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The2ndProtectsOur1st
It's real, but if you eat the ticks you can build up immunity, not the same with vegans tho, they taste terrible and give you diarrhea.
Jrhoney
That would be bioterrorism, no?
DoneFirin
It's a Lone Star tick, if your tick doesn't have an obvious spot on its back you're fine.
retrohellix
Oh god why
Howtogrowwood
Sauce. Its not vegans. https://www.google.com/amp/www.popsci.com/amp/lone-star-tick-meat-allergy
ChipWallace
I'm honestly surprised PETA hasn't managed to weaponize this yet.
CRXtasy125
I'm never going outside again
LongoloidFartExplosion
Fuck.
skeltal
We all knew the vegans were a ticking time bomb
AllForFee
Brilliant
Awmph
Alpha Gal—the newest super villain
FernandoRumdebum
Hasn't this both been around for forever, and been known about for equally as forever ? Also, literally my #2 fear (#1 = locked in syndrome)
WayToTheUniverse
Check your butthole guys , those fuckers like to crawl up there , pesky little devils
richest2009
well atleast ill die happy
letstalknews
And mother nature will rid parasites where she needs too.
Omakepants
Man your own jackhammer
MigraMines
It's only fed meat you can still eat poultry and fish though still sucks a lot no more beautiful stakes
finnsto
http://www.snopes.com/tick-causes-meat-allergy/
MikamiYaki698
arpfaust
As someone who is allergic to most meat because of this, I would gladly trade a limb or an organ to be able to have meat safely again.
hellifiknowwhatsgoingon
I cant stay away from cheese and I have a milk allergy. Dont take away my steak too! Im sorry you can't eat meat D:
ColoTico
What about if you eat it, wouldn't that somehow overpower that effect? I love bacon I can't risk it.
Cheomesh
Bacon is not "red meat".
ColoTico
I must be color blind
equityforpunks
It's time to bring DDT back.. or preferrably some design poison for ticks. I am pretty sure ticks don't have any good role in environment.
StandardDeviant
Nah, just import spiders to eat them, then frogs to eat the spiders, then snakes to eat the frogs, then honey badgers to eat the snakes.
StandardDeviant
Now you've turned ticks into hella rad honey badgers. I call that a win.
equityforpunks
Are you saying Australia does not have ticks? Would make sense tho, bc ticks are the worst so they got all the 2nd worsts there.
Croltown
Lol
BadToTheBoner
I don't fear spiders that could kill me as much as I fear a tick that could make me allergic to meat... I know my priorities.
pompousplatypus
WE'LL HAVE YOU DEAD PRETTY SOON
catsandmuffins
WE MUST UNITE AGAINST THE FLESH EATERS
Omakepants
*high five*
AniviaOnFire
A fellow Child of The Fence out in the wild? Hell yea!
OneBabyOneHamburgerBun
It only causes issues eating red meat.
chonas
All mammals. Some people also report shellfish.
Imaybegotthis
Not monkey
ThisIsGod
What if I eat myself? Am I then allergic to myself? What if I think about eating myself? Will my immune system save me the time?
GodEmperorOfImgur
no, primates do not carry the specific carbohydrate trigger, most other mammals do.
Silverforte
If I lose the ability to eat chicken you might as well just run me over.
StandardDeviant
I'm pretty sure chicken is white meat
Silverforte
Someone said it isn't?
cagedbirdlives
Also cows milk
Imjustheretodrinkandcomment
I call it the "just commit suicide" tick
Zak57TR
Yup
JeremyBeadlesStrongerHand
This isn't real. Someone, for the love of all that is sacred, tell me this isn't real.
Smallbrownrabbit
I know of one person - in Australia. Google 'alpha gal' for more info
ltsqueak
Work with a guy who has it. It's real... We're all doomed.
DesolateMirror
It's real.
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
It is, Im afraid, though the rates of meat allergies are not total.
TheFallenTwo
It is real but it generally only happens in the rarest of cases if they aren't removed correctly/ left on for too long
longshorttermmemorynetwork
To add another voice: It is. I too have a forced-vegetarian friend. Can't eat beef, pork, or some fish.
