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The idea makes me uncomfortable and I can't explain why

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 3 months ago (2 children)

One way or another it's gonna taste like something, might as well not just be "plastic and rubber" flavored.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah why not and if it‘s only a faint flavour to cover the plastic taste i imagine its pretty enjoyable

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago

Also, its marketed as a children's mouth guard so it probably helps them want to wear it. Not a parent though, so I have no idea.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or old spit from the last time. Got to remember to clean mine today

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I can't help but clean mine after every use. It's like the first thing I do when I get home, right before a shower.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

-Gets punched in the face-

"Mmm, strawberry daqueri!"

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago

These mouth guards are flavored?

PFAS-flavored? 😏

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

As a former teacher of younger kids, that feature probably makes them 10x less likely to be forgotten/lost. (The size is "youth 10-") Agree it's kinda gross, but kids are wired differently.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Growing up we were on a swim team and my brother would chew on his goggle straps while waiting for a race. My parents bought us some flavored goggle straps lol. I think they were blueberry flavor...

Goggles aren't even something designed to go in your mouth like a mouth guard, but I guess they knew kids chewed on them so why not

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

hides the strawberry lube

Yeah man, really weird.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

You should use the strawberry lube with peanut butter flavored condoms.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When I played flag football in elementary school we were required to wear a mouth guard but we didn't have these fancy things. So what we did was put pre-sweetened Kool-Aid mix in them and now it's no wonder so many of us developed bad teeth.

Isn't it ironic?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My retainer when I was a kid was flavored, too. Though I only had two choices. Bubblegum and medicinal grape. I opted for the grape.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

microplastic efficiency that

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

They make gloves for dentists that are flavored too. It's weird but I don't think it's uncomfortable making. To each his own I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Is this why Matt Tkachuk is always passionately chewing on his instead of using it for its intended purpose?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I feel like that would help rot your teeth.....

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I seriously doubt there's any sugar in it