Emmeran wrote:

Having committed themselves to this life of tedium, they also digest their redundant brains

Yes, I know the entire article is unrelated but that single bullet point at the end of the article lies so close to the truth of human suburbia that I just had to post something about it.

You missed the most important bullet point right below it.

Some fungi also accumulate vanadium, including the bright red and white poisonous, hallucinogenic mushroom known as the fly agaric

Eat up, dude. That's Amanita Muscaria.