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Oh shit is that potato blight?

Are we using the Quayle spelling now?

German psychiatrist voice

"It appears to be threatened by self actualization and fixated on its dysfunctional relationship with its Father."

I think this is Black heart

My Irish half just shuddered.

There is two things going on there.

First if you look closely you can see holes in the spud. This is insect damage, likely caused by a wireworm (larval form of a clickbeetle species.)

Second is a physiological damage in storage/shipping causing the black color. This is not blight or another fungus, but the tubers reaction to suboptimal storage condition (not enough O2).

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/333609

It looks like you may have thought the potato was locked in there with you but actually you might be locked in there with the potato.

the post below in my feed seems to be relevant to this post somehow

potadon't

I think I see my parent's divorce in that potato.

That's how you got Irish Americans

It's starches are being broken down and used in glycolysis before you had a chance to. The bastards stole it from you. Burn them.

First, I don't know. Second, I see a well postured cartoon poodle in a sit position, side profile. Mirrored in the other potato too.

First of all there's no e in potato (singular). Second, it's probably either a weird mutant or going bad. I wouldn't eat it, either way.

I thought it was a blueberry muffin :(

Dunno, don’t eat it

Careful, that's how you summon the ghost of old Jacob Marley.

It's just the dark meat.

First off: Potatoes are cheap and abundant. There's literally zero need for any risk.

Secondly: I have no idea, I just wanted to point out that any weirdness with potatoes is not worth it.

Thirdly: I do know, however, that green potatoes is poison and bulging cans is no bueno.

The potato is an exploration of pain and rage, it's really quite playful and comedic too

Goth phase

I think the Irish just collectively fainted at this picture.

ITT: a bunch of people not actually answering the question asked and a load of casual racism about Irish folk.

I tried to look it up, and apparently there is something called "black heart"

Apparently it’s something to do with how the potato has been stored. Something about a lack of oxygen, but I don’t know anything other than the few searches I found.

a science paper about blackheart

black heart and internal heat necrosis

There probably are other and better sites out there about this topic, but I think it is possible it could be black heart even though the pattern in yours looks unusual, but honestly, what do I know? XD

Just cut around it and you can still eat it. Toughens you up.

Room mate searched it, it looks like internal bruising? Pretty severe, but yeah. Lack of oxygen, or freezing. Idk that I'd eat it myself, but it's allegedly safe. Allegedly.

Nightshade doing nightshade things.