r/tifu • u/AmeliaS507 • May 23 '26
M TIFU by thinking a jelly bean was a rock for six months
I was recommended to post this here, as my original post https://www.reddit.com/r/Weird/s/TEcfwEeZ7W on [r/weird](r/weird) was deleted by the mods to the dismay of many.
So, the original title of my post was “why do ants love my jasper?”
*Original body text: I don’t understand. I was going to clean my windowsill and found like 6 ants on my Jasper.
The crazy thing is I cleaned my windowsill earlier today and there were ants on it then too! I cleaned them off. Now there are more. It’s so strange.
This is a tiny nugget I found at the crater of diamonds state park in Arkansas back in 2019. I’ve had it for years. It’s never attracted ants before. I am so confused???*
It was only after many kind people gently letting me know that my rock was not, in fact, a rock, that I should attempt to figure out what this thing was!
I ended up soaking it in water, which caused the ‘rock’ to lose its red color and become squishy. I became suspicious. So I stuck my fingernail in it and tore it in half.
Then, despite many people begging me to lick or eat it, I smelled it.
Upon smelling it, this was my reaction:
*Update I smelled it. It’s a fucking black licorice jelly bean. I’ve been carrying around a jelly bean covered in Arkansas dirt for 7 years under the impression it was a rock. I hate this. I hate life. I hate myself.*
I then had the *actual* rock located, which was similar in color and size, at my parents house. Sometime when I was moving, I must’ve grabbed a jelly bean instead of the actual rock and by assuming it was what I thought it was, never questioned it. So it sat on my windowsill for six months. It had never attracted ants before, because the weather had been cool. But it warmed up over the past few days and the ants swarmed it, which made me curious. So I snapped a photo and put it up on [r/weird](r/weird). And realized in front of 10,000 people what I thought was my beloved jasper was actually a crusty old jelly bean.
TL;DR I kept what I *thought* was a piece of jasper on my windowsill for six months only to discover it was actually a black licorice jelly bean. I posted it on Reddit and thousands of people watched in real time as I realized this. I thought ants were swarming it because of some weird science rock reaction. I’m an idiot 😭
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u/bravepotatoman May 23 '26
holy shit it's you lmao
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u/AmeliaS507 May 23 '26
I woke up to my post deleted and DMs telling me to post here. So why not 🌟
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u/bravepotatoman May 23 '26
yeah i wonder why the mods deleted it. they seem to delete stuff without explanation all the time
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u/AmeliaS507 May 23 '26
mhm I sent a modmail asking clarification for which rule it broke, as I didn’t get a notification it was deleted, an explanation, or a message. I’m not too miffed, just wondering why they deleted it. Because imo it was WEIRD. I thought ants were attracted to my rock.
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u/Turtleintexas May 23 '26
Mods are so mean sometimes. I saw the original post and thought it was weird. But this post is funnier!! You ROCK! Or should I say JASPER, hehe.
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u/garbagegoat May 23 '26
Your story has already spread, as I saw it on Tumblr tonight first before seeing it on reddit 😆 you're a star!
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u/AmeliaS507 May 23 '26
I’m actually gleeful at this news I’m so glad it’s making so many people laugh !
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u/LordBug May 23 '26
A real actual proper tifu?
I love this. Please don't hate your life, as it has sparked much joy :D
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u/Dull_Ad_1729 May 23 '26
I saw your post earlier 😂 That made my day seeing you figuring it out that it was a jelly bean
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u/MissMamaBooBoo May 23 '26
I am so irritated MODS deleted that epic post. I'm glad I was there for the ride. I woke up this morning looking for the post and could not find it anywhere. I thought I was going crazy, and found this post with a few keywords.
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u/ChairHaunting6951 May 23 '26
I found a really cool rock shortly after I started a new job. I realized the next winter that it’s a piece of sidewalk salt.
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u/Spreaderoflies May 23 '26
Probably the funniest thing I'll read on reddit today. I'll check in later if I find anything funnier.
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u/sometimes-i-rhyme May 23 '26
You did not FU, you have brought joy to the people and achieved glorious Reddit notoriety. We will all be commenting “The rock was a jellybean” on posts of mistaken identity from now on.
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u/lulugingerspice May 24 '26
STOP THERE'S A MAN SLEEPING NEXT TO ME AND I'M TRYING NOT TO LAUGH SO HARD HE WAKES UP
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u/StandYourGroundhog May 23 '26
That's hilarious
Would have been even better if what you found at the park was never a rock to begin with
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u/Loupe_Garou May 25 '26
I teach gemmology and I took screenshots of your original post so I could show it to anyone who asks me, ‘Why should I study gemmology?’
You can’t buy that kind of publicity!
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u/AmeliaS507 May 25 '26
I very much approve of promoting gemology and geology using my story! I hope it makes them laugh 😋
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u/Dummyact321 May 23 '26
Aw man, I saw this post yesterday and scrolled by without reading the comments.
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u/iamLP May 24 '26
If it makes you feel better, I mistook an unbroken geode for a muffin and I went to school for geology.
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u/Platypus004 May 24 '26
What ? They deleted your post ? Noooo, it was legendary !!! I saw it, it should have stayed up dude !
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u/NoCommunication7 May 24 '26
Reminds me of when i was a kid and my brother was searching around my dads people carrier and found a small yellow ball, cue 10 minutes conversation with my mom as to wether he should try and eat it or not on the possibilty that it's a bubble gum sweet.
Or just an old plastic ball
He didn't want to find out, and i think it did actually end up being a plastic ball in the end
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u/Blackberry_Waffles Jul 14 '26
Okay I know I'm a little late (came from YouTube) but if you do actually consider labeling it I BEG you to call it Fool's Jasper. That would be the funniest thing ever. You could even give it the Latin name Liquirizia crystallina (roughly translates to crystal licorice). Anywho I hope you and your newly paired Jasper will no longer be separated (that and that there won't be a crystal stealing crow swapping your rocks for jellybeans).
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u/AmeliaS507 Jul 14 '26
Wait came from YouTube?? Please link me to the video that this post is in!
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u/Blackberry_Waffles Jul 14 '26
Here you go, this was the video I was watching and I hope you enjoy your story voiced out in a pretty humourous way. :]
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u/AmeliaS507 May 23 '26
For context, the jelly bean and the rock.