SwitchLover
My moms got a friend who has it she can't eat red meat now
yogoo0
It's lyme disease. Give you an allergy to red meat. It's preventable if you get the tick off within 24 hours. You can go to a clinic and 1/2
yogoo0
Have the tick tested to see if it is a carrier and get prevention meds
MeepMeepMaMeepMeepBeep
Nope, do your research. Also, the lone star tick is in a different region than the tick that carries lyme. Don't spread wrong info.
igotyouaclockradio
It is not lyme's disease it is an allergy to alpha-galactose
SunBrolem
I hate to tell you this, but... Yes, vegans are, in fact, real.
yenagrrl
I late, but it goes away after a couple years, granted you aren't given another dose Alpha galatose-1 (aka the red meat allergy)
PepperTheNickel
It's real lol
igotyouaclockradio
I also have this. It's quite prevalent in northern Sydney, Australia. Even my doctor has it.
BuffingtonRumbleberries
Kind of is, you become allergic to red meat.
danielle3000
It is real. A friend of mine got bit by one and can't eat anymore animal products at all without a horrible reaction.
Olestra
well, the lone star tick wasn't sent by vegans, and you can still eat poultry, fish and human -- so #notallmeat
JackMolotov
Thanks hannibal
tw1x3d
Meat's back on the menu boys!
xcelita
My friend who has it can't eat chicken. And she's had too many death scares to try fish.
ArtOzz
So youre saying Dwarf is still on the menu? I always thought Peter Dinklage looked tasty AF.
Olestra
New meaning to 'dwarf tossing'
ArtOzz
Just add salad. :P No but seriously I know what that is and people are fucking idiots.
MexicanInQueensland
I think you misspelled 'long pork'
ItsaMrE
...."and human." And they found this out how, exactly?
ihaveacatonmyshoulders
Radiolab did an episode on that. I think it was called 'alpha gal'
Norok0311
Well I may be wrong but I think if somone was allergic to human meat they would be dead considering they are human meat
2074red2074
I mean it would basically be lupus.
igotyouaclockradio
Haha, yeah when I wad diagnosed with this my doctor told me it was fine to eat anything "gorilla or higher"
ItsaMrE
Which is why they have ethics classes in medical school nowadays
bigdaddyfatpants
Research, sweet delicious research.
psychologicaltrap
My god I laughed at that.
OdeToBouncer
With ffffffava beans and a nice chianti...
Olestra
Apparently there's a carbohydrate that triggers the allergy, found in all mammals except old world primates... So... people
ItsaMrE
Oh thank God.
CaptCanada
man and gorillas.....the finest meal
jtb1313
Yea because it would suck to be allergic to yourself
Olestra
Also, BJs
FernandoRumdebum
...Or other equally tasty people..
liseh
There's an area around Sydney that has it. Still better than the flesh eating bacteria carrying mosquitoes in outer south east Melbourne
wormfood
It isn't. The real tick only makes you allergic to red meat.
arpfaust
Usually yes, but it can cause your immune system to overreact to other meats over time too. Basically all animal proteins. It's a nightmare.
azizakalistayumyum
So the only meat that honestly matters
Manzellina
Pork too. I'm not sure that's considered red meat by all.
decorativemooseknuckle
Anyone????
RedRuskie
Unfortunately it's real. Even more unfortunately I have it.
arpfaust
Me too. It seems to just be red meat for most, but also poultry/pork for me. Explaining I'm "vegetarian, not by choice" gets a bit old.
RedRuskie
Damn poultry got you too?? But it really does, especially explaining at restaurants to waiters.
erischilde
No actually!the disease or effect is called Mammalian Meat Allergy. Sometimes it happens immediately, sometimes after years!
arpfaust
It causes a reaction to mammalian meat, but after a while can cause your immune system to freak out over other animal proteins too.
arpfaust
Similar to how people with other allergies can develop additional allergies that are vaguely related to the original one.
devilsbitch
oh my god im so sorry dude, i cant imagine how much that sucks
RedRuskie
I mean a lot of people say "I'd die if that was me" but honestly chicken is my favorite meat. I miss steak and beef jerky or deer jerky (1/2
RedRuskie
For sure. But at least it's not all meats. Poultry, and fish are still great and you can do a lot with them. So it could be worse
devilsbitch
yea imagine if you couldn't eat ANY meat, that would REALLY suck. could you eat a bite of steak and get away with it or would that be bad?
heartygizmo
Sooo... Tell us about it?
