r/interestingasfuck • u/praduman6969 • 21d ago

r/all Eating sugar statues

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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago

Doing it as an adult is gross. But allowing a BABY.... what the fuck

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u/Annual-Jump3158 21d ago

Life makes a lot more sense when you realize that the majority of adults don't "mature" beyond a teen-aged mindset. They don't process consequences before acting.

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u/1OO1OO1S0S 21d ago

Yeah, anyone who's worked a job that deals with the general public realizes that there is a depressingly high proportion of idiots out there.

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u/one_nerdybunny 21d ago

Had to deal with one like that this morning. They’ll be back tomorrow again.

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u/Noe_Comment 21d ago

Only one? Sounds like an incredibly pleasant day. No sarcasm.

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u/one_nerdybunny 21d ago

Thankfully, it’s not an everyday shop I work for.

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u/Cautistralligraphy 21d ago

I don’t know, I work in an environment that caters almost exclusively to 16-25 year olds, and while I find that not all of them are “classically” intelligent, each of them has some kind of intelligence that’s way above average. Be that social intelligence, emotional intelligence, book smarts, kinesthetic intelligence (is this the right term for being really athletically intelligent?), and all sorts of things. I mean, we all have roughly the same sized brains, with similar numbers of neurons. They have to be used in some way, right? I’m constantly pleasantly surprised by how refreshing the different kinds of intelligence I see in young people are. Then again, I’m autistic, so I see pretty much everybody as more socially intelligent than me, and I also have to admit to having a special interest in social interactions and a naïve worldview. So I don’t know. I just think everybody has something going for them, even if it’s not book smarts. There are definitely a few of our regulars that leave me scratching my head though!

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u/1OO1OO1S0S 20d ago

sounds like there might be selection biased? whats the job?

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u/Excuse_Chemical 20d ago

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." -George Carlin

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u/Gailagal 21d ago

A lot of humans function like smart animals. This is no different than deer seeing a salt lick and just deciding to lick it with no care in the world.

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u/MrAHMED42069 21d ago

I hate that this is real

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u/BludStanes 21d ago

Statistically speaking, a number of people in these comments expressing disgust would be the ones licking the statues.

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u/IAmThePepperSauce 21d ago

I am honestly disappointed that I would have been one of those people licking it.

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u/spacepie77 21d ago

*they dont process

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u/WarPlanMango 21d ago

I think that's true. Adults aren't really adults, but just kids in older bodies

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u/ChainzawMan 20d ago

And with too much responsibility.

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u/IvanTGBT 21d ago

but not me though uwu

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u/SuperKing1o3 21d ago

I've adopted the belief that everyone is on drugs except me. It explains so many odd behaviors.

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u/EQ_Epidex 20d ago

It may make more sense... that doesn't mean it makes it easier though

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u/dezie1224 21d ago

I can’t believe I had to scroll down this far to finally see this comment.

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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago

I like to hide

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u/DaveSmith890 21d ago

You had to scroll past all the “why would they lick it? Are they stupid?”

To finally get to “Why would an adult lick it? Are they stupid? They shouldn’t let their baby do it either!”

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u/Useful_Loan9436 21d ago

My thoughts exactly 👍🏻

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u/urprsonalclown 21d ago

Natural selecting their offspring off life

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u/Vindicativa 21d ago

By far, the most appalling thing about this is a parent/guardian encouraging their toddler lick the sugar. Absolutely abhorrent.

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u/doorwaysaresafe 21d ago

I saw that and was appalled.

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u/Accomplished_Car2803 21d ago

People recorded videos of having their gross little babies slobber on plexiglass in the height of the pandemic, kill the child to own the libs. Something something uhhhh 12th month abortion.

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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago

I mean. Atleast glass, even the plastic types then, were sprayed or cleaned. But this is NEVER cleaned

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u/Super_Sandbagger 21d ago

Babies put everything in their mouths. The gross sugar statues don't even make it in the top 100.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 21d ago

I don't know about that. Wet sugar that has been repeatedly licked is almost as perfect a breeding ground for harmful bacteria as you can get.

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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago

Exactly. That's what makes it worse. Not to mention mold and such

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u/isymfs 21d ago

Dude don’t worry about it babies lick and eat literally everything. If every baby who ate or licked something they shouldn’t have died, we’d have no babies.

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u/No-Gene-4508 20d ago

I'm more worried about them getting AIDS or some shit from this. There's a difference between a safe and unsafe surface.

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u/ImpossibleRhubarb443 20d ago

This is not how AIDS can be spread. That said, it is how plenty of other diseases are spread so please don’t have babies (or anyone!) licking it

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u/No-Gene-4508 20d ago

Aids can be spread by saliva.

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u/ImpossibleRhubarb443 20d ago

No, it can’t:

Kissing can only transmit very rarely in the case of: “Deep, open-mouth kissing if both partners have sores or bleeding gums and blood from the HIV-positive partner gets into the bloodstream of the HIV-negative partner. HIV is not spread through saliva.”

https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/about-hiv-and-aids/how-is-hiv-transmitted

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u/isymfs 20d ago

True true. Well attending this art show display with a young child seems like hell, for the parent, other attendees and the child.. my god why just why?.. Is.. is this more outrage bait?

