nifty@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoSouth Korea warns against social media trend of eating fried toothpickswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down11
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkSouth Korea warns against social media trend of eating fried toothpickswww.reuters.comnifty@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareaelwero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·9 months agoThey aren’t actually plastic though… They’re made of starch, as a biodegradable alternative to plastic. Essentially, they’re Cheetos
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·9 months agoI would bet real money that these toothpicks biodegrade faster than Cheetos.
minus-squareBonehead@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoI would bet real money that these toothpicks have more nutritional value than Cheetos.
minus-squareTheSlad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoCheetos are mostly air, theres a lot more surface area for microbes. Thoothpicks need to be dense to be strong enough to function. I wouldn’t put my money on that.
They aren’t actually plastic though… They’re made of starch, as a biodegradable alternative to plastic.
Essentially, they’re Cheetos
I would bet real money that these toothpicks biodegrade faster than Cheetos.
I would bet real money that these toothpicks have more nutritional value than Cheetos.
Cheetos are mostly air, theres a lot more surface area for microbes. Thoothpicks need to be dense to be strong enough to function. I wouldn’t put my money on that.