@dkaine@lordbowen I tried some from a convenience store for the first time just last week. It was truly vile. Tasted like bitter chemicals with a hint of fruit juice.
Got mine, it’s not terrible. You can taste the caffeine for sure but it’s “mildly bad” rather than “nasty”. I hate the taste of coffee so this is a much better option for me.
@Kidsandliz fuck. I don’t know why I put sucralose in everything, I hope it’s just the masochism. I don’t want to imagine I wanted what it does to me to happen.
@dkaine@sammydog01 For me, it’s mainly sucralose. Sugar’s fine. Some other artificial sweeteners taste funky but are mostly fine, sucralose and I’m glued to the toilet all day.
@Seeds Yup. Fuckers. I can’t blame you for this one. I stopped consuming anything with sucralose when I realized it was what was causing me shortness of breath and making me wheeze.
@cinoclav@Seeds You were lucky. I got vision problems, memory problems, muscle weakness, clinical depression, and ultimately 3 seizures from sucralose poisoning before I figured out it was the cause. Thank Nestle for that nightmare.
Had been cutting out high fructose corn syrup and finally the food makers are waking up. (Or did they simply rename it “corn syrup”? Cause we’re avoiding that as well)
I got vision problems, memory problems, muscle weakness, clinical depression, and ultimately 3 seizures from sucralose poisoning before I figured out it was the cause. Thank Nestle for that nightmare.
@Kidsandliz You must eat a LOT of chocolate! About a half pound of dark chocolate, or nearly a full pound of milk chocolate to equal the 80mg. in the gum…
@ Kerig3 @dkaine@hchavers Definitely clumped but edible. No matter how much I ate, it was like the bag was full of endless candy corn. I got fed up and threw it out.
Perfect timing as I’m on my last can of orange Mentos Now “mints”- I had no adverse effects from them unless I overdid the qty per day, in which case, that chili-around- the-campfire scene in Blazing Saddles had nothing on me.
I don’t care for the extreme bitterness after the mint flavor wears off. It does give a pretty instant kick, but the debilitating crash an hour or so later is (for me) extreme. I’ll be giving most of this away - some of my co-workers really enjoyed it.
I got peppermint. It has a nice peppermint flavor at first, then just moments later it tastes like chewing a vitamin. And not like a “‘ten million strong and growing’ so we’re kinda hiding it behind some fruit flavoring vitamin”, like a “you’re an adult and your life is disappointment” kinda vitamin
@uninflammable I know you’re joking, but I have to say please don’t do that. Granted, you’d have to eat over 100 to really be approaching the ld50, but do you really even want to be even at a single digit fraction of what would kill half of the population?
OH MY GOD I got the mixed berry and it’s so horrible. I feel like I am chewing on a mouthful of pennies or something that were soaked in ammonia and mold or something else super scary. Not sure. Can’t keep any in my mouth for very long, maybe a few minutes, so I’m not sure of the caffeine effect. That was a unwell-spent 8 clams.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
144x Pieces of gum
Price Comparison
$44.20 (for 2) at Amazon
Warranty
90 day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Tuesday, July 14th - Monday, July 20th
Hey kids! Chemicals you can chew!
@mehgrl literally everything is chemicals…
@dkaine @mehgrl
/giphy everything is chemicals
@dkaine Yes, but can you chew all of them?
@mehgrl if you try hard enough? But fair point, some drink theirs, others breathe theirs… Pick your poison, as it were?
Experimentation time here I come!
For “chew” sey people— dead gummit!
Huh
Too bad I hate gum
This seems like a really bad idea. Just saying.
This has got to taste seriously nasty.
@lordbowen some caffeinated gum is quite tasty.
@dkaine @lordbowen I tried some from a convenience store for the first time just last week. It was truly vile. Tasted like bitter chemicals with a hint of fruit juice.
Got mine, it’s not terrible. You can taste the caffeine for sure but it’s “mildly bad” rather than “nasty”. I hate the taste of coffee so this is a much better option for me.
during the day I usually have 1-2 cans of Monster and 2-3 cups of coffee, this will be a nice addition
/buy
@ConAndLibrarian Sorry, this deal contains 5 unique items and I’m not sure which one you want. You can review how to pick one, or just try ordering from the checkout page.
/image stiff-amused-chalk
@ConAndLibrarian Didn’t you mean to say “…thus will be a nice addiction.”?
@ConAndLibrarian So many questions, the chewing, the endless parade of shaved heads…
@Kerig3 I don’t creep out easily at all. I had to watch that gif over and over, but something about it - did just that.
@ConAndLibrarian gotta fill in those caffeine valleys, right?
@mfladd I know! I don’t ever want to be wherever that guy is!!!
Perfect timing. My braces come off in less than a week!
Yes I’m 37 and I’ve had braces for over two years.
