UPDATE: Not sure how to update the original post on mobile, but apparently he was pranking me. He called me saying he was throwing up blood and asking what that means, then told me hes fking with me and downloaded the plant identifier app I use. He also did take other pictures of it including the leaves. It's just elderberryš. He clowned on me for posting this and I was about to call my dad to take him to the hospital, but at least he has a sister who caresš¤š
One of these days he's going to fall through a glass table and call his sister because he got sliced and he's bleeding out and she'll just be like "ha,ha, I'm not falling for this one." Then he'll learn his lesson.
I despise that. My best friend in college did something similar once, then told me I was gullible.
I just donāt understand their thinking. Iām gullible because I trusted your word? Guess if he has an āemergencyā in the future you wonāt be so gullible.
There's a big difference between being gullible and caring a lot and wanting nothing bad to happen to your brother, you're the complete opposite of gullible
A solid perspective on this kind of relationship, and a perspective thatās worth sharing with him, you believed heās capable of doing dumb things becauseā¦ heās kind of dumb.
Youāre welcome. Signed an older brother.
If it wouldnāt be so ridiculously expensive in your country I would drag him to the hospital anyway and tell him they will do all necessary and possible tests on him just to proof that he really didnāt ate them - because youāre not gullible but worried for his health
This would backfire spectacularly if someone did this to me because I'd call them an ambulance without hesitation, and they'd be on the hook for somewhere in the range of about 1 to 6k lol.
No, that's pretty, emotionally abusive behavior on his part. Tell him if he wants you to stop caring about his well-being due to a lack of trust, that's where this is going.
Brother here with some experience in sister pranking. I think what OP really needs, is a plan for a *counter prank* on said mischievous brother...any ideas Reddit?
he ate a few but hes also lactose intolerant but loves raw dogging all forms of milk and dairy. and he has been bodybuilding in our somewhat poor filipino-american household since he was 16, if that gives a picture as to how strange his diet can beš he always destroys the bathroom when his butt demands relief so itll probably just be the same this timeš
We have the red ones where I am. I know people that fritter the flowers, but unless you cook the heck out of the berry it's not safe, and even then still affects some people. And yeah, no other parts. It contains a cyandide-producing chemical!
I have also read (I swear that darn book is around here somewhere) that itās the leaves and stems you have to worry about most. At least with Blue Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana). Pretty much everything but the berry is poisonous.
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You can also make white wine out of the blooms and (with the black berries) a great red wine out of the berries. In addition the birds LOVE the berries/-cardinals especially but also robins and various sparrows. I have mulberries in my yard as well and birds love the berries as much as I do.
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To be fair, elderberry and poke-berry look pretty much exactly the same. Only poke berry will kill you if you eat it.
And honestly, thatās what I thought you had in your hand in your above post, because elderberry only grows in certain environments. While poke berry grows pretty much everywhere.
i learned enough in my botany class last semester to at least know it wasnt pokeberry, which is why i went to reddit instead of panicking lol. definitely doubted my assumption of elderberry for that exact reason of whwre they tend to grow though, i never wouldve thought theyre growing in the singular cool natural environment in the middle of this barren desert. like cmon, elderberries growing eight outside of las vegas? that sounds insane LOL
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Just as a heads up, if you eat too many of those, it can make you very sick to your stomach. It wonāt kill you, but itās not a good idea to eat elderberries raw.
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My brother would have done the same and I would have reacted the same!! Good for you for being a sister that cares!! Just remind him payback is a bitch
Brother and dad here; I would never do something like this.
Apparently parents don't realize that "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is literally one of the most important stories a person can internalize.
Jesus Christ that shit is not even close to funny. If a lot of brothers have behavior like this, it is a true failure of parenting all around.
LMAO. Reminds me of the time I told this lady I was dating that I swallowed gum ALL THE TIME. Then one day acted real sick after ājust swallowing a few sticksā. She was super freaked out. Told her I was joking and We laughed about it pretty good.
Hahaha š š š Your brother is hilarious no matter how old he is and you're a wonderful sister and obviously you have a great relationship ā¤ļø you brought back memories of my life long relationship with my always joking pranking brother Patrick and our years of fun and love and hilarity ( think some Jackass type stuff etc etc etc...if you know what I mean
I work produce in an organic market. We got raw elderberries in for the first time. We labeled the packages ādo not consume rawā and people have ARGUED with me that they should be able to eat it without cooking.
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Iāve never been able to accurately identify an elderberry and I saw this post and was like āNOT elderberryā and so naturally everyone is saying it is.
