Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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You don't really see people chewing gum anymore. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Doesn't help anything that most "gum base" has PLASTIC in it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Yea I loved gum right up until the recent study clearly linking microplastics in the body and chewing gum.

[–] Immersive_Matthew 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Really? I am not entirely surprised but did the study say how the plastic was getting in there?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Turns out the flavor crystals were just ground up spoons

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm just gonna go ahead and believe this without further research, that's too good an explanation to let go of, lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Paging NileRed, can we make gum flavor from plastic spoons?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Yeah the microplastics in gum thing really threw me off when I found out about it.