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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Can confirm.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Also called Bitrex, that stuff does leave an awful taste. Gets used as a denaturant in ethanol to keep people from drinking it. Company I worked at long ago had a stock of it, and our lab had to requalify it for use every 2 years. As careful as we were keeping it contained, it had a way of spreading everywhere. For the next two days everyone who worked in the area would randomly get that awful taste I their mouth.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But how do I remove the coating so I can chew on my switch cartridges?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Sulfuric acid.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember this being a whole challenge. I remember licking one and being unimpressed. Pretty sure most people were exaggerating how bad it was.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

It's not like "oh dear God" levels of bitter but it's enough to just be like "pteh ew" and spit it out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Either mine don't have the coating, or I'm immune to it somehow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I read somewhere that they stopped doing it. Not sure how often this happened or if it even happened to every game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I finally tried licking one recently, and it didn't taste like anything

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I can't believe I'm going to get up, find a cartridge, and lick it after posting this. Damn you.

Edit: It's true.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The ultimate gamer high is to take a deep breath from the Steam Deck exhaust, lick a Switch cartridge, hold your breath, and then chug down a G Fuel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

This is peak gamer. I am in awe.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I learned that a ways back, told a streamer and gave him a buck to confirm it. Dollar well spent lol.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It's makes them taste disgusting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Can I go now?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Part of the ritual of buying a new Switch game for me is licking it. More difficult for digital downloads, but I was determined and found a way.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Stick your tongue in the ethernet port?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Help step bro im stuck in the ethernet port

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Why does the Internet go to incest unnecessarily

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Can a human tongue discern the taste of a TCP packet compared to an UDP packet?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Put the cable in your mouth so you can feel the electric impulses. If TCP is being used you can feel the packets going back and forward, but if youre using UDP you can only feel them going forward.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

There's only one way for you to find out for sure.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago
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