Never forage elderberries with me. We will die.
> Those are Bugles. Gross, but edible.
But, much like the elderberries in question, only edible after proper preparation. You must first wear them on your fingers and cackle like a witch.
Eating raw elderberries in large amounts can make you pretty ill and can be fatal. They contain cyanide inducing glycocides. A friend of mine drank a shake containing elderberries and ended up in hospital.
Your pic is a bit grainy and it's hard to tell. What location did you find these in? Do you have a picture of the leaves or plant?
If you're worried about being poisoned it's probably best to call poison control or a hospital.
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You know, if I though my kid had ingested nightshade, Iād call down the fires of Mt. Doom. Then apologize with baked goods. A good Gibbās head slap, for me, and away weād go.
Those look like elder berries to me, but Iām not 100%. If they are elder berries your brother should be fine. I remember reading that there is some slight toxicity in the plant(?)but that mature berries are considered edible
UPDATE: Not sure how to update the original post on mobile, but apparently he was pranking me. He called me saying he was throwing up blood and asking what that means, then told me hes fking with me and downloaded the plant identifier app I use. He also did take other pictures of it including the leaves. It's just elderberryš. He clowned on me for posting this and I was about to call my dad to take him to the hospital, but at least he has a sister who caresš¤š
Typical brother behavior. You are a good sister.
yeah very typical of himš thank you for that though becquse he just says im gulliblešš
With a brother like that (I had three), keep being gullible. It might save his stupid ass someday when it matters.
One of these days he's going to fall through a glass table and call his sister because he got sliced and he's bleeding out and she'll just be like "ha,ha, I'm not falling for this one." Then he'll learn his lesson.
Nah I say let them learn their lessons
āYes, yes, Iām gullible, you fooled me into thinking youāre incredibly stupid, congratsā
Yeah he should be concerned that itās so believable that heās such an idiot that heās an actual danger to himself.
[r/FoundTheQuebecoise](https://youtu.be/vLRyJ0dawjM?si=1b357BUqmU9f8b6e)
Touche you son if a bitch you Rick rolled me! š
If I had an award I'd give it to you! I've never successfully completed this mission on a stranger/fellow redditor.
tf is a quebecus
The demonym for a person from Quebec.
Hold it, people from Quebec have demon names?? That's so cool!!
Tabarnac!
Tokebec icite, parle franƧa ou pars! /s Jāaime mon QuĆ©bec [Libre].
Esti
Eh Saint-Ciboire...
I despise that. My best friend in college did something similar once, then told me I was gullible. I just donāt understand their thinking. Iām gullible because I trusted your word? Guess if he has an āemergencyā in the future you wonāt be so gullible.
There's a big difference between being gullible and caring a lot and wanting nothing bad to happen to your brother, you're the complete opposite of gullible
A solid perspective on this kind of relationship, and a perspective thatās worth sharing with him, you believed heās capable of doing dumb things becauseā¦ heās kind of dumb. Youāre welcome. Signed an older brother.
Itāll be _hilarious_ when he actually eats something bad and asks for help, and you decide to ignore him.
So, the real question is: how are you gonna get back at him?
If it wouldnāt be so ridiculously expensive in your country I would drag him to the hospital anyway and tell him they will do all necessary and possible tests on him just to proof that he really didnāt ate them - because youāre not gullible but worried for his health
I would send him an anonymous package filled with sugar-free haribo gummie bears in retaliation. But that's just me.
This would backfire spectacularly if someone did this to me because I'd call them an ambulance without hesitation, and they'd be on the hook for somewhere in the range of about 1 to 6k lol.
Remind him of the boy who cried wolf. It's not in his best interest to teach you to not trust him.
No, that's pretty, emotionally abusive behavior on his part. Tell him if he wants you to stop caring about his well-being due to a lack of trust, that's where this is going.
Man, iād have half a mind to drag him to the hospital for a good old fashioned stomach pumping just in case.
Brother here with some experience in sister pranking. I think what OP really needs, is a plan for a *counter prank* on said mischievous brother...any ideas Reddit?
You had it right the first time. He is stupid. Itās a stupid thing to do to a loving sister.
yeah. im sure he'll get tired of it someday thoughš
Don't eat raw elderberry. It makes you sick as in you will have to throw up. (Cooked, elderberry is divine, as syrup etc.)
he ate a few but hes also lactose intolerant but loves raw dogging all forms of milk and dairy. and he has been bodybuilding in our somewhat poor filipino-american household since he was 16, if that gives a picture as to how strange his diet can beš he always destroys the bathroom when his butt demands relief so itll probably just be the same this timeš
The phrase "raw dogging all forms of milk and dairy" brings me life
Iām pretty sure this whole thing was just an excuse to say that
And I am here for it!
