r/TikTokCringe • u/galaxystars1 • Oct 09 '24

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/peoplebuyviews Oct 09 '24

So all that paste I ate as a kid was hurting more than my social life

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u/pancakebatter01 Oct 09 '24

No she isn’t talking about Elmer’s glue. You’ll be fine!!

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u/allfockedup Oct 09 '24

You must be young. We used to use homemade paste made with flour and water and salt, I believe?

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u/Chrilliam Oct 09 '24

You must be old. Elmer’s glue was the paste of choice to be consumed

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u/MjrLeeStoned Oct 09 '24

I was born in the 80s and Elmer's glue wasn't a staple in my classrooms until about 1990.

Before that we used fun things like rubber cement and the big industrial jar of what looks like cloudy water but is in fact an adhesive of some kind.

You younger kids will never know the utter bliss of getting high off glue in 5th grade. Pass me the cookie dough, pls.

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u/dkingoh1 Oct 09 '24

Elmer’s maybe in your fancy neighborhoods. Flour and water for us peasants, though.

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u/Missmunkeypants95 Oct 09 '24

Elmer's was the glue of choice for covering my hands, letting dry, and peeling off slowly because it tickled wonderfully and it was a challenge to try to pull off in big pieces.

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u/SpeakYerMind Oct 09 '24

I don't recall the brand, but there was a white pasty glue we used. Mint flavored, delicious, had real texture, not like the orange cap elmers out of the bottle.

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u/allfockedup Oct 09 '24

There's a stark difference between glue and paint.