I’ve seen a kid at the supermarket pop the top off of one of these bad boys and down its full contents, crunching through the mass of gum’s solid outer layer audible from half an aisle’s length away. Not a safe solution with kids around.
😋 delicious microplastics
I didn’t mean it like that, but the mental image sent chills down my spine. No, this sort of gum usually has a crunchy outer coating like an m&m, which I heard.
Shit, I don’t think I could fit one of these things in my mouth. The sort of snake child that could do so terrifies me.
I was more referring to this:
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/chewing-gum-microplastics-saliva-study
Oh. That really sucks. :(
Most people don’t realize today’s chewing gum IS plastic. You can buy chicle gum tho, which is made from tree sap, hopefully people get wind of it and it catches on. The heart disease just caused by chewing gum is insane to think about, but people have no idea.
The article above mentions natural chewing gums and indicates that they release a comparable plastic load to synthetics. I’m altogether too sleepy to parse the source document, though
Someone teach this man about the various polya urn models
I’m not sure this works because you don’t chew nicotine gum like regular gum. I think you release the nicotine by chewing, so you munch on it a few times and then let it sit for a while.
I tried them but I couldn’t make them work. This start-stop chewing drove me nuts, and whenever I didn’t pay attention, I chewed on it too much and got woozy. I ended up going cold turkey with a shitton of regular gum.