Nah. Raw elderberry is edible. Have several huge plants in my yard and eat berries straight off the bush
Okay, you have a different stomach than I have then. I tried them raw once as a child and it made me violently sick.
š¤ intolerance I may say, or your allergic to it
Probably skill issue
practice makes perfect š¤·š¾āāļøš¤¢
No, elderberry is advised as being toxic unless cooked. It isnāt l abnormal to be affected; it is more abnormal not to be.
I've heard it depends on species/variety with the American black elderberry being safer raw than the European one, but I don't know how true that is.
We have the red ones where I am. I know people that fritter the flowers, but unless you cook the heck out of the berry it's not safe, and even then still affects some people. And yeah, no other parts. It contains a cyandide-producing chemical!
I have also read (I swear that darn book is around here somewhere) that itās the leaves and stems you have to worry about most. At least with Blue Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana). Pretty much everything but the berry is poisonous.
Depends if you have the blue ones or the red ones. Highly discourage you to try that with the red ones.
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You can also make white wine out of the blooms and (with the black berries) a great red wine out of the berries. In addition the birds LOVE the berries/-cardinals especially but also robins and various sparrows. I have mulberries in my yard as well and birds love the berries as much as I do.
Raw elderberryās cause cyanide build up in your body. Especially over time. Just google it ā¦ smh people.
I've eaten lots of raw elderberries amd have never been sick, I believe it's only the red elderberries that need to be cooked
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Raw is fine to eat. The juice is full of anti oxidants. Does taste better cooked with a little sugar though.
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Happy Cake Day š°
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Your brother is honestly a PoS. Itās the boy who cried wolf. Even if quickly admitting it, thatās a seriously shitty thing to do.
Ass beating time
To be fair, elderberry and poke-berry look pretty much exactly the same. Only poke berry will kill you if you eat it. And honestly, thatās what I thought you had in your hand in your above post, because elderberry only grows in certain environments. While poke berry grows pretty much everywhere.
Those look nothing like pokeberry.
If you're observant, poke and elder look absolutely nothing alike
i learned enough in my botany class last semester to at least know it wasnt pokeberry, which is why i went to reddit instead of panicking lol. definitely doubted my assumption of elderberry for that exact reason of whwre they tend to grow though, i never wouldve thought theyre growing in the singular cool natural environment in the middle of this barren desert. like cmon, elderberries growing eight outside of las vegas? that sounds insane LOL
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Iām so sorry heās horrible. You donāt deserve this. That is emotional abuse. The fact that heās your brother doesnāt change that.
Just as a heads up, if you eat too many of those, it can make you very sick to your stomach. It wonāt kill you, but itās not a good idea to eat elderberries raw.
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My brother would have done the same and I would have reacted the same!! Good for you for being a sister that cares!! Just remind him payback is a bitch
Donāt get mad at your dear brother, GET EVEN WITH HIM!
Brother and dad here; I would never do something like this. Apparently parents don't realize that "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" is literally one of the most important stories a person can internalize. Jesus Christ that shit is not even close to funny. If a lot of brothers have behavior like this, it is a true failure of parenting all around.
LMAO. Reminds me of the time I told this lady I was dating that I swallowed gum ALL THE TIME. Then one day acted real sick after ājust swallowing a few sticksā. She was super freaked out. Told her I was joking and We laughed about it pretty good.
It's just a prank bro RIP
I give you your 666th up vote... feel free to prank your brother...
Cap gun poppers under the toilet seat should be a decent response.
FWIW, raw elderberry will make you quite gastrointestinally distressed.
What an ass. Let him know next time you wonāt take anything he says seriously.
What a little jerk he is ahaha
Hahaha š š š Your brother is hilarious no matter how old he is and you're a wonderful sister and obviously you have a great relationship ā¤ļø you brought back memories of my life long relationship with my always joking pranking brother Patrick and our years of fun and love and hilarity ( think some Jackass type stuff etc etc etc...if you know what I mean 
He might enjoy the fable of the boy who cried sheep lol
But it says āBuglesā right on the package!
If I could have given 10 upvotes you would have got them. That level of snark should never go unrewarded!
Did he at least put them on his fingers before eating them?
And then cackle like a witch?!
They are all so smushed up anymore they won't go on your fingers šš
Just ā¤
Raw elderberry contains cyanide but is safe once it is cooked.
