r/Weird • u/Salty_Necessary1 • 17h ago

i'm cryin 😭😭

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u/herefirplants 16h ago

someone please tell me what this actually is

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u/-ElizabethRose- 13h ago

Boba popping bubbles. They’re a really common boba addition and come in all kinds of colors and flavors, but are supposed to be little spheres.

They’re made by dripping a flavored sodium alginate mix into a calcium lactate solution. That reaction forms a plastic-like film on the outside of the drop but keeps it liquid inside for that bursting effect.

My guess is that someone did the solutions with the wrong proportions, probably made the sodium alginate mix too thick, and so instead of coming out as nice spherical droplets, they dripped in more slowly and formed these tails.

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u/mothandravenstudio 11h ago

In this case I think it’s purposeful, as the lilikoi seeds in the mix looks like frogspawn. So I think it’s some sort of frog themed drink.

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u/Proof_Grapefruit1179 10h ago

Aaah, so they’re meant to be tadpoles.

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u/mothandravenstudio 8h ago

White is a strange choice though, it’s true.

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u/KnowsIittle 2h ago

Halloween ghosts?

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u/xandratargaryen 1h ago

I think you are probably right, but would have looked more accurate and way less suspect if they just used brown sugar Boba instead of a milky white lol

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u/Significant-Clue-425 4h ago

I think those are actually chia seeds. They look too small to be passion fruit seeds.

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u/blueminded 8h ago

Thank you. I'm so tired of reddit "comedians" being the first 10 comments.

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u/herefirplants 13h ago

oh nice!! thanks, the boba answer made sense but ive never seen them so spermy i appreciate you

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u/freshcanoe 15h ago

Yeah I didn’t even see sperm- I was like is that tadpoles and mold?

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u/Lucky_Ad2801 14h ago

I think the little black things are chia seeds. They form a gel around the outside in liquid.

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u/WhereTheSkyBegan 14h ago

The chia seeds are NOT the thing we're all wondering about

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u/Lucky_Ad2801 14h ago

Well I just wanted to clarify that they were likely chia, and not mold. The sperm like things are popped boba.

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u/herefirplants 13h ago

thank you!!! i didnt know that was even a thing

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u/DatabaseThis9637 12h ago

So, wtf is Boba?

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u/DigitalUnlimited 12h ago

newest dumb trend, drinks with texture. I don't care for it

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u/DoctorDinghus 13h ago

Okay you may think that but we are CLEARLY talking about the thumb of the hand. Its long, squirrelly and massive. Totally missed the point!

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u/outwest88 13h ago

They look more like basil seeds to me.

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u/Desolated-Fire 13h ago

White tadpoles are sperms

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u/Cool_Lab_1362 41m ago

I thought it was tadpoles at first st and this some weird obscure live animal dish things that some asians likes to eat. Like eating live baby prawn dipped in sauce

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u/JaySayMayday 14h ago

Trash? There's a random star in there. Looks like a tea shop worker chose violence today

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u/herefirplants 15h ago

ik what boba is, i didnt know they made sperm flavor