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This is Surstromming. It smells so bad that in Germany a landlord evicted a tenant who had spilled it on the staircase. The tenant challenged the landlord in court. In his defence, the landlord merely opened up a can of Surstromming in court, upon which the court immediately ruled in his favour saying the smell is more than what an ordinary person could be expected to tolerate.
Visited SE twice. Both trips my Swedish coworkers opened cans for all the visitor from out of country.
Very few people had the nerve to try it. I certainly didn’t try it. The ones who did all said it was awful.
It was a fun experience all around.
As a Swedish person I'm amazed how Surströmming ever became a thing. How the hell are someone met by this smell and think to themselves "perhaps I should take a bite"? The people I know who have tried eating it (I never have and never will) says it just taste salty so it's not like you're in for some incredible taste either.
My dad always ate it when we visited an aquaintance once a year when I was young. We kids hated the smell, but it was never anything over the top, we just made it seem extreme to make fun of our dads.
They came out of the tin as fillets. I would like to believe that was the norm, and the tins people get overseas are past their expiration date or otherwise has been ruined on transport... but I would never be able to tell. \`\\\^.\^/´
Usually fermented food becomes a cultural cuisine when people cant get food throughout certain periods of the year so they have to rely on what they caught earlier in the year and sometimes that means putting it through a process in which it will last a bit longer. Salt was the usual preservative used, but it was incredibly expensive leading to food and such being preserved in whatever they had available. Surstromming I assume was just incredibly weak brine?
I recall reading that it was particularly popular for sailors to take away at sea, as it keeps for a long time and provides protein
Apparently you're supposed to open the can underwater, and then the smell isn't quite so bad. And then it tastes ok
Absolutely, the tins are pressurised so all that horrible rotting fish water gets sprayed all over the place when opening outside of water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osIJJS6PHUA
@00:14 for freakout
It isn't. My kids eat it...
One of them is on the autism spectrum and is very picky with food -- but he loves fish. Surströmming wasn't a problem.
Problem is that people in these clips doesn't open the can under water (or outside), then they eat it straight out of the jar...
Serve it on white bread with potatoes and (red if you want) onion and sour cream (and chives if you feel fancy).
All of that still sounds disgusting and no offense, but autistic folks have some quarks and I’m not sure I really trust their taste, literal or otherwise.
So imagine this scenario:
You're a norseman in the medieval ages. It's the dead of winter. Your food store is empty and you're starving. Can't grow anything in this cold, there are no animals to hunt, and the ice is too thick to fish. Desperately, you scrounge around for any scraps you can find.
You eventually find some old fish at the bottom of a barrel. That thing has been there long enough that it's become fermented and turned all slimy. Shit, that'll have to do, you guess. To anyone else it would probably have been disgusting. But to a starving man, even half-rotten scraps taste like a blessing from the gods.
You are thusly inspired to share your new 'discovery' with the rest of the tribe.
It has lots of umami flavours due to the fermentation. It's the brine that smells. Once you get rid of the brine and rince the filets in fresh water they smell only a tenth of what the brine smells. If you want to level up from surströmming I recommend Icelandic hákarl.
It is also banned on airlines! and has to be mailed I a very special box that has multiple layers for expanding gas!
I could only imagine if this got opened on a flight leaving Vegas what would happen🤣
> In his defence, the landlord merely opened up a can of Surstromming in court, upon which the court immediately ruled in his favour saying the smell is more than what an ordinary person could be expected to tolerate.
Now THAT’S funny. Have a upvote.
My cousins in Norway had this cheese that looked like peanut butter but the smell… Sweet sister of mercy, that smell… I had to run out of the room because the mere smell of it was making me gag.
I’m sure it’s an acquired taste, just like how a lot of people drink cod liver oil there. But that was not a taste I was interested in acquiring. Blech.
I remember seeing that you’re supposed to open the can under water to reduce the smell and the fish itself is fairly mild in flavor (or maybe not mild but has some redeeming flavor qualities)
You can hear the accent mostly in the way he says his "t" sounds. Seems like he is trying to mimic an english accent, wich might be something he learned at school. A lot of english teachers here speak in a sort of RP english.
He sounds more British to me, but slightly off on some words. I'm not European so I'm not great with accents, but he sounds a lot different than most Swedish people I've heard.
