The idea makes me uncomfortable and I can’t explain why

  • Red_October@lemmy.world
    921·
    5 months ago

    One way or another it’s gonna taste like something, might as well not just be “plastic and rubber” flavored.

    • safesyrup
      39·
      5 months ago

      Yeah why not and if it‘s only a faint flavour to cover the plastic taste i imagine its pretty enjoyable

      • hamsammy@lemmy.world
        37·
        5 months ago

        Also, its marketed as a children’s mouth guard so it probably helps them want to wear it. Not a parent though, so I have no idea.

      • person420@lemmynsfw.com
        2·
        5 months ago

        I can’t help but clean mine after every use. It’s like the first thing I do when I get home, right before a shower.

  • myusernameis@lemmy.ca
    20·
    5 months ago

    As a former teacher of younger kids, that feature probably makes them 10x less likely to be forgotten/lost. (The size is “youth 10-”) Agree it’s kinda gross, but kids are wired differently.

  • CreateProblems@corndog.socialEnglish
    17·
    5 months ago

    Growing up we were on a swim team and my brother would chew on his goggle straps while waiting for a race. My parents bought us some flavored goggle straps lol. I think they were blueberry flavor…

    Goggles aren’t even something designed to go in your mouth like a mouth guard, but I guess they knew kids chewed on them so why not

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      You should use the strawberry lube with peanut butter flavored condoms.

  • Sean@lemmy.world
    8·
    5 months ago

    When I played flag football in elementary school we were required to wear a mouth guard but we didn’t have these fancy things. So what we did was put pre-sweetened Kool-Aid mix in them and now it’s no wonder so many of us developed bad teeth.

    Isn’t it ironic?

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    They make gloves for dentists that are flavored too. It’s weird but I don’t think it’s uncomfortable making. To each his own I guess.

  • Pantsofmagic@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 months ago

    Is this why Matt Tkachuk is always passionately chewing on his instead of using it for its intended purpose?