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i really wish they made those chewing sticks for humans, chewing on a rubbery stick sounds amazing to my autistic mind
like that would instantly take me from middling tooth health to best teeth in the game, i’d be chewing those shits day in day out to the point that the dentist has to tell me to cut it down, not to mention how great it would be for jaw strength!
They actually do make those for people with sensory needs. They look like Lego’s and are on a lanyard
Please be conscientious if you choose to use a coping method like this. Some estimates put misophonia as prevalent as affecting 1 in 5 people. Your chewing on something to calm yourself down may be setting off full fight or flight in the person next to you.
Flight, they’re now my prey
You can just gnaw on dog treats if you want. Like nobody is stopping you. My parents tried and failed many many years ago, but the sandy texture of the treats they bought was a major turnoff for me, so no need fam. If dentabones or whatever had been a thing back then I might have a different story…
Fun fact; most pet foods and treats are tested at some stage by humans for flavor, because animals can’t really give proper critique. So someone, somewhere, has probably already eaten them.
I’m a very small sample size being one guy who works in a dog food factory. But we absolutely do not test our products on humans. All our meat products are marked not for human consumption.
The seasonings and what have you are often tested by the npd crowd but I can’t imagine a scenario where anyone would actually try the finished product.
The seasonings and what have you are often tested by the npd crowd
This is the “at some stage” portion, I assume (tho I don’t understand the lingo you are using tbh)
Dry foods are bland and flavorless kibbles without the flavor coating, often using the same meal for multiple lines, so you just test the coating. But other products don’t have that luxury, like wet foods and treats that have soft core or whatever.
Obviously nobody is consuming it as a diet, but they do test it :)
https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/food-facts/food-careers/food-taster3.htm
https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/i-just-found-out-that-dog-food-gets-taste-tested-by-humans
https://www.merieuxnutrisciences.com/na/sensory-and-consumer-testing-of-pet-food/
In many places catfood and such is mandatory to be safe for human consumption.
Because people will buy it to eat when they can’t afford real food…
That’s how chewing gum has been marketed for as long as I can remember. Specifically Dentine.
There use to be gum with toothpaste grit and mouth wash in them.
in finland most of our gum just has xylitol in it
There’s these toothpaste tablets/pills, which you put into your mouth, bite on them and then they turn into toothpaste for brushing.
When I first saw those, I also thought, they’d somehow clean your teeth without brushing. Like, maybe they’re one of those fizzy tablets, which I believe exist for cleaning fake dentures. Or when I then read that you bite on them, I thought, maybe they’re like special chewing gum. But yeah, it’s just toothpaste without the water.
Once I chewed a vitamin C tablet that looked like a TUMS. It was not like a TUMS. It was intended to dissolve in a glass of water.
It started fizzling and bubbling in my mouth, activated by the moisture that was there. I started intensely foaming at the mouth and almost threw up.
Good times, 10/10
On that note, I once accidentally brushed my teeth with Deep Heating ointment.
Would not recommend or try again.
It would never have occurred to me to try this, but now you’ve piqued my curiosity…
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen chewing gum advertised this way.
Crest beef jerky! Experience the minty flavors of the…fuckin Southwest. Yeehaw!
That’s why I brush my teeth before having my bacon and eggs with coffee.
Brushing your teeth before you eat is like wiping your butt before you poop.
Dog teeth only have to last about 15 years.
Also dogs aren’t drinking soda, eating candy bars, or chugging orange juice.
Well mine didn’t anyhow, idk about some of y’all.
:(
I wish I only had to last that long
