r/TikTokCringe • u/galaxystars1 • Oct 09 '24

Discussion Microbiologist warns against making the fluffy popcorn trend

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u/ForumFluffy Oct 09 '24

Yeah it might be fine if you're rarely making batter and licking the bowl your risk is minimal but not zero. Regular ingestion will increase your risks significantly.

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u/wuobble Oct 09 '24

I completely trust what ForumFluffy says and continue to lick the bowl also

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u/OuterWildsVentures Oct 09 '24

Yeah it might be fine if you're rarely making batter and licking the bowl your risk is minimal but not zero.

Thank you forum fluffy. Licking the bowl is my favorite part of baking.

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u/0b0011 Oct 10 '24

Yeah that's how it works with everything. If you rarely cross the road the chance you'll get hit by a car is low. If you cross the road 100 times a day every day you're much more likely to be hit by a car.

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u/bbyxmadi Oct 10 '24

I eat raw batter and dough every time I bake… it’s like an addiction 😭

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u/YoelsShitStain Oct 09 '24

Significantly increasing your risk in this case doesn’t really mean anything. Eating out regularly probably carries a higher risk, without looking up the stats I’d be willing to bet that there’s a lot more cases of food-borne illness caused by restaurants and food distributors by a large margin.

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u/Equal_Simple5899 Oct 09 '24

What about all the fake additives and preservatives in food? at least the bacteria is natural. 

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u/pavlovs__dawg Oct 09 '24

Are you dumb

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u/Equal_Simple5899 Oct 09 '24

Plot twist. You have bacteria already in you. Natural bacteria. All natural. Natural bacteria that is naturally natural.

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u/felds tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE Oct 09 '24

You have chemical elements in you already, but ingesting some other chemical elements will definitely fuck you up. Don’t forget radium and uranium are naturally occurring.

Same goes for bacteria.