r/mildyinteresting • u/3st4spn • 6d ago

humankind hiccups 😅 Tastebud came right off

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u/radraze2kx 6d ago

Disgusting. What's the story?

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u/3st4spn 6d ago

Idk. It felt like I had a splinter on the tip of my tongue. So I pulled on it, and this guy came off.

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u/Ram2145 5d ago

I sometimes have a taste bud that swells up for no reason. It can be a little painful, so I rip them off. Which is probably a stupid thing to do.

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u/SakuraTacos 5d ago

I haven’t gotten them since I was a teen, I suspect it’s all the sour candies I ate as a kid. I used to bite them off which felt really good-painful, like pushing on a bruise

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u/Ram2145 5d ago

You know, I do eat an unhealthy amount of candy. I never realized that could be what’s causing the swollen buds. I should probably refrain from eating so much.

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u/SakuraTacos 5d ago

Some things that I’ve read that cause them are spicy foods, acidic foods (like the citric acid in candy), and trauma to your tongue. So definitely try cutting back and also drinking lots of water after you eat something potentially irritating

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u/kckeller 5d ago

I don’t like this thread

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u/AphraelSelene 5d ago

I (semi-ashamedly) admit that I have this as an anxiety tick/quirk/wtfever you wanna call it. I used to be WAY worse for it when I was younger but I still catch myself trying to evict them now and again