/giphy resourceful-kooky-rogue
@The_Tim Aww
fucking sucralose, why do you have to ruin everything for me?
@Seeds You forgot to blame yourself… just sayin’
@Seeds I didn’t even notice it was sugar free. A ton of caffeine is fine but a little sugar is a no-no?
@sammydog01 @Seeds some people can’t eat sucralose, or other sweeteners.
@Kidsandliz fuck. I don’t know why I put sucralose in everything, I hope it’s just the masochism. I don’t want to imagine I wanted what it does to me to happen.
@dkaine @sammydog01 For me, it’s mainly sucralose. Sugar’s fine. Some other artificial sweeteners taste funky but are mostly fine, sucralose and I’m glued to the toilet all day.
Sucralose is in fucking everything now though.
@Seeds Yup. Fuckers. I can’t blame you for this one. I stopped consuming anything with sucralose when I realized it was what was causing me shortness of breath and making me wheeze.
@cinoclav @Seeds You were lucky. I got vision problems, memory problems, muscle weakness, clinical depression, and ultimately 3 seizures from sucralose poisoning before I figured out it was the cause. Thank Nestle for that nightmare.
@uwacn wow! I’m gonna pay a lot more attention.
Had been cutting out high fructose corn syrup and finally the food makers are waking up. (Or did they simply rename it “corn syrup”? Cause we’re avoiding that as well)
So many things to watch…
@uwacn That’s frightening. Glad you figured it out and you’re here to warn others.
@cinoclav @Seeds @uwacn
uwacn said Yesterday at 1:05 AM
Damn. I’m gonna have to read up.
And that crap is everywhere.
@f00l @Seeds @uwacn Take it from those of us that have experienced side effects - just stay away from it.
@RedOak @uwacn they haven’t cut back on using HFCS, they remaned it to fructose, frutose syrup, or HFCS-90.
https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/a-new-name-for-high-fructose-corn-syrup/
@ivannabc @uwacn we’ve clearly noticed a cutback of all versions of corn syrup.
Lots of products with “No high fructose corn syrup” blasted across them that now include “sugar”, “cane sugar”, or some kind of fruit juice.
Our local Costco and Sam’s even now carry Simply Heinz or Organic Heinz instead of the standard variety with HFCS.
I’d rather get my caffeine via good chocolate.
@Kidsandliz You must eat a LOT of chocolate! About a half pound of dark chocolate, or nearly a full pound of milk chocolate to equal the 80mg. in the gum…
@ELJAY @Kidsandliz I hear a challenge. Who is gonna do it?
@ELJAY Hmm I don’t seem to need that much caffeine. Nope don’t need “peel you off the ceiling gum”
/giphy caffeine shakes
I learned my lesson from candy corn. Pass.
@JT954 Were they as stale and clumped as we that saved our money imagined?
@JT954 At least candy corn has all natural sugar and food coloring.
@hchavers @JT954 even some honey. I’m still working my way through my candy corn purchase.
@ Kerig3 @dkaine @hchavers Definitely clumped but edible. No matter how much I ate, it was like the bag was full of endless candy corn. I got fed up and threw it out.
@JT954 Candy corn … edible?
@Kerig3 The candy corn was really good but I’m sick of it. Every bag I come across gets tossed.
@sammydog01 @JT954 Save it for a mehrican exchange?
@Kerig3 @sammydog01 what? Sacrilege.
/giphy candy corn mmm
Is that 80mg of caffeine per piece, or per pouch?
@UncleRummy 80mg per piece, 6 pieces per pouch. You get 24 pouches for a whopping 11,520mg of caffeine
@troy @UncleRummy 11.5g of caffeine sounds a lot less scary.
That makes this the equivalent of like 2 or 3 bags of coffee… Assuming you ate it
So close to a great product. I just want it to also crackle like pop rocks as you chew.
@Club33NOS Oooh, caffeinated pop rocks… Untapped market!
@Club33NOS You can wait till they offer it refurbished. I understand that crackles as you chew.
/giphy cloudy-manic-idea
Maltitol and sorbitol (cheap sugar alcohols) = loose stools
Sucralose (aka Splenda) = fine for some people, loose stools for others
Resinous glaze = shellac (a resin secreted by the female lac bug)
Enjoy your gum, everyone!
@Rowsdower don’t forget:
Xylitol - poisonous to dogs
Caffeine: 80mg
Calories: 0
I would rather have energy than a drug buzz.
Meh, market them to millennials as a tide pod alternative.
I’ve not seen any 25 year olds eating tide pods. Mostly teens (Gen Z)
@dewaynelawson you saw them eating tide pods? Hopefully you reacted.
/giphy grandiose-questionable-cloud
Next friday’s offer: bath salts
@Kerig3 How about Saturday?
@cinoclav I meant Saturday. I’m in the Central time zone; it’s still Friday for me.
