• @[email protected]
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    71 year ago

    People chewed gum to fix their breath after smoking tobacco, and I don’t see people doing that anymore either.

    The ads never said that gum was for smokers, but it’s for smokers.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Oh no, they absolutely did say that.

      I distinctly remember commercials that said, “you can’t smoke at work, so you need such and such gum”.

      That’s for a different reason, but it was tied to smoking at least.

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    I smoked for about 10 years and replaced that with vaping. Then I replaced vaping with chewing gum in January.

    I chew 2 pieces of Extra 6-7 times a day and Blockheads multivitamin gum twice a day.

    I also carry strips of foil I can spit into if I’m at my desk or not near a bin.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      I went to school with a girl who chewed gum everyday, she ended up in hospital with a stomach ulcer.

      When you chew, your brain sends signals to your stomach to produce acid to break down the food that is incoming, but if you don’t actually consume food, the acid will just continually build until there’s a problem.

      Basically just saying be careful, though I’m not sure if there is any warning signs you can watch for.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      I bet you could crack open a jawbreaker with one bite with those jaw muscles.

      That’s interesting though, have you noticed any changes from that amount of gum?

  • @[email protected]
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    81 year ago

    If I see a balding, shorter guy with a buzz cut and a tan line on his face from his wrap around sunglasses, I expect him to be chewing gum.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    People still chewing gum, but chewing gum is no longer a fashion trend. So they don’t purposely show to you that they are chewing gum.

    I do chewing gum when at work, to help me stay focused. I don’t chewing gum while hanging out with friends to look cool, because it no longer a trend. Beside, it is not comfortable to speak while chewing gum.

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      21 year ago

      It makes me angry for some reason. Like, maybe there’s this primitive thing in me that says, “SWALLOW YOUR FOOD, APE!” but it’s not for swallowing. I know that, my brain don’t, so it say, “GET ANGRY, APE!”

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    I was never down with gum to start. Chewing something until its flavorless and then spitting it out is just a strict downgrade from snacking.

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      61 year ago

      The pro is no calories. The problem is if I’m not chewing gum I’ll chew my lip, or eat or drink something

  • TheRealKuni
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    11 year ago

    I keep some sugar-free mint gum in my carry-on bag to chew during take-off and landing to help with ear pressure. But otherwise I’ve largely turned to Binaca or Listerine spray for breath freshening, which for me is the major purpose of gum.

  • Resol van Lemmy
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    41 year ago

    I see it pretty much all the time. You probably live somewhere where people are more likely to do stuff other than chewing gum, or, in the worst case scenario, somewhere where it’s literally illegal (ie Singapore).

  • Teon
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    271 year ago

    Not only is the plastic gross, but the artificial sweeteners are nasty.
    Some of us don’t taste sweetness, we taste the chemical.
    Gum stopped being fun.