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You don't really see people chewing gum anymore. (lemmy.world)
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[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 95 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This seems like a case of "I don't see it, so others don't either"

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Been thinking on this lately and I get OP. People used to chew gun in the 80's and 90's, a lot. Now it would be weird to see someone doing so.

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.today 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It was weird to see people chew guns then too its an accident waiting to happen.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think most people who chew gun know what they're aiming for. But yeah, it can go wrong.

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.today 3 points 8 months ago

It takes skill

[–] trigonated@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Can you clarify? I guess I'm probably being slow, today.