r/mildlyinteresting • u/ottawapeoplechamp • 22h ago

One of my matches was all potassium chlorate.

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u/SaioLastSurprise 21h ago

r/eatityoufuckingcoward

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u/homelesshyundai 21h ago

No joke, I used to eat match heads as a child. They tasted kinda good.

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u/Wombizzle 21h ago

You people eat crayons, I eat match heads

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u/johnnycakeAK 21h ago

What is, "The difference between Gurkhas and Marines? Same category, $800"

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u/Bitter_Ad_5669 19h ago

Inserts meme "We are not the same"

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u/Electrox7 18h ago

cue the maniacal laughter as he lights his hair on fire with his final match and he blows up the whole main street leaving nothing but chaos, destruction and death.

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u/Haunting-Item1530 20h ago

And now you are a redditor

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u/CornOnTheKnob 19h ago

If you eat match heads and then eat the strike pad, then run belly-first into a wall you will explode.

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u/RbrDovaDuckinDodgers 19h ago

That slight crunchiness/grittiness and interesting taste that melts into the mouth... Nope, not familiar with it at all

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u/bobby_hills_fruitpie 21h ago

And you became the most lethal sniper the Marine Corps has ever trained.

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u/TalkingKoalaa 20h ago

21 yo here. They still do

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u/Fr4t 20h ago

Time to grind some into your coffee for that extra acidity kick. GIF

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u/OkDate7197 20h ago

What do you mean by "good"? Genuine question.

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u/homelesshyundai 16h ago

Honestly, I'd have to eat a match head to tell you. From what I can remember from over 30 years ago, there was almost a metallic salty flavor? It was something along those lines it was a brief burst of flavor if you can call it flavor before tasting nothing. Unless of course they've changed the match mixture since the 90s but I doubt that.

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u/CinemaDork 19h ago

My dad apparently did, when he was a toddler. I think it was some kind of chemical deficiency?

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u/BurstingWithFlava 17h ago

You sent me down a rabbit hole. There is an eating disorder(I think it might be controversial if it’s actually an eating disorder) called Pica that makes people crave non food objects. The cause is unknown but possibly linked to iron deficiency. Affected people have been known to eat match heads, dirt, and burnt matches. It’s a common trope in medical shows

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u/SimDoy 17h ago

I ate burnt matches, ngl they were really good, but I stopped for some reason

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u/likwidsylvur 21h ago

Finally someone with some sense arrived

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u/TaiCat 21h ago

Forbidden Pocky

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u/MooseThirty 20h ago

Forbidden Cheeto

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u/SomeGooberAnimator 19h ago

show us the recoding