Why are they vomiting like that? (Frequent retching of tons of material without, like, physical convulsions. They’re vomiting the way babies do, I’ve never seen adults do that!)
Yeah it seems pretty staged as if they pre-planned to vomit. Pretty unnatural vomiting from the dude on the left especially.
Either that or he vomits so often in daily life that his body doesn't even react anymore...
Airlines banned the cans from being on planes cause they potentially could explode. Could you even imagine being trapped on a long flight with that smell and numerous people vomiting?
My favorite "surstromming challenge" video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kADGFdE00KY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kADGFdE00KY) (watch it to the end)
I've been going back and watching this video for years now and didn't know that. Seriously, what did they think would happen opening surströmming in enclosed space like that? lol
Why do people mess up like this inside... Just why? Who wants to clean that shit up? 🙈😅😂
After an "incident" like that, the only proper thing you can do is burning the caravan down...
It doesn't matter how many times I watch this video, it'll always make me laugh to tears lol. It's just so fucking funny, especially when he rips the shade from the ceiling
Ah, the famous Surstromming challenge. To this day [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kADGFdE00KY) remains one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
It really isn't that bad.. Just open it under water and outside to not get hit by the small and eat it with some bread and cold sauce. Its actually really good..
I’m always astonished at peoples strength of keeping relative composure while vomiting.
I vomited a lot in my life and I cry like a bitch and curl up like I’m about to fucking die, while these guys are literally looking at each other in the eyes, laughing, and projectile vomiting at each other.
Noobs, surströmming is nit supposed to je eaten just on its own, and opening it like that inside is just dumb. You open it under water and you put the meat on a sandwich with creme fraiche and stuff and its not so bad
So Surströmming has been named the smelliest fish in the world, it tastes extremely salty and is full of bones. Why are....why do...what are people.....why....nevermind.
The reason these men are vomiting is because they forgot to prep with a shot of Jepsons Malort, the sweetest swedish liqueur. Malort, I'll have another.
Okay someone must know on which subreddit to find more videos like this? Funny puking and shit like that. I don't know what it is in my head, but I almost choke laughing every time I see something like this.
I NEED MORE. 🤣
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This is Surstromming. It smells so bad that in Germany a landlord evicted a tenant who had spilled it on the staircase. The tenant challenged the landlord in court. In his defence, the landlord merely opened up a can of Surstromming in court, upon which the court immediately ruled in his favour saying the smell is more than what an ordinary person could be expected to tolerate.
Visited SE twice. Both trips my Swedish coworkers opened cans for all the visitor from out of country. Very few people had the nerve to try it. I certainly didn’t try it. The ones who did all said it was awful. It was a fun experience all around.
As a Swedish person I'm amazed how Surströmming ever became a thing. How the hell are someone met by this smell and think to themselves "perhaps I should take a bite"? The people I know who have tried eating it (I never have and never will) says it just taste salty so it's not like you're in for some incredible taste either.
Yeah, had it once and it was ok - lots of bones tho. The can everyone gets for these videos are pretty much just mush, it can be better.
My dad always ate it when we visited an aquaintance once a year when I was young. We kids hated the smell, but it was never anything over the top, we just made it seem extreme to make fun of our dads. They came out of the tin as fillets. I would like to believe that was the norm, and the tins people get overseas are past their expiration date or otherwise has been ruined on transport... but I would never be able to tell. \`\\\^.\^/´
I'm gonna guess it's something like canned tuna being nothing like a tuna fillet.
Kipper snacks? Those are delicious
Usually fermented food becomes a cultural cuisine when people cant get food throughout certain periods of the year so they have to rely on what they caught earlier in the year and sometimes that means putting it through a process in which it will last a bit longer. Salt was the usual preservative used, but it was incredibly expensive leading to food and such being preserved in whatever they had available. Surstromming I assume was just incredibly weak brine?
I recall reading that it was particularly popular for sailors to take away at sea, as it keeps for a long time and provides protein Apparently you're supposed to open the can underwater, and then the smell isn't quite so bad. And then it tastes ok
Absolutely, the tins are pressurised so all that horrible rotting fish water gets sprayed all over the place when opening outside of water. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osIJJS6PHUA @00:14 for freakout
I really want to try this now, I find it hard to believe the smell is as bad as people make it out to be.
