Things you just don't get



HRoi said:

I suppose you could use it in a ****** pool for female coed wrestling. Really smelly female coed wrestling.

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Gibonius said:

Christ. That's a mental picture. Smell-o-vision.

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just hope the smell's coming from the fish oil



acidboy said:

just hope the smell's coming from the fish oil

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But how would you know?



Fang66 said:

Naaa, but it seems to be an Americanism. I'm just bored and trolling.

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I think you may be confused on the troll vs. trolled thing.

Gibonius said:

I saw some dude at Costco with a literal pallet of fish oil. wtf does anybody need a pallet of fish oil for? It's a lifetime supply. Always blink a little at the people buying five gross of eggs or whatever, but I assumed they're going to a small restaurant. But fish oil?

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Dumb question - was it a Costco employee moving inventory?

Also, those club stores (Sam's, **'s, Costco) do serve a lot of businesses - many of their small things like gum, candy, etc. are literally packaged for re-sale. It's possible it was a convenience store owner or something.

why don't the make regular toothpaste edible?



LawrenceMD said:

why don't the make regular toothpaste edible?

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Making it edible would probably make it less effective for dental care.

Isn't there stuff in toothpaste that helps your teeth but can make you sick if you ingest it? I know you're not supposed to ingest big-ish quantities of fluoride, which is why kids' training toothpaste doesn't have it, but I don't know if there's other problematic stuff in there, too (or if fluoride really poses a threat in brushing-sized doses).

Sodium Laureth Sulfate is in a lot of toothpaste. Essentially a detergent and foaming agent. Ingesting too much pretty much just gives you the runs.

I use baking soda toothpastes, less sulfates, but it is a bit abrasive, which my teeth needs. For whatever reason my saliva reacts with the hard water and I get stains very easily, less so with baking soda toothpaste.

Oh wait, it could be the 20 cups of coffee and red wine I drink daily...



MrG said:

Isn't there stuff in toothpaste that helps your teeth but can make you sick if you ingest it? I know you're not supposed to ingest big-ish quantities of fluoride, which is why kids' training toothpaste doesn't have it, but I don't know if there's other problematic stuff in there, too (or if fluoride really poses a threat in brushing-sized doses).

Either way, if there is important stuff in there that can make you sick if eaten, making toothpaste edible would make it less effective.

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wouldn't it be awesome if you could just eat it? I brush my dogs teeth with dog toothpaste (which is "poultry flavored" ) and they are ******* excited and happy as **** when they see me or my wife break out their toothbrushes. the dogs look like they are having calm mouth-gasms while being brushed. toothpaste technology seems way behind and backwards for humans.



patrickBOOTH said:

I use baking soda toothpastes, less sulfates, but it is a bit abrasive, which my teeth needs. For whatever reason my saliva reacts with the hard water and I get stains very easily, less so with baking soda toothpaste.

Oh wait, it could be the 20 cups of coffee and red wine I drink daily...

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I remember my freshmen organic chemistry class in college where the professor started to explain why baking soda toothpastes are superior. So I bought a tube of Toms of Maine and endured the grainy salty taste and texture for a whole semester. I even began to enjoy it! But that **** was expensive for a college freshman on a limited budget.



LawrenceMD said:

I remember my freshmen organic chemistry class in college where the professor started to explain why baking soda toothpastes are superior. So I bought a tube of Toms of Maine and endured the grainy salty taste and texture for a whole semester. I even began to enjoy it! But that **** was expensive for a college freshman on a limited budget.

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Just use Crest with Baking Soda...its like the same price as normal crest.



patrickBOOTH said:

Sodium Laureth Sulfate is in a lot of toothpaste. Essentially a detergent and foaming agent. Ingesting too much pretty much just gives you the runs.

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Yes! That's it. I thought there was something else, but a cursory Google search turned up more conspiracy theories than evidence, so I gave up.

patrickBOOTH said:

I use baking soda toothpastes, less sulfates, but it is a bit abrasive, which my teeth needs. For whatever reason my saliva reacts with the hard water and I get stains very easily, less so with baking soda toothpaste.

Oh wait, it could be the 20 cups of coffee and red wine I drink daily...

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Does the baking soda really help with stains? My teeth could stand to be a little whiter, but I don't have the time/inclination right now to get them done professionally.

LawrenceMD said:

wouldn't it be awesome if you could just eat it? I brush my dogs teeth with dog toothpaste (which is "poultry flavored" ) and they are ******* excited and happy as **** when they see me or my wife break out their toothbrushes. the dogs look like they are having calm mouth-gasms while being brushed. toothpaste technology seems way behind and backwards for humans.

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I dunno, dude, after 30-something years of spitting, I don't know if I'm ready to become a swallower.

It does seem a little weird that we have something we put in our mouth multiple times a day that comes with the risk of illness if ingested. To be honest, though, dental care in general seems to be weirdly anachronistic. I mean, is running string between my teeth and scrubbing them with bristles slathered in mild poison really the best we can do?



Douglas said:

Dumb question - was it a Costco employee moving inventory?

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He was checking out with a cart full of other crap, so I doubt it.

Also, those club stores (Sam's, **'s, Costco) do serve a lot of businesses - many of their small things like gum, candy, etc. are literally packaged for re-sale. It's possible it was a convenience store owner or something.

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Yeah, you see that all the time but fish oil seemed like a weird thing for a small business to buy like that. Maybe I just can't envision being at 7/11 and thinking "Damn, you know what, we're out of fish oil!"

MrG said:

Does the baking soda really help with stains? My teeth could stand to be a little whiter

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I second this. All of the whitening toothpastes make my teeth sensitive so I stick with OG Colgate Total. Might give baking soda a try if it works.



Douglas said:

I think you may be confused on the troll vs. trolled thing.

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Dumb question - was it a Costco employee moving inventory?

Also, those club stores (Sam's, **'s, Costco) do serve a lot of businesses - many of their small things like gum, candy, etc. are literally packaged for re-sale. It's possible it was a convenience store owner or something.

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I think you may just be confused.



LawrenceMD said:

I remember my freshmen organic chemistry class in college where the professor started to explain why baking soda toothpastes are superior. So I bought a tube of Toms of Maine and endured the grainy salty taste and texture for a whole semester. I even began to enjoy it! But that **** was expensive for a college freshman on a limited budget.

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I just use Arm & Hammer.