Someone left their banana in the fridge at work. Not sure how long it's been in there.

[u/jco23]

No one noticed because it was on a middle shelf in the back and turned black.

[u/afunkysquirrel]

It has it's own work culture now.

[u/afunkysquirrel → u/afunkysquirrel]

Probably toxic.

[u/FingerpistolPete → u/afunkysquirrel]

Oh that was good. You karma double dippin mf

[u/Ready-Delay3918 → u/FingerpistolPete]

Double dip banana split

[u/bewarethecherrywaves → u/afunkysquirrel]

[u/RewrittenSol → u/afunkysquirrel]

I'm not taking your shit today

[u/JerryfromCan → u/afunkysquirrel]

Eating that banana will clear up 3 things you didnt know you had wrong with you and give you 8 new things to worry about.

[u/Shan_Tu → u/afunkysquirrel]

[u/rogerworkman623 → u/afunkysquirrel]

[u/Bitter_Warning418 → u/afunkysquirrel]

[u/Gold_City_6753]

At this stage of decay, the banana has skipped the banana bread phase entirely and gone straight to brewing its own artisanal penicillin.

[u/bugabooandtwo → u/Gold_City_6753]

[u/Trash-Cutie → u/bugabooandtwo]

Don't give up hope, banana dude! I actually did make banana bread this weekend. Just don't ask me how many of your brethren perished before you....

[u/OnceUponAPizza → u/Trash-Cutie]

Throw them in the freezer!

[u/Reasonable-Tap-9806 → u/OnceUponAPizza]

The frozen torment really adds to the flavor

[u/diablette → u/OnceUponAPizza]

I don't like banana bread. Leftover bananas get sliced, spread on a cookie sheet, and frozen like that. After they’re solid, I take them off the cookie sheet and put them in a ziplock bag. They're great for smoothies or general snacking.

[u/Liquid-Fire → u/diablette]

I usually just chuck the whole banana in the freezer, and then when I'm making smoothies, I just chuck the whole frozen banana in there.

[u/diablette → u/Liquid-Fire]

I might try that. I got into this habit before I got a Vitamix and my previous mixer would just die in the presence of a large ice cube.

[u/Super_Marzipan_4374 → u/bugabooandtwo]

That is such a travesty, banana is honestly the only fruit I can't imagine having in my fridge and going bad, it's so easy to eat them

[u/girlikecupcake → u/Super_Marzipan_4374]

I just can't imagine bananas going bad in the fridge because who tf is putting bananas in the fridge

[u/engifear → u/girlikecupcake]

I put bananas in the fridge once they ripen. I love a cold banana.

[u/Gjallock → u/girlikecupcake]

My wife puts them in the freezer to die 😂

[u/Aware_State → u/bugabooandtwo]

I laughed way harder at this than I should have lol

On a bright note, my husband loves overripe bananas. If they somehow make it past the overripe stage, they go in the freezer until I DO make banana bread.

[u/cosmicsans → u/Gold_City_6753]

Entire civilizations have lived and died on that Banana at this point....

[u/Popular_Procedure_21 → u/cosmicsans]

So we’re all the product of a rotting banana

[u/SiriHowDoIAdult → u/Gold_City_6753]

Banana trying to self heal itself

[u/RedHot_Chilli_Zepper → u/Gold_City_6753]

Artisanal penicillin in the shape of a totem pole

[u/ThinkZookeepergame65]

Jesus i hope it doesnt cause COVID-26

[u/Routine_Phase_8980 → u/ThinkZookeepergame65]

Look like it would cause the last of us from the look of those mold

[u/ergo-ogre → u/Routine_Phase_8980]

Do you…do you hear that clicking sound…?

[u/XenoCraigMorph → u/ergo-ogre]

[u/Both_Algae_3324 → u/XenoCraigMorph]

[u/Drenaxel → u/ergo-ogre]

[u/RaginhariCellarius → u/Drenaxel]

[u/SomethingComesHere → u/RaginhariCellarius]

Wow, havent seen that video in decades

[u/Successful_Mode_4023 → u/RaginhariCellarius]

what is that mysterious ticking noise?

[u/fitnfeisty → u/Successful_Mode_4023]

It’s a pipe bomb, YAYYYYY!

