I was never down with gum to start. Chewing something until its flavorless and then spitting it out is just a strict downgrade from snacking.
The pro is no calories. The problem is if I’m not chewing gum I’ll chew my lip, or eat or drink something
Chewing gum is great for you
Gum always gives me a headache. Though I think I have mild TMJ.
It makes me angry for some reason. Like, maybe there’s this primitive thing in me that says, “SWALLOW YOUR FOOD, APE!” but it’s not for swallowing. I know that, my brain don’t, so it say, “GET ANGRY, APE!”
Doesn’t help anything that most “gum base” has PLASTIC in it.
Well your bowl of ice cream has carbon in it. Does it matter? No
You’d probably mind if your ice cream had lead in it. Microplastics will be the lead poisoning of the new century. They’re carcinogens and endocrine disruptors and we don’t even know the full extent of the effects they have.
A good chunk of the atoms in our bodies are carbon, yet we don’t see plastic being naturally created on our bodies, now do we?
FYI, not all polymers are plastics. All plastics are polymers, but it’s not a double equivalence.
Yea I loved gum right up until the recent study clearly linking microplastics in the body and chewing gum.
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Turns out the flavor crystals were just ground up spoons
I’m just gonna go ahead and believe this without further research, that’s too good an explanation to let go of, lol
Paging NileRed, can we make gum flavor from plastic spoons?
Yeah the microplastics in gum thing really threw me off when I found out about it.
I chew gum
I can’t see you. The theory checks out.
I chew gum, too, I just do it in private where no one can see, like any other decent human being.
Not me, I’m a fucking degenerate.
Don’t sell yourself short, you sound like a fartist
It’s me. I’m singlehandedly keeping the gum industry alive.
I know they must be though because I find used gum stuck to shit all the time.
Don’t see ads for it anymore either. I kinda miss the old “how it feels to chew 5 gum” ones
I smoked one of my buddies out on DMT and when he came back to reality I said “that’s how it feels to chew 5 gum” and it was pretty funny.
Its really interesting how wirgleys fucked up the marketing on that one even though they had something great out of the gate
The (very old) Jucyfruit jingle will always and forever be burned into my memory.
Juicy fruit is gonna move ya
I hope i’ll never get as far as missing a commercial
Right?
You don’t know what I see and don’t see. How dare you.
They’re probably vaping instead.
I would have agreed with you re: reduction in gum chewers. But it looks like most forecasting documents and historical trends demonstrate growth in consumption. Granted I’ve only had a quick lookm https://www.databridgemarketresearch.com/reports/global-chewing-gum-market
Not only is the plastic gross, but the artificial sweeteners are nasty.
Some of us don’t taste sweetness, we taste the chemical.
Gum stopped being fun.Actually I think you stopped being fun
You’re only saying that because you’re mad I won’t do that kinky stuff with you.
Sweet gum is gross, minty gum is nice though
I feel like the consumption of gum has shifted from just chewing it to being a more glorified mint/on the go way to brush your teeth.
I got offered some gum on the a plane ride the other day and it really made me to stop and think how I went from doing that every time to not doing it for years.
I have a coworker who does. Into her mic during meetings. I hate her way more than I otherwise would because of that