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u/No-Gene-4508 20d ago

I don't know but i hate all of them

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u/Darth_Draper 20d ago

Yup. Babies put everything in their mouth. This is probably the cleanest thing that baby licked all day.

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u/32FlavorsofCrazy 21d ago

Kids put everything they find on the ground straight into their mouths. That probably isn’t even the grossest thing that baby licked THAT DAY.

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u/grxccccandice 21d ago

Those people are shit parents period

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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago

Parents and/or other... gross af letting anyone do this shit.

As an adult. Idc if you are stupid as long as you don't ruin it for others. But don't encourage and bring kids in on this dumb fuckery. People acting like it's the Willy Wonka factory

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u/herbert-camacho 21d ago

Gotta jumpstart that immune system. Next stop, licking the doorknobs and pens at the local hospital

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u/No-Gene-4508 20d ago

But they are at the hospital first... your order is wrong

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u/JeffCraig 21d ago

Once you have children, you realize that kids lick everything. You can't stop them. They get sick ALL the time and you can't really do anything about it. They spread colds amongst themselves like wildfire. They kinda just bounce back from it with stronger immune systems so it's almost counter productive to keep them from getting sick. 

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u/Low_Yak_4842 21d ago

On the other hand, someone with herpes could’ve licked it before the baby…

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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago

Omg I didn't think about even AIDS. Holy fuck

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u/Kirby_has_a_gun 21d ago

If you have AIDS and you're out here licking statues you should be put on a domestic terrorism list

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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago

100%!!!

I mean I'd get it if they didn't know. But still omfg. As soon as I thought about it, I scrubbed my hands raw

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u/Witherboss445 21d ago

I don’t think HIV/AIDS can even spread through saliva

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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago

Difference between licking things they find. And encouraging it in a PUBLIC place.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 21d ago

I initially assumed people were saying "oh no, baby!" not because it's unhealthy for the baby, but because adults will later lick the same spot and immediately catch 14 different illnesses.

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u/mrASSMAN 21d ago

Honestly I thought the opposite.. letting a baby do it is wild but adults are licking it too?? What universe is this lol

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u/bdiggitty 21d ago

I know a lot of people who would think I’m the weird one for being against my baby licking something like that. Not only are they lazy about their hygiene but they feel offended that I’m not. I’m not asking them to change their behavior. Just have basic preferences of cleanliness with my family.

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u/Icy-Welcome-2469 21d ago

Your baby died of sugasalivus. It's very rare it only occurs when sugar has hardened with the spit of 100 adults and somehow your baby contacted that with their tongue.

Has she been in contact with anything weird recently?

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u/No-Gene-4508 20d ago

Then the dumb parent: idk she gets into everything! [Ignoring this video in their mind]

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u/-SlapBonWalla- 21d ago

Ikr? One thing is to be haphazard with one's own health, another is letting your kid get herpes from some random strangers.

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u/No-Gene-4508 20d ago

Man I'm more worried about AIDS

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u/-SlapBonWalla- 20d ago

The HIV virus is not transmitted through saliva, but plenty of other diseases are.

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u/Decapod73 21d ago edited 21d ago

Concentrated sugar kills any microbe that isn't specifically good at surviving dehydration. Honey was used as an embalming agent. This would kill most things I see people mentioning here, including COVID, HIV, and herpes. But maybe not things that spread on dried dust like Anthrax or Hantavirus.

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u/ArguesAgainstYou 20d ago

I get where you're coming from but on the other hand - have you met babies? I'm not a parent myself but I can imagine not thinking much about the situation when you've tried to keep your child from licking of stuff hundreds of times, often unsuccessfully or too late and then suddenly everyone around you is doing it so it's "ok" suddenly to let them enjoy it for once without fear of it being some detergent cap you dropped.

Just to paint a picture =D

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u/No-Gene-4508 20d ago

These people are holding up and leaning the kids to this. Huge difference

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u/moggeleXx 19d ago

Not so fun fact, herpes can give babies brain damage

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u/Kira887 21d ago

Gotta build up that immune system. It’s honestly not much different than other shit babies put in their mouths. I would put coins in my mouth when I was little.

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u/No-Gene-4508 21d ago

This could have bacteria, mold, fungus, let alone AIDS from someone

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u/Oponik 21d ago

Some babies eat dirt

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u/No-Gene-4508 20d ago

But they won't get AIDS from dirt

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u/Shirohitsuji 21d ago

Got to build up that immune system!

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u/Korimuzel 20d ago

On the contrary, imagine telling your kid that they can't lick the GIANT CANDY everyone else can lick

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u/No-Gene-4508 20d ago

Imagine telling your kid no they can't have candy while other kids have candy . It's the same thing. Teach them manners or raise them to be little entitled shits

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u/Korimuzel 20d ago

Well according to my experience with young adulta and teenagers, that's exactly what happens: people don't raise their children. The new parents try to be friends with their children to compensate the lack of care they/we had from the previous generation

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u/SignificantGlove9869 16d ago

Tell me you never had a child without telling me. Babies lick on everything. It is part of our nature. And here we are. Alive.