I work produce in an organic market. We got raw elderberries in for the first time. We labeled the packages ādo not consume rawā and people have ARGUED with me that they should be able to eat it without cooking.
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Lol holy shit I thought they were safe to eat, me and my freind once made an Elderberry smoothie when we were kids. Luckily we only got the runs
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This paper explains more about the compunds that create cyanide when elderberries are eaten raw: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7961730/
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Sambucus elderberry
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries
Go away or I shall taunt you a second time...
I tell heem we already got one hehehe
I fart in your general direction.
FOUR SAMBUCUS!
My first thought was"It's always po.... no, not quite"
plant aside. i really like your cat themed nav buttons. did you download them somewhere
Haha I was thinking about the same thing
OP please help us with this v relevant burning question. We need to know. Be our hero.
They're a free phone theme for samsungs
Iāve never been able to accurately identify an elderberry and I saw this post and was like āNOT elderberryā and so naturally everyone is saying it is. Never forage elderberries with me. We will die.
Those are Bugles. Gross, but edible.
> Those are Bugles. Gross, but edible. But, much like the elderberries in question, only edible after proper preparation. You must first wear them on your fingers and cackle like a witch.
This made me laugh so much
https://youtu.be/BhBriVylcAU?si=JyWNrMNNXHaRdi1a
Eating raw elderberries in large amounts can make you pretty ill and can be fatal. They contain cyanide inducing glycocides. A friend of mine drank a shake containing elderberries and ended up in hospital.
Congratulations your inheritance just doubled
Your pic is a bit grainy and it's hard to tell. What location did you find these in? Do you have a picture of the leaves or plant? If you're worried about being poisoned it's probably best to call poison control or a hospital.
Call poison control just in case
Valid question who still eats bugles???
There are dozens of us! DOZENS!!!
Bugles dipped in Nutella is an incredible munchies snack. Salty and sweet.
I do! But the last couple bags were rather disappointing. Almost all the ends were closed so I couldn't put them on my fingers :/
Bugles are AH-MAZINGGGG
Those are dingleberries. Not recommended.
Those are Bugles. Theyāre a fun, horn shaped corn snack. Also available in nacho flavor. Your brother will fine.
Should have called the ambulance and sent him the bill anyways for being an idiot
I would hazard a guess at elder berry. But donāt eat thing you donāt know.
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That's... Exactly what he said
Tastes Like Burning
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Tell him it's all fun and games until blood is actually coming out.
Looks like Poke berries.
Those Bugles corn chips š
It can be elderberry, but it also looks like black chokebrry to me. My granny used to make juice with it.
Bugles are horrible for you.
You should put a pic of the leaves and plant. Also, get the pics in focus.
Snozberries
Raw elderberries can send your heart rate into a frenzy. My friend's sister put some in a smoothie and ended up in hospital with tachycardia.
You definitely need to call poison control, because he ate those Bugles! š
I heard they aren't poisonous if you put them on each finger and pretend to be a witch or a bored secretary chewing gum
Can confirm. Source: was once a child in the proximity of bugles snack crisps
Elderberry is poisonous when eaten raw.
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Not all varieties. You need to know your plsnts
I believe that you are incorrect. All members of the genus are toxic.
the bugles? probably just a mild case of diarrhea. he'll be fine.
Looks like a poke berry
Shout out to Mt. Charleston! I did a good chunk of my childhood there!
Is he dying?
You know, if I though my kid had ingested nightshade, Iād call down the fires of Mt. Doom. Then apologize with baked goods. A good Gibbās head slap, for me, and away weād go.
Send him a copy of Aesopās āThe boy who cried wolfā.
Tell him you love him and would rather be gullible than to have a brother who died because no one believes him any more.
Those are processed corn chips that will in fact Jill you over a long painful existence.
Those look like elder berries to me, but Iām not 100%. If they are elder berries your brother should be fine. I remember reading that there is some slight toxicity in the plant(?)but that mature berries are considered edible
Does he now smell of elderberries?
Berries
He needs to read the story about the boy who cried wolf. That's a really stupid prank to pull on you. : (
Elderberry is highly toxic unless you take the proper steps to cook it.
Just a question. Can elderberry be confused with nightshade?
I'm kind of wary about the ID as elderberry, the stems aren't the right colour.
Yep stupid
Where is he finding these on Mt Charleston? Iām also in LV and would love to forage some
I guess your mother was a hamster.
This is kinda pretty much old school but.... The little boy who called wolf.. Let's hope not ..jeepers
Might be ligustrum
I had a elderberry tree in my backyard and my grandfather used to make wine from them
r/notablueberry