I think the argument being made here is that what you have described is egregious enough and also a fair take on what is alleged to have happened.
Unlike saying “a guy jumped a turnstile and police opened fire for $2” which now looks like a ragebait equivocation.
Months. Most of the time the potatoes go Eldritch horror and start looking for soil before they get in any way bad. I’ve had a few shrivel, but I’ve never had a moldy potato I had to throw away.
I also don’t eat potatoes very often. The ones In buy tend to serve a long sentence.