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

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.

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

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

Are we using the Quayle spelling now?

My Irish half just shuddered.

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.

Oh shit is that potato blight?

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.

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

That's how you got Irish Americans

I thought it was a blueberry muffin :(

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.

It's just the dark meat.

Dunno, don’t eat it

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

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

Goth phase

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

I think the Irish just collectively fainted at this picture.

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.

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

Nightshade doing nightshade things.

i see two praying mantises having a bubble gum blowing competition and the one on the left is trying to impersonate no doubt, not the singer but the whole band, the one on the right is trying to impersonate the daughter from the television show with steve urkel that steve wasn't trying to date, you know the one that had the attitude? and she is talking into the telephone and telling the telephone that it is not time for tea while blowing a bubble the size of her head. what do you see?

Surprise Rohrschach Test! oh... I see you made that joke already :(

Two Seahorses

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.

Potat undergoing Stracciatellarization

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

Fake: it's AI

ADHD: oh its a painting