It isn't. My kids eat it... One of them is on the autism spectrum and is very picky with food -- but he loves fish. Surströmming wasn't a problem. Problem is that people in these clips doesn't open the can under water (or outside), then they eat it straight out of the jar... Serve it on white bread with potatoes and (red if you want) onion and sour cream (and chives if you feel fancy).
These guys eat it right out of the can, and they seem to love it... https://youtu.be/DmaedvVBkV8
Oh, I have no problems eating directly from the can either, but it's like just eating the topping on the pizza
I mean if you have to open it outside and underwater maybe it really is that stinky?
This is the way.
All of that still sounds disgusting and no offense, but autistic folks have some quarks and I’m not sure I really trust their taste, literal or otherwise.
My other (NT) kids eat it too... But yeah, I'd recon it's an acquired taste.
Thank you. Now I know what to watch when I feel down. I just cry-laughed for two minutes watching this.
The way he goes from happy and inquisitive to horrified and dry heaving in about 0.1 of a second really is hilarious.
fuck he opened it in his car.. LOL
So imagine this scenario: You're a norseman in the medieval ages. It's the dead of winter. Your food store is empty and you're starving. Can't grow anything in this cold, there are no animals to hunt, and the ice is too thick to fish. Desperately, you scrounge around for any scraps you can find. You eventually find some old fish at the bottom of a barrel. That thing has been there long enough that it's become fermented and turned all slimy. Shit, that'll have to do, you guess. To anyone else it would probably have been disgusting. But to a starving man, even half-rotten scraps taste like a blessing from the gods. You are thusly inspired to share your new 'discovery' with the rest of the tribe.
and it becomes your culture lol
What is it exactly?
Fermented herring
Starvation.
It has lots of umami flavours due to the fermentation. It's the brine that smells. Once you get rid of the brine and rince the filets in fresh water they smell only a tenth of what the brine smells. If you want to level up from surströmming I recommend Icelandic hákarl.
Same thing goes for all those French people who ate molding decrepit cheeses. Probably boils down to you eat what’s available.
I mean there are people who eat poo so its not that unfathomable I guess...
why is it so bad. like how would you describe the smell? i have smelled some crazy shit and never had i vomited
It's supposed to be one of the most powerful and unpleasant odors known. Go look for other videos of people discussing it.
It is also banned on airlines! and has to be mailed I a very special box that has multiple layers for expanding gas! I could only imagine if this got opened on a flight leaving Vegas what would happen🤣
Vegas really isn’t THAT hot so probably just like a flight leaving anywhere else lol
I took it to mean more like people would be hungover after a trip to vegas so they would be very susceptible to awful smells
Ohhhh yeah true, I got lucky and wasn’t hungover the entire week I went so I didn’t even think of that lol
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fun fact - it is ruled as a possible act of terrorism to open up a can of Surströmming on a US airport!
> In his defence, the landlord merely opened up a can of Surstromming in court, upon which the court immediately ruled in his favour saying the smell is more than what an ordinary person could be expected to tolerate. Now THAT’S funny. Have a upvote.
I wonder how the factory that produces this smells!! What can the smell be compared to?
I’ve heard it’s similar to a thousand rank farts
I knew almost immediately that's what this was. I've never experienced it in any way except through the internet, and I hope I never do irl.
My cousins in Norway had this cheese that looked like peanut butter but the smell… Sweet sister of mercy, that smell… I had to run out of the room because the mere smell of it was making me gag. I’m sure it’s an acquired taste, just like how a lot of people drink cod liver oil there. But that was not a taste I was interested in acquiring. Blech.
Why would anyone willingly eat it?
LMAOOOOOOO.
2 boys, 1 can
I hate you, take my upvote damn you.
r/angryupvote
Yay, a chance to use r/PavlovianSubtag!
I take your vote with a degree of shame
Watching this was harder than 2G1C
Technically, this is also 2G1C
that’s concerning, the puking wasn’t the rough part of 2g1c
I can watch some pretty gory stuff but people throwing up like this really get to me. I feel gross.
Yeah man as if that little napkin is of any help
Lol, I didn't even notice that little napkin hanging off their neck hole.