RedRuskie
It's not like normal allergies to food, after consuming red meat (anything with a hoof will fuck you up,) about 5 hours later you'll get
RedRuskie
Hives all over your body, super itchy and burning. A severe stomach ache and food poisoning like symptoms, and then swelling of the mouth,
RedRuskie
Tongue, and lastly throat. I've used an epi pen once because it got to the point where it felt like it was breathing through a coffee straw
jscheel
I know four people with it. Crazy stuff.
Totallyscrewedinaustin
Sounds like the ticks are in your area. Where do you live, so I can never go there
Manzellina
Do you live in the southeastern US?
jscheel
Tennessee
Tairin
It gets better, and potentially wears off. There's either a this American life or a radiolab about it.
BecauseCanadian
It's a really great Radiolab episode
YepItsLauren
Radiolab. http://www.radiolab.org/story/alpha-gal/
chesterthegreat
I can never remember whether I heard something on Radiolab or This American Life. It feels like its the same podcast.
Tairin
Right? I always confuse the two.
IAmGodot
Unfortunately both vegans and lone star ticks are real.
IAmGodot
It's actually a cruel irony in that a tick named after Texas, and who's scientific name is amblyomma AMERICAnum makes you allergic to steak
deathbymonkeys
That's the most American u American thing I have read all day
Vertisce
Why can't there be a tick that makes you lose weight and grants you immortality?
Hopsnscotch
Because there's already a worm for that
klean9
Stupid ticks
RickSanchezX
why cant there be a tick that makes your dick bigger?
GrandmaSlappy
Going vegan can help you lose weight and live longer.
BruceBannersButtplug
TheProfessionalMike
... and sick dance moves
Genini
There is. It's called aids, but the immortality only lasts for a couple months.
highqualityraterotica
An couple skinny months... hmmmm... tempting.
chesterthegreat
Unless you live in an industrialized nation, in which case it barely affects life expectancy. Not much use as a weight loss regime now.
TGWeaver
Eating no red meat WOULD make a lot of people lose weight. But it doesn't seem like a very good solution.
yoginioftruth
As someone who was forced to become a vegetarian for medical reasons, I wish it caused weight loss!
GayForward
As someone who has been a vegetarian for 20+ years, far vegetarians typically eat more grilled cheese than actual vegetables
FilthyRapscallions
Remove meat from my diet, I'm sure the pounds would start coming off.
brianthecoder
So would your will to live
FilthyRapscallions
This is also true.
brianthecoder
I have one and am not sharing with you pathetic mortals
aleister94
Well not being able to eat meat would probably lead to weight loss since you wouldn't be able to eat fast food anymore
Andalite
Chinese food doesn't have to have meat
Andalite
Or pizza
Andalite
I can get food from taco Bell and ask then to keep off all meat
DoNotKnowJack
Soooo, a regular taco.
Andalite
Idk you or where you live, but I'm never eating tacos with you.
bigdaddyfatpants
Lime disease could thin you out.
greaseball
And grants exponential mortality
sheepking1
OriginalNameDoNotSteal
Lyme*
bigdaddyfatpants
newyorknyc
I really want key lime pie.
StretchedButWhole
Dont start, youre making me hungry.
PaintedSlate
A sour experience, though.
Lavitzzzzzzzzzz
sign me up
missacherus
yeah, me too! Wait, let me google that first....
Theflyingbigbadwolf
No time lets do this!
Gooooodmoooorrrningmuchwow
LEEEEEROOOYYY MMMMMMMM. JEEENNNKKKEEENNNSSS
LamarTheHeadhumper
My new diet involves taking all the selfhate from emotional eating to emotionally not eating. It's a bust so far but I'm optimistic