• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 hours ago

    Return of nicotine addiction of the youth.

    Latest trend besides the god damned vapes: nicotine-infused toothpicks the kids in 7th grade are casually twirling around their mouths during class.

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      5 hours ago

      Funny enough, those have actually been around for a while, I remember seeing them as a “smoking alternative” sometime around 2013? But pretty sure they were around before that. Also aren’t zyns or whatever still popular? Why not just stick with that?

      Nicotine was bound to stick around though. It’s basically a “legal” mini-high and doesn’t have all the smell and cancer stigma (yet, pretty sure those things still ruin your lungs) that traditional burning cigs do. That industry wasn’t gonna fold without a fight.

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      10 hours ago

      I remember a couple grades older than me in high school (I’m mid 30s) were getting in trouble for having cinnamon soaked tooth picks on them. What a world of change we live in.

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        7 hours ago

        I was just thinking about those cinnamon tooth picks reading their comment! I haven’t seen those since I left Miami. God I miss those things! I fell asleep on the tri rail with one in my mouth and woke up looking like I had the most horrific case of ringworm on my cheek.

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          6 hours ago

          FWIW it’s ridiculously easy and cheap to make your own. Just be sure to the dilute the Cinnamon oil before soaking or you will burn your tongue.

          And there are dozens of other oils that work really well, including mixing! Orange cinnamon is great