KittiesAreCute!
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
Porto881@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months ago

You don't really see people chewing gum anymore.

message-square
message-square
15
fedilink
1
message-square

You don't really see people chewing gum anymore.

Porto881@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 11 months ago
message-square
15
fedilink
  • guyrocket@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    11 months ago

    Doesn’t help anything that most “gum base” has PLASTIC in it.

    • StereoTrespasser@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      11 months ago

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

      • Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        11 months ago

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

        • intensely_human@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          11 months ago

          Turns out the flavor crystals were just ground up spoons

Showerthoughts@lemmy.world

showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. Avoid politics
    • 3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
    • 3.2) Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
    • 3.3) Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy’s Code of Conduct
Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 727 users / day
  • 2.61K users / week
  • 5.57K users / month
  • 13K users / 6 months
  • 2 local subscribers
  • 30.2K subscribers
  • 1.55K Posts
  • 41.1K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • vatlark@lemmy.world
  • forkball@lemmy.world
  • Quinten@lemmy.world
  • Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
  • BE: 0.19.8
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org