[u/Successful_Mode_4023 → u/fitnfeisty]

Voldemort, Voldemort, oooh Voldy Voldy Voldy, Voldemort!

[u/Fuzzy-Advisor-2183 → u/Successful_Mode_4023]

moldyvort.

[u/Independent-Aerie839 → u/Drenaxel]

Snape Snape Severus Snape

[u/MeowCatPlzMeowBack → u/Independent-Aerie839]

✨ Dumbledore! ✨

[u/Outrageous-Grass-892 → u/MeowCatPlzMeowBack]

HarryPotta HarryPotta HarryPotta, HUGH!

[u/phillyriot3101 → u/MeowCatPlzMeowBack]

Ron~ Ron~ Ron WEASLEY~

[u/Ok-Neighborhood3547 → u/phillyriot3101]

Hermione~hermione~hermione~hermione~hermione

[u/Apropos_of → u/Routine_Phase_8980]

Nah that’s (edit to add: a different type of) fungi.

As several antibiotics have been made from mold (like penicillin) I think this banana should be studied. A new antibiotic could be discovered.

[u/Thatguywiththethighs → u/Apropos_of]

But mold is fungi...

[u/Apropos_of → u/Thatguywiththethighs]

Yes, you’re right, but the zombie-ant fungus is not a mold. It belongs to a specialized group of entomopathogenic (insect-killing) ascomycete fungi, specifically in the order Hypocreales.

Mold is a nice respectable fungi that doesn’t grow in brains and only makes you sick if you breathe it in or eat it unless you’re really immuno compromised.

[u/Cumulus-Crafts → u/ThinkZookeepergame65]

I think that mold probably contains the cure to COVID-26. There's some superpenicillin in there.

[u/sexy-porn → u/ThinkZookeepergame65]

It kind of sent me into crisis realizing Covid starting popping up almost 7 years ago… wtf

[u/hiddenrealism → u/ThinkZookeepergame65]

Noo thats definitely a leftover COVID-25 platinum+ banana

[u/Ge4rshifter → u/ThinkZookeepergame65]

Looks like it could cure it.

[u/burnt-beyond-reco]

Well you can't throw it away now, there is an entire civilization living on/in it......

[u/SakuraKira1337 → u/burnt-beyond-reco]

Probably far enough to launch their own space program

[u/Necessary_Relation27 → u/SakuraKira1337]

It has gone so far it is now probiotic

[u/GI-Robots-Alt → u/Necessary_Relation27]

Postbiotic

[u/ScratchAssSmellFingr → u/burnt-beyond-reco]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

[u/Frecklebreasts]

Yeah…. That’s a face

[u/JustSomeGuy8400 → u/Frecklebreasts]

[u/CalibratedEnthusiast → u/JustSomeGuy8400]

[u/3stricksURout → u/CalibratedEnthusiast]

[u/Scarred_wizard → u/JustSomeGuy8400]

[u/Lieutenant_Puroro → u/JustSomeGuy8400]

Fucking love this movie

[u/Old_Future_8242 → u/Lieutenant_Puroro]

[u/zRouth → u/JustSomeGuy8400]

[u/Davo-Pano → u/Frecklebreasts]

Looks like oogie boogie from nightmare before christmas lol

[u/Nike-6 → u/Davo-Pano]

[u/Shurigin → u/Frecklebreasts]

Remember Me

[u/Original_Name_000 → u/Frecklebreasts]

Looks like Terk from the Disney movie Tarzan

[u/AtomicEdgy → u/Frecklebreasts]

[u/joan_bdm → u/Frecklebreasts]

[u/Lackinbehind → u/Frecklebreasts]

[u/Ancient_Audience_467 → u/Frecklebreasts]

Banana Breed

[u/Downtown-Day3924 → u/Frecklebreasts]

Looks like Homer Simpson 

[u/mad_mang45]

I remember at my old job we had a crappy fridge that broke and ppl left their food in it for months, then one day I opened it, and it was covered and crawling in bugs, I think roaches, it reminded me of Silent Hill, lol.

[u/Altruistic_Let_9372 → u/mad_mang45]

[u/ergo-ogre]

It’s developed sentience and it’s angry.

