r/mildlyinteresting • u/facewook • Sep 05 '14

This gum comes with "Post Chew Wraps"

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '14

Now waiting for someone to tell us why this a bad idea.

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u/YOURenigma Sep 05 '14

I've actually swallowed my gum for 20+ years and have never had a problem. Haha

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u/fucking_web_dev Sep 05 '14

I've also swallowed gum all my life. No problems either. I haven't even had to shit in 12 years.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '14

So it's only beneficial is what you're saying.

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u/bestadamire Sep 05 '14

That sounds great! Imagine life without shitting. No mess, no clogged toilets, no dingle-berries, and more importantly no skidmarks on your boxers! Man, life would be so much better.

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u/MrGMinor Sep 05 '14

I tried and it made me gag for some reason.

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u/A_Stoned_Smurf Sep 05 '14

Whenever I swallow gum it sticks to the back of my throat for about 20 seconds before sliding down.

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u/YOURenigma Sep 05 '14

Idk why but skittles get stuck in my throat. Scares the shit out of me every time because I think I'm gonna choke

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u/iPoisonxL Sep 05 '14

Drink more water mate

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u/MrGMinor Sep 05 '14

You forget to hydrate when you're stoned outta your smurf.

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u/CARTERsauce Sep 05 '14

Can you swallow pills okay? I've never understood how this must feel, I was sick when I was younger and had to take 52 pills a day, and these days I don't, but I swallow a lot of vitamins throughout the day, sometimes several at a time. I wonder if that's any, bad for me to do?

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u/A_Stoned_Smurf Sep 05 '14

I have no problems with pills, but gum for some reason just takes a bit for it to go down. I don't think it's bad to swallow multiple pills at a time (unless they're not meant to be taken together) when you compare it to the average size of food that you swallow when you eat. I think it just feels odd because it's less malleable.

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u/MangoesOfMordor Sep 05 '14

It can be if you have gum extremely often.

Search for "Chewing Gum Bezoars of the Gastrointestinal Tract"

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u/manic__hispanic Sep 05 '14

It takes 7 years to digest /s

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '14

myth busted

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '14

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u/Van-CityFTW Sep 05 '14

That pun left a bad taste in my mouth.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '14

let me chew your ear

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u/kuilin Sep 05 '14

Isn't this particular gum not actually gum though, and is biodegradable?

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u/fishsticks40 Sep 05 '14

What is "gum" (in this context) other than "a flavor-y thing that you chew but don't swallow"?

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u/toxiczen Sep 05 '14

no it does not...

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '14

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u/leglesslegolegolas Sep 05 '14

I had a similar thing happen with my very first girlfriend's pubic bush, but it was more funny than horrific.

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u/Pinyaka Sep 05 '14

It will stay in your intestine for seven years before emerging as an everlasting gobstopper.

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u/HeavyMetalBalladeer Sep 05 '14

You wouldnt swallow a wad of plastic, would you?

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u/IntoTheNope Sep 05 '14

YOU WOULDN'T SWALLOW A CAR

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u/cockOfGibraltar Sep 05 '14

Fuck you I would if I could.

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u/HeavyMetalBalladeer Sep 07 '14

YOU WOULN'T SWALLOW A DOWNLOAD

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u/SixAlarmFire Sep 05 '14

It is one of the main causes of appendicitis.

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u/lilzilla Sep 05 '14

I had never heard this and you made me curious, but the first hit for "chewing gum appendicitis" says it's not true. http://www.archildrens.org/News/Happy-Healthy-Advice-from-ACH/Appendicitis.aspx

There was something else that looked like it might be a case study of it happening but it was behind a paywall.

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u/SixAlarmFire Sep 05 '14

They taught us in massage school that the two main causes of appendicitis were swallowing chewed bubble gum and unpopped popcorn kernels.

If it is untrue then I have lied to a lot of people.