That ingredients list …
@narfcake I miss Animaniacs.
@gt0163c @narfcake It was too good to stay on television.
@gt0163c @Milyvan1 @narfcake
‘Animaniacs’ Revived at Hulu With 2-Season Order
Narf!
@Milyvan1 @narfcake @Rowsdower
Woo-hoo! And the whole series is on Hulu? I know how I’m spending my free time this summer!
@gt0163c @Milyvan1 @narfcake @Rowsdower
holy shit. week made.
I can’t resist…
/giphy deluded-rousing-connection
Perfect timing as I’m on my last can of orange Mentos Now “mints”- I had no adverse effects from them unless I overdid the qty per day, in which case, that chili-around- the-campfire scene in Blazing Saddles had nothing on me.
A gross offering.
Yup, this is how I die… OD’d on caffeinated gum. Just like the gypsy woman said.
/giphy ace ventura gum
or you could take an extra strength Excedrin, and get aspirin & Tylenol too.
And chase it with a margarita.
@alacrity logic.
@alacrity or just skip it all and get this
@communistjack nah… the ingredient label states meth is cafeine-free.
@alacrity don’t mix alcohol and tylenol the same day. Good route to liver damage.
@bdb what liver?
I’d like the option of buying mixed flavors, instead of huge amounts of a single one.
@ShotgunX You can buy huge amounts of 3 different flavors
/giphy unassuming-permissible-silk
In for 2
Jolt Gum got me through college and I haven’t found it locally in quite a while.
/buy --flavor mango
@PHRoG It worked! Your order number is: determined-quiet-peacock
/image determined quiet peacock
/image crucial-surging-poppy
There’s not a damn chance this is any good. In for a pack of mixed berry
Perfectly aged for Halloween.
/buy --flavor mango
@thardesty It worked! Your order number is: refined-fatty-warthog
/image refined fatty warthog
liberal-unattractive-shrimp
Recommendation: Drink a glass of water before each piece.
No aspartame, from what I could research. That’s rare in a sugar free gum that’s not cinnamon flavored.
If I hadn’t stocked up on another brand of heavily caffeinated gum, I would be all over this. But I can’t even get through the gum I have!
Spearmint! Just enough to finish my MBA and PMP! Bonus: Fresh Breath.
Seems like a good value, but I would have liked to have a variety of multiple flavors instead of 144 of the same one.
I am buying this.
Just wish y’all hadn’t been sold out of spearmint. >sigh<
Go Go Power Gumballs!
I searched Bing images for my order # and got this:
I like it!
@Milyvan1 Me too!
Well, why not I guess?
/giphy comedic-tame-vodka
I hope this works.
I may need an intervention
/giphy confident-proud-nose
Kosher Carnauba Wax!
oy!!
/giphy thick-outdated-arm
Bought this.
/giphy fearing-rugged-brass
/8ball do I even have a brain?
Better not tell you now
/giphy bored-gushing-tray
/giphy humorous-foxy-hat
/giphy fixated-naughty-platinum
So I ordered this crap, but forgot to “Meh” it. There goes my streak.
Ah well.
/giphy dazzling-marbled-ice
/image dazzling-marbled-ice
Well, it’s squooshy gum rather than chewy gum, but after one piece I can solidly report that I can feel my lips vibrating.
Thumbs up.
I don’t care for the extreme bitterness after the mint flavor wears off. It does give a pretty instant kick, but the debilitating crash an hour or so later is (for me) extreme. I’ll be giving most of this away - some of my co-workers really enjoyed it.
I got peppermint. It has a nice peppermint flavor at first, then just moments later it tastes like chewing a vitamin. And not like a “‘ten million strong and growing’ so we’re kinda hiding it behind some fruit flavoring vitamin”, like a “you’re an adult and your life is disappointment” kinda vitamin
Mixed berry, tastes like a fruity perfume smells. At first. Then it tastes like the perfume tastes. Made me jittery immediately.
Before I throw it away I’m going to eat about thirty pieces at once and see if I transcend the normative perception of time.
@uninflammable I know you’re joking, but I have to say please don’t do that. Granted, you’d have to eat over 100 to really be approaching the ld50, but do you really even want to be even at a single digit fraction of what would kill half of the population?
@uninflammable like fry after 300 cups of coffee?
OH MY GOD I got the mixed berry and it’s so horrible. I feel like I am chewing on a mouthful of pennies or something that were soaked in ammonia and mold or something else super scary. Not sure. Can’t keep any in my mouth for very long, maybe a few minutes, so I’m not sure of the caffeine effect. That was a unwell-spent 8 clams.
peppermint:
t=0 min pepperminty!
t=5 min tastes like ass, and not in a good way
@zippyus I have found that “extra brand” peppermint gum sticks pair well with it to get the maximum caffeine extraction.
Doesn’t work