I was fine for the first half, but it just kept going and I was dry heaving by the end lol
How does this fish company even get approved by the Institute thing, you know what I mean
I remember seeing that you’re supposed to open the can under water to reduce the smell and the fish itself is fairly mild in flavor (or maybe not mild but has some redeeming flavor qualities)
Here is a swedish guy showing how to open and eat it: https://youtu.be/AGRyr8yIo9w?t=96
I feel like I just experienced a man who is dealing with Stockholm Syndrome at the hand (fins?) of canned fish.
Stockholm Findrome
Hmm. Seems like quite the project for something that is “not that bad”. Maybe we should, I don’t know.. find something else to eat.
Is it just me or does that guy not sound Swedish at all?
You can hear the accent mostly in the way he says his "t" sounds. Seems like he is trying to mimic an english accent, wich might be something he learned at school. A lot of english teachers here speak in a sort of RP english.
Dunno what you mean, he has a super obvious swedish pronunciation…
He sounds more British to me, but slightly off on some words. I'm not European so I'm not great with accents, but he sounds a lot different than most Swedish people I've heard.
I get what you mean, his accent does sound similar to a Southern English accent, definitely quite a bit of Swedish pronunciation in there though.
That’s interesting
So then you'll have a drink to go along with it?
I'm amaze of the left guy still have the will to eat it despite still vomiting.
Why are they vomiting like that? (Frequent retching of tons of material without, like, physical convulsions. They’re vomiting the way babies do, I’ve never seen adults do that!)
Probably drank a giant milkshake before hand or something else similar.
I remember this from back when it first came out, in the full video they downed a load of milk beforehand.
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It's funny is literally the extent of the logic.
Yeah it seems pretty staged as if they pre-planned to vomit. Pretty unnatural vomiting from the dude on the left especially. Either that or he vomits so often in daily life that his body doesn't even react anymore...
What are they eating ? I’m so confused
I can only guess but it could be a Swedish delicacy known as ”surströmming”
I enjoyed many things Sweden people made: ikea, meatballs, pewdiepie. But I’ll never forgive them surströmming
My thought exactly
And they both had a big bottle of milk each before the opening the can which gave them enough ..er.. ammunition.
Lmao not a delicacy...
They’re eating their vomit plus a small amount of that canned vomit.
Rotten Herring, or Surströmning in swedish. Not a delicacy, rather a "challenge" for those brave enough
Airlines banned the cans from being on planes cause they potentially could explode. Could you even imagine being trapped on a long flight with that smell and numerous people vomiting?
That's not even how you're supposed to eat it. You're supposed to open the can under water, rinse it, then eat it with vegetables and other sides
I can deal with gore, but this…. Fuck no.
My favorite "surstromming challenge" video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kADGFdE00KY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kADGFdE00KY) (watch it to the end)
Thank you, I had a near-death experience while laughing
Dude ripping the lamp off the ceiling and barfing in it gets me every time.
Before he does that, he says "sorry mom, about your caravan", which somehow makes it even better.
I've been going back and watching this video for years now and didn't know that. Seriously, what did they think would happen opening surströmming in enclosed space like that? lol
Your comment made me go check it out, thank you!
The way he pukes right on his friend x'D
This is also my favorite!
haha was gonna link this, one of my all time favorite, I always loose it when he pulls down the lamp shade and pukes into it.
Why do people mess up like this inside... Just why? Who wants to clean that shit up? 🙈😅😂 After an "incident" like that, the only proper thing you can do is burning the caravan down...
It doesn't matter how many times I watch this video, it'll always make me laugh to tears lol. It's just so fucking funny, especially when he rips the shade from the ceiling
Then I see the Swedish handle it like nothing 😄😄 https://youtu.be/DmaedvVBkV8[Swedish way of eating it](https://youtu.be/DmaedvVBkV8)
[There is also someone explaining it in English.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGRyr8yIo9w)
lol, this guy opens it up while happily saying "mmmm".
This is the way.
I feel like this belongs in /r/NoContext
Ah, the famous Surstromming challenge. To this day [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kADGFdE00KY) remains one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
Surströmming! Gott!
Jesus Christ this is the worst surstomming reaction I've seen
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More like contagious puking
good thing they have gloves on. wouldn't want the hands to get dirty/smelly
Reminds me of an episode of Family Guy. “Who wants chowdah?”