[u/Prior-Agent3360 → u/ergo-ogre]

It's living in the fridge! You can't stop the mold from growing.- Weird Al

[u/Both_Algae_3324]

WHY IS IT LOOKING AT ME

[u/DeePsiMon → u/Both_Algae_3324]

[u/Embarrassed-Log2660]

Sending this to my friend who claims no banana can go off enough to not make bread

[u/RealImprovement3528 → u/Embarrassed-Log2660]

This friend of yours. I hope they never make food for others. Haha

[u/Busy_Maximum1782]

[u/Enough_Owl6295]

[u/icleanjaxfl → u/Enough_Owl6295]

"I don't usually crop my memes, but when I d

[u/Scylla_the_eel6 → u/Enough_Owl6295]

[u/reddevils7070]

That’s a bana-nah

[u/Aconite13X]

Thats a banono

[u/Jealous-Report4286 → u/Aconite13X]

BanaNAH!

[u/Reddit_grill]

THAT'S A FOSSIL

[u/wtf_is_karma]

If you kept it in the fridge a little longer you could've re-lived an episode of Cowboy Bebop

[u/stonerjunkrat → u/wtf_is_karma]

[u/RoscoRains → u/wtf_is_karma]

Lmao that episode

[u/-drunk_russian- → u/wtf_is_karma]

Came looking for this comment, was not disappointed.

[u/ReiOokami → u/wtf_is_karma]

Such a good episode.

[u/NovaStar2099 → u/wtf_is_karma]

And what was the real lesson?

Don’t leave things in the fridge.

[u/judgeejudger]

I would love to look at that under a microscope

[u/NixAName → u/judgeejudger]

It would probably look right back.

[u/2meterNL → u/judgeejudger]

It's nice to have a banana for scale

[u/lastfreerangekid]

I was saving that for banana bread!

[u/BobTheN00b → u/lastfreerangekid]

Obligatory:

[u/coconutpiecrust → u/BobTheN00b]

Hahaha! 

I freeze the brown bananas, so the little guys do become banana nut muffins on occasion. 🥹

[u/g0ldilungs → u/BobTheN00b]

This was v wholesome and cute, thank you :3

[u/freindly_duck → u/lastfreerangekid]

I think it's smart enough to bake it's own bread now

[u/bdubyou]

Is this mildly infuriating or fucking disgusting?

[u/SpiritedBanana4694 → u/bdubyou]

It can be both. It's also interesting as fuck.

[u/SSilent-Cartographer]

Long enough to form a society and start paying taxes. Holy hell

[u/EarthyOaks]

Scrape off the blackened bits, it will be fine

[u/DogIsBetterThanCat → u/EarthyOaks]

Imagine how sweet the banana cake will be. 

[u/Overconfidentahole → u/DogIsBetterThanCat]

And how high the hospital bill will be

[u/Bigjmann555 → u/Overconfidentahole]

Probably should skip the hospital and start planning funeral arrangements….

[u/Full-Association-175]

I've seen corn smut, and now I've seen banana smut, and now I've seen enough smut 🙂‍↔️

[u/stayinbedgrowyrhair → u/Full-Association-175]

My immediate thought too!

[u/abfgern_]

"🎵 Its the Cambrian Explosion 🎵"

[u/Petrychorr → u/abfgern_]

You could make a religion out of this.

No wait don't.

[u/Dungana99]

Resident evil looking banana

[u/Prudent_Associate_54]

That banana needs to be wrapped in linen, in a sarcophagus, in it's own banana pyramid.

[u/LusciousRonaldo → u/Prudent_Associate_54]

[u/DrPisstrousers]

is this huitlacoche, but for bananas?

[u/BigAlsGal78 → u/DrPisstrousers]

Banana smut! It’s a delicacy!

[u/Antioch666]

Had it been there any longer it'd turn in to one of these

[u/HolyCannoliBatmaam]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT

[u/Tjaresh → u/HolyCannoliBatmaam]

At this point the question is 'WHO is this". This is far too developed for a simple 'what'.

[u/MadCatDisease666 → u/Tjaresh]

That civilization has surely advanced to monotheism by now.

[u/Timely-Cry-8366]

Bruh???

This is why my work has a sign on the fridge that everything gets cleaned out and trashed every Sunday evening unless you have it clearly labeled with your name and the date it went in. Our housekeeping staff does it.

