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[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nathan's Poop Flavored Froyo

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] don@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

They’re having some difficulty sourcing the ingredients for “rotting corpse”, but the company is hopeful that the upcoming flavor should make it to market by the middle of next quarter.

[–] KanadrAllegria@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I read that as "butterfly", was confused. Reread it correctly, and still am.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Is the reality less confusing?

I feel like that's the defining question of our era.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

in my experience tastes like (savory-sweet?) metal and pain

edit: not beating the pica allegations at this rate, doesn't help that I do actually have an ED

I was a dumb child

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If battery acid tasted bad, old corroded batteries would be a lot less dangerous in general.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 5 points 3 months ago

There's a line where I wouldn't want to taste a weird flavor, and this article made me realize battery doesn't cross it. Life is a never-ending series of personal discoveries.