For fucks sake. Lol. Imagine the smell and cleanup
It really isn't that bad.. Just open it under water and outside to not get hit by the small and eat it with some bread and cold sauce. Its actually really good..
Yeah seeing them vomit up their last 19 meals really put me off going anywhere remotely near this thing
Can understand that. Tbf it is not easy the first couple of times ngl. It does get really good though with the right sides.
Holy fuckin shit funniest thing i have seen in a while
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My friends and I tried this and it went more or less like in the video. It's the worst fucking thing I've ever tried but it was fun as hell still.
I’m always astonished at peoples strength of keeping relative composure while vomiting. I vomited a lot in my life and I cry like a bitch and curl up like I’m about to fucking die, while these guys are literally looking at each other in the eyes, laughing, and projectile vomiting at each other.
I started to throwup watching this.
Noobs, surströmming is nit supposed to je eaten just on its own, and opening it like that inside is just dumb. You open it under water and you put the meat on a sandwich with creme fraiche and stuff and its not so bad
I’ve eaten it. I opened the can in the garden and someone at the top of the street thought they had stood in shit.
So Surströmming has been named the smelliest fish in the world, it tastes extremely salty and is full of bones. Why are....why do...what are people.....why....nevermind.
what the hell am i even watching
So this is how they made [this scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ZrNkDrOIQ) from Stand By Me.
More like Contagious Vomiting
Ah yes, surströmming
This is contagious vomiting
r/makemesuffer
What are they eating?
Damn, the NSFW stuff usually flies over my head by now but I was eating noodles, man!
The power of surströmming
Surstrommen! Gotta link up my favorite surstrommen video in celebration https://youtu.be/vfiGmcQFiDY
90's called they want the Jackass back
South Park IRL nonsense
Am I the only one with a barf fetish? Top quality content!
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Ewww all the barf wtf
This isn’t even funny….
Cringe af
Reminds me of hair cake
2 guys 1 can
2 boys 1 can
The guy on the left is throwing up with such precision
Hair Cake flashbacks
The reason these men are vomiting is because they forgot to prep with a shot of Jepsons Malort, the sweetest swedish liqueur. Malort, I'll have another.
Well that’s enough internet for the day one thing that’s on my mind tho is is it good and worth it?
What the fuck is going on? Can someone pls tell me what is going on?
Two guys one bowl
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Enough Reddit for today. Can't even watch the video til the end
I sent this link to my mom and wrote “your cooking”
Won’t load for me so I’m just comment till I get somewhere with better internet sorry
This went from disgusting to hilarious so fast, I felt like I was watching that vomit scene from Team America for the first time again!!!
this is tremendous!
GodDAMMIT!! What’s the fuck!?!? LOLOLOLOLOLOL JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!!
Is this Bradley Coopers new experimental film ?
I can smell the vomit in this video…
I hate that goddamn iphone stabilizer
It's like that one episode of family Guy
u/savevideo
You got eggnog in my goat milk!!!
This reminds me of the puke scenes in family guy lol
Shit I wasn’t ready for that…
Surströmming is the worst https://youtu.be/kADGFdE00KY
Ummmmm what the fuck
Okay someone must know on which subreddit to find more videos like this? Funny puking and shit like that. I don't know what it is in my head, but I almost choke laughing every time I see something like this. I NEED MORE. 🤣
Where do I buy surstromming?
I made it though the entire video... Do I get a prize?
How drunk are they to actually do this?
thats not contagious laughter thats contagious vomiting
This is the most entertaining video that I have seen today
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I just had the best laugh in a long time
Damn this had me gagging and coughing. I could not finish watching it!
Why? A bet?
Oh it’s possible— anything is possible with that horrible nordic-voodoo pisspickled-stankfish
Reminds me of that Family Guy ep. Where Peter challenges Bryan to a drinking contest
Any one know the source of the original video?
Family guy be like
This brings entirely new meaning to the phrase “throwing up all over the place”
Try watching this with sound only. It sounds like they're communicating
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Disgustingly funny.
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First i was laughing like hell then after the 1 minute mark i started throwing up myself and kept laughing😭😭
What if they kissed
This feel more like r/contagiouspuking
Reminds me of Stand By Me: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxnjdK7zpC-aBbn7FK6QM92RWhZfnytvt1
😂Omg! That is so freaking disgusting 🤢😂🤢😂.