[u/jco23 → u/Timely-Cry-8366]

So does ours, but it never gets cleared

[u/allowable-earth]

[u/Goitalone7]

Make some killer banana bread

[u/donpablomiguel → u/Goitalone7]

Emphasis on the KILLER.

[u/Snapped_SouthBend → u/Goitalone7]

Almost ripe enough

[u/Think_Increase4118]

Moldly infuriating

[u/ImpossibleWarning6]

People always say mold can’t grow in the fridge and I always say you haven’t had coworkers

[u/workadvice7897 → u/ImpossibleWarning6]

“Mold can’t grow in the fridge” tell that to the strawberries I just brought home 90 minutes ago

[u/0hn0shebettad0nt → u/workadvice7897]

WHY ARE STRAWBERRIES LIKE THIS? It’s like you get 10 minutes to eat them before they go bad.

[u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- → u/0hn0shebettad0nt]

Grocers enchant them with magical lasting dust, but its effects are only good on store property.

[u/Abal125 → u/-FeistyRabbitSauce-]

Oh man, if only that were true. As someone who works in the grocery industry, I've seen more strawberries disposed of to last 8 lifetimes. Sad thing is, is not all from mold.

[u/thekinginyello → u/0hn0shebettad0nt]

Wash them with diluted vinegar and dry them after a good rinse. This will help them last a little bit longer.

[u/Chi_Law → u/0hn0shebettad0nt]

Put them in a tupperware with paper towels on the bottom and between layers of strawberries, placed in the fridge. I do this with berries from the farmers market and they'll go weeks without molding or becoming otherwise inedible.

They do lose some moisture over time so they're still only at peak freshness for a couple days, but they'll stay good for a long time

[u/workadvice7897 → u/0hn0shebettad0nt]

I spend like 20 minutes inspecting them in the store to make sure they’re ok and they’re moldy by the time I get home! They’re the worst

[u/battlehamstar → u/0hn0shebettad0nt]

And after washing you need to leave strawberries uncovered in the fridge. The box they come in or most containers will trap enough moisture to promote mold. Single layer on a plate would likely be the best

[u/intrusivesurgery → u/ImpossibleWarning6]

I've never heard a soul that says this

[u/RunMysterious6380 → u/ImpossibleWarning6]

Mold can't grow in the fridge? Do people not eat cheese? Pasta sauce? Yogurt? The list is endless.

[u/Extreme-Name-69 → u/ImpossibleWarning6]

who tf said that? a 5 year old or someone without a fridge?

[u/WildWonder003 → u/Extreme-Name-69]

This made me lol and the fact that your avatar is in a banana fit! 😆 🍌 🤌🏻

[u/Aromatic-Turnip7371 → u/ImpossibleWarning6]

I’ve never heard anyone say this in my whole life …

[u/Ill_Philosopher_4892 → u/ImpossibleWarning6]

Haven’t had roommates *

[u/YozyAfa]

As a biotechnologist I think this kinda looks impressive

[u/chicopeestudly → u/YozyAfa]

Reminds me of fordite

[u/Brusex → u/chicopeestudly]

Hey can you delete this? It’s making me uncomfortable

[u/Hot_Hat_1225]

Put that back. It’s Halloween decoration.

[u/gettin-hot-in-here → u/Hot_Hat_1225]

Scarier than any haunted house I have been to. 

[u/klzzer20]

I think I can see the face of a demonic gorilla in that lush forest

[u/MrMucs → u/klzzer20]

So I was going to joke about Harambre and that recent tiger attacking the guy in its pen and i was given an automatic warning from the page saying im talking about dogs. Huh

[u/oortuno]

So the cute thing is that the spores are now all over the inside of that fridge.

[u/Ikku0021]

Its ready to make banana bread

[u/Stephen_Is_handsome]

It could be even poisson by now (probaly you already know this) but throw it in the bin

[u/Ok_Place_4203 → u/Stephen_Is_handsome]

It doesn't look like fish to me, it looks like a banana.

