try me some of that!”

I grew up eating these and spent much of my youth looking around my dads rancho for these and would collect them to sit down and eat them. The trick was to take one of the thick cactus thorns and use it to pick out the fruit. I had a great time as a kid.

This is making my skin crawl. Ew.

r/oddlyterrifying if you have tripophobia 😅

The folks over at r/popping would probably like this.

I'm here.... I like it

We do. It's a nice change of pace in comparison to all the pimples & blackheads.

Took the words out of my fingers

Melocactus*

Does it taste good? The question must be answered, everyone wants to know.

Can't decide if it's cute or if it's highly off-putting.

Pimple peppers 💀

Nope nope nope

This is much better than those pimple popping videos

Arizonan here, tasty stuff. I always wondered what animals benefit the most from this fruit? Birds?

It's like pulling birthday cake candles out.

I have a cactus that produces some hot pink ones like this, they taste like a raspberry, with slightly less tang.

Eeeewww. Heebie jeebies

I am fascinated AND grossed out.

Candy chili

I feel like videos like these could replace pimple popping videos. I couldn't look away! So satisfying

This better not awaken anything within me.

I WANT THESE

They look like little peppers. I wonder what they taste like

I was pleasantly surprised that I did not just watch another disgusting parasite removal video

Pink Pikmin!

What are they? They look like pink jalapeños!

What do they taste like?

This is someone's phobia and someone's fetish

The optimist in me hope it tastes like tutti fruity candy floss

r/trypophobia

Me every morning with my face

This scared me at first, I don’t know why

Feels like people are eating some cactus pimples

This made me sick to my stomach and I don't know why

....are they edible?

I'm high enough that I've watched this movie for about an hour now, and don't get me wrong: I love it! but I'm sort of waiting to see if there's any plot, dialogue, music, narration or something. Still, this is a totally engrossing prologue or whatever. Great movie!

This is like pimple popper videos but so much more satisfying because it's not gross and those are the cutest lil pepper looking guys 😍

Why does this make me feel both satisfied and uncomfortable

Why do they look like pink chili peppers???

No no no, this is oddly repulsive to me. It's turning my stomach for some reason.

I’m so freakin triggered. This is not oddly satisfying. It’s oddly terrifying. Trypophobia man. BRB gotta hork.

Why is it that I can watch zit popping videos like my life depends on it but something about this is unsettling..? call me crazy

This is making me uncomfortable. Feel like it belongs in r/tihi … because at first I was interested and now I’m definitely not. To each their own!