SPIT. ALWAYS SPIT.
I do NOT want to risk that shit clogging up my intestines or appendix or stomach or whatever.
I do NOT want to risk that shit clogging up my intestines or appendix or stomach or whatever.
Gum: Spit or Swallow?
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No sane adult and no aware child would possibly consider swallowing gum.
So the real question is, would you either: spit your gum out like a 1930's delinquent; stick your gum in some hidden place (eg under a table) like a young woman with self-esteem issues does with male genitalia; or do the responsible thing and dispose of it properly like a responsible and normally functioning member of society?
My disbelief that you would not include the latter aside, this can be applied to various other situations such as littering. Which one are you?
So the real question is, would you either: spit your gum out like a 1930's delinquent; stick your gum in some hidden place (eg under a table) like a young woman with self-esteem issues does with male genitalia; or do the responsible thing and dispose of it properly like a responsible and normally functioning member of society?
My disbelief that you would not include the latter aside, this can be applied to various other situations such as littering. Which one are you?
I always swallow it. Easier than finding a bin to get it into, plus that whole "it stays in your system for years" thing is total bullshit, so there's no harm in swallowing gum.
Does anyone actually know the implications of swallowing gum and what effect, if any, it has on the human body?
Personally I'd spit it out, not because it might be dangerous, but because it doesn't feel like food in my mouth. More like a flavored piece of rubber. Which is why (in my head) I'd put swallowing gum on par with eating an air freshener.
Personally I'd spit it out, not because it might be dangerous, but because it doesn't feel like food in my mouth. More like a flavored piece of rubber. Which is why (in my head) I'd put swallowing gum on par with eating an air freshener.
Because it is easier. Also if everyone swallowed gum there wouldn't be a piece of chewing gum lying on the pavement every 5 steps.Phoenixlight said:
You do know that chewing gum gets digested LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE YOU EAT. Right?aegix drakan said:
I think Gideo Graves said it best:
You made me swallow my gum! That's going to be in my digestive tract for SEVEN YEARS!
But i still swallow my gum if i'm trying to hide the fact that i had been chewing gum. though my fucking weakass mylohyoid makes it kinda difficult.
You made me swallow my gum! That's going to be in my digestive tract for SEVEN YEARS!
But i still swallow my gum if i'm trying to hide the fact that i had been chewing gum. though my fucking weakass mylohyoid makes it kinda difficult.
well after the midget folding sheets thread I saw here today, I was ready for anything... and you have to admit the thread title was more than a little suggestive.-Drifter- said:
Some things can't be digested at all. And someone already put this link down saying gum is one of those things: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/digestive-system/an01006Amphoteric said:
Despite it not technically being something terribly awful for you, you wouldn't go round swallowing pebbles or erasers or other things that aren't actually food (causing your digestive system to go "Hey, what the... why'd ya stick this in me? Now I've gotta poop this out and it was all for nothing..."), so I avoid it. I just won't freak out if it accidentally slips down my gullet.
I buy sticks, not tablets. Therefore they come with a handy bit of foil and paper to safely wrap the used gum in. If there are no bins around, it can sit in my pocket awhile.
You'd really swallow it? I'm sure it can't do your intestines all so much good. Though I'll admit I've never tried dropping gum in 2M Hydrochloric Acid and seeing what happens, or slathering it in bile etc.
You'd really swallow it? I'm sure it can't do your intestines all so much good. Though I'll admit I've never tried dropping gum in 2M Hydrochloric Acid and seeing what happens, or slathering it in bile etc.
That stays in your stomach for 7 years!!
7 YEARSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know cause I'm a doctor.
7 YEARSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know cause I'm a doctor.
Depends on your diet. Besides, I don't think there's a single recorded instance of swallowed gum sticking around for that amount of time (is there?). I've heard of plenty of hospitalisation because of excessive gum-swallowing (with coins or other indigestibles/chronic habit etc.).Krychek08 said:
Anyway, I don't chew gum any more these days, but when I did: spit.
It's made of latex or polyisobutene i.e. rubber. No, thank you. If there's a way of just keeping the xylitol, then I'd just have that and not bother with the gum (though to be fair, even that I don't really need).
Considering Gum is made out of either plastic or rubber, I don't want to take any chances with my stomach not digesting it right.Amphoteric said:
*puts on doctor hat*SckizoBoy said:
You doubt my qualifications?
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