[u/MartinisnMurder → u/Ok_Place_4203]

[u/SpaghettiLord_126 → u/Ok_Place_4203]

Le poisson steve

[u/el_presidente_666 → u/Stephen_Is_handsome]

[u/2020mademejoinreddit → u/Stephen_Is_handsome]

[u/VeterinarianThese951 → u/Stephen_Is_handsome]

Mon dieu!!! I did not know that a banana could turn into a fish. Merci mon ami…

[u/Stephen_Is_handsome → u/VeterinarianThese951]

I made a simple mistake and eveyone thinks I’m a fish now for some reason

[u/AlbatrossNo1562 → u/Stephen_Is_handsome]

[u/Newcomer31415 → u/Stephen_Is_handsome]

Maybe all the bacteria have killed each other at this point? That shit is so contaminated that I can hardly imagine even microbes can survive it lol

[u/ZanzibarGuy → u/Newcomer31415]

If you eat this, you become indestructible. IYKYK

[u/Loose-Farm-8669 → u/ZanzibarGuy]

indestructible..... yes indestructible......

[u/makeyousaywhut → u/Newcomer31415]

Toxins are what get you. Those don’t die

[u/Dear_Effective9745 → u/Stephen_Is_handsome]

No, this is definitely deadlier than Poisson Distribution, though a close second.

[u/Chrono_Convoy]

Means your work has people dedicated to: don’t touch my food

[u/MightyArd]

Did you just steal someone's fruit from the fridge???

[u/suminlikedatt]

looks like corn smut which is tasty to cook up, but I am getting the feeling this would not be ;)

[u/TurnipWorldly9437 → u/suminlikedatt]

Google banana smut, you'll be surprised what comes up!

[u/XxCorey117xX → u/TurnipWorldly9437]

I'm, gonna take a pass on that one and take your word for it.

[u/_anxiousandannoyed]

Why do I want to poke it so bad?

[u/ExerciseOriginal9441]

Did you count the number of the different molds?

[u/kayemenofour → u/ExerciseOriginal9441]

The mold got moldy, and then that mold gibt moldy, and then...

It's kind of amazing, I thought molds tend to release toxins to prevent other lifeforms from taking hold on their substrate.

[u/FSM89]

It looks like my dogs poop after eating a bag of colored balloons during my birthday party

[u/Catlittersnackcakes]

What kind of freak puts a banana in a refrigerator in the first place?

[u/_lucyquiss_ → u/Catlittersnackcakes]

honestly, once they're ripe, bananas last much longer in the fridge. It's just me and my partner at home and we go through a bunch of bananas in two weeks together, but no way would it last that long outside the fridge.

[u/Fresh_Koala1989 → u/Catlittersnackcakes]

Put the pitchforks down but I do that. But ONLY!! for like a few minutes to firm up so I can slice em nice for my cold cereal or a charcoochie board.

[u/dantheother → u/Fresh_Koala1989]

Charcoochie brings a tear to the eye

[u/Catlittersnackcakes → u/Fresh_Koala1989]

Seems reasonable I guess.

[u/RevolutionaryAir7847 → u/Catlittersnackcakes]

I always put leftover bananas in the freezer to blacken for smoothies and banana bread. Tastes way better

[u/Working_Rise8592]

Decades by the looks of it. I didn’t even know a banana could turn into…well…THAT rather than just mush.

[u/Born-Light-62]

I don’t know but I think it’s planning on escaping and living off the grid for awhile…

[u/Shrimp4047]

so no1 has opened this fridge for like, the last 10 hears?
edit: years 😂

[u/Standard_University8 → u/Shrimp4047]

Maybe they are a deaf family dont be insensitive

[u/darlinglum]

El Psy Kongroo

[u/JohnnyKarateX]

Ironically this really needed a NSFW tag.

[u/BenthicBen]

Looks like the mold grew even more mold which went moldy

[u/hunterpos2003]

10 bucks if you eat it

[u/WildmouseX]

It's hard to tell how big it is, do you have a banana for scale?

[u/Iwasall4it]

R / moldlyinteresting

[u/RoNsAuR]

That's a Bana-nah.

[u/RanchHere]

ah, the forbidden fruit.

[u/itsmehuey]

[u/GrapefruitOk2057]

At this point you should be able to ask it directly.

[u/Tyb988]

Throw that in an art show, some sucker would but it for thousandddss!

[u/CaractacusPot]

Maybe it's the banana version of corn smut huitlacoche

[u/WasHogs8]

Okay, but